University of Glasgow

Students develop knowledge and understanding of the key principles and applications of particle physics, and their relevance to current developments in physics.

This course analyses works representing different aspects of heroism in European and non-European cultures. It investigates the depiction of male and female heroes in relation to politics, social changes, historical events, and cultural values. It explores the notion of heroic behavior and the challenges it poses at various times, including the 19th and 20th century, while also examining the impact of censorship, political regimes, and patriarchal role models on both genders in the cultures concerned.

This course helps students understand the basic law whether as a member of the public or as an introduction to the study of law and becoming a future lawyer. It outlines criminal and civil law, legal systems, and methods in today's diverse society with an emphasis on the law as it applies to Scotland.

This is an introductory course in Arabic for students with no prior knowledge of the language. The course, which enables students to reach the A1.1 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for languages, introduces the four fundamental skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) with a focus on communication. Students also develop some awareness of Arabic cultures.

Seventeenth century Scotland was particularly turbulent: an absentee monarch provoked a civil war that resulted in the establishment of a covenanted theocracy, prompting invasion and incorporation into the republic of the English Commonwealth. The restoration of the Stuarts was followed by the accession of William of Orange and Jacobitism and culminated with parliamentary Union in 1707. Students discuss these and other main features of Scottish history during this period.

This course introduces the topic of corporate entrepreneurship, as well as the issues crucial to the development of organizational innovation and creativity. The course draws on the growing body of research and literature related to corporate entrepreneurship.

This is a course about Scotland's past from the earliest human habitation until the modern era. It examines the cultural evolution of Scotland in order to enrich a general understanding of the history and culture of Scotland. In the process, it introduces a range of methodologies and principles which underpin archeological knowledge in Scotland and beyond.

With over a billion Catholics across the globe, the Catholic Church is an influential force at both the religious and the geo-political level. This course explores the key features of contemporary Catholicism, including its ecclesiological structure and practices, and its theological, moral, and social teachings; assesses the legacy of the Second Vatican Council; and discusses contemporary controversies inside the faith and Catholicism's influence on the wider world and the international stage.

This course introduces students to core philosophical issues concerning the nature of the self. The course explores the relationship between mind and body, whether and in what sense the self is free, what constitutes sameness of self over time, and how the self is related to the world in which it is located.