BS in Anthropology

BS in Anthropology Programme (Four Years)

Total Credit Hours Requirement: 130

Time Duration of Degree: 04 Year

Credit Hour Break-up:

Number of Courses Credit
Hours
1. Major (Compulsory) Courses 20 60

2. Core Courses (one course with 4 credit) 10 31

3. General Courses 08 24

4. Optional Course 04 12

5. Research Project Report 01 03

Total 43 130

Major (Compulsory) Courses (MC)

s.n. Course code Courses Credit Remarks

Hours
1 Ant-401 Introduction to Anthropology 03 MC
2 Ant-402 Social Theory 1 03 MC
3 Ant-427 Social Theory 2 03 MC
4 Ant-405 Introduction to Social 03 MC
Anthropology
5 Ant-409 Research Methodology 03 MC
6 Ant-407 Introduction to Economic 03 MC
Anthropology
7 Ant-413 Introduction to Applied 03 MC
Anthropology
8 Ant-416 Peasant societies 03 MC
9 Ant-420 Introduction to Anthropology 03 MC
of South Asia
10 Ant-421 Urban Anthropology: An 03 MC
Introduction
11 Ant-422 Anthropology of law 03 MC
12 Ant-428 Anthropology of Religion 03 MC
13 Ant-426 Anthropology of Middle East 03 MC
14 Ant-433 Anthropology of Language 03 MC
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15 Ant-434 Political Anthropology 03 MC

16 Ant-435 Anthropology of Pakistan 03 MC
17 Ant-414 Anthropology of Food and 03 MC
Nutrition
18 Ant-443 Introduction to Comparative 03 MC
Anthropology

19 Ant-442 Introduction to Medical 03 MC

Anthropology
20 Ant-444 Seminars in Proposal 03 MC
Development and Report
Writing
21 Ant-460 Research Project Report 03 MC

Core Courses (CC)

S.No. Course code Courses Credit Remarks
Hours
1 Ant-403 English 1 03 CC
2 Ant-404 Arabic Language 1 03 CC
3 Ant-406 Pakistan Studies 03 CC
4 Ant-410 Arabic Language 2 03 CC
5 Ant-411 English 2 03 CC
6 Ant-440 Introduction to Social 03 CC
Statistics
7 Ant-415 English 3 03 CC
8 Ant-430 Pakistani Culture and Society 03 CC
9 Ant-408 Islamic Studies 03 CC
10 Ant-437 Basic Academic Writing 04 CC

General Courses (GC)

S.No. Course code Courses Credit Remarks
Hours
1 Ant-412 Introduction to Sociology 03 GC
2 Ant-438 Introduction to Psychology 03 GC
3 Ant-424 Introduction to Political 03 GC
Science
4 Ant-429 Introduction to Social 03 GC
Psychology
5 Ant-425 Social Change and 03 GC
Development
6 Ant-419 International Relations 03 GC
7 Ant-441 Introduction to South Asian 03 GC
History
8 Ant-436 Introduction to Management 03 GC

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Optional Courses (OC)

S. No. Course code Courses Credit Remarks
Hours
1 Ant-417 Introduction to Anthropology 03 OC
of Islam
2 Ant-418 Anthropology of Media 03 OC
3 Ant-423 Physical Anthropology 03 OC
4 Ant-431 Anthropology of HRM: An 03 OC
Introduction
5 Ant-432 Globalization and 03 OC
Transnational Culture: An
Introduction
6 Ant-439 Business Anthropology: An 03 OC
Introduction
7 Ant-445 Anthropology of Knowledge 03 OC
and Education

Semester-Wise Course Work

First (1st) Semester

Sr. Course Code Courses Credit Remarks
No Hours
1 Ant-401 Introduction to Anthropology 03 MC
2 Ant-402 Social Theory 1 03 MC
3 Ant-403 English 1 03 CC
4 Ant-404 Arabic Language 1 03 CC
5 Ant-405 Introduction to Social 03 MC
Anthropology
6 Ant-406 Pakistan Studies 03 CC
Total 18

Second (2nd) Semester

Sr. Course Code Courses Credit Remarks
No Hours
1 Ant-407 Introduction to Economic 03 MC
Anthropology
2 Ant-408 Islamic Studies 03 CC
3 Ant-409 Research Methodology 03 MC
4 Ant-410 Arabic Language 2 03 CC
5 Ant-411 English 2 03 CC
6 Ant-412 Introduction to Sociology 03 GC

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Total 18

Third (3rd) Semester

Sr. Course Courses Credit Remarks
No Code Hours
1 Ant-413 Introduction to Applied 03 MC
Anthropology
2 Ant-414 Anthropology of Food and 03 MC
Nutrition
3 Ant-415 (English 3) 03 CC
(Technical Report writing and
Communication)

4 Ant-416 Peasant Societies 03 MC

5 Ant-417/or Introduction to Anthropology of 3 OC
Islam/or
Ant-418 Anthropology of Media 03

6 Ant-419 International Relations 03 GC

Total 18

Fourth (4th) Semester

Sr. Course Code Courses Credit Hours Remarks
No
1 Ant-420 Introduction to Anthropology 03 MC
of South Asia
2 Ant-421 Urban Anthropology: An 03 MC
Introduction
3 Ant-422 Introduction to Anthropology 03 MC
of Law
4 Ant-423/or Physical Anthropology/or 03 OC
Ant-418 Anthropology of Media 03
5 Ant-424 Introduction to Political 03 GC
Science
6 Ant-425 Social Change and 03 GC
Development
Total 18

Fifth (5th) Semester

Sr. Course Code Courses Credit Hours Remarks
No
1 Ant-426 Anthropology of Middle East 03 MC
2 Ant-427 Social Theory 2 03 MC
3 Ant-428 Anthropology of Religion 03 MC
4 Ant-429 Introduction to Social 03 GC
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Psychology
5 Ant-430 Pakistani Culture and Society 03 CC

6 Ant-431 Anthropology of Human 03 OC

Resource Management: An
Introduction / or
Ant-432 Globalization and 03
Transnational Culture: An
Introduction
Total 18

Sixth (6th) Semester

Sr. Course Code Courses Credit Hours Remarks
No
1 Ant-433 Anthropology of Language 03 MC
2 Ant-434 Political Anthropology 03 MC
3 Ant-435 Anthropology of Pakistan 03 MC
4 Ant-436 Introduction to Management 03 GC
5 Ant-437 Basic Academic Writing 04 CC
Total 16

Seventh (7th) Semester

Sr. Course Code Courses Credit Hours Remarks
No
1 Ant-438 Introduction to Psychology 03 GC

2 Ant-439 Business anthropology: An 03 OC

Introduction/or
Ant-432 Globalization and 03
Transnational Culture: An
Introduction
3 Ant-440 Introduction to Social Statistics 03 CC
4 Ant-441 Introduction to South Asian 03 GC
History
Total 12

Eighth (8th) Semester

Sr. Course Code Courses Credit Hours Remarks
No
1 Ant-442 Medical Anthropology 3 MC
2 Ant-443 Introduction to Comparative 3 MC
Anthropology
3 Ant-444 Seminars in Proposal 3 MC
Development and Report
Writing
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4 Ant-460 Research Project Report 03 MC

Total 12

Summary of Semester-Wise Course

Nature 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total
of
Courses
MC 03 02 03 03 03 03 04 21
CC 03 03 01 01 01 01 10
(4 credit) (1 course 4 credit)

GC 01 01 02 01 01 02 08
OC 01 01 01 01 04
Total 06 06 06 06 06 04 05 04 43

Summary of Hours-Wise Course

Nature 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total
of
Courses
MC 09 06 09 09 09 09 12 63
CC 09 09 03 03 04 03 31
GC 03 03 06 03 03 06 24
OC 03 03 03 03 15
18 18 18 18 18 16 12 12 130

Total Courses: 43 Total credit hours: 130