This 15 credit module will develop the students&#039; understanding of how the gut works, the role of the pancreas and gall bladder/bile salts, food digestion,...

The Gut, Liver and Drug Metabolism (MEDC0003)

This 15 credit module will develop the students' understanding of how the gut works, the role of the pancreas and gall bladder/bile salts, food digestion, the handling of xenobiotics. Structure and function of the liver including important metabolic pathways e.g. urea cycle, drug absorption, distribution and metabolism including basic pharmacokinetics will also be explored. Illustrations might include paracetamol overdose, the most common cause of acute liver failure, its consequences and treatment. For gastro-intestinal (GI) diseases we will cover malabsorption, inflammatory bowel disease, gastroenteritis, bowel cancer, acute liver failure, and cirrhosis. Various anatomical changes occur after the development of cirrhosis including portal hypertension, and oesophageal varices - how and why do such changes occur, what are the consequences and how do we treat them?

EUROPEAN HISTORY|MODERN HISTORY|FIRST WORLD WAR|EUROPE

This module explores the European experience of the First World War. Drawing upon the historiographical idea of a ‘Great War Era’ that lasted from...

Europe&#039;s First World War, 1911-1923 (HIST0778)

This module explores the European experience of the First World War. Drawing upon the historiographical idea of a ‘Great War Era’ that lasted from the 1911 Italian invasion of Libya, until the Treaty of Lausanne, and Ruhr occupation, in 1923, it examines the war experience in Western, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, and relationships between the First World War and European colonialism, interrogating:

- Why the First World War is described as a ‘total war’;

- How the war impacted upon civilians, with particular focus upon gender, genocide, humanitarianism and refugee themes;

- How Empire framed European attitudes to the conflict.

BA History - Study Abroad Module IV (HIST0138)