History and Politics

About this course

History and politics is a combination that recognises how deeply intertwined these two disciplines are: political life is always historically situated, and history is fundamentally shaped by the exercise of political power. History develops the methods for understanding the past through its sources, the capacity to situate events in their contexts, and the ability to evaluate competing interpretations of what happened and why. Political science provides analytical frameworks for understanding power, governance, ideology, and the behaviour of states, institutions, and citizens, and for comparing how different political arrangements develop and perform over time and across places. Together, they offer a particularly rigorous preparation for understanding the contemporary world. At the University of Stirling, this four-year full-time programme follows the Scottish degree structure, which t

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 70% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 20% of graduatescards →

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