History/Psychology

History and Psychology is a combination degree that brings together two disciplines with quite different methods but a shared concern with understanding human beings, their minds and their experience across time and context. History is the study of change and continuity in human society, examining the forces, events and ideas that have shaped the world from the distant past to the present. Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour, investigating how people think, feel, perceive, decide and interact with each other and their environment.

The combination develops both historical thinking and empirical scientific reasoning, producing graduates with an unusually broad and flexible set of analytical capabilities.

At the University of Glasgow, this four-year full-time programme includes a year abroad and is taught by researchers whose work spans Scottish, British, European, US and global history, as well as studies in slavery, gender history, war, intelligence and genocide. The psychology component develops scientific research skills alongside conceptual knowledge, and the year abroad gives you the opportunity to experience both disciplines in a different national and academic context. The combination encourages you to see human behaviour and social phenomena from multiple temporal and analytical perspectives simultaneously.

Graduates from History and Psychology programmes go on to careers across a wide range of fields. The historical component opens doors in the civil service, journalism, heritage, education, publishing and policy research, while the psychology component supports paths into human resources, social research, mental health services, education and postgraduate clinical or counselling training. Many graduates go on to postgraduate study in either history or psychology, building specialist expertise for academic or professional careers.

The combination of analytical rigour, research skills and cross-disciplinary flexibility makes these graduates valued across an impressive range of sectors.