Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Dance Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Dance Studies

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Dance Studies

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

Dance Studies

Applicants are required to complete an interview and an audition. Applicants are also required to submit a completed medical fitness form. Those applicants who are unable to attend the interview and dance audition in person may arrange to complete the process through electronic means of communication.


Dance Studies

Applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' are required to sit for an interview, held on a date which will be announced in due course. Once announced, this date cannot be changed. The closing date for receipt of applications from applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' is 31 August 2024 at 2pm.

Applicants may also be required to submit a Learning Portfolio. Further information about the Portfolio will be forwarded to applicants.

Applicants wishing to join the part-time mode must submit their application as full-time, and then include a note in the comments box of the application form, denoting their preference to be considered for the part-time option. Such requests will be considered by the Board of the Faculty.


Anthropology

Applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' are required to sit for an interview, held on a date which will be announced in due course. Once announced, this date cannot be changed. The closing date for receipt of applications from applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' is 31 August 2024 at 2pm.

Applicants may also be required to submit a Learning Portfolio. Further information about the Portfolio will be forwarded to applicants.

Applicants wishing to join the part-time mode must submit their application as full-time, and then include a note in the comments box of the application form, denoting their preference to be considered for the part-time option. Such requests will be considered by the Board of the Faculty.


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Dance Studies

Applicants wishing to join the part-time mode must submit their application as full-time, and then include a note in the comments box of the application form, denoting their preference to be considered for the part-time option. Such requests will be considered by the Board of the Faculty.

The programme of study in Dance Studies will provide you with an academic perspective of the different types of dance and theories related to it, where you will learn about how dance choreography has developed from past to present. You will have the chance to undergo professional practice and experience a variety of dance manners ranging from the musical theatre and movement analysis, to the coupling of performance and philosophy. To heighten your academic experience of the theoretical and practical sides of dance studies, you will be encouraged to participate in an Erasmus+ mobility programme abroad, in order to gain a holistic and multicultural education of the subject matter.


Anthropology

Applicants wishing to join the part-time mode must submit their application as full-time, and then include a note in the comments box of the application form, denoting their preference to be considered for the part-time option. Such requests will be considered by the Board of the Faculty.

The programme in Anthropology will provide you with an intricate and wide academic understanding of the subject-matter. During your course of studies, you will learn about the social, cultural, biological and linguistic aspects that comprise anthropology. Your knowledge on these areas may also culminate into a research-based dissertation that you will carry out in your final year of your programme of study. By studying about the origin and contemporary standing of anthropology, you will be provided with a wide spectrum of facets that will contribute to a more holistic understanding, ranging from evolution and society, to psychoanalysis, migration and post-colonialism, to name a few. We will also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that an international and multi-cultural experience will provide you with a more holistic learning outcome.


Communication and Academic Skills Programme

The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.

Dance Studies

 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
DCS1020 Dance Techniques 1 6 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
DCS1005 Dance in History and Society 1 5 ECTS    
DCS1011 Dance as Communication 5 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
DCS1006 Dance in History and Society 2 5 ECTS    
DCS1013 The Healthier Performer 5 ECTS    

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Dance Studies
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 10 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
DCS2020 Dance Techniques 2 6 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PFA2004 Interdisciplinary Theories of Performance 5 ECTS    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
DCS2015 Dance Theatre 4 ECTS    
DCS2017 Technology and Interdisciplinary Performance-Making 6 ECTS    
DCS2018 Dance Education 4 ECTS    
DCS2021 Movement Analysis: Theory and Practice 2 ECTS    
PFA2005 Performance and Philosophy 4 ECTS    
PFA2006 Musical Theatre: Histories and Training 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
DCS2005 Dance and Performance Theory 5 ECTS    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
DCS2016 Choreography: Modernism and Postmodernism 4 ECTS    
DCS2019 Dance in the Community 4 ECTS    
DCS2022 Dance Criticism 2 ECTS    
PFA2007 Musical Theatre: Performance 4 ECTS    
THS2107 Arts and Cultural Management 1: Theories and Perspectives 6 ECTS    

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Dance Studies
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 credits

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
DCS3009 Choreological Perspectives 5 ECTS    
DCS3029 Choreography Event, Support and Performance 6 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
DCS3006 Performance Practitioners 5 ECTS    
DCS3026 Synoptic Study-unit 1: Individual Dance Project 6 ECTS   (NC)  
DCS3027 Synoptic Study-unit: Dance Studies Review 6 ECTS   (NC)  

 
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:
28 ECTS credits in Dance Studies
28 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units

Requirement for award of B.A. Dance Studies and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Dance Studies
80 ECTS credits in the other area
20 ECTS credits optional study-units

Anthropology

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 10 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT1004 Ethnography and Anthropological Theory 8 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT1003 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 ECTS   (NC)  
ANT1030 Academic Writing and Anthropology 4 ECTS    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ARC1105* Introduction to Human Evolution 2 ECTS    
CVL1013 Introduction to Legal Anthropology 4 ECTS    

* Study-unit ARC1105 cannot be taken by students who registered for study-unit ARC1005 in their Archaeology area.
 
 
Semester 2
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT1001 Human Societies: The Comparative Perspective 4 ECTS    
ANT1005 Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean 4 ECTS    
ANT1009 Anthropology and the Contemporary World 2 ECTS    

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Anthropology
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 18 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT2020 Kinship, Family and Marriage 4 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT2002 Law, State and Society in Southern Europe 4 ECTS    
ANT2003 Nation, State and Society in the Middle East/North Africa 4 ECTS    
ANT2057 Anthropology of Food 4 ECTS    
ANT2059 Refugees and Displacement: Anthropological Perspectives 4 ECTS    
ANT3019 Historical Anthropology 4 ECTS    
ANT3027 Visual Anthropology: Theory and Photographic Applications 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT3016 Anthropology of Religion 4 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT2050 Anthropology of Borders 4 ECTS    
ANT2054 The Body in Culture and Society 2 ECTS    
ANT2055 Anthropology and Art 2 ECTS    
ANT3022 Anthropology of Gender and Sexualities 4 ECTS    
ANT3060 Advanced Topic in Social or Cultural Anthropology 2 ECTS    
ANT3082 Anthropology and the Hellenic World 4 ECTS    
ANT3122 Anthropology and Literature 2 ECTS    

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in Anthropology
26 credits in the other area
8 credits optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 4 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT3006 Political Anthropology 4 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT2047 Emotions, Culture and Society 4 ECTS    
ANT3023 Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights 4 ECTS    
ANT3030 Anthropology of Migration 4 ECTS    
ANT3035 Special Topic in Anthropology 2 ECTS    
ANT3037 Anthropology and Post-Colonialism 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT3007 Economic Anthropology 4 ECTS   (NC)  
ANT3033 Current Issues in Cultural and Social Anthropology: Synoptic Revisions 4 ECTS   (NC)  
ANT3068 Synoptic Study-Unit: General Anthropology 6 ECTS   (NC)  
ANT3069 Synoptic Study-Unit: Regional and Global Anthropology 6 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT2082 Themes in Evolutionary Anthropology 2 ECTS    
ANT3021 Feminisms and Anthropology 2 ECTS    
ANT3041 Anthropology of Islam 4 ECTS    
ANT3052 Medical Anthropology 4 ECTS    
ANT3064 Psychoanalysis and Anthropology 4 ECTS    
ANT3080 History, Memory and Identity 4 ECTS    

 
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:
28 ECTS credits in Anthropology
28 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units

Requirement for award of B.A. Anthropology and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Anthropology
80 ECTS credits in the other area
20 ECTS credits optional study-units

This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Bachelor of Arts - B.A. - and the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.

Dance Studies

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Be able to discuss, criticise and analyse the different types of dance in a professional manner.
  • Possess a firm knowledge on the past and theory of dance and theatre through different aesthetic, artistic, cultural and practical lenses.
  • Have a refined sense of the relationship between bodily movement and theatre or musical performance.
  • Be critically able to conduct research in theatre, dance and performance.
  • Be able to contextualise culture, history and theory in a performative dance study.

Anthropology

Upon successfully completing the course, you will:

  • Have a refined and proficient skill-set in understanding how human diversity, behaviours and ideas have been impacted across time through biological, cultural, historical and linguistic perspectives.
  • Be able to carry out independent research and compose academic writings.
  • Be knowledgeable of the theories and history related to the discipline.
  • Contribute your anthropological knowledge to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions.
  • Demonstrate your knowledge through effective communication and construct arguments by using your refined capacity for critical thinking.


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Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Dance Studies

Upon successfully completing this course, you will have the opportunity to pursue a number of careers, both locally and internationally. These range from occupations such as an arts administrator, community arts worker, dance movement psychotherapist and choreographer, to pursuing a career as a dancer, theatre director and personal trainer. If you are interested in furthering your academic studies or are considering an academic career, then you are encouraged to enrol in one of our local post-graduate courses for a more holistic and honed learning experience.


Anthropology

This programme of study will prepare you for a wide range of anthropology related careers, both locally and abroad. These include working at museums, non-profit and community-based organisations, international development, organizational psychology, governmental work and marketing. If you are more inclined towards an academic career, we encourage you to further your studies by pursuing a post-graduate programme that our University offers, as a number of alumni have done so.


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