- UCAS course code
- VL53
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BASS)
BASS Philosophy and Criminology
Duration: 3 or 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: VL53 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Industrial experience
- Typical A-level offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL, including specific subjects
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Scholarships and bursaries, including the Manchester Bursary , are available to eligible home/EU students.
Some undergraduate UK students will receive bursaries of up to £2,000 per year, in addition to the government package of maintenance grants.
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Course unit details:
Anthropology of Religion
| Unit code | SOAN20812 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
- The Anthropology of Religion.
- Definitions.
- Religious knowledge and experience.
- The making of religious subjects
- The practice of religion
- Debates in the anthropology of religion.
Aims
- To introduce students to the main anthropological approaches to the analysis of religion.
- To work with key anthropological texts on the topic of religion.
- To explore the production of religious subjects and subjectivities.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this course, successful students will be equipped with sufficient knowledge and skills to:
- Understand and engage with debates and literature in the anthropology of religion.
- Explore the place of religious practice and belief in social life.
- Undertake comparative analysis of ’religious’ phenomena, knowledge and practice.
- Engage critically with the ways in which religious subjects and subjectivities are produced and matter/are made to matter.
Teaching and learning methods
The course is ethnography-led with a strong focus on anthropological monographs (each student will read two monographs) to critically engage concepts and frameworks in the anthropology of religion - belief, ritual, practice, and materiality. There will be short lectures on the conceptual themes and discussions grounded in ethnographic texts.
NB. Every student will be required to read two monographs in full. The first will be read by the whole class in the first half of the semester. Student will choose one monograph from 3 choices to read in the second half of the semester.
Assessment methods
- Mid-term assessment (6 minute voice/live presentation) - worth 30%;
- Assessed essay at end of semester: 2,500 words - worth 70%;
Feedback methods
Feedback will be available on Blackboard.
Recommended reading
These are general and introductory texts, which provide a good overview of the field:
Orsi, R A (ed). 2012. The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
Lambek, Michael (ed.). 2002. A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell
Morris, B. 2006. Religion and Anthropology: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Eller, Jack. 2007. Introducing the Anthropology of Religion. London: Routledge
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 |
| Tutorials | 10 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 171 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Meghan Rose Donnelly | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
Information
Length of course: 12 weeks