可选的国外年份。社会人类学探讨了人们（包括我们自己）做事的方式和原因，例如，他们如何工作，使用技术并谈判冲突，关系和变化。在许多方面，对历史的研究也就是对人的研究，因为您要研究各种来源和一系列历史观点，以了解过去的个人，社会和事件如何塑造了当今世界。社会人类学可以对人们的思想，信仰，实践和活动进行全方位的研究，涉及范围广泛的地方，全球，侨民和跨国环境。您探索政治和经济组织，乡村和城市空间的利用，知识体系以及宗教经验的形式。
Social anthropology explores how and why people (including ourselves) do the things they do – for example, how they work, use technologies and negotiate conflicts, relationships and change. In many ways, the study of History is the study of people, too, as you work with sources and a range of historical opinion to understand how the individuals, societies and events of the past have shaped the world today.Social Anthropology allows for the holistic study of people's ideas, beliefs, practices and activities in a wide range of local, global, diasporic and transnational settings. You explore political and economic organisation, use of rural and urban spaces, systems of knowledge and forms of religious experience.<br><br>Teaching is by a combination of lectures, providing a broad overview, and seminars, which focus on discussing particular issues and are led by student presentations. Lectures and seminars use a variety of materials, including original documents, films and documentaries, illuminated manuscripts, slide and PowerPoint demonstrations.Our teaching is research-led as all our staff are active in their fields. Social and biological anthropology staff have been awarded national teaching awards, reflecting the quality of the undergraduate programmes.Anthropology at Kent uses a stimulating mix of teaching methods, including lectures, small seminar groups and laboratory sessions. For project work, you are assigned to a supervisor with whom you meet regularly.<br><br>Studying a joint honours programme in History and Social Anthropology gives you an exciting range of career opportunities. You develop excellent skills of analysis, frequently assessing multiple and often conflicting sources before condensing opinions into concise, well-structured prose. You learn how to analyse complex data and present your work with clarity and flair.Our recent graduates have gone into areas such as journalism, advertising and the media, management and administration, overseas development and aid, local and national civil services, the museums and heritage sector, international consultancy, commerce and banking, social work, work with community groups, teaching and research, and the law.