Archaeology / Economics (SocSci), MA (Hons)

Archaeology examines how past societies interacted with their environment through the in-depth analysis of artefacts, sites, monuments, and landscapes. Students can develop practical fieldwork skills in the UK and abroad, with recent participants engaging in projects across the Baltic states, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, and Portugal.Economics investigates how individuals and societies allocate scarce resources, determine production, and distribute goods by evaluating costs, benefits, risks, and broader impacts. At the University of Glasgow, the subject traces back to Adam Smith, an 18th-century professor widely regarded as the founder of modern economics, while the Adam Smith Business School's triple-crown accreditation positions it among the world's leading institutions.