BA Social and Cultural Anthropology (2-field, Major Field) at University of Freiburg

The BA programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology provides insight into human diversity, highlighting how people in different parts of the world organise their social and cultural lives. The programme focuses on contemporary, comparative, and methodologically grounded social and cultural anthropology, with a regional focus on Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Collaborations with local and international institutions provide research-based learning and practical career relevance.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Duration: 6 semesters  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter Semester  |  Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

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.

Career pathways

In the Social and Cultural Anthropology degree programme, you will acquire methodological, theoretical and practice-oriented skills that will qualify you for diverse, socially relevant fields of work in a globalised world. You will gain insights into the diversity of human (co-)existence, develop an understanding of different perspectives and deal with central axes of global inequality.

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