Film & Television Studies/Scottish History

Film and television studies and Scottish history are disciplines that both engage deeply with how culture, identity, and power are represented and contested over time. Film and television studies examines moving image media as aesthetic objects, industrial products, and cultural forces, asking how films and television programmes construct meaning, how they reflect and shape social attitudes, and how the institutions that produce and distribute them operate within economic and political contexts. Scottish history traces the development of Scottish society, politics, and culture from the medieval period to the present, examining Scotland's relationship with England and with wider European and global currents, and the ways in which historical experience shapes contemporary Scottish identity.

At the University of Glasgow, this four-year, full-time joint Honours programme brings together two disciplines in which the university has significant research strengths. The film and television studies strand draws on faculty who are leading researchers in their field, and the programme benefits from Glasgow's vibrant creative and cultural sector, with contributions from policymakers and screen practitioners who engage with the curriculum directly. The Scottish history strand gives you access to a rich body of primary sources and historiographical debate, from the Wars of Independence through the Reformation, the Enlightenment, industrialisation, and devolution.

The programme includes a year abroad, broadening your experience of different academic traditions and cultural contexts. An entry tariff of 200 points reflects the selective and demanding nature of the degree.

Graduates go on to careers in the screen industries as researchers, production assistants, development executives, and critics, as well as in archives, museums, heritage organisations, broadcasting, journalism, and education. The combination of visual analysis and historical thinking is distinctive and valuable in a range of roles that require both cultural literacy and analytical depth. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in film studies, Scottish history, cultural history, or media and communications.