Anthropology & Philosophy
The programme is designed to provide students with an intellectual training in the disciplines of Philosophy and Anthropology which, while discrete subjects, are complementary and mutually enriching. The combination of Philosophy and Anthropology allows for the development of an in-depth appreciation of the ideas that help to explain the foundations of the current world, human behaviour, and thinking across and beyond cultural difference.
| Award Name | Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | Queens University Belfast |
| NFQ Level |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 | Queens University Belfast |
Duration
3 years (Full Time)
6 years (Part Time)
Entry Requirements
Irish leaving certificate requirements
H3H3H3H3H3H3/H2H3H3H3H3
Careers / Further progression
Employment after the Course
Career pathways typically lead to employment in:
• User Experience
• Consultancy
• Civil Service
• Development, NGO work, International Policy, Public Sector
• Journalism, Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Community Work
• Arts Administration, Creative Industries, Media, Performance, Heritage, Museums, Tourism
• Market Research
• Public and Private Sector related to: Religious Negotiation, Multiculturalism/Diversity
• Teaching in schools
• Academic Teaching and Research
• Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Community Work, Journalism.
Employment Links
A growing number of Internship opportunities will match dissertation students with organisations and institutions relevant to their career paths by building on local and international staff networks and professional connections.
Current placement partners include
• Operation Wallacea, which works with teams of ecologists, scientists and academics on a variety of bio-geographical projects around the globe.
• Belfast Migration Centre offers students of the module ‘Migration, Displacement and Diasporas’ internship opportunities in their ‘Belonging Project’.
Further information
Start date: September 2024
Deadlines for on-time applications
2024 entry application deadlines
For courses starting in 2024 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If your completed application – including all your personal details and your academic reference – is submitted by the deadline, it is guaranteed to be considered.
16 October 2023 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – any course at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry. You can add choices with a different deadline later, but don’t forget you can only have five choices in total.
31 January 2024 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – for the majority of courses.
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During your degree, you will learn about cutting-edge debates in core areas of philosophy such as ethics, metaphysics, theory of knowledge and political philosophy, as well as studying some of the key thinkers in the history of philosophy, such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Mill and Marx. You will also develop your skills in reasoning and argumentation by studying formal logic and critical thinking.
Anthropology is the study of human diversity around the world. In studying anthropology, you will learn how different societies live together and think about such topics as family, sex, religion, art, and economics and gain skills increasingly in demand in a globalized and automated world.
Studying anthropology at Queen’s will allow you to examine some of the deepest and most pressing questions about human beings. Issues addressed in our modules include:
Does globalisation mean the end of cultural difference?
Can a post-conflict society heal?
How do ritual traditions, musical performances, and art shape cultural identities?
How do some people become willing to die for a group?
Through classroom modules, optional placements, and your own anthropological fieldwork, you will also gain valuable skills in critical thinking, cross-cultural understanding, researching, interviewing, writing, and presenting.
Global Opportunities
Undergraduate anthropology students, as part of their training, have carried out ethnographic field research around the world. Projects have focused on orphanages in Kenya; AIDS in southern Africa, education in Ghana; dance in India, NGOs in Guatemala, music in China, marriage in Japan, backpacking in Europe, and whale-watching in Hawaii.
Through the different stages of the dissertation module (preparation and research design, fieldwork itself, and post-fieldwork writing-up), students develop a range of skills (organizational skills, interpersonal skills, information-handling skills, and project management skills) that prepare them for later employment. Many of our students work with NGOs and other organisations as part of their fieldwork.
There are also additional study opportunities in other European countries and in the USA for all HAPP students.
Introduction
Anthropology at Queen’s is constructed around four innovative, engaged themes:
What Makes Us Human?
Conflict, Peacebuilding and Identity
Arts, Creativity and Music
Morality, Religion and Cognition
The information below is intended as an example only, featuring module details for the current year of study (2023/24). Modules are reviewed on an annual basis and may be subject to future changes – revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year.
Year 1
Core Modules
Being Human: Culture and Society (20 credits)
Optional Modules
Philosophy and The Good Life (20 credits)
Perspectives on Politics (20 credits)
Introductory Logic (20 credits)
A World on the Move:Historical and Anthropological Approaches to Globalization (20 credits)
Philosophy and Human Nature (20 credits)
Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups? (20 credits)
'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology' (20 credits)
Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts (20 credits)
Year 2
Core Modules
Key Debates in Anthropology (20 credits)
Optional Modules
History of Philosophy (20 credits)
Modern Political Thought (20 credits)
Skills in the Field: Ethnographic methods (20 credits)
Anthropology of Media (20 credits)
Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world (20 credits)
Human Morality (20 credits)
Philosophy of Race (20 credits)
Moral Theories (20 credits)
Knowledge and Reality (20 credits)
The Northern Ireland Conflict and paths to peace (20 credits)
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (20 credits)
Hanging out on Street Corners: Public and applied Anthropology (20 credits)
Year 3
Optional Modules
Contemporary Political Philosophy (20 credits)
Topics in Epistemology (20 credits)
Philosophy of Technology and Environment (20 credits)
Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (20 credits)
Music, Power and Conflict (20 credits)
Remembering the Future: Violent Pasts, Loss and the Politics of Hope (20 credits)
The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display (20 credits)
Philosophy for Children (20 credits)
Dissertation (40 credits)
Philosophical Theology (20 credits)
Human-Animal Relations: An Anthropological Perspective (20 credits)
In Gods We Trust: The New Anthropology of Religion (20 credits)
Anthropology Dissertation (40 credits)
Admissions
Tel: 028 9097 3838
Fax: 028 9097 5151
Email address: admissions@qub.ac.uk