BSc (Hons) Psychology and Anthropology in Durham United Kingdom | Durham University

Durham's Psychology and Anthropology Departments are renowned for their outstanding teaching and research. The diverse yet complementary research expertise across both departments ensures you'll learn from faculty actively exploring the intersection of psychological and anthropological perspectives, with many being prominent leaders in their research fields.

This combined degree program helps you explore what it means to be human in our fast-evolving world, examining human and animal behavior patterns and their complex interactions with one another.

The Psychology curriculum investigates individuals (and animals) through cognitive processes, biological foundations of behavior, and social/developmental influences on actions.

Anthropology employs frameworks from human biology, cultural evolution, primate studies, and human origins to analyze cognition and behavior across human societies past and present. You'll discover how anthropology and psychology offer both converging and contrasting viewpoints on human nature, along with multiple methodological approaches to key questions. The interdisciplinary connection between these fields naturally incorporates cross-cultural, international, and global perspectives - exemplified by anthropology's emphasis on cultural variation and psychology's growing awareness of cultural biases in traditional WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) research samples.