I chose to study Sociology and Social Anthropology because I studied Sociology at A level
and found it really interesting and
quite engaging and thought I'd like to
develop a deep understanding of it. And I
was tossing up between studying
Sociology and studying Social
Anthropology because I saw Social
Anthropology and saw that you could
study really interesting cultures from
different parts of the world which are
built completely differently to the
cultures of the UK and thought that was
just fascinating. And so when I saw I
could do it as a joint honours course I
thought – well, I get the best of both
worlds because I can study the stuff
from Sociology that's really fascinating
and the stuff from other cultures around
the world
that's also really fascinating. The
aspects that I like about this course
are how the study of Sociology has given
me a more complex understanding of how
individuals behave and interact with one
another in day-to-day life and
you can see that and there's
evidence of that everywhere. With Social
Anthropology it's showing me how
little I knew about different cultures
in different countries and how their
history affects their day-to-day lives
and so I've learned a lot about how
those kind of individuals will interact
with each other and how those
individuals interact with the modern
world as a result and that's really
interesting. So recently I did a piece of
work on religion and why religion
continues to flourish in the modern
world and I find this particularly
interesting because I attended the
lecture and it was extremely engaging and the
lecturer was clearly passionate about
talking about this and I thought – well
I've never studied religion in much
depth before; this is a good opportunity
to get into it and as soon as
I started answering the question it was
just it was really interesting and it
really was easy to write an entire
piece of work on this because the books
that we read all fed into each
other and matched
was what the lecturer was saying and it
was the whole process was enjoyable. So
after I graduate I would be really
interested in studying a Master's and if
possible doing this abroad. It would be
interesting after studying Anthropology
to be able to put what I've learned into
practice and to go to a different
country and do research and interact
with individuals that I wouldn't
ordinarily meet.
