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Our BA degrees in Humanities & Social Sciences are initially broad-based. In Year 1, you'll study three subjects, including your chosen subject(s).
Studying history – the story of humanity through the ages – develops your knowledge of the past and gives you a better understanding of the present.
Throughout your studies, you'll receive excellent training in areas such as problem-solving, communication, research methods, and interpretation.
Our classes cover some of the most important and interesting historical periods at home and abroad, including Scotland’s ‘Highland Problem’ in the 16th century, Slavery in World History and Cold War Europe, 1945-1991.
A Levels
Year 1 entry: ABB-BBBYear 2 entry: AAA-ABB
(GCSE English Language 6/B or Literature 6/B, GCSE Maths 4/C)
International Baccalaureate
32-30
HNC
Social Sciences:
Year 1 entry: A in Graded Unit; Maths National 5 B, or equivalent
HND
AAB in Graded Units.
20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.
History
History 1A
History 1B
Journalism & Creative Writing
Introduction to Journalism, Media & Communication
News Reporting and Writing
Choose three from this list
Scotland: Renaissance and Reformation
Disease & Society
History of Scotland 1700-1832
Modern Europe
Digital Media: Histories, Theories, Practices
Journalism, Media & Communication: Theories & Methods
Oral History: Theory and Practice
Cold War Europe
Disability in Modern Britain
Medicine & Warfare
France at War
Propaganda & War in the Twentieth Century
Historiography
Madness and Society
Genocide in the 20th Century
Society and Politics in Colonial India: 1880s-1947
Scotland’s Highland Problem
Scottish Society since 1914
Feature Writing
Journalism and Popular Culture
Communicating Politics: Truth, Legitimacy, Participation
Law for Journalists
Compulsory classes
The Scramble for the Middle East: Arab Nationalism, Zionism and European Colonial Powers, 1914-1939
Twentieth-Century Czechoslovakia
Rwanda: Peace, Conflict & the Politics
Plantation in Ulster
Elective classes
France at War, 1870-1962
Medicine & Warfare in the Twentieth Century
Scottish Society
Society & Politics in Colonial India
Introduction to News & Features
Dissertation/Special Project (Semester 1 or 2)
Media and Health
Gender Issues in the Media
Digital Communication and Society
IELTS 6.5 overall (no individual band less than 5.5)
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