Foundation of Faculty of Social Sciences, 1963

Edinburgh University's Faculty of Social Sciences was founded in 1963.

The decades immediately followingThe rise of the social sciences was a striking post-WWII development. Subjects like Geography and Economics had long been taught, and there had been modest initiatives in teaching Business Studies and training for Social Work in the interwar years. But now a new conceptual approach developed which separated social science subjects from the humanities. It was coupled with a move towards graduate status for professions like accountancy and nursing. This led to the creation of a separate faculty in 1965. Edinburgh was a pioneer in making nursing into a graduate subject, the chair created in 1971 said to be the first in Europe. Much social science teaching was voational, but the period also saw the development of subjects such as politics, sociology, and social anthropology. The Social Sciences faculty soon equalled the science faculty in its high proportion of postgraduates due to the growth of vocational diplomas alongside doctoral work.

1964-65

Chairs

Economic Science (1871) (from Arts) Education (1876) (from Arts) Accounting (1919) (from Arts) Organisation of Industry and Commerce (1925) (from Arts) Psychology (1931) (from Arts) Geography (1931) (from Arts) Architecture (1948) (from Arts) Economic History (1956) (from Arts) Politics (1963) (previously taught as part of History or Economic Science in Faculty of Arts Social Anthropology (1964) (previously Department in Faculty of Science) Urban Design and Regional Planning (1964) (Town and Country Planning previously taught in Faculty of Medicine, Urban Geography in Arts) Sociology (1965) CHECK! still in Arts in 1964 Social Anthropology still in Arts in 1964

It offered an MA, Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Postgraduate Diplomas in African Studies, Architectural Acoustics, Civic Design, Clinical Psychology, Education Geography, Landscape Architecture, Management Studies, Nursing Studies, Regional Planning, Social Anthropology, Social Study Postgraduate degrees of Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Architecture (M.Arch) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

The certificates for which the Faculty is responsible are in Child Care (up to here), Educational Studies, Medical Social Work, Nursing Studies, Public Administration, Psychiatric Social Work, and Social Study

African Studies and Social Studies in 'Other Departments'