Undergraduate Course: History of Islamic Medicine (IMES10017)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to introduce students to topics and key figures in the history of Islamic medicine and science. In the process, and just as importantly, the course also addresses the conventional understandings of these topics as offered by scholars in the field to date. Thereby the course also aims to develop students' analytical skills and their interactive capacity as well as improve their ability to present their work and ideas clearly and effectively. The course assumes no ability in Arabic or Persian, or any of the other languages of the Middle East, with the many primary texts used in the course being accessed via translation. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Before enrolling students on this course, you are asked to contact the IMES Secretary to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 504182, e-mail imes@ed.ac.uk). |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 courses in a suitable subject area at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- identify and describe key tendencies, such as the Prophetic and Galenic traditions, and important figures in the history of Islamic medicine and science from the formative era of Islam to the early twentieth century.
- challenge conventional discussions of topics in Islamic medicine and science - e.g. human dissection, surgery, contagion and the black death and 'modern' medical practice - in the extant secondary literature.
- incorporate translated primary source materials into their analyses.
- present structured arguments in both oral and a variety of written formats.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | IMES HistIsMed |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Newman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4178
Email: Andrew.J.Newman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Eleanor Birch
Tel: (0131 6)50 4182
Email: Eleanor.Birch@ed.ac.uk |
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