Bachelor Social and Cultural Anthroplogy (610 [2] - Version 2011)

Introductory Phase (15 ECTS)

1.1 Basics of Sociological Methods (6 ECTS)

• EXAM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 210001 VO ( STEOP ) BAK1.1: STEOP Foundations of Social Methods
• 230001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: VO Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 240001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

1.2 Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology (9 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Subject-Specific Introduction
• 240002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology
• 240003 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Propaedeuticum - Social and Cultural Anthropology

Basics (52 ECTS)

2.1. Basics of Social Sciences: Social and Cultural Anthropology (15 ECTS)

• 210004 VO BAK2.1: VO Foundations of Social Theories
• 210005 VO BAK2.2: VO Social sciences and social change
• 230005 VO Basics of Social Theory
• 240004 VO Social Science and the Change in Society: Current Debates
• 240005 VO Basics of Social Theory
• 240006 PS Introduction to scientific working in socio-scientific contexts

2.2. Core Issues (12 ECTS)

2.3 Central Fields of Research (12 ECTS)

• 240007 VO Introduction to Transcultural Communication
• 240008 VO Introduction to Political Anthropology
• 240014 VO Introduction to the Anthropology of Development Cooperation (3.2.3)
• 240019 VO Introduction to Medical Anthropology (3.2.5)
• 240024 VO Basics of Urban Anthropology (3.3.3)
• 240030 VO [ en ] Introduction to Anthropology of Religion (3.3.5)

2.4 History of Theory in Anthropology (13 ECTS)

• 240009 PS [ en de ] Reading Anthropological Texts

Advanced Phase (53 ECTS)

3.1 Methods of Social and Cultural Anthropology (24 ECTS)

• 240010 PS Scientific Writing for Social and Cultural Anthropologists
• 240011 PS [ de en ] Qualitative Research Methods
• 240012 PS Introduction to quantitative research methods
• 240013 VO Introduction into the Social Anthropological Methods

3.2 Block of Elective Modules Application-Oriented Fields of Research (10 ECTS)

3.2.1 Intercultural applied Fields in Organisations and Projects (10 ECTS)

• 240007 VO Introduction to Transcultural Communication

3.2.2 Migration - Integration - Asylum (10 ECTS)

3.2.3 Anthropology and Development Cooperation (10 ECTS)

• 240014 VO Introduction to the Anthropology of Development Cooperation (3.2.3)
• 240015 VO "New Anthropology" in Latin America: Experiences and Perspectives (3.2.3)
• 240016 VS Development Cooperation in the Context of Anthropological Approaches (3.2.3)
• 240017 VS Tourism and Development (3.2.3)
• 240018 VS [ en ] Indigenous Peoples & Development/Cooperation (3.2.3)

3.2.4 Museum and Educational Work (10 ECTS)

3.2.5 Medical Anthropology - Body Awareness - Transculturality (10 ECTS)

• 240019 VO Introduction to Medical Anthropology (3.2.5)
• 240020 VO More than just skin? Introduction to the research field of skin studies (3.2.5)
• 240021 VS Dancing with the Gods (3.2.5) - Analyzing, documenting and framing healing rituals in the context of visual methods
• 240022 VS Anthropological Research on Conflict Resolution in the Medical Area (3.2.5)
• 240023 VS Infertility, childlessness and new reproductive technologies (3.2.5) - Anthropological perspectives on reproduction

3.2.6 Visual Anthropology (10 ECTS)

3.3 Block of Elective Modules Current Issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology (10 ECTS)

3.3.1 Politics - Globalisation (10 ECTS)

• 240008 VO Introduction to Political Anthropology

3.3.2 Law - Peace - Conflict (10 ECTS)

3.3.3 Town - Space - Environment (10 ECTS)

• 240024 VO Basics of Urban Anthropology (3.3.3)
• 240025 VO The Cultural Ecology of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (3.3.3)
• 240026 VS Urban-rural differences: on the gender of space and place (3.3.3)
• 240027 VS Urban spatial Practices - Governmentality, Fragmentation and Resistance (3.3.3) - Prozesse der Raumnahme in der Stadt
• 240028 VS [ en ] Neoliberal Urbanism: Urban Development Under Processes of Political-Economic Restructuring (3.3.3)

3.3.4 Economy - Tourism (10 ECTS)

3.3.5 Religion - World View - Ritual (10 ECTS)

• 240029 VO Ritual: Concepts and Contexts (3.3.5)
• 240030 VO [ en ] Introduction to Anthropology of Religion (3.3.5)
• 240031 VS Religion, Morality, Humanitarianism: Contemporary Anthropological Perspectives and Debates (3.3.5)
• 240032 VS Images from a reality beyond. Ritual visualization to conceptions of the world (3.3.5)
• 240033 VS [ de en ] "Holy Terror" - On Religion & Violence (3.3.5)

3.3.6 Art - Media - Narration (10 ECTS)

3.4 Regional Specialisations (9 ECTS)

• 240034 VO Introduction into the Anthropology of Mesoamerica
• 240035 VO Introduction into the Anthropology of the Balkans

In-Depth Study Phase (30 ECTS)

4.1 Theoretical Discourses (15 ECTS)

• 240036 SE Theoretical discourses

4.2 Fieldwork and Analysis of Data (15 ECTS)

• 240037 SE Bachelor Seminar: Empiric Data Collecting and Analysis