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Cultural and Social Anthropology

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – 2 field degree program - Minor Field


How do people organize and understand their day-to-day lives in different societies and different places around the world? For example, how are globalization and economic practice connected in Namibia? How are relationships defined between people, the environment and religion in Indonesia? How is knowledge passed on in Ecuador? How does the law work in Argentina? What youth cultures are there in Kyrgyzstan? And what trends are shaping intercultural and transcultural encounters, for instance in the framework of migration or seeking refuge?

Staff at the Institute of Ethnology go into such questions in their current research projects and also incorporate them in their teaching. If you like dealing with issues like this and would like to engage with the worldwide diversity of human cultures as well as past and present coexistence, socio-political relationships and economic interrelationships, then studying ethnology is for you.

The subject of ethnology is a descriptive and comparative science of cultures and societies, with the aim of studying processes, activities and worldviews above all from the perspective of stakeholders and in the framework of socio-cultural contexts, examining them critically and making them comprehensible. Socially-engaged ethnology aims to reveal unequal relationships and contribute to communication and cooperation projects.

Language of instruction:

German

Academic calendar:

Winter Semester

Standard Period of Study:

6 semesters required for the full degree programme

Scope of services:

180 ECTS-Points for the full degree programme

Admission: First semester:

without special prerequisites for admission (free admissions)

Higher semesters:

free admission

Please note: University admission requirements may change up to the start of the application period.

Application period: First semester: 1 June – 4 October
Higher semesters: Winter Semester: until 30.09., Summer Semester: until 31.03.
Important information regarding required application materials for higher semesters.
Faculty affiliation: Faculty of Humanities

Cultural and social anthropology studies the diversity of cultures around the world. It investigates cultural forms and intercultural networks within the context of various confrontations, relations, constellations of power, and conflicts in order to promote intercultural competence in a global world. Special emphasis is placed on cultural diversity, i.e., the field does not just focus on majority societies but also on cultural, religious, and ethnic minorities. A course of study in cultural and social anthropology broadens the student’s horizons and serves as an excellent complement to many fields of study, in particular with regard to internationalization and the overcoming of Eurocentric ways of thinking.

An overview of all the subjects that can be taken in combination with subject Cultural and Social Anthropology by students who started their B.A. degree programme in the winter semester 2013/14 or later:

Ancient Civilization Studies | Archaeological Sciences | Educational Science and Education Management | German Studies | 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 | Cultural Analysis/European Ethnology | 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

For information on subject combinations, see also the "Joint Committee of the Faculty of Philology, Philosophy, and Economics and Behavioural Sciences". Subject combinations for students who started their degree programme before the winter semester 2012/13 can also be found there. » more [de]

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Departmental Academic Advising

Mechthild von Vacano
Institut für Ethnologie
1. OG
Werthmannstraße 10
79098 Freiburg
Tel.: +49 761 203-3583

ba-koordination@ethno.uni-freiburg.de
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