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BA vs BSc Anthropology

I'm hoping to apply to Durham for 2016 entry and I want to study anthropology. However when I looked at the different courses, the entry requirements for the BA were much higher than for the BSc despite the courses having many shared modules (the first year is literally exactly the same, and the second year isn't much different except BA students have a little more choice when it comes to modules).

The entry req for the BA is AAA at A level, whereas for the BSc it's only ABB.

Why might this be? Anyone know?
It's the remnants of the BSc being a significantly less popular course back from when it was still taught at Stockton. Now it's being taught at the Durham City campus, the numbers have evened out a lot (there's less than 30 people in my year - going into third - from the BSc and Health and Human Sciences combined, though there's a more even split, though still a little more popularity in the BA, in the year below now they've combined the department into one campus). As you say, there's little difference between the two - I think most of the difference comes in second year, but even then they're minimal. I also think it's relatively easy to transfer between programmes, though the department's administration can be difficult to deal with at times (I'm currently trying to sort out some issues with my own third year modules and finding them rather unhelpful, but I've had very easy dealings with them as well).
Chemistry Research, Durham University
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Okay thanks, that makes sense! :smile:

I'm probably going to apply for the BA as I liked the look of years 2 & 3 better, and if the BSc is becoming more popular then most likely it'll start getting more competitive and the offers will rise to being the same as the BA so there'll likely be no difference in how easy they are to get into.. Probably? I guess? ... I got AAAA at AS though so it's not really a problem..

Thanks again for explaining!
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I'm actually just about to go into my 2nd year of BA Anthropology. I was considering changing to the BSc degree but decided not to in the end as, while I like the more scientific side of the course, I didn't want to completely stop doing social anthropology modules. In the BA course you do get slightly more choice when picking modules than the BSc. It's really up to you, but if you want to keep your options open and have no real preference towards biological anthropology than BA might be the best choice. Even if you decide part way through the course that your really prefer the biological side, there is nothing stopping you specialising in biological anthropology in third year (e.g doing a bio anth dissertation).

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