MA in Health, Medicine and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspective. (360G-Wellcome-062534_Z_00_E)

Master's Degree in the History of Medicine: Course title: MA in Health, Medicine and Society : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Within the specialist MA in the history of Medicine these comprise a core course, and two special subjects. In addition, within the broader MA Programme, there is either a seminar on themes and perspectives (full time students) or a dissertation forum (part time students). There are two core courses which are central to the research training of the student, and which are compulsory for all students. Core I (autumn term) 10 weeks. Themes and Problems in the History of Medicine; five selected case studies from antiquity to the present day, explored through primary and secondary sources. Core II (spring term for full time students, or summer term, Year 1 for part timers). Approaching your dissertation (i) methodology (5 weeks); (ii) sources in libraries and record offices (5 weeks). There is a selection designed for students on the MA programme as a whole. There are also special subjects and the time devoted in these subjects enables a detailed study to be undertaken. There is a rolling programme of special subjects, the current choices being: Darwinism and Eugenics, Madhouses, Mad-doctors and Madness in Britain, 1660-1900), Oxfordshire Local History Practitioners and Patients, 1850-1948 Science, Medicine and Society in France and England in the Eighteenth Century The Body and its History in Western Societies The Origins and Development of the NHS, 1919 to the present day. In addition to this specialist provision students are advantaged by incorporating two elements of the broader MA Programme in the Humanities within their specialist MA in Health, Medicine. These are the Dissertation Forum, and the full-time 'Themes and Perspectives' course.