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- UCAS course code
- VL66
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Comparative Religion and Social Anthropology
Apply anthropological concepts and tools to the study of comparative religion.
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: VL66 / Institution code: M20
- Typical A-level offer: ABB
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL
Course overview
- Combine the tradition-based study of religion with the social scientific approach of anthropology.
- Study topics such as Judaism, the problem of evil, the Bible, social theory, power and ethnography.
- Explore themes such as ritual, myth, sacred space and iconography as critical features of human societies, both past and present.
- The University of Manchester is a world-leading institution, ranked in the top-50 globally across all of Arts and Humanities by Times Higher Education 2025 .
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- Telephone
- 0161 509 2871
- ug-religions@manchester.ac.uk
- School/Faculty overview
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