Year 1 In your first year, you will receive a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of anthropology in the broadest sense, addressing the core disciplines of social and biological anthropology as well as interdisciplinary perspectives on culture, society and health. In your second year, you will develop a deeper and more complex understanding of biological and evolutionary anthropology enriched by interdisciplinary perspectives on culture, society and health, as well as anthropological theory and methods. Currently students have the opportunity to pursue their individual anthropological interests through an elective module chosen from the remaining anthropology modules. In your third year, you can tailor the course to your own maturing interests by selecting the modules that appeal to you most. You can specialise in biological, social or medical anthropology, depending on your degree, or continue to take cross-disciplinary courses or combinations. Your choice is particularly broad in this Department. Students registered for any of the Anthropology degrees are free to take optional modules from across either campus in their final year as well as some third year modules in other departments. Third year modules are generally based on the research expertise of staff, and epitomise the University's ideal of research-led teaching. Students in their third year are also invited to attend the regular round of research seminars given by visiting scholars or Durham based researchers, and thus can participate in a key forum for current innovative research.

Durham Anthropology graduates leave our programmes with great employment opportunities. In the latest HESA survey [Guardian University Guide 2012] Durham Anthropology was recognised as having a 76% employment rate, the highest amongst amongst anthropology departments in the UK returning such statistics. Our graduates use their anthropology directly in fields such as health, community work, conservation, education, international development, culture and heritage. A significant number progress into careers which apparently have no direct link to Anthropology but which nonetheless utilise the broad understanding of human society and behaviour and the many important transferable skills that come with the study of Anthropology. Employment fields falling into this category include: advertising, publishing, journalism, human resource management, public relations, finance, law, consultancy and marketing. The quality of teaching on our programmes is further underpinned by a wide range of opportunities for work placements, research internships, study abroad [Erasmus] and fieldwork both the UK and abroad.