Learn about yourself, studying others!

Come and study anthropology! Learning about the cultural differences in various societies you will learn the common human experience.  BA and MA level studies in cultural and social anthropology at the University of Latvia - Fall 2009!

Anthropology is the science of humans considering the variety of humanly created cultures and social forms. Anthropology has become increasingly popular in last decades when the world shrinks,  people migrate and intensive cultural contact takes place. People also realise the increasing complexity and variety of their own society.  Understanding common human heredity and culture process is possible through learning cultural differences and looking at one's own culture through the lens of other cultures. Interest in Baltic region - political, economic and cultural change and its impact on people's real lives unites both programmes. I

The programmes are developed with conviction that education is not a static target, which is obtained as eternal property once reached. The value of knowledge is in the one's ability to build upon it and finding creative solutions  all life long. Therefore programmes not only help developing academic career in anthropology but also offer the first or subsequent steps in one's self-development road, offering skills and knowledge required in entrepreneurship, civil service, NGO sector.

The faculty of the programme has received professional training in anthropology in well known universities - University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Bergen, University of Bristol, University of California, Berkeley and use their experience in teaching.

Bachelor and master level programmes are integrated, offering a full study cycle according to the EU standards.  Bachelor level programme offers a classical basis for  anthropology studies teaching theories and methods in anthropology of kinship, economics, politics, religion and culture process. Students can specialise in two of the offered study directions. Master level programme offers studies in a higher theoretical stage in offering specialisation in anthropology of governance, economics and culture process. Students without previous knowledge in anthropology are offered an introductory course in anthropology.