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Anthropology Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Arts & Humanities via distance learning
Anthropology via distance learning
This programs explains how the four sub-fields of anthropology namely archaeology, ethnology, physical anthropology, and linguistics combine to yield a comprehensive understanding of humanity. It illustrates both the diversity of human societies and cultural patterns around the world and the similarities that make all humans fundamentally alike. It also reviews, from an anthropological point of view, the consequences of industrialism and globalization.
Academic Supervisor : Sara Hejazi
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Anthropology Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Anthropology.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Ancient History - Archaeology - Comparative Literature - Cultural Studies - English Literature - Humanities - Language Studies - Library & Data Management - Museology - Mythology & Occultism - Philosophy & Critical Thinking - World History .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Anthropology Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Anthropology via distance learning = 36 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Anthropology Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Anthropology via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Cultural Studies.
Master's Degree - Anthropology Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Anthropology via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Cultural Studies. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Anthropology Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Anthropology via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Cultural Studies. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
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Anthropology Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
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Human Evolution
This course examines the broad range of primate behavior and what it means to be human. It depicts the trajectory of human evolution while emphasizing the biology and behavior of higher primates, like chimpanzees and gorillas. In tracing the evolution of an individual's own family, the Hominids, emphasis is placed on the interaction between cultural, environmental, and biological factors.
Academic Supervisor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
World Cultures
This course surveys human world cultures from earliest evidence to the development of civilizations. It provides a comparative exploration of the cultural factors shaping human behavior in selected cultures and examines the influences of varying environments on human and biocultural adaptations.
Academic Supervisor: Mari Schuldt
World Myths & Beliefs
This course analyses religion as a universal aspect of human culture expressed in the form of believes and rituals that deal with supernatural beings, powers, and forces. It focuses on the characteristics of major indigenous beliefs and mythologies. It emphasizes the psychological, religious, and cultural meanings of myth.
Academic Supervisor: Joseph Kariuki Njino
Civilization & Culture
This course studies how and why the first civilizations emerged and the preconditions necessary for state development: the domestication of plants/animals, the farming communities, the first cities, the religious ideologies, the evolution of language and its relationship to culture, and the progress of each civilization.
Academic Supervisor: Sara Hejazi
Society, Family & Marriage
This course presents various forms of social organization in tribal societies, including kinship groupings such as family and clan, as well as groups organized by age and sex. It provides a cross-cultural and historical approach that connects family systems to society and culture.
Academic Supervisor: Catherine Wanjiru Gachutha
Folk Societies & Lifestyles
This course explores the anthropological theories and methods dealing with folk societies and cultures. It provides a comparative analysis of different lifestyles and their place and role in society, folklore, and culture.
Academic Supervisor: Sara Hejazi
Marriage & Family Relations
This course examines the impact of modern society upon the family as it relates to courtship, size of family, member relationships, economic problems, and marital stability. It compares alternative life styles, marriage, and family relations throughout the life span. It examines family development across generations.
Academic Supervisor: Catherine Wanjiru Gachutha
Cultural Studies
This course of cultural studies seeks to understand how a culture is generated and disseminated from the social, political and economic spheres. It attempts to explain and analyze how cultural forces relate and interact from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Academic Supervisor: Sara Hejazi
Physical Anthropology
This course covers the scope, method, and theory of physical anthropology, from evolutionary biology and primate behavior to forensics and paleontology. It concentrates on issues of growth, physiology, morphology, pathology, and behavioral patterns of the human condition in time and space.
Academic Supervisor: Sara Hejazi
Cultural Anthropology
This course examines the influences of varying environments on human and biocultural adaptations. It reviews settlement patterns, population size, and the effect of migration on ancient and modern populations. It studies the characteristics of the family life, rituals, social organization, as well as the customs and values of societies in several tribal cultures worldwide.
Academic Supervisor: Sara Hejazi
Nutritional Anthropology
This course examines the interrelationships between biomedical, sociocultural, and ecological factors and their influence on the ability of humans to respond to variability in nutritional resources. It covers diet and human evolution, nutrition-related influences on human growth, development, and disease resistance, and current research on nutrient and gene interactions.
Academic Supervisor: Daniel Scott Janik
Anthropology
This course reviews the historical development and current theoretical approaches of anthropology and provides a multidisciplinary and integrated frame of reference. It also examines the current problems of indigenous groups and ethnicity and their relationship to the state.
Academic Supervisor: Sara Hejazi
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Anthropology Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
AAA - American Anthropological Association
ABA - Associação Brasileira de Antropologia
ABET - Associação Brasileira de Etnomusicologia
ABFSA - Association Belge Francophone de Sociologie et d'Anthropologie
ACSALF - Association Canadienne des Sociologues et Anthropologues de Langue Française
AFA - Association Française des Anthropologues
AFEA - Association Française d'Ethnologie et d'Anthropologie
AFS - American Folklore Society
AGEAC - Asociación Geofilosófica de Estudios Antropológicos y Culturales
AIBR - Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red
ALA - Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología
ALAB - Asociacion Latinoamericana de Antropologia Biologica
APA - Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia
ASA - Association of Social Anthropologists
BABAO - British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
EAA - European Anthropological Association
FAAEE - Federación de Asociaciones de Antropología del Estado Español
NAPA - National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
SAC - Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances
SAC - Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness
SBP - Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia
SCA - Society for Cultural Anthropology
SFAA - Society for Applied Anthropology
SHE - Society for Human Ecology
SMA - Society for Medical Anthropology
SPF - Société Préhistorique Française
WCAA - World Council of Anthropological Associations
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Admission requirements - Anthropology
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Anthropology Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
Recognition - Anthropology Online via distance learning
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Faculty of Arts & Humanities via distance learning
Anthropology Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
