BA (Hons) History and Sociology

at University of the Highlands and Islands

Modules:
 

• Fight the power: music and the politics of Black America
• War cruel and sharp: a military history of the Hundred Years' War
• Death and destruction: the social impact of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)
• Lordship, colony, kingdom: the making of Ireland
• Reaching the estate of manhood in late Medieval and early modern Europe
• The Norman diaspora: conquest, colonisation and assimilation
• The empire strikes back: how the British Empire shaped Scotland  
• Noble, rebel, king: Robert Bruce and medieval Scotland 
• The Highland land wars: origins, aftermath and interpretations 

• 3 Scottish Highers at grade BBC or above, or
• 2 A levels at grade BC or above
• Applicants with other relevant qualifications or experience will be considered on an individual basis
• This is a Category 2 PVG course: PVG Scheme membership is required for specific optional modules/unit(s), where there is guaranteed contact with vulnerable groups in optional module/unit(s), but an alternative pathway exists to achieve target qualification. 

International Students:
£13,020

Once you have successfully completed your BA (Hons) History and Sociology, you might like to consider careers in:
 

• Teaching and education
• Museums and the heritage sector
• Libraries and archives
• Government (local and national)
• Research at postgraduate level
• Research in the business and corporate sector
• Community development work
• Non-profit-making organisations
• The media and journalism