OU - what's the closest they offer to anthropology?

[mumofaboy]

I think one the reasons I have so much indecision about OU courses is that I'd really like to study anthropology and they don't offer it. Anyone studying with them care to venture a guess as to which of their courses is closest? I'm assuming some of the humanities courses may be good?

Ta

I'd say sociology is the closest thing to anthropology offered by the OU. All of the sociology courses I've done with them draw on the work of anthropologists (Daniel Miller, Bourdieu, Mauss etc etc)

I have a Sociology degree, althogh not from the OU. We covered a lot of stuff that could be (and is) described as Anthropology.

This History course might interest you, too. I guess it depends on whether there's a specific area of Anthroplogy that interests you - are you interested in prehistoric humans or contemporary globalization, for example?

I'm interested in a bit of everything TBH (hence wanting anthropology as opposed to say, history OR sociology OR geography etc.) - that course does look interesting ctually.

I quite like the idea of classics/egyptology - I really ancient history that goes into their beliefs and mythology etc.

Actually, feel free to make suggestions about course offered by other institutions that are credit bearing as I can transfer them to the OU (doing the open degree, hopefully.... eventually........!

I think the OU's level 2 course on childhood has a bit of anthropology in it.