BA (Hons) History and Social Policy Bachelor's degree at Strathclyde

This class introduces you to the core principles, skills and sources in History. You will learn about key debates and controversies through historical case studies, including immigration, nationalism, terrorism, institutional care, vaccination, childhood and diplomacy. Through examining these case studies you develop critical analysis and communication skills. The class entails one lecture and one tutorial each week, which will involve the examination of select sources, as well as a discussion o

You will learn about important transformations in the British economy, society, culture and politics over more than three centuries. You will explore how Britain and British people have impacted cultures and societies across the globe, and how these interactions shaped British society. As in semester 1, this class entails one lecture and one tutorial each week, which will involve the examination of select sources, as well as a discussion of that week's topic

This class is designed to introduce you to some of the major issues confronting Scottish society and to provide an accessible introduction to some of the key concerns of Social Policy. It will examine a range of issues, including questions of poverty and inequality, social divisions, health, housing, education, and criminal justice.

In this module we'll ask why and how certain issues become defined as 'social problems' and what impact this has on the social policy that we make in response. Why do societies change the way they understand 'social problems' over time, and how does this impact policy change? Can we understand social policy differences between countries in terms of how they conceptualise 'social problems' differently? What role does political ideology and the media have in framing how societies understand the 's

This class provides an introduction to Glasgow's history, culture and identity from its origins to the present day. An interdisciplinary and international perspective will adopted throughout the course and Glasgow will serve as a lens through which students will be exposed to the various factors (politics, religion, geography, immigration, health, culture, science and technology) that impact upon a place and how it is perceived by the world.

This class provides a broad introduction to the historical relationship between diseases and human societies in the early modern and modern periods. It examines the core thesis that diseases and other health conditions have had dramatic impacts on history, shaping economic relations, political and social structures and cultural and religious beliefs. However, it also explores the reverse of this, the thesis that human activities, ideas and behaviours have radically altered the diseases and condi

This class examines the relationship between war and society over the past 100 years, particularly the everyday experience, memory and representation of modern conflict. Focusing predominantly on the two World Wars, but also looking at more recent conflicts such as the Cold War, Vietnam and the Gulf Wars, the class is informed by national and transnational perspectives and adopts a range of historical approaches, including military history, social and cultural history, gender history, life histo

This class examines the International History of Europe from 1914 to 2022, a period marked by: world wars revolutions Cold War rivalry decolonisation the beginnings of European integration Brexit Russian invasion of Ukraine From the legacies of empire to the global consequences of European wars, students will examine how Europe has influenced, and been influenced by, the international order.

This class explores some of the different ways in which social policy has evolved in Scotland in response to a variety of social problems since the introduction of the Scottish Poor Law Act in 1845. It covers all the main areas of social policy, including health, housing, education and poverty, and also explores the changing boundaries between individuals, families, communities, voluntary organisations, commercial welfare and state over the course of this period.

This class explores some of the most important concepts in the academic study of Social Policy, including such concepts as equality, justice, need, happiness, poverty and wellbeing. It also examines a number of different ideological perspectives on these issues, such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, social democracy, Marxism, feminism and the New Right.

This class examines the ways in which social policies are 'made' at both a national and international level. It examines the roles played by different actors, institutions and ideas. It also looks at the ways in which evidence is used to inform policy-making, and at the ways in which we are all involved, as citizens, in the policy process. These themes are explored with the aid of a series of case-studies.

This module examines the maritime dimensions of the Atlantic world in the early modern period, moving away from the dominant landed view of empire to delve into the seascapes that underpinned and shaped the development of Atlantic empires and the modern world more generally. Focusing on maritime activities and possessions throughout the Atlantic Ocean, including Europe, West Africa, and the Americas, you will investigate how the ocean was more than a passive highway for the movement of diverse g

This module examines the political, ideological, military, intelligence and cultural rivalries that defined the Cold War, with particular emphasis on their enduring significance for understanding the contemporary international order. This module moves beyond traditional bipolar interpretations centred on the United States and the Soviet Union, and instead critically assess the agency of European powers within the Cold War system.

This is a social history class on everyday life and the Troubles in the north of Ireland. Much of the historiography of the war in Northern Ireland (NI) has focused on the dynamics of the conflict and on the political manoeuvring that orbited those dynamics. This module takes a different tack to consider everyday life during the Trouble