Anthropology and Sociology

About this course

Anthropology and sociology together provide two of the most powerful frameworks for understanding human social life. Anthropology, in its social and cultural forms, asks what it means to be human across the full diversity of cultures, societies, and historical periods, drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, the study of kinship and ritual, and the analysis of how people make meaning in different contexts. Sociology is concerned with the structures, institutions, and processes that organise modern societies, examining inequality, power, identity, culture, and social change. Together they develop a capacity for social analysis that is both broad in its cultural range and rigorous in its application to contemporary questions. At Goldsmiths, this three-year full-time programme reflects the college's distinctive intellectual identity: theoretically engaged, politically aware, and committed to un

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 65% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 25% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 10% of graduatescards →

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