Bachelor of Arts: Minor
General Information
A total of 36 ECTS credits must be earned in the B.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology minor. You will first gain a comprehensive understanding of Social and Cultural Anthropology as a scientific discipline in the lectures "Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology" and "History of Science and Theory Formation II". Following on from this, you will take two seminars from the fundamental areas of political, social, economic or religious anthropology. These seminars introduce you to ethnological debates on phenomena such as friendship and kinship, Islam and ritual or trade and local rule. Finally, you will take part in two seminars from the module "Selected Topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology". In past semesters, these dealt, for example, with art and museum work, tourism, development cooperation and global learning in different regions of the world.
The study structure shows that the minor in anthropology provides you with key competences that are extremely valuable and connectable in a globalised world of work and life. You broaden your horizons through the intensive examination of social developments in the regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The so-called "ethnological view" allows you to understand the diversity of human cultures, the negotiation of socio-political relations and the complexity of economic interdependencies in history and the present.
Students currently enrolled at our institute combine their Minor in Social and Cultural Anthropology in particular with majors such as sociology, political science or "FrankoMedia" (French language, literature and media culture).
If you have any questions about the programme, please contact the B.A. study coordinator Dr. Mechthild von Vacano: ba-koordination@ethno.uni-freiburg.de
Application and admission
Admission to the B.A. major and minor in Social and Cultural Anthropology takes place within the framework of a selection procedure. Admission is generally only possible for the winter semester.