Health across the Lifecourse (L3116A)
15 credits, Level 5
Autumn teaching
- through theoretical and empirical work how health and illness are conceptualised and experienced
- how the state, professions and organisations position themselves and formulate responses, for example through policy, discourse and specific interventions
- maternal health
- mental health
- health inequalities
- state and private provision of healthcare.
You’ll explore health and life stages from birth and infancy to midlife, old age, and end-of-life experiences and dying, with each week’s topics covering sociological theory and debate and their application to empirical work and policy.
Teaching
50%: Lecture
50%: Seminar
Assessment
100%: Coursework (Essay, Portfolio)
Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 20 hours of contact time and about 130 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.
We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.