Venues

Langside Campus

Content

This one-year HNC Social Science course has been designed in agreement with the University of Glasgow (UofG), to allow successful students to progress on to Year 2 of degree programmes within the University’s College of Social Sciences (please see below the courses you can study). The course is designed for people who wish to study a range of social science subjects up to and including the equivalent of first-year university level, but in an alternative higher education setting.

You will be introduced to sociological and historical theories/ factors that explain both societal and human behaviour. In addition to this, you will consider political and ideological conflicts in the 20th Century.

Content includes:

Politics; Sociology; History; Psychology; Geography.

Entry Requirements

2 Highers (1 at B) including English and a social science subject, or NC Social Science (Level 6). Must meet widening access criteria.

Progression Routes

Second year entry to the University of Glasgow, College of Social Sciences to study:
Politics; Sociology; Economic and Social History; Central and East European Studies; Social and Public Policy; or Quantitative Methods.