University of Glasgow

This course studies advanced topics in human visual, auditory, and multisensory perception and cognition. The content ranges from classical theories and experimental methods to the latest results and theoretical discussions in the field. It also relates these scientific concepts to our practical experience of how we perceive the world. 

The course introduces students to the study of music history, broadly understood to encompass any historical period, geographical era, genre, style, and tradition. Through specialistic study of two or three specific historical contexts or phenomena the course intends to foster an understanding of music as a cultural practice by identifying and articulating the ways in which musics have historically been embedded cultures and societies.

This course explores a series of key issues related to the spatial production and negotiation of socio-political power in early complex societies in Western Asia and the East Mediterranean between ca. 3500 and 330 BC. The course draws primarily on archaeological survey evidence and historical and iconographic sources to examine the spatial constitution of political power in comparative cases of state-formation and imperial expansion and resistance.

How do we create meaning from the air we breathe and from marks on a page? How has language been exploited now and throughout history for effect, self-expression, and story-telling? In this course, students study the most intricate, powerful, and beautiful parts of our most valuable human asset - language. In three strands this course explores in detail how newspapers, adverts, and politicians all try to persuade us; how linguistic meaning and structure are key to making ourselves understood; and how the 1500-year history of English tells us about who we are and where we came from.

This hands-on course examines how new technologies and vast bodies of real language data have transformed the study of the English language. Students examine multi-million-word collections of language and focus on analyzing real data using computational tools to find out more about language, culture, and society. While computational methods are used extensively, no advanced computing knowledge is required.

The course offers a variety of approaches to the practice of drawing the figure through the study of both technical and expressive skills. Students make studies from the nude figure (male and female) promoting a basic understanding of human anatomy and look at different aspects of drawing such as line, tone, and structure. Learning about methods of measurement and analysis, materials and techniques, providing a solid foundation of knowledge, skill and confidence on which you can build in your chosen way. Suitable for beginners and those with limited experience.

This course is offered exclusively to visiting and exchange students and offers students with little or no background in Scottish studies an introduction to the development of Scotland through the ages from an interdisciplinary perspective. With contributions from academic staff in archaeology, Celtic and Gaelic, history, and Scottish literature, this course addresses how Scotland has been affected by change over time, and how – through the years – Scotland has sought expression in language and literature and the physical environment. 

This course offers anyone new to creative writing a chance to learn about different types of writing and to try them out with encouragement, support, and guidance. Students read and discuss inspiring examples of writing (such as poetry, short story, novel, non-fiction and drama) to find literary techniques, craft, and skills that they can apply to their own work. Writing exercises allow students to practice these skills and share their work for feedback. Students also discuss habits and ideas that help them write. Overall, this course offers a welcoming first step to the art of writing creatively.

This course introduces students to global history, transcending the traditional focus on single states, regions, and culture. After an introduction to concepts and methodologies the course focuses on mobility, using commodities, people, and empires over the period from c. 1500 to the present to explore some of the ways in which the connected modern world came into being. 

This course covers a range of areas within human biological sciences. The molecular, cellular, organ, and systems-based processes that link form and function are studied to provide an integrated overview. The course helps students consolidate and develop the skills required in human biology including in vitro and in vivo techniques, results analysis and presentation, interpretation of data, and statistics.