Bachelor’s Programs and State Examination
Cultural and Social Anthropology
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – 2 field degree program - Minor Field
How do people shape and organise their lives in different contexts and in different places around the world? What role does religion play in Namibia, for example? What significance do new media have in African societies? How do people in Indonesia shape their everyday lives? What similarities and differences exist between different cultural areas? What aspects influence different ways of life and cultural practices? What does ‘culture’ mean?
The subject of social and cultural anthropology will be of interest to you if you would like to explore these and other questions and are keen to engage intensively with the global diversity of human languages, cultures and coexistence in history and the present day. Social and cultural anthropology is a descriptive and comparative cultural and social science. During your studies, you will acquire a broad knowledge of the various social, political, economic and religious forms in which people organise their coexistence.
To study social and cultural anthropology, you should be interested and curious – especially about
- meeting people from very different social and cultural backgrounds,
- exploring global interdependencies and questioning social inequalities,
- the art of adopting different perspectives and changing your point of view,
- immersing yourself in texts – and writing your own, including in foreign languages –
- as well as enjoying asking critical questions and reflecting on your thoughts.
| Language of instruction: |
German |
| Academic calendar: |
Winter Semester |
| Standard Period of Study: |
6 semesters required for the full degree programme |
| Scope of services: |
180 ECTS-Points for the full degree programme |
| Admission: |
First semester:
Without special prerequisites for admission (free admission) Higher semesters:
Without special prerequisites for admission (free admission) Please note: University admission requirements may change up to the start of the application period. |
| Application period: |
First semester: 1 June – 2 October Higher semesters: Winter Semester: until 30.09. Summer Semester: until 31.03. Important information regarding required application materials for higher semesters. |
| Application: | Application for this degree programme is only possible during the application period and is done online. |
| Faculty affiliation: | Faculty of Humanities |
The subject of social and cultural anthropology is everything human. During your studies, you will deal with cultural and social processes in a wide variety of contexts in different parts of the world and learn how to describe, compare and interpret them.
The introductory modules familiarise you with the central working methods of the subject and sensitise you to the diverse interrelationships between local lifeworlds and global contexts. You will be familiarised with the historical roots of the subject, its current characteristics and visions for the future. You will learn about exemplary fields of application and gain your first experience with empirical social and cultural anthropological research methods. For the "Introduction to specific subject areas", you can choose from the four subject areas of politics/social relations, economics, human-environment relations and religion, two of which must be chosen. These courses teach basic terms, concepts, theoretical discussions and current points of contention in the respective areas.
In the "Selected Topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology" module, you will be introduced to general ways of thinking and approaches in social and cultural anthropology using regionally, thematically or theoretically focussed topics as examples and gain multi-perspective insights into specific subject areas. The content of the specific courses varies from semester to semester and is orientated towards current research topics and the interests of the students.
Combined subjects in the chosen degree programme:
Ancient Civilization Studies | Archaeological Sciences | Educational Science and Education Management | German Studies | English and American Studies | FrancoMedia – French Language, Literature, and Media Culture | German Studies from a German–French Perspective | History | IberoCultura – Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture | Islamic Studies | Jewish Studies | Classical Philology | Cultural Analysis/European Ethnology | Art History | Media and Cultural Studies | Musicology | Early Modern and Modern History | Philosophy | Political Science | Romance languages and literatures | Sinology | Scandinavian Studies | Slavic Studies | Sociology | Ancient Near Eastern Studies-
Zulassungs- und Immatrikulationsordnung (ZImmO)
- Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Rahmenordnung
- Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Anlage A
- Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Ethnologie (Nebenfach)
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Dr. Mechthild von Vacano
Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie
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79098 Freiburg
Tel.: +49 761 203-3583
ba-koordination@ska.uni-freiburg.de
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