BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HONOURS DEGREE IN ANTHROPOLOGY & CULTURAL HERITAGE (HACH)

Module Code	Module Name	Description
HACH100	Introduction to Social and Economic Anthropology	The module is designed to introduce candidates to the unique, holistic, comparative, and field-based study of the past and present state of humanity. At the end of the module learners acquire skills that enable them to co-exist with other people who may be different from them. The students will be able to contribute in social development initiatives in their communities and influence inclusive societies.
HACH103	Theories and Approaches in Anthropology	This is an introductory module offered by the Community and Social Development Department in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Studies. The Faculty encompasses disciplines which include Community and Social Development, Social Work, Psychology, Demography, Political Science and Public Policy and Lifelong Learning. The module is intended to provide foundational knowledge to students to enhance their understanding, skills, values, attitudes and competencies in their study of anthropology and cultural heritage. The students will use the knowledge gained in this module as analytical tools meant to understand and explain varying issues in anthropology and society. The module is also the beginning of preparation of students for the world of work as social scientists, anthropologists, archaeologist and linguistic anthropologists. The module offers a critical introduction to key issues and processes in the study of anthropology and cultural heritage through examination of various Theories and Approaches in Anthropology. It examines the role of old foundations of anthropology issues such as functionalism, structural functionalism, evolutionism, diffusionism together with contemporary theories such as Marxist anthropology, feminist anthropology and symbolic interpretive anthropology amongst others. The module will also focus on approaches that are used in anthropology such as the etic, emic, social navigation and participant observation together with cyber ethnography which are key in understanding how to do anthropological fieldwork in modern times. The module therefore considers the range of theories and approaches that shape and help in doing anthropology in different contexts.
HACH107	Gender and Society	This module provides an interdisciplinary exploration of gender, examining how it intersects with other social categories such as race, class, sexuality, and nationality. Students will engage with feminist theories, analyze representations of gender in media and popular culture, and explore the lived experiences of people of diverse gender identities. The module aims to foster critical thinking, promote social justice, and empower students to become agents of change.
HACH104	Introduction to Anthropological Research Methods	Anthropology provides the possibility to study every aspect of human existence, our past present and future. What research methods do ethnographers use to understand diverse human experiences and the ways people make sense of their lives and the world around them? What does fieldwork entail and what ethical dilemmas and other challenges do ethnographers encounter while engaging in research? In this module students are introduced to the ways of anthropological enquiry. But how do anthropologists practice their craft? What exactly do they do “out there” in the field and what is unique about their modes of studying human experience? In this course, we examine the primary methods used in ethnographic research. We will lean heavily on scholars who have written about their fieldwork—from entering the field to ethical issues they face.
HACH107	Climate Change and Society	This module provides an interdisciplinary exploration of gender, examining how it intersects with other social categories such as race, class, sexuality, and nationality. Students will engage with feminist theories, analyze representations of gender in media and popular culture, and explore the lived experiences of people of diverse gender identities. The module aims to foster critical thinking, promote social justice, and empower students to become agents of change.
HACH101	Introduction to Sociology	This module introduces the Sociological approach to the scientific study of society in the cultural context of modernity and post-modernity. At the end of the module learners will develop skills to examine how society is structured and organised, how social actors ‘model and design solutions to and interpret their actions, how patterns of interaction develop and reproduce themselves, and how whole societies become transformed over time. The students will be able to contribute to multidisciplinary teams in addressing social problems.
FSBT100	Social & Behavioural Theory (Faulty Wide Module)	This interdisciplinary module introduces students to foundational concepts in the social and behavioural sciences, spanning Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Demography, Political Science, Public Policy, and Lifelong Learning. It equips students with analytical tools, values, and competencies to study human behaviour and society through the lens of social and behavioural theory. Emphasis is placed on theorising as a practical activity, encouraging students to critically apply theory to issues affecting individuals, groups, communities, and societies. The module also serves as preparation for professional practice, fostering skills for engaging with policy, politics, economics, and knowledge production as emerging social scientists.
SDLSSB101	Student Development and Life Skills (University Wide Module)	This module equips learners with essential personal, social, and professional skills to thrive in academic and everyday life. It focuses on self-awareness, emotional intelligence, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making. Students will also develop practical competencies such as time management, teamwork, leadership, and adaptability, preparing them to navigate challenges and opportunities in both personal growth and future careers.
IDSB101	Information & Digital Skills (University Wide Module)	The Information and Digital Skills module develop learners’ ability to find, assess, and use information effectively while building confidence with digital tools. It covers online research, data management, communication, and collaboration, emphasizing ethical and responsible practices. By completion, learners can critically engage with digital resources across academic, professional, and everyday settings.
LAICSBSL100	Language Acquisition And Intercultural Communication For Social And Behavioural Sciences – SIGN LANGUAGE	This module offers a comprehensive introduction to Zimbabwean Sign Language (ZimSL), moving beyond simple gestures to treat the language as a complex, rule-governed linguistic system. Students will develop foundational communication skills while exploring the rich historical and cultural tapestry of the Deaf community.
HACH 203	Health and Illness	The module equips student with tools to model and design solutions in addressing health, illness and health care from a social science perspective.Debates on the biomedical model and the social construction of medical power/knowledge; the relationship between social structure and health (principally by class, gender and ethnicity); lay concepts, images and experiences of health and illness; the nature and status of professional power and dominance; and the challenges and uncertainties, dilemmas and contradiction of medicine and health care in the twenty-first century will be explored. At the end of the module learners should be able to contribute to health care management systems, social epidemiology and propose appropriate strategies for integrating traditional and complimentary medicine
HACH204	Gender & Sexuality	Gender and sexuality are important forces that shape every aspect of our lives. The module instils critical thinking in students to question the beliefs, customs, traditions upon which the oppression and abuse of various social groups are based. The module offers a unique set of skills such as: gender analysis; critical, flexible and rigorous thinking and gender research. The overall aim is to build a skills base for students to successfully and effectively pursue careers in diverse work settings.
HACH206	Contemporary Ethnographic Approaches	This module is compulsory in the undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) Anthropology & Cultural Heritage (HACH). This module is an introduction to ethnographic fieldwork and analysis and is intended for students in fields other than anthropology. It provides an introduction to contemporary debates in ethnography, and an outline of how selected methods may be used in ethnographic study. The ethnographic method was originally developed in the field of social anthropology, but has grown in popularity across several disciplines, including sociology, geography, criminology, education and organization studies. Ethnographic research is a largely qualitative method, based upon participant observation among small samples of people for extended periods. A community of research participants might be defined on the basis of ethnicity, geography, language, social class, or on the basis of membership of a group or organization. An ethnographer aims to engage closely with the culture and experiences of their research participants, to produce a holistic analysis of their field site.
HACH209	Migration & Development	This module is done as part of the requirements of the BSc (Honors) Anthropology and Cultural Heritage Degree (HACH). The Course, Migration and Development deals with the nexus between migration and development. This course provides students with an interdisciplinary introduction to the relationship between migration and development. It examines theories and case studies of migration drivers and impacts in developing countries, with a focus on Southern Africa. Students will critically analyse how migration influences and is influenced by economic, social, political and environmental changes. Students will be able to analyse the importance of migration and remittances to migrants, migrant households and communities as well the broader aspect of national development. Students will be introduced to debates around policies of migration and how they can impede or promote migration and at the same time contribute to the national development of different countries. In summary, the course "Migration and Development" offers anthropologists a deeper understanding of human culture, a multidisciplinary perspective, fieldwork opportunities, policy engagement possibilities, and avenues for academic research and teaching. These benefits equip students pursuing a degree in anthropology for diverse future occupations, including roles in research institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, cultural heritage preservation, advocacy, and academia.
HACH210	Contemporary Debates in Anthropology	This module introduces students to the topical issues in the field of anthropology. Drawing from recently published theoretical, methodological and ethnographic texts, the course surveys contemporary developments in this field. This module offers students in-depth knowledge and insights on key debates in anthropology related to developments in anthropological theory, method and ethnography. Students will at the end be able to critically asses and compare alternative theoretical and methodological approaches to contemporary anthropological research themes.
HACH205	Anthropology of Development	The module introduces theories, concepts and debates about social change/transformation as explained in foundational sociology and social anthropology. At the end of the module students will be able to model and design solutions to “development” as an on-going, uneven, and contradictory social engineering experiment in which nations learn as they go. Learners can have skills to contribute to a critique of development and propose options for inclusive development in the quest to achieve a middle-income economy.
HACH211	Religion and Society	This module introduces students to the study of religion.Through the lens of anthropological theory, we will learn about the intersections of religiosity and other social-cultural factors and we will explore culturally grounded meanings in a global-local religious discourse. At the end of the module students should be able to contribute to harnessing religion in conflict resolution, addressing harmful practices and promoting development.
SDLSSB201	Student Development and Life Skills (University Wide Module)	This module equips learners with essential personal, social, and professional skills to thrive in academic and everyday life. It focuses on self-awareness, emotional intelligence, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making. Students will also develop practical competencies such as time management, teamwork, leadership, and adaptability, preparing them to navigate challenges and opportunities in both personal growth and future careers.
CCLSSB201	Critical Consciousness & Life Skills (University Wide Module)	Develops students’ awareness of social, cultural and personal issues while fostering essential life skills for decision-making, problem-solving and responsible citizenship.
RISSB202	Research and Innovation Skills (Faculty Wide Module)	This module equips learners with the essential knowledge, tools, and practices required to conduct effective research and foster innovation in academic, professional, and entrepreneurial settings. It emphasizes critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and the application of systematic research methods to generate new ideas and solutions.
SSRM201	Social Science Research Methods (Faculty Wide Module)	This module engages with the emergence of Social Science Research Methods and their need to deal with unique experiences, meanings making processes and interpretations of people and thus of society. At the end of the module students should be able to conduct qualitative research to inform policies and development initiatives.
LAICSBPO200	Language Acquisition And Intercultural Communication For Social And Behavioural Sciences -PORTUGUESE	The module introduces students to the use of foreign and local languages and their application in academic research. The module under the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
HACH302	African Epistemologies & Decoloniality	This module marries the two concepts of African epistemologies and Decoloniality. At the end of the module students should be able to provide an alternative and contextual analysis of social theory and history within an African context. Students will be able to contribute to development that is informed by African philosophy
HACH309	Contemporary Issues in Global Health	This course applies an anthropological lens to critical global health challenges, emphasizing African contexts. It explores social, cultural, political, environmental and economic determinants of health, disease, and healthcare systems in Africa, integrating ethnographic, historical, and epidemiological perspectives.
HACH300	Anthropological Theory	Anthropology as a broad, holistic field seeks to model human biological and cultural variation through time and space. At the end of the module students will be able to contribute to development models and design solutions that are sensitive to cultural needs.
HACH380	Industrial Attachment	Industrial Attachment provides learners with supervised, hands-on practical experience in a real-world organizational or community development setting. The module bridges theory and practice by allowing students to apply knowledge and skills acquired during their studies to professional environments. It focuses on experiential learning, workplace ethics, problem-solving, and professional development, while exposing learners to institutional operations, project implementation, and stakeholder engagement. The module also emphasizes reflective practice, reporting, and supervision to enhance learning outcomes and career readiness.
EPECPSB301	Entrepreneurship, Professional Ethics Communication and Philosophy (University Wide Module)	The module capacitates students with skills to organically grow enterprises through cultivating employees that are creative and innovative. These skills and knowledge are the corner stone of enterprise growth as they remove dependence on the owners to all in the organisation. Through the module organisational rejuvenation and sustainable competitiveness hence growth is guaranteed.
SDLSSB301	Student Development and Life Skills (University Wide Module)	This module equips learners with essential personal, social, and professional skills to thrive in academic and everyday life. It focuses on self-awareness, emotional intelligence, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making. Students will also develop practical competencies such as time management, teamwork, leadership, and adaptability, preparing them to navigate challenges and opportunities in both personal growth and future careers.
HACH406	Social Ecology of Disaster	The study of natural disasters is a field of growing importance within anthropology. Around the world a great number of people are hit by catastrophic events like floods, earthquakes, droughts, storms, or tsunamis; they have to prepare for such events and cope with their consequences. In this module students will study how humans conceive of and deal with disasters, how disasters affect social worlds and every-day life.
HACH400	Urban Poverty Livelihoods & Resilience	This module focuses on the urban households and communities and will provide an enhanced model and design solutions on how poor households and communities build resilience through livelihood strategies. At the end of the module participants will among other things be able to identify contextual factors, livelihood assets, the functioning of structures and processes of key institutions and the livelihood strategies to build resilience. Students should be able to propose frameworks and guidelines towards a theory of change to inform programming.
HACH401	Anthropology of Tourism	Tourism today is viewed as a trillion United States dollar global economy and some regard it as one of the ‘magic bullets’ to alleviate poverty in developing countries. In Zimbabwe the tourism industry is estimated to contribute 10% share to the Gross Domestic Product. Upon successful completion of this module, students will be in a position to: - appreciate the often latent yet telling micro-politics and elements that are embedded in seemingly public leisure activities we call tourism; recognize the contribution of the disciplines of anthropology to the study of tourism; analyse the socio-cultural and economic-political dynamics and impacts of tourism on both hosts and guests & critically evaluate the nexus between tourism and the development process. At the end of the module students should be able to contribute to development of beneficial tourism for host countries and the host communities as well as promote management and preservation of cultural
HACH 403	Industrial Anthropology	Industrial anthropology is an indispensable subfield of anthropology. At the end of the module students will be able to apply a variety of anthropological methods and theories to improve business performance, competitiveness and communication.
HACH 405	Politics and Urban Spaces	This module focuses on the urban morphology and structure as well as predominant features of the urban areas vis-à-vis land uses. At the end of the module students should be able to engage local authorities in addressing urban challenges and how space has affected the lives of the urban poor, urban livelihoods and settlements of cities.
HACH 406	Nationalism, Race and Ethnic Studies	This module equips learners with concepts of nationalism, race and ethnicity from an anthropological perspective across the globe with special emphasis on Africa. At the end of the module learners are to be of service in proposing models and designing solutions for conflict resolution by governments, NGOs and other peace initiatives.
HACH470	Research Project	The module seeks to create skills of knowledge creation through giving students an opportunity to innovatively choose research problems and address them with the aid of the supervisor. The ultimate aim of this module is to enhance the student’s social research skills through informed and accumulated academic theory for subsequent practice and also consolidate the anthropological knowledge. At the end of the module students should be able to do independent research and produce quality honours research reports
SDLSSB401	Student Development and Life Skills (University Wide Module)	This module equips learners with essential personal, social, and professional skills to thrive in academic and everyday life. It focuses on self-awareness, emotional intelligence, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making. Students will also develop practical competencies such as time management, teamwork, leadership, and adaptability, preparing them to navigate challenges and opportunities in both personal growth and future careers.