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Module code:HMED3010(Add to my personalised list)
Title:Disease in History
Credit value:.5
Division:Division of Biosciences
Module organiser:Dr Carole Reeves
Organiser's location:Medical Sciences Building
Organiser's email:c.reeves@ucl.ac.uk
Available for students in Year(s):2,3,
Module prerequisites:None 
Module outline:20 sessions. What is disease? How has our understanding of disease, and people’s experiences of disease, changed over time? This course will give you some new and challenging ways to think about these questions. We will take specific diseases such as cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox, plague, malaria and AIDS, and examine their social and medical impact during the past couple of centuries. In doing so, we will trace the interplay of scientific, clinical, social and moral judgements invested in ‘framing’ a disease. 
Module aims:To develop the student’s interest in and knowledge and understanding of the the history of world diseases. To develop critical reading, writing and thinking skills, and enhanced intellectual independence.  
Module objectives:To undertake independent reading to supplement and consolidate what is being taught / learned, and to broaden individual knowledge and understanding of the subject; Retrieve, select and organise information from a variety of sources; Plan and undertake a bibliographically-based piece of research; Apply key methods and concepts of historical analysis; Present coherent and logical argument based on an analysis of different factual sources; Structure and communicate ideas effectively, both orally and in writing; Manage time and work to deadlines; Work independently; Find information, use information technology, and be aware of the appropriate use of information technology; Be self-reliant; Assess the relevance and importance of the ideas of others 
Key skills provided by module:Reason critically; Apply historical methods and concepts; Identify and solve problems; Analyse and interpret; Demonstrate and exercise independence of thought 
Module timetable:https://cmis.adcom.ucl.ac.uk:4443/timetabling/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=HMED3010 
Module assessment:Unseen three-hour written examination 60.00%.
One essay 40.00%.
 
Notes: 
Taking this module as an option?: 
Link to virtual learning environment(registered students only)https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=9056 
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