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Degree Programme Table: Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine (BMedSci Hons) - 1 Year (Intercalation) (UTBMEANSOM1F)

Jump to: Year 3

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
After discussion with Programme Directors, students may take up to 20 credits of outside level 10 courses.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine Dissertation
SCAN10083 40 credits
Understanding Medicine: Social Science Perspectives
SCAN10082 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine (BMedSci Hons)

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
In addition to the compulsory courses stated above, students must take ONE or BOTH of the following courses
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
AND

Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine (BMedSci Hons) - Electives

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Advanced Issues in the Making of Contemporary Africa
AFRI10003 20 credits
Global Politics of Public Health
IPHP10002 20 credits
Anthropology of Global Health
PGSP11379 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
SCAN10066 20 credits
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
SCAN10068 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
Anthropology of East Asia
SCAN10087 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
SCAN10089 20 credits
Health, Environment and Society
SCAN10101 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL10029 20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J and W
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