HISTORY 210

Health, Medicine and Society

Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for HISTORY 210.

Description

Examines the rise of modern Western medicine since 1850 and its impact, with a particular emphasis on Britain and its colonies. Topics include public health, hospitals, nursing, psychiatry, sexual health, reproductive health, child health, tuberculosis, medicine and war, and alternative medicines.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for HISTORY 210.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2023

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Linda Bryder

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

HISTORY 210: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed, or SOCSCIPH 200 and 30 points passed, or HLTHSOC 100 and 30 points passed

Restrictions

HISTORY 367