Dante|Petrarch|Vita nova|Canzoniere|lyric poetry|sonnet|courtly love|medieval literature

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Dante’s Vita nova and Petrarch’s Canzoniere give two compelling accounts of the experience of falling, and...

Business decision-making depends on understanding and analysing data. In order to turn the data into purposeful information, organisations and users need to...

Business decision-making depends on understanding and analysing data. In order to turn the data into purposeful information, organisations and users need to know how to manage data in a database system.The purpose of this module is to provide an overview of the theory and practice of database systems: data and database analysis, design use and management, with particular emphasis on relational systems. Students will also develop basic applied proficiency in using Structured Query Language, or SQL, which is a standard database management language widely used for manipulation of data in relational databases.

Scientific research does not occur in an ethical vacuum. Researchers around the globe and in every discipline are expected to be ethical in their work. This...

Scientific research does not occur in an ethical vacuum. Researchers around the globe and in every discipline are expected to be ethical in their work. This module examines the fundamentals of ethics as it applies to science, and it provides opportunities for students to test ethical thinking in new settings. Core ethical theories are surveyed together with current cases, selected by students each year. Much of the teaching is discussion-based, with students analysing their chosen cases using the ethical theories. Students are assessed by written work, and they are encouraged to develop the case they personally choose, in discussion with the tutor. No prerequisites.

What is disease? How have our ideas about disease changed over time and across different cultures? Have people’s experiences of disease also changed over...

What is disease? How have our ideas about disease changed over time and across different cultures? Have people’s experiences of disease also changed over time? This module will survey the history of medicine and health across a wide time frame. We will consider the history of specific diseases, such as cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox, plague, malaria and AIDS. We also will examine their social and medical impact during the past couple of centuries. In doing so, we will trace the interplay of scientific, clinical, social and moral judgments invested in 'framing' a disease. No prerequisites.