Undergraduate Anthropology

Departmental teaching is organised around two majors: (i) in Anthropology and (ii) in Culture and Development. These majors are described under Majoring in Anthropology. Their prerequisite, a common junior year, is described under Getting Started. The Anthropology honours (fourth) year is described under Honours in Anthropology. GENERIC SKILLS Departmental teaching also develops and rewards the generic skills of an Arts degree. The ability to: (a) read critically; (b) identify an argument, criticise its internal logic, its adequacy in relation to evidence and its compatibility with other related arguments; (c) do research, find sources and recognise their relative value and authority; (d) write a sustained and persuasive argument. EMPLOYMENT Arts graduates with an Anthropology major or a Culture and Development major meet the recruiting requirements of a variety of organisations that require understanding of the cultures and institutions of indigenous Australia and of our neighbours and trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. These organisations include various branches of the public service, aid and development agencies including the United Nations, a range of non-governmental groups and businesses with a core interest in international trade. A major in Anthropology also fulfils the social science requirements for teaching the HSC subject, ‘Society and Culture’. In addition, there are opportunities for good honours students to work as contract consultants concerning environmental impacts on local peoples both in Australia and overseas. Aboriginal land claims are one component of this type of work.

In the first year of your degree, enrol in Anthropology Junior units. These units all have a code that begins with ANTH 1, and are sometimes called 1000 level units. There is no assumed knowledge in these units - students come as they are. Generally speaking, you sit one Junior unit of Anthropology in each semester of your first year if you wish to continue on to completing Honours, a Major or any Senior level units in Anthropology. You may also choose to complete one of these units during the Summer School period. This allows you greater flexibility to complete more subjects in your degree or to complete your degree faster.

After this depends on a lot of factors, including which degree you are sitting and under which Degree Resolutions you entered. It has been made more complex by the recent changes to Units of Study that have made them all six-credit point subjects.

For best advice, we recommend you contact the Faculty of Arts by email at , by telephone on +612 9351 3129 or in person at the Faculty Office, Level 2, Lobby H, Quadrangle Building A14.

See the Honours information page for more information and course updates.