Anthropology and Spanish

Anthropology and Spanish is a combination that prepares you for a genuinely international intellectual and professional life. Anthropology is the comparative study of human societies and cultures, examining how social structures, identities, beliefs, and practices vary across the world and what those variations reveal about the human condition. Spanish gives you access to one of the world's most widely spoken languages and to the diverse cultures of Spain and Latin America, a region of growing global importance and extraordinary cultural richness.

At Queen's University Belfast, this four-year full-time degree develops your understanding of socio-cultural differences and similarities and how they arise, are transmitted, and change over time. You will engage with debates surrounding culture and identity, both individual and communal, and learn to analyse a wide variety of literary, political, social, cultural, and linguistic aspects of Spanish-speaking countries across the globe. Importantly, students can start learning Spanish as a beginner, making the degree accessible to those without prior experience of the language.

The Spanish strand builds linguistic proficiency at pace alongside cultural and literary understanding. The combination means you can bring anthropological thinking to bear on Spanish-speaking cultures with both scholarly depth and real linguistic access. The typical entry tariff is 152 UCAS points.

Graduates of anthropology and Spanish programmes find careers in international development, diplomacy, journalism, education, the charity sector, public policy, cultural organisations, and the broad range of professions that value cross-cultural understanding and communication. The ability to conduct ethnographic research, to think critically about cultural assumptions, and to communicate in Spanish opens doors in Latin America and in organisations working in or with Spanish-speaking communities. Many graduates also pursue postgraduate study in anthropology, Latin American studies, development studies, or linguistics.