- UCAS course code
- S456
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BASS)
BASS Social Anthropology and Data Analytics
Duration: 3 or 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: S456 / 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
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:
Dissertation B - 20 credit dissertation
| Unit code | SOAN30600 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Full year |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Students will be provided with a forum for discussion on research methods, covering the key stages entailed - from crystallising research aims and objectives, devising research strategies, and organising materials for the writing process. The course places emphasis on practical workshops in the first semester, as well as theoretical and ethical concerns surrounding the politics of knowledge and ethnographic work and representation.
Pre/co-requisites
Dissertation B is available to students who are specialising in Social Anthropology on the BA (Hons) Social Sciences, the BA(Econ)(Hons) and the BA (Hons) in Linguistics and Social Anthropology.
Aims
Students will identify clear and limited research aims and objectives thus formulating clear research questions, devise research strategies, carry out a literature search, and initial organisation of materials for the writing process. During the second semester, students will write their dissertation.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the first semester, students will be able to formulate their own research questions, be aware of how to research them in an anthropological way, be aware of both ethical and theoretical concerns on how to address the question and have completed all the necessary background work to complete a dissertation. During the second semester, students will write a dissertation supported by regular meetings with their dissertation supervisor.
Teaching and learning methods
There will be a series of optional workshops at the beginning of the first semester, complemented by one-to-one supervision with dissertation supervisors throughout the year. Whilst the workshops are optional, students will benefit from attending them.
Assessment methods
- Dissertation of 8,000 words (worth 100%)
Feedback methods
Students will receive one-to-one supervision to support their dissertation writing. They will therefore receive ongoing feedback on their progress, as long as they take advantage of the supervision on offer.
Recommended reading
Students will be asked to spend the summer period with preliminary reading in their general field of interest.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Practical classes & workshops | 10 |
| Project supervision | 8 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 182 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Sonja Dobroski | Unit coordinator |