BA History and Social Policy

Studying history the story of humanity through the ages develops your knowledge of the past and gives you a better understanding of the present.The 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.Social policy is a theoretical and applied subject which draws on many different disciplines - such as history, sociology, anthropology, economics, law, psychology and politics - to improve our understanding of how different societies organise their resources to meet individual and social needs and how they measure progress in these areas.