Why this course?

As an English student at Strathclyde, you'll enjoy the best of old and new: a grounding in the classics as well as an insight into new fields of literature.

We'll show you how exciting and wide-ranging our subject can be. Employers like the skills developed in an English degree: written and verbal communication, analysis and discussion of ideas and broad, creative thinking.

As a politics student, you'll look at the work of governments and their policies and study the behaviour of those who govern - and who they are governing - both at home and abroad. You'll also gain knowledge of domestic and international institutions and issues relating to conflict and cooperation.

We cover diverse and relevant issues, such as international terrorism to the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum.

Our graduates go on to work in a number of areas, with many pursuing academic research careers in the UK, Europe and North America.

Our BA degrees in Humanities & Social Sciences are broad-based to start with. In Year 1 you'll study three subjects, including your chosen subject(s).

Assessment

English

Most classes are assessed by a mixture of essays or other written work. For some classes, there are exams and in some cases, oral work is assessed.

Politics

The School of Government & Public Policy encourages independent learning by reducing assessment through formal exams, instead, using more flexible forms of class assessment.

In pre-Honours classes, you'll be examined at the end of the semester. Two-hour exams are held at the end of each semester. For most classes, a formal essay-based exam at the end of the class accounts for two-thirds of the class assessment.

In pre-Honours classes in research methods, assessment is entirely by class work. In some classes, essays are supplemented by or, in part, replaced by project work or book reviews. At Honours level, single Honours students complete a 10,000-word dissertation in Politics.