Sociology/History

Sociology studies the ways that people organise their lives together, the constraints within which they do so, the patterns of their social behaviour, and the causes and consequences of social inequalities.

One of the distinctive features of our Sociology programme, commended by external examiners and by our graduates, is the combination of sociological, criminological and anthropological perspectives which we provide.

History: The study of history is the study of change and continuity in human society through time. Glasgow offers a wide-ranging programme from medieval to modern times.

Our teaching draws on world-leading research expertise in:

Scottish, British, European, U.S. and global history

Slavery studies

Gender history

War, intelligence and genocide studies

We offer a broad range of courses ranging from medieval to modern times and across the globe. We provide small group teaching, a variety of assessments (including real-world tasks like policy papers and blogs) and one-to-one feedback tutorials.

We host leading research centres in gender history, war studies, slavery studies, American studies and Scottish and Celtic studies.