Health and Development (L2102)
Health and Development
Module L2102
Module details for 2008 cohort.
18 credits
FHEQ Level 5
Module Outline
This second year interdisciplinary course centres around issues of culture, power and knowledge in the study of health and development. It draws on perspectives from medical anthropology, medical sociology, public health, cultural psychology, feminist and activist politics and development studies to focus on the relationship between power and knowledge in a variety of historical and contemporary contexts. We especially focus on issues in the construction of medicine, illness, health, science and rationality. We also explore comparative epistemologies and cross-cultural approaches to knowledge, including various religious and belief systems.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate a theoretical understanding of the different social science perspectives on the issues of knowledge and power especially as they relate to medical and religious knowledge systems.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of cross-cultural approaches to knowledge and their application.
3. Demonstrate basic knowledge of the core reading and related range of conceptual issues.
4. Demonstrate the skills to handle material from different disciplinary perspectives in written material and oral presentations.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (3000 words) | Summer Term Week 5 Thu 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring & Summer Terms | LECTURE | 1 hour | 111111111100 |
| Spring & Summer Terms | SEMINAR | 1 hour | 111111111100 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Dr Maya Unnithan
Assess convenor, Convenor
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/2755
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