Archaeology / Economic & Social History, MA (Hons)

Archaeology examines human interactions with their world through objects, sites, monuments, and landscapes. Economic and Social History explores societal changes in economic activities and social organization, focusing on past ways of living and working and their impact on the modern world.At the University of Glasgow, students gain practical fieldwork skills in the UK and abroad, including excavations in the Baltic states, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Near East, and Scotland. The programme emphasizes heritage experience, fieldtrips to sites, museums, and venues, participation in staff research (surveys, excavations, archives), placements with heritage organizations, and access to European digs. Students join expert faculty, a dynamic community, and interdisciplinary studies including languages and abroad options. Graduates acquire transferable skills like teamwork, problem-solving, public engagement, and critical analysis, valued in banking, law, business, and tourism. Many secure roles in heritage with organizations such as National Trust for Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, British Museum, and commercial firms, or pursue careers in management, retail, government, media, teaching, museums, and social services.