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Anthropology

Subject Benchmark Statement

Subject Benchmark Statements describe the nature of study and the academic standards expected of graduates in specific subject areas. They show what graduates might reasonably be expected to know, do and understand at the end of their studies.


Below you will find the full Subject Benchmark Statement for Anthropology. Alongside it, we have also published a summary designed to provide a short and accessible overview of the main Statement for students, employers and academics.


Subject Benchmark Statement: Anthropology

Publication date: 11 Apr 2024

Subject Benchmark Statement: Anthropology - the basics

Publication date: 11 Apr 2024

About this subject

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Anthropology provides students with approaches to explore different cultures, ways of life and how they relate to broader social, political, biological and environmental contexts. Anthropologists are therefore well positioned to address the wide range of complex problems that different communities face today.


Anthropology degrees explore what it means to be human through theoretical and practical learning methods. Anthropology is a broad field of study that aims to understand the experiences of past and present peoples and to predict future developments, on multiple scales - from the microscopic to the global. The discipline recognises multiple belief systems and ways of being in this investigation, and utilises a unique blend of insights, methods and theoretical perspectives from a range of related disciplines.

Professor Tim Thompson - Chair of the Advisory Group
Dean of Health & Life Sciences, Teesside University

Our new Statement has given us the opportunity to reflect upon the place of anthropology within the complicated and fast-moving world in which we live, and, as such, we have mirrored that in this document. The Statement explores different areas of anthropology as well as different approaches to practice. I hope that this will be of help in supporting our students, academics, practitioners and wider community as we continue to underline the importance of studying anthropology for our collective good.

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