Anthropology BSc (Hons)

Course Overview - Anthropology BSc (Hons)

**This degree - one of just a handful at UK universities to offer complementary units covering social anthropology alongside the core focus on biological anthropology – provides a firm foundation for understanding how societies work.**

**Why study BSc (Hons) Anthropology at BU?**
- Anthropology is the study of humans: what unites us as a species, and how and why individuals and groups vary both biologically and culturally across space and time.


- With comprehensive study of the dual biological/social nature of humans and human societies, past and present...

2 options available

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

22/09/2025

Campus

Main Site

Course Address
Talbot Campus
Fern Barrow
Poole
BH12 5BB

Application Details

Course Code

J21B

Institution Code

B50

Points of Entry

Year 1, Year 2, Year 3

Entry Requirements

A level

104–120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of two A-levels.

UCAS Tariff

104

120

The entry requirements for this course are 104-120 tariff points including a minimum of 2 A-levels or equivalent qualifications.

Scottish Higher

104 - 120 tariff points from a minimum of four Scottish Highers.

Access to HE Diploma

102 - 118 tariff points with any combination of Distinction, Merit, Pass grades

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

28

31

28 - 31 overall.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM

112 tariff points (Grade DMM)

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE English Language or English Literature and Mathematics grade 4 (or grade C in the old grading system). We also accept iGCSEs, Key Skills and Functional Skills and other qualifications at Level 2 of the National Qualifications Framework.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

104 tariff points (Grade D*D)

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma

104 tariff points (Grade D*D)

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

112 tariff points (Grade DMM)

Scottish Advanced Higher

104 - 120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of two Scottish Advanced Highers.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

104 - 120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of two principal subjects

Extended Project

We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by two A-level sized qualifications to meet the overall UCAS tariff.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)

We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff.

OCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma

We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff.

OCR Cambridge Technical Subsidiary Diploma

We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff.

T Level

M

120 UCAS tariff points

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