Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Anthropology is four year course introduced by Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science.
Curricular Structure
Students are required to take Compulsory English in the first and the third years and Compulsory Nepali in the second year. University offers Alternative English in the second year for International students as an alternative to Compulsory Nepali.
Compulsory Subjects:
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
C.Eng.401 Reading and Writing in English
C.Nep.402 Compulsory Nepali
C. Eng.403 Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines
Alt. Eng. 402 Alternative English
Curriculum Structure of BA Anthropology
First Year
AN.421 Introduction to Anthropology
Course Contents
Unit I: General Introduction
Unit II: Basic Concepts in Anthropology
Unit III: Understanding Culture
Unit IV: Social Institutions
Unit VI: Understanding Change and Social Transformation
Unit VII: Applied Anthropology: Application of Anthropology
AN.422 Theoretical Perspectives in Anthropology
Course Contents
Unit I: Understanding Theory in Anthropology
Unit II: The Nineteenth Century Evolutionism
Unit III: Diffusion, Diffusionism, and Culture Area
Unit IV: Historical Particularism and Cultural Relativism
Unit V: Functionalism and Structural Functionalism
Unit VI: Neo-evolutionism and cultural Ecology or Ecological Anthropology
Unit VII: Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology
Second Year
AN.423 Anthropology of Nepal
AN.424 Anthropology and Development
Third Year
AN. 425 Research Methods in Anthropology
Fourth Year
AN. 426 Human Ecology and Resource Management
AN 427 Research Practicum and Report Writing
Elective Paper
AN. 410 Democracy Development and Social Inclusion
