3 - Anthropology HL

Course summary

Why study Anthropology? Studying Anthropology is a fascinating journey through human cultures in a quest to understand what we are as a truly exceptional species. Centred on two pre-industrial and two post-industrial societies, the course considers features that are shared by all human societies, as well as those features that divide us. Students will leave able to articulate a significantly broadened understating of power, conflict, ethnicity, gender, identity, belief, materialism and inequality. The IA in Anthropology gives students great freedom to investigate a social or cultural topic of their choice and encourages the development of academic rigor, independence and critically reflective personal development. Anthropology is a great asset in professions and career pathways that operate in multicultural environments, such as Law Enforcement, Social Work and the Civil Service. It is also advantageous for those who intend to work internationally in Businesses, Charities and Trade Organisations. Anthropology is an excellent background to a range of subjects in Higher Education, particularly Psychology, Law, History, Politics, Education, Marketing and of course Anthropology. Course Content Unit 1; The Language of Anthropology Unit 2; Doing Anthropology Unit 3; Anthropological Thinking Unit 4; Anthropological Ethics and Higher Level Theory Ethnography 1; In Search of Respect Ethnography 2; The Yanomamo Ethnography 3; The Trobriand Islanders Ethnography 4; Pretty Modern