History and Social Policy Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Studying history – the story of humanity through the ages – develops your knowledge of the past and gives you a better understanding of the present. 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.\
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Throughout your studies, you'll receive excellent training in areas such as problem-solving, communication, research methods and interpretation.\
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Social Policy examines the ways in which societies distribute resources and develop services to meet individual and social needs. Key social policy issues examined include poverty; economic, race, age and gender inequality; social justice health; education; criminal justice and housing.\
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It utilises a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to improve our understanding of how societies organise their resources to meet individual and social needs and how they measure progress in these areas. \
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This programme gives you the opportunity to learn more about the social and economic challenges facing Scottish society and place these in a broader international perspective. It draws on disciplines such as history, sociology, anthropology, economics, law, psychology, social anthropology and politics.\
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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).\
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Ranked Top 10 in the UK for History (The Guardian University Guide 2026); Ranked 4th in the UK for Social Policy (The Times/Sunday Times University Ranking 2026).\
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This course is part of our flexible BA Humanities and Social Science Degree programme.  With our BA (Honours) degree you can choose from subjects in Humanities, Social Sciences and Business, with two of your three subject choices taught by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. \
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The BA degree is a three year course and the Honours degree is normally a four year course. This allows you to try new subjects, develop your own ideas, develop a broad range of knowledge and enhance your employability.   \
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You should only enter one of the UCAS codes on your application form.  Acceptance on one of these subject codes will enable you to study any combination of subjects.  Only one application will be considered.  This is lifted from page 50 of the prospectus.   \
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https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/undergraduate/flexiblebadegree/    \
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Every one of our flexible BA options gives students the chance to gain valuable professional experience as part of a credit-bearing work placement class in their third or fourth year.  Learn more about placements- https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/undergraduate/placements/