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Medical History – (M.A.)
The University of Exeter
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,255 - ≈ € 13,937 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Exeter / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of The University of Exeter
Location
Streatham Campus, Exeter
This programme offers a multidisciplinary study of the role of modern medicine in the workplace in an international context. It integrates the history of medicine and medical practice with contemporary issues in occupational and environmental health.
The programme’s focus is on one of the core issues facing any advanced society: the health and welfare of its population, including the quality of the working life which its citizens enjoy. In recent years both academics and practitioners have become increasingly aware of the health implications and medical consequences of physical and emotional stress within the workplace. This programme offers a multidisciplinary study of the role of modern medicine in the workplace in an international context. It integrates the history of medicine and medical practice with contemporary issues in occupational and environmental health.
Contents
Total credits required: 180
Compulsory modules
* Theory and Practice of History Part I (15)
* Theory and Practice of History Part II (15)
* Dissertation (90)
Option modules
60 credits from:
* Fieldwork in Medical History (60)
* Work, Health and the State: the UK Experience in International Perspective, 1830-1950 (30)
* Medicine and the Body in Early Modern England (30)
* Health and Medicine in Modern Britain (30)
* Gender, Culture and Society in Early Modern England (30)
* Fieldwork in Medical History (30)
* Gender, Health and Working Life (30)
* The Self and Scientific Biography: Philosophical Perspectives on the History of the Human Sciences (30)
* Civilisation and Disease: Health, Medicine and the Environment, 1750-2000: Sources and Interpretation (30)
* The Reproductive Sciences, 1880-1960 (30)
* The Disenchantment of the World? Society and the Supernatural in Early Modern Europe (30)
* Sexuality in 19th and 20th Century Britain (30)
For a full list and details of the individual modules, please see the MA Medical History programme pages on the College of Humanities webpages.
Please note that availability of all modules is subject to timetabling constraints and that not all modules are available every year.
Assessment
Portfolio of written work for taught modules plus a maximum 25,000-word dissertation.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Students are normally required to have a 2.1 or better in History or a cognate discipline at first degree level, although exceptions are made in the case of students who are well-qualified in other respects, and such students would typically be interviewed before an offer was made.
English requirements: ITELS 6.5
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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