Academic content
The subject of social and cultural anthropology is everything human. During your studies, you will deal with cultural and social processes in a wide variety of contexts in different parts of the world and learn how to describe, compare and interpret them.
The introductory modules familiarise you with the central working methods of the subject and sensitise you to the diverse interrelationships between local lifeworlds and global contexts. You will be familiarised with the historical roots of the subject, its current characteristics and visions for the future. You will learn about exemplary fields of application and gain your first experience with empirical social and cultural anthropological research methods. For the "Introduction to specific subject areas", you can choose from the four subject areas of politics/social relations, economics, human-environment relations and religion, two of which must be chosen. These courses teach basic terms, concepts, theoretical discussions and current points of contention in the respective areas.
In the "Selected Topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology" module, you will be introduced to general ways of thinking and approaches in social and cultural anthropology using regionally, thematically or theoretically focussed topics as examples and gain multi-perspective insights into specific subject areas. The content of the specific courses varies from semester to semester and is orientated towards current research topics and the interests of the students.
Subject combinations
An overview of all possible combination subjects for Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie (Cultural and Social Anthropology):
- Ancient Civilization Studies
- Archaeological Sciences
- Educational Science and Education Management
- German Studies
- Cultural Analysis/European Ethnology
- English and American Studies
- FrancoMedia – French Language, Literature, and Media Culture
- German Studies from a German–French Perspective
- History
- IberoCultura – Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture
- Islamic Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Classical Philology
- Art History
- Media and Cultural Studies
- Musicology
- Early Modern and Modern History
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Romance languages and literatures
- Sinology
- Scandinavian Studies
- Slavic Studies
- Sociology
- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Statutes
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Zulassungs- und Immatrikulationsordnung (ZImmO)
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Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Rahmenordnung
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Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Anlage A
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Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie (Nebenfach)
(Zwischen dem 1. Oktober 2024 und dem 30. September 2025 Immatrikulierte können bis 31. März 2027 (Ausschlussfrist) wählen, ob das Fach in den Abschlussdokumenten unter dem bisherigen Namen „Ethnologie“ oder unter dem neuen Namen „Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie“ ausgewiesen werden soll.)
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Satzung über ergänzende Regelungen zum Zulassungs- und Prüfungsrecht
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