Courses / Module

• Describe and explain key topics in medical geography, such as DNA and evolution
• Explain the principal factors underlying infectious diseases, and the relationship between geographical context and epidemics
• Assess the impact of key historical events (for example migration, the development of agriculture and urban life) on health and disease
• Analyze the impact of infectious diseases on key historical events, such as the decline of classical civilizations, the Black Death, and European colonial expansion
• Provide an outline history of the growth of modern western therapeutic medicine and public health interventions
• Review the arguments concerning the causes for the decline in infectious diseases between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries (i.e. the epidemiological transition)
• Assess the risks posed by newly emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the future

• 24 lecture hours

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No

• The continuous assessment mark is carried forward to the Autumn without scope for improvement, barring exceptional circumstances.
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 120 minutes

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