BS Social Anthropology

BS Social Anthropology is a four-year undergraduate degree studying human societies and cultures through direct, extended fieldwork — how communities organise themselves and how social change actually happens.

What You’ll Study

Coursework covers social and cultural anthropology, anthropological theory, ethnographic research methods, kinship and social organisation, economic and political anthropology, religion and ritual, and applied and development anthropology, with fieldwork training.

Career Scope in Pakistan

The development sector is the primary employer. NGOs, donor agencies and international organisations need people who can design and conduct field research, run monitoring and evaluation, produce social impact assessments, and understand community dynamics well enough to make programmes work.

Other paths include public policy research, social safeguards and resettlement work on infrastructure projects, market and consumer research, heritage and cultural organisations, journalism, and academia. Mixed-methods capability — qualitative fieldwork plus basic quantitative analysis — is the clearest route into work.

Admission Requirements

Intermediate or an equivalent qualification, plus the admission test used by the university concerned. Check each university’s admissions page for the current cycle.