经济和社会历史是对社会经济活动和社会组织方式变化的研究。它关注的是过去人们的生活和工作方式，以及这如何影响当今世界的发展。格拉斯哥的经济和社会历史为理解经济和社会变革提供了一种容易获得的，令人振奋的方法。我们关注的是解释过去人们的生活和工作方式，以及过去的经历如何塑造了21世纪世界的发展。我们使用包括历史，经济学和社会学在内的广泛学科的方法和专业知识，代表社会科学的历史分支。您将研究英国和国际上从1750年至今的经济和社会趋势，并着重于发展各种可转让技能。我们将教您如何理解和分析定量结果，以及如何展示自己
Economic and social history is the study of the way societies change in their economic activities and social organisation. It is concerned with how people in the past lived and worked, and how this has affected the development of today's world.<br>Economic and Social History at Glasgow offers an accessible and stimulating approach to understanding economic and social change. We are concerned with explaining how people in the past have lived and worked, and how this past experience has shaped the development of the 21st century world. We represent the historical branch of the social sciences, using the methods and expertise of a wide range of disciplines, including history, economics and sociology.<br>The University of Glasgow Q-Step Centre offers five degree programmes that integrate quantitative skills training within the School of Social and Political Sciences. All of these programmes aim to engage you with meaningful ways of understanding the social world. We will teach you how to understand and analyse quantitative results, as well as how to present your own, and how to discuss their substantive implications. These are essential skills for understanding quantitative evidence presented in academic literature, but also for interrogating data in public media and government reports. Around one quarter of your study time will be devoted to quantitative methods. And our degrees also offer you the possibility to gain valuable experience by participating in internships with selected high-profile employers.<br><br>Our graduates are trained to express themselves logically and to speak confidently. They have learned how to handle and analyse information, to make independent judgements, and organise their time effectively. They have found employment in a very wide range of careers, including: management in industry, retailing, marketing and financial services, central and local government, the media and information technology, teaching at all levels, libraries, museums and archives, social work and other personnel services.