{"id":16067,"date":"2025-09-30T23:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/?page_id=16067"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:31:30","slug":"undergraduate-faq-course-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/undergraduate-faq-course-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate FAQ Course Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tUndergraduate FAQ – Course Information\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBack to FAQ\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat can you expect from the Coursework in our Department?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Students will take compulsory core courses and choose from a range of elective courses. In the final year, students are encouraged to take on either their undergraduate thesis or independent study courses.<\/p>\n

Our coursework provides foundational training in how sociologists and\/or anthropologists frame questions about the social world. Students learn about the methodologies sociologists and\/or anthropologists use in empirical research and receive training in both qualitative and quantitative methods. These courses teach skills in critical thinking and communicating complex ideas. They also expose students to a range of interesting social, political, and economic phenomena in Singapore and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Our courses are therefore taught by people who are passionate about and specialists in many areas of study. Faculty at NUS Sociology and Anthropology have active research pursuits in a wide range of areas, such as border and security, migration and social intergration; urban sustainability; social forces shaping science and technology; ageing, and health; demographic changes and the sociology of the family; social policy and state power; gender, class, and ethnic racial inequalities; political economy of work and food; religion and religiosity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t What are the Core Courses I would be taking?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

<\/p>\nFor Sociology 1st Major the core courses are:\n

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  1. SC1101E Making Sense of Society<\/li>\n
  2. SC2101 Methods of Social Research<\/li>\n
  3. SC3101 Social Thought and Social Theory<\/li>\n
  4. SC4101 Practising Anthropology and Sociology<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nFor Sociology 2nd Major the core courses are:\n
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    1. SC1101E Making Sense of Society<\/li>\n
    2. SC2101 Methods of Social Research<\/li>\n
    3. SC3101 Social Thought and Social Theory<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nFor Anthropology 1st Major the core courses are:\n
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      1. AN1101E Anthropology and the Human Condition<\/li>\n
      2. AN2101 Research Methods in Anthropology<\/li>\n
      3. AN3101 Anthropology and Theory<\/li>\n
      4. SC4101 Practising Anthropology and Sociology<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nFor Anthropology 2nd Major the core courses are:\n
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        1. AN1101E Anthropology and the Human Condition<\/li>\n
        2. AN2101 Research Methods in Anthropology<\/li>\n
        3. AN3101 Anthropology and Theory<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nplease click on the links below for more information:\n
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          1. Programme Requirements – B.Soc.Sci. (Hons.) – Sociology – Department of Sociology and Anthropology<\/a><\/li>\n
          2. Core and Electives Description – Course Description – Department of Sociology and Anthropology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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