Anthropology and Sociology (joint honours)

Our joint honours course allows students to pursue their own areas of interest within Anthropology and Sociology whilst also providing them with a solid foundation in the discipline and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for their future career development. The programme is designed to enable students to gradually develop their knowledge and skills to become effective and independent learners.

When you study Anthropology, you’ll explore what makes us human, what drives our diversity and how we’re connected to our environment. Sociology is a wide-ranging subject concerned with analysing social relationships and social institutions and the ways in which they shape people’s lives.

Links between research and undergraduate teaching are an important and distinctive feature of the programme, and the combined research experience and competencies of staff have shaped its design, content and delivery.

We are Top 20 in the UK: Anthropology and Sociology is ranked 16th in the Guardian Anthropology and Archaeology subject league ranking 2025.