Program Overview

Overview

The Joint Honours Programme in Anthropology and Politics provides students with an in-depth, interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary cultures and politics, international affairs, societies, and institutions in their political, historical, social, cultural, economic, and legal dimensions.

Course Structure

The programme is structured around four innovative, engaged themes:

• What Makes Us Human?
• Conflict, Peacebuilding, and Identity
• Arts, Creativity, and Music
• Morality, Religion, and Cognition

Modules

Year 1

• Being Human: Culture and Society (20 credits)
• Perspectives on Politics (20 credits)
• Contemporary Europe (20 credits)
• Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups? (20 credits)
• What is to be done? Sustainability, climate change and just energy transitions in the Anthropocene (20 credits)
• Introduction to Politics (20 credits)
• A World on the Move: Historical and Anthropological Approaches to Globalization (20 credits)
• World Politics (20 credits)
• Comparative Politics (20 credits)
• Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts (20 credits)
• 'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology' (20 credits)

Year 2

• Key Debates in Anthropology (20 credits)
• Studying Politics (20 credits)
• Modern Political Thought (20 credits)
• Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future (20 credits)
• Human Morality (20 credits)
• Hanging out on Street Corners: Creative, Public and applied Anthropology (20 credits)
• British Politics in crisis? (20 credits)
• Peace and Conflict Studies (20 credits)
• Anthropology of Media (20 credits)
• Identity Politics in Diverse Societies (20 credits)
• Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world (20 credits)
• The Politics of the Planetary Crisis: power, people and place (20 credits)
• Security and Terrorism (20 credits)
• International Relations (20 credits)
• Irish Politics (20 credits)
• The Politics of Deeply Divided Societies (20 credits)
• American Politics (20 credits)
• Skills in the Field: Ethnographic methods (20 credits)
• Politics and Policy of the European Union (20 credits)
• Democracy, Ethics & Economics (20 credits)
• International Organisations (20 credits)

Year 3

• Global Pol. Econ. of Energy (20 credits)
• Short Placement (20 credits)
• Security and Technology (20 credits)
• Asylum and Migration in Global Politics (20 credits)
• US Foreign Policy (20 credits)
• In Gods We Trust: The New Anthropology of Religion (20 credits)
• Anthropology Dissertation (40 credits)
• Music, Power and Conflict (20 credits)
• Anthropology and Roma (20 credits)
• Remembering the Future: Violent Pasts, Loss and the Politics of Hope (20 credits)
• Radical Hope: Inspiring Present-day Sustainability Transformations through an Examination of Our Past (20 credits)
• Politics, Public Administration and Policy-Making (20 credits)
• Challenges to contemporary party politics (20 credits)
• Middle Eastern Politics (20 credits)
• Dissertation (Politics and International Studies) (40 credits)
• Gender and Politics (20 credits)
• Contemporary Critical Theory (20 credits)
• Long Placement (40 credits)
• The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display (20 credits)
• Earth, Energy, Ethics and Economy: The Politics of Unsustainability (20 credits)
• National and Ethnic Minorities in European Politics (20 credits)
• Political Parties and Elections in Northern Ireland (20 credits)
• Politics of the Global Economy (20 credits)
• European Cultural Identities (20 credits)
• Contemporary Political Philosophy (20 credits)

Entrance Requirements

• ABB
• A maximum of one BTEC/OCR Single Award or AQA Extended Certificate will be accepted as part of an applicant's portfolio of qualifications with a Distinction* being equated to grade A at A-Level and a Distinction being equated to a grade B at A-level.
• H3H3H3H3H3H3/H2H3H3H3H3H3
• Successful completion of Access Course with an average of 70%.
• 33 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level
• QCF BTEC Extended Diploma (180 credits at Level 3) with overall grades D*DD
• RQF BTEC National Extended Diploma (1080 GLH at Level 3) with overall grades D*DD
• A minimum of a 2:2 Honours Degree

Tuition Fees

• Northern Ireland (NI): £4,855
• Republic of Ireland (ROI): £4,855
• England, Scotland or Wales (GB): £9,535
• EU Other: £20,800
• International: £20,800

Additional Course Costs

• Students have the option to take the Social Anthropology dissertation module, which will involve undertaking fieldwork in the summer vacation period between years 2 and 3. The cost will vary depending on the location of the fieldwork, ranging from £100-£500. The School will provide financial support up to a maximum of £300.

How to Apply

• Application for admission to full-time undergraduate and sandwich courses at the University should normally be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
• The advisory closing date for the receipt of applications for entry in 2025 is still to be confirmed by UCAS but is normally in late January (18:00).
• Applications from UK and EU (Republic of Ireland) students after this date are, in practice, considered by Queen’s for entry to this course throughout the remainder of the application cycle (30 June 2025) subject to the availability of places.
• Applications from International and EU (Other) students are normally considered by Queen’s for entry to this course until 30 June 2025.
• The Institution code name for Queen's is QBELF and the institution code is Q75.