| Unit name | Disease, Deviance and Disability in Modern Medicine |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HIST20134 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Stephen Mawdsley |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Why is this unit important?
It is crucial that all History students are exposed to a wide variety of approaches, chronologies, and methodologies across their degree. Our Year 2 modern history optional panel ensures that all History students study some modern History in their second year of study, and the units in this panel, though distinctive from one another, all challenge you to consider new perspectives and voices in the production of History.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
Like all units in History, our modern history optional units will equip students';with core historical skills such as primary source analysis, historiographical analysis, and with key theories, methodologies, and concepts. The assessment for this unit will further develop your ability to present historical arguments in extended prose. Like the medieval and early modern option in TB1, these units encourage you to see the bigger historical picture, even as you begin to specialise in particular topics.
An overview of content:
In defining the 'healthy' and the 'normal', modern medicine has also sought to define what is diseased, deviant, or disabled. This unit explores the contested histories of these processes in psychiatry, sexology, public health,eugenics, and medicine. Far from achieving steady 'progress' or neutral scientific truths, these fields have been sites of debate between doctors,patients, experts, publics, politicians, carers, and charities over knowledge and power.
This unit explores major themes in the history of medicine. Students will engage with shifting ideas about the human body, conceptions of 'normality' and deviance, as well as be introduced to a range of theories and treatments that moved in and out of fashion. The unit will also explore how knowledge was created and the philosophies that shaped innovation. By drawing on historical case studies, students will gain a deeper understanding of how knowledge was created and debated, as well as how such ideas were applied and challenged.
How will you be different as a result of this unit?
Modern optional units will enhance your capacity to build historical arguments with primary sources, properly located within appropriate theories, concepts, methods, and historiographies. They will develop your skills and confidence working with longer chronologies and delivering your ideas in written and verbal form.
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Classes will involve a combination of class discussion, investigative activities, and practical activities. Students will be expected to engage with readings and participate on a weekly basis. This will be further supported with drop-in sessions.
Required zero-weighted (0%) work to ensure ILO5 is tested:
One 5-minute Oral Presentation will help you to get tutor and peer feedback on your ideas in advance of your summative essay, while building your confidence with oral communication [ILO 5].
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
When assessment does not go to plan:
When required by the Board of Examiners, you will normally complete reassessments in the same formats as those outlined above. However, the Board reserves the right to modify the format or number of reassessments required. Details of reassessments are confirmed by the School/Centre shortly after the notification of your results at the end of the year.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. HIST20134).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
