Social & Cultural Anthropology (IB)

Applications Open - 10th November 2025

Applications Close - 27th February 2026

Entry Requirements - Please refer to the Sixth Form Course Directory via the website www.knoleacademy.org

Option blocks and detailed subject information can be found in our course directory https://www.knoleacademy.org/3569/information-for-students-applying-for-september-2025

How to Apply - Via Kent Choices

PLEASE NOTE WHEN SELECTING COURSES THERE ARE FOUR POSSIBLE PATHWAYS

Vocational pathway - Select minimum of 3 vocational subjects

IBCP pathway - Select minimum 1 vocational and minimum 2 IB subjects

IBDP pathway - Select only the IBDP option from Block E. We will contact you about subject options

Level 2 pathway -Select either Culinary Skills or Hairdressing

Anthropology is about “making sense of other people’s worlds, translating their experiences and explaining what they are up to, how their societies work and why they believe in whatever it is that they believe in” (Erksen 2006). Social and cultural anthropology is the study of different cultures and human societies, understanding what makes us different to different human beings across different societies.

The course aims to enable students to develop an understanding of a range of contemporary issues in our society such as war, conflict, the environment, poverty, injustice, inequality and human and cultural rights. The course examines how society is changing and what life is like to live in these different societies.

Part 1: Engaging with anthropology

• Language of anthropology
• Practice of anthropology
• Anthropological thinking

Part 2: Topic choices

• Group 1 - (Classifying the World, Health, Illness and Beyond or The Body)
• Group 2 - (Belonging, Communication or Expression and Technology)
• Group 3 - (Conflict, Development or Exchange and Consumption)

Part 3: Engaging in anthropological practice - which involves completing your own fieldwork

This course is assessed through a mixture of externally and internally assessed work.

Minimum of five 9-5 grades in GCSE examinations including English and Maths.

See Careers Leader for more information.

Future courses & possible careers:

• Working for the Government
• Education
• Market Research
• International Aid Worker
• Charity Work