学部後期課程
学内のオンライン授業の情報漏洩防止のため，URLやアカウント、教室の記載は削除しております。
最終更新日：2024年10月18日
授業計画や教室は変更となる可能性があるため、必ずUTASで最新の情報を確認して下さい。
UTASにアクセスできない方は、担当教員または部局教務へお問い合わせ下さい。
最終更新日：2024年10月18日
授業計画や教室は変更となる可能性があるため、必ずUTASで最新の情報を確認して下さい。
UTASにアクセスできない方は、担当教員または部局教務へお問い合わせ下さい。
Advanced ALESS I
Plagues throughout History
Recent pandemics like COVID-19, bird and swine flu and AIDS highlight the vulnerability of societies to outbreaks of infectious disease. However, such pandemics have a long history, and have often been important drivers of historical events and social change. For instance, during the colonization of the Americas by Europeans the introduction of diseases such as smallpox, to which the natives had never been exposed and had no natural immunity, had a devastating effect.
This module aims to investigate aspects of the history of past pandemics or "plagues" and how they have impacted on society. We will attempt to answer questions such as: Where do plagues come from? How do they spread? What counter measures have been taken in response to plagues throughout history? What have been the attitudes of society to victims of plague, and how have these changed? Finally, we will look at how infectious diseases have been significant factors in some major historical events. Part of the module will include student-led analysis of past pandemics. These may be historical but could also include more recent and emerging diseases such as Ebola and Zika virus.
時間割／共通科目コード
コース名
教員
学期
時限
08X20062
FAS-XA2C06L3
Advanced ALESS I
QUAYLE JOHN MARTIN
月曜4限
マイリストに追加
マイリストから削除
講義使用言語
英語
単位
2
実務経験のある教員による授業科目
NO
他学部履修
可
開講所属
教養学部
授業計画
The module will start with an introductory series of lectures giving an overview of plagues throughout history, illustrated using examples such as smallpox, cholera, and Spanish flu. The lectures will include a detailed analysis of perhaps the best-known historical pandemic, bubonic plague, which occurred in a least three major waves (the "Plague of Justinian", the "Black Death" and "Modern Plague") impacting Asia, Europe and Africa over a period of more that 1500 years. Issues that will be covered will include: origin and spread, plague as a disease, response of the authorities (i.e public health measures), response of the public, and social and historical impact. In-class activities will include reading selected book chapters or academic papers and engaging in group discussions. In the central section of the module, students will be assigned to groups that will research the history of a chosen pandemic (specific topics: to be decided). Individual students will research a particular aspect of that pandemic and report back to the group. At the end of this exercise, groups will report their findings to the rest of the class as a team presentation. Toward the end of the module, students will be allowed a free choice on the broad range subjects covered in the module, to enable them to research a topic of particular interest to them in greater detail. This will then be written up as an assessed essay.
授業の方法
Small group tutorial format. The class is suitable for students at all levels of English ability.
成績評価方法
[Please check the grading scale that applies to this course. If the Course Code ends without “-P/F”, this is a course with a letter grade (A+, A, B, C, F). If the Course Code ends with “-P/F”, this is a Pass/Fail Course.]
Class participation 50%, Group presentation 20%, Final written report 30%
教科書
None
参考書
None
履修上の注意
[If the number of students enrolling in this course exceeds the number determined by the instructor, there may be a selection process. Instructions for the selection process will be given in the first class, so if you are interested in taking this course, please be sure to attend the first class.]
This class is suitable for students of any academic background, but an interest in the role of science and medicine in shaping society is useful.
その他
None
実務経験と授業科目の関連性
None
