History

Well, fellow Historians, I did a crash Higher in History during my 6th year at school, just to fill up my timetable. Well, I’m glad I did! After doing Modern Studies for 5 years, history was a welcome shock to my system! You might think I’m a bit sick in the head, but I loved learning about Nazi Germany, how Britain developed the National Health Service (NHS) and of course, my personal favourite, the women’s suffrage movement (think Mary Poppins and the ‘Votes for Women!’). History, career seekers, is useful for loads of jobs: Law, Journalism and Teaching as a few examples.

So, if you love the Swinging Sixties and learning all about the Scottish Wars of Independence, History is a great course to take.

Almost every university offers history courses, and students are almost always able to select classes to suit their interests.

Strathclyde University offers students the chance to study history on its own, or as a joint degree with a selection of other subjects, such as:

Psychology
Law
Politics
English
Sociology
Geography

So, YOZILA reader, you could be a well versed politician, or a psychologist with a knowledge of how past events could affect people. History classes on offer include:

Scottish Society
Women and Family
Disease and Famine

These are just a few of the many classes on offer, my little boffins, so check out http://www.strath.ac.uk/history/courses/historyundergraduate/ for more about the course at Strathclyde.

There are also history courses on offer at Glasgow University

(http://www.gla.ac.uk/history/) and Stirling University (http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/undergrad/course_info/courses_ug/history.php) to name but a few, so make sure to check out everything that’s on offer!

The past is just as important as the future so if you see yourself as a Historian or getting a job in historical research, get clicking to find out more!

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