Bachelor in Anthropology
Education objectives
1) To develop the ability to analyze and synthesize information and to develop critical thinking skills;
2) To develop the ability to apply acquired knowledge to practical situations;
3) To stimulate an understanding of human diversity and of the interconnections between different aspects of social and cultural life, belief systems, global dynamics, individual behaviors and physical environment;
4) To develop the ability to recognize and critically reflect on the important problems of the contemporary world;
5) To provide a theoretical grounding in anthropology in its multiple social, cultural and biological dimensions;
6) To become aware of the importance of ethnographic method to understand cultures and human groups, and to acquire the necessary techniques to employ it;
7) To develop knowledge of the cultural values of societies from different areas of the world through the study of a variety of rural and urban ethnographic contexts (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, with a particular emphasis on Portugal) as well as to raise awareness of the ethical issues involved in the study and representation of other social worlds;
8) To learn about methodological and research instruments which allow for different professional frameworks;
9) To develop the ability to participate professionally and for civic purposes with arguments supported by ethical and scientific principles in different areas of social intervention;
10) To acquire know-how applicable to the fields of material culture, patrimony and museology, and ethnographic films.
General characterization
DGES code
4001
Cicle
Bachelor (1st Cycle)
Degree
Bachelor
Access to other programs
Completion of the licenciatura allows the holder to apply for Masters or Doctoral programmes or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.
Coordinator
Frederico Delgado Rosa
Opening date
September 2019
Vacancies
45
Fees
(see at https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/cursos/)
Schedule
(see at https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/cursos/)
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 3 years/6 semesters.
Students must perform 180 credits: 120 credits based in the compulsory curricular units, 30 credits to be chosen in a set of elective optionals and 30 credits undertaken in free-elective optionals or in a minor of another scientific area. Every semester, the student may not sign up in more than 30 credits, respecting the precedence when these have been set. At the beginning of each semester, students will be advised of the curricular units to carry out in order to appropriate them to their academic career.
The undergraduate students can still benefit from the different mobility programmes in which NOVA FCSH participates as Erasmus +, Almeida Garrett exchange programmes, among others, and participate in research within the research units of the Faculty.
The degree of licenciado corresponds to the level 6 of the NQF and EQF-National Qualifications Framework/European Qualifications Framework.
Conditions of admittance
Students may be admitted to Higher Education through the National Competition for Access to Higher Education, special competitions/regimes and entry systems, re-enrolment systems, course changes and transfers. To apply for access to higher education through the National Competition, students must fulfill the requirements described in DGES/Access to Higher Education. More info at http://www.dges.gov.pt/guias/?plid=593 For more information about International Students please visit https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/internacional/estatuto-de-estudante-internacional/
Evaluation rules
Students at FCSH are evaluated based on the work developed over a semester, based on class participation, presentation of written and oral tests and examinations. The result obtained either by continuous assessment or evaluation of the tests is expressed on a scale of 0 to 20. To be approved, students must have at least 10 points to pass, however, who fail have a second chance to repeat the exams. Repeat exam: Has access any student of 1st or 2nd cycle who has obtained the minimum grade of eight values per rounding in the final grade of the curricular unit SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION: - Worker-Student - Students with the status of top athletes - Mothers and fathers students - Associative leaders - Military - Other special arrangements provided legally. Students with special needs can benefit from teaching and learning conditions to meet their needs.
Structure
| Elective option 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711001019 | African Ethnographic Contexts - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711001020 | Arab and Islamic Ethnografic Contexts - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711001021 | Asian Ethnographic Contexts | 6 |
| 711001022 | European Ethnographic Contexts - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711001051 | Latin American Ethnographic Contexts - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711001066 | North American Ethnographic Contexts | 6 |
| Elective option 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711001065 | Cognitive Anthropology | 6 |
| 711001068 | Anthropology of Emotions | 6 |
| 711001069 | Anthropology of migrations | 6 |
| 711001062 | Antropologia do Ciberespaço (not translated) - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711001003 | Anthropology of Space | 6 |
| 711001052 | Anthropology of Human Rights - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711001008 | Anthropology and Colonialism - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711001053 | Material Culture | 6 |
| 711001024 | Ethics and Anthropological Practices | 6 |
| 711001054 | Ethnicity and Nationalism | 6 |
| 711001063 | Ethnoecology - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711001025 | Ethology - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711001060 | Museology | 6 |
| 711001040 | Power and Society | 6 |
| 711001057 | Primatology | 6 |