Previous Code: M1097.1

Available to students in other Western Sydney University Programs:  Yes.  Check that your program has the available credit points required to complete the subjects in this field of study. Any requisite requirements must also be met. Consult your Program Advisor for further advice.

Social Anthropology is the study of humans and the cultures they create. The major in Anthropology within the Bachelor of Social Science offers students the opportunity to examine social patterns and practices across cultures, to discover similarities and differences between cultures, and to understand the processes by which humans organise and create meaning. Areas of focus include the development of anthropology as a discipline; globalisation and culture; power and politics; gender and sexuality; identity and belonging; ethnography and ethnographic methods; indigenous peoples and nation states. Specific attention is given to cultures of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and to cross cultural interactions, at both global and local levels. This major seeks to equip students with multi-cultural knowledge as well as to provide a thorough grounding in research methods and ethics with utility in a variety of professional and academic contexts.

Location

Location (Specialisation)

Campus	Mode	Advice
Liverpool Campus	Internal	Associate Professor Mary Hawkins
Penrith Campus	Internal	Associate Professor Mary Hawkins

Recommended Sequence

Students must complete 80 credit points as follows

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Autumn session		Credit Points
HUMN 1016	Different Ways of Being in the World: Introduction to Social Anthropology	10
	Credit Points	10
Spring session
HUMN 1026	Global Structures, Local Cultures	10
	Credit Points	10
Year 2
Autumn session
HUMN 2068	Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania	10
HUMN 2028	Identity and Belonging	10
	Credit Points	20
Spring session
HUMN 2069	Society, Culture and Human Diversity	10
	Credit Points	10
Year 3
Autumn session
HUMN 3066	Power as a Cultural System	10
HUMN 3078	The Anthropologies of Gender and Sexualities	10
	Credit Points	20
Spring session
CULT 3016	Indigenous Cultures: A Global Perspective	10
	Credit Points	10
	Total Credit Points	80

 Equivalent Subject

The major subject listed below counts towards completion of this major for students who passed this subject in 2020/21 or earlier.

HUMN 2012 - Anthropologies of the Everyday - replaced by HUMN 2069 Society, Culture and Human Diversity 

HUMN 2024 - Ethnographies of Southeast Asia and the Pacific - replaced by HUMN 2068 Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania

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