Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Anthropology

Cycle

Primeiro ciclo

Degree

Bachelor

Coordinator

Ana Isabel Afonso

Opening date

September 15, 2014

Vacancies

48 vagas

Fees

1.067,85€/year (except Statute of International Student) 1st instalment: 533,93€; 2nd instalment: 533,92€.

Schedule

(see timetable at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino-en/licenciaturas?set_language=en)

Education objectives

1) To develop the ability to analyze and synthesize information and to develop critical thinking skills;
2) To develop the ability to apply acquired knowledge to practical situations;
3) To stimulate an understanding of human diversity and of the interconnections between different aspects of social and cultural life, belief systems, global dynamics, individual behaviors and physical environment;
4) To develop the ability to recognize and critically reflect on the important problems of the contemporary world;
5) To provide a theoretical grounding in anthropology in its multiple social, cultural and biological dimensions;
6) To become aware of the importance of ethnographic method to understand cultures and human groups, and to acquire the necessary techniques to employ it;
7) To develop knowledge of the cultural values of societies from different areas of the world through the study of a variety of rural and urban ethnographic contexts (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, with a particular emphasis on Portugal) as well as to raise awareness of the ethical issues involved in the study and representation of other social worlds;
8) To learn about methodological and research instruments which allow for different professional frameworks;
9) To develop the ability to participate professionally and for civic purposes with arguments supported by ethical and scientific principles in different areas of social intervention;
10) To acquire know-how applicable to the fields of material culture, patrimony and museology, and ethnographic films.

Access conditions

Completion of secondary education, with a minimum entry grade of 9.5 on a scale of 0 to 20. Students may also be admitted to Higher Education through special access and entry systems, re-enrollment systems, course changes and transfers. More information: http://www.acessoensinosuperior.pt

Degree pre-requisites

Each student must obtain 180 credits: 120 credits from compulsory courses of the study programme, 30 credits from restricted options and 30 credits from free options or a Minor from another academic area. Each semester the student may not enroll in more than 30 credits and must respect any pre-requisites which have been set. At the beginning of each semester, the student is advised as to which courses are the most appropriate for their academic pathway and which they should take.

Access to other courses

Completion of the licenciatura degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes, or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.

Evaluation rules

Assessment is in accordance with the assessment regulations approved by the competent statutory body.

Structure

Mandatory
Code Name ECTS
Options
711001047 Biological Anthropology 6
711001058 Kinship Anthropology 6
711001005 Symbolic Anthropology 6
711001049 Anthropology and Heritage 6
711001009 Economic Anthropology 6
711001013 Political Anthropology 6
711001014 Contemporary Portuguese Anthropology 6
711001016 Urban Anthropology 6
711001017 Visual Anthropology 6
711001018 Biology and Culture 6
711001030 History of Anthropology 6
711001031 History of Portuguese Anthropology 6
711001033 Reading Ethnographic Texts I 6
711001034 Reading Ethnographic Texts II 6
711001048 Ethnographic Methods 6
711001036 The Methodology of Scientific Work 6
711001050 Research Methods for Social Sciences 6
711001046 Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences 6
711001043 Themes of Anthropological Thought 6
711001044 Socio-Anthropological Theories 6
Elective option 1
Code Name ECTS
Options
711001019 Ethnographic Contexts (Africa) 6
711001020 Ethnographic Contexts (Arabic and Islamic) 6
711001021 Ethnographic Contexts (Asia) 6
711001022 Ethnographic Contexts (Europe) 6
711001051 Ethnographic Contexts (Latin America) 6
Elective option 2
Code Name ECTS
Options
711001059 Anthropology of Religion 6
711001062 Antropologia do Ciberespaço (not translated) 6
711001003 Anthropology of Space 6
711001052 Anthropology of Human Rights 6
711001008 Anthropology and Colonialism 6
711001012 Linguistic Anthropology 6
711001015 Psychological Anthropology 6
711001053 Material Culture 6
711001024 Ethics and Anthropological Practices 6
711001054 Ethnicity and Nationalism 6
711001063 Ethnoecology 6
711001025 Ethology 6
711001027 Ethnographic Film 6
711001055 Gender and Family 6
711001056 Computing for Anthropology 6
711001060 Museology 6
711001040 Power and Society 6
711001057 Primatology 6