Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Anthropology is four year course introduced by Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science.
The main objective of this course is to make the students familiar with the discipline of anthropology, its scope and nature as a scientific study of culture and humanity. This course will help students understand four fields of anthropology, and the basic concepts on social and cultural institutions as well as anthropology's applications in studying human society and cultural diversity.
Curricular Structure
Students are required to take Compulsory English in the first and the third years and Compulsory Nepali in the second year. University offers Alternative English in the second year for International students as an alternative to Compulsory Nepali.
Compulsory Subjects:
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First Year |
Second Year |
Third Year |
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C.Eng.401 Reading and Writing in English |
C.Nep.402 Compulsory Nepali |
C. Eng.403 Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines |
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Alt. Eng. 402 Alternative English |
Curriculum Structure of BA Anthropology
First Year
AN.421 Introduction to Anthropology
Course Contents
- Unit I: General Introduction
- Unit II: Basic Concepts in Anthropology
- Unit III: Understanding Culture
- Unit IV: Social Institutions
- Unit VI: Understanding Change and Social Transformation
- Unit VII: Applied Anthropology: Application of Anthropology
AN.422 Theoretical Perspectives in Anthropology
Course Contents
- Unit I: Understanding Theory in Anthropology
- Unit II: The Nineteenth Century Evolutionism
- Unit III: Diffusion, Diffusionism, and Culture Area
- Unit IV: Historical Particularism and Cultural Relativism
- Unit V: Functionalism and Structural Functionalism
- Unit VI: Neo-evolutionism and cultural Ecology or Ecological Anthropology
- Unit VII: Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology
Second Year
AN.423 Anthropology of Nepal
AN.424 Anthropology and Development
Third Year
AN. 425 Research Methods in Anthropology
Fourth Year
AN. 426 Human Ecology and Resource Management
AN 427 Research Practicum and Report Writing
Elective Paper
AN. 410 Democracy Development and Social Inclusion