Anthropology

Bringing together the knowledge & skills of staff at the Marginalized & Endangered Worldviews study centre and the Moral Foundations of Economy & Society research centre, taught through students’ active participation in international summer schools & colloquia, as well as classroom seminars, and with practical fieldwork opportunities in Latin America, India, and several sites throughout Europe including Ireland, this Anthropology course at University College Cork fromUniversity College Corkoffers a unique opportunity to gain intercultural competencies as well as professional and transferable skills.

Careers Information

Anthropologists can be universally employed as intercultural competency, socio-cultural reflexivity and cultural literacy represent key social and educational skills in contemporary societies. Identified career paths are

• Research

• Education

• Higher Education

• International and national politics

• Journalism

• International Organisations (UN, UNESCO etc)

• NGO sector

Courses include:

• Anthropology: Paradigms & Theories

• Ethnography, Practice and Writing

• Rereading the Anthropological Classics

• Dark Heritage: Anthropology of Death, War, and Difficult Pasts

• Semiotics and Anthropology