DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Program & Courses Undergraduate

Courses

Areas of Specialization

Sociology Program

Social Work Program

Anthropology Program

Field Research Course

Double Major in Sociology

Minor in Sociology

Students enrolled in the Anthropology Program at Peking University are required to complete a total of 139 credits to meet the graduation requirements. This includes: Compulsory Anthropology Courses (53 credits), Anthropology Elective Courses (20 credits), and Open Electives (18 credits). The remaining 48 credits are other compulsory non-sociology courses required by the school.

1. Compulsory Anthropology Courses: 53 credits

1-1 Foundation Sociology Courses: 20 credits

Course ID	Course Name	Credits	Total Hours	Suggested course schedule (Year & Semester)
00332580	Advanced Mathematics (D)	4	68	Y1S1
03130010	Introduction to Sociology	4	68	Y1S1
03131010	Issues of Sociology	2	34	Y1S1
02330003	Introduction to Philosophy	3	51	Y2S1
03131500	Methods of Social Survey and Social Research	4	68	Y2S1
02533160	Principles of Economics (I)	3	51	Y2S1

1-2 Core Anthropology Courses: 30 credits

Course ID	Course Name	Credits	Total Hours	Suggested Course Schedule (Year & Semester)
03130150	Social Anthropology	3	51	Y1S1
03132030	Anthropological Lectures	3	51	Y1S2
03100130	Western Sociological Theory (Part 1)	2	34	Y1S2
03130020	Western Sociological Theory (Part 2)	2	34	Y2S1
03132000	Anthropological Theory	3	51	Y2S1
03132010	History of Anthropology	2	34	Y2S1
03132020	Research Methods of Anthropology	3	51	Y2S2
03130050	History of Chinese Social Thoughts	2	34	Y2S2
03131700	Anthropology of Politics	2	34	Y3S1
03131360	Ethnicity and Society	2	34	Y3S2
03132080	Fieldwork	2	34	Y3S2
03132550	Field Research	4	68	Y3 (Any semester)

1-3 Undergraduate Thesis: 3 credits

2. Electives: 38 credits

2-1 Anthropology Elective Courses: 20 credits

Note: A total of 20 credits should be chosen from the list below.

Course ID	Course Name	Credits	Total Hours	Suggested Course Schedule (Year & Semester)
03130210	Social Psychology	4	68	Y1S2
03132110	Argumentative Essay Writing	1	17	Y1S2
03130590	Chinese Society	2	34	Y2S1
03132040	Visual Anthropology	4	68	Y2S2
03130270	Social Gerontology	2	34	Y3S1
03132180	Economic Anthropology	2	34	Y3S1
Pending	Linguistic Anthropology	2	34	Y3S1
Pending	Sociology of Kinship	2	34	Y3S1
03132070	Introduction to Medical Anthropology	2	34	Y3S2
03131990	Anthropology of Art	2	34	Y3S2
03130250	Rural Sociology	2	34	Y3S2
03130190	Urban Sociology	2	34	Y3S2
03131131	The Sociology of Family	4	68	Y3S2
Pending	Cultural Studies	2	34	Y3S2
Pending	Anthropological Demography	2	34	Y3S2
Pending	Urban Anthropology	2	34	Y3S2
Pending	Historical Anthropology	2	34	Y3S2
	Research Training	3-4		Y2S2

2-2 Open Elective: 18 credits

Requirements:

(1) A minimum of 8 credits must be selected from courses offered by the department;

(2) Remaining 10 credits can be comprised of courses offered by any department. (Credits from a minor can be used to fulfill this portion of credits. However, courses with the same name offered by other departments will not count towards valid credits if chosen.)

Course ID	Course Name	Credits	Total Hours
Pending	Sexuality Anthropology	2	34
Pending	Applied Anthropology	2	34
Pending	Educational Anthropology	2	34
Pending	Legal Anthropology	2	34
Pending	Business Anthropology	2	34
Pending	Regional Studies	3	51
Pending	Myth and Ritual	3	51
Pending	Cultural Heritage and Museum Anthropology Studies	3	51
Pending	Understanding Ethnicity: Theory and Policy	2	34
03130120	Social Statistics	3	51
03130280	Gender Studies	2	34
03130340	Sociology of Religion	2	34
03130400	The Thinking of Sociology of Education	2	34
03130660	Sociology of Development	3	51
03130700	Historical Sociology	2	34
03130880	History of Western Social Thoughts	2	34
03130906	Introduction to Social Sciences Research Methods	2	34
03131190	Introduction to Social Work	4	68
03131260	Analytical Techniques of Data	2	34
03131500	Methods of Social Survey and Social Research	2	34
03131740	The History of Chinese Sociology	2	34
03131840	Networks and Crowds	3	51
03131880	Sociological Perspectives: Selected Readings	2	34
03131900	Game Theory for Social Scientists	2	34
03131920	Introduction to Social Science Research	4	68
03131930	Introduction of Ethnic Studies	2	34
03131940	Social Network Analysis	3	51
03131950	National and Ethnic Issues of China during the 20th Century	2	34
03131960	Identity Politics	2	34
03131980	Museum Anthropology and Cultural Exhibitions	2	34
03132090	Myth, Folklore and Popular Culture in Europe	2	34
03132100	Welfare States: Origins and Development	2	34
03132130	Sociology and Chinese Society	2	34
03132140	Thesis Writing Practicum	2	34
03132150	Generations and Youth	2	34
03132160	Seminar on History and Politics	2	34
03132170	Digital Society Introduction	2	34

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