HIS31310

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students should a) develop writing and communication skills b) develop a critical understanding of medicine and social policy as part of broader changes in British and Irish society c) enhance their skills in essay writing, presenting their work to peers and participation in seminars d) develop critical skills through the assessment of a range of historical and inter-disciplinary approaches within the social history and the history of medicine e) enhance your ability to evaluate a range of primary sources and their potential use to historians.

Indicative Module Content:

The content of the module is updated regularly. The main themes covered include:
PART 1
'Madness in the Eighteenth Century';
'Moral Management and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century Lunatic Asylum'; '
Warehousing ‘Madness’?;
'The End of the Lunatic Asylums'
PART 2
The Medicalisation of Insanity and the Rise of the Psychiatric Profession
Criminal Lunacy and ‘Lunatic Criminals’
'Degeneracy and Eugenics'
'Healing the Mind in the 20th Century (part 1)'
'Healing the Mind in the 20th Century (part 2)'
PART 3
Finding the Voice of the ‘Insane’
'Race, Ethnicity and Madness'
'Gender and Insanity'

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy Invalid Option

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on the continuous assessment will be given in written, oral and automated online form and by appointment in one-to-one meetings. Oral feedback will also be given by peers during activities. Feedback on class presentations will be emailed after each presentation. Feedback on journal submissions will be given to the groups and periodically (3 times) via Brightspace over the trimester. Written and oral feedback will be provided on an ongoing basis in one-to-one meetings with module co-ordinator on preparatory plans and primary and secondary source bibliographies for end-of-semester Research Project Assignments. Feedback on the end-of-semester Research Project Assignment will be given by appointment in one-to-one meetings.