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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Social Policy

Postgraduate Course: Infectious Disease and Global Governance (SCPL11020)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryEmerging and re-emerging infectious diseases have been a matter of increased global public health focus. While biomedical explanations are important, the experience and management of infectious disease is fundamentally bound in social, political, cultural and economic structures. This course focuses upon the way in which social scientific approaches can be harnessed to understand and evaluate the context which surrounds infectious disease governance. The course introduces students to key social scientific concepts in understanding infectious disease, and (particularly in seminar sessions) encourages students to consider how these can be applied in the formulation of effective policy.
Course description Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases have been a matter of increased global political focus. While biomedical explanations are important, the experience and management of infectious disease is fundamentally bound in social, political, cultural and economic structures. This course focuses upon the way in which social scientific approaches can be harnessed to understand and evaluate the context which surrounds infectious disease policymaking. The course introduces students to key social scientific concepts in understanding infectious disease, and encourages students to consider how these can be applied in the formulation of effective policy.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a critical awareness of current issues in infectious disease and global health
  2. Critically assess the relationship between infectious disease and socio-political structures at the local, national, and global levels
  3. Consider and critically analyse the role of key discourses, actors, structures and institutions that underpin the experience and management of infectious disease
  4. Understand and critically assess various social scientific conceptual and analytical tools in investigating infectious diseases
  5. Critically evaluate and synthesise academic and policy literatures around infectious disease governance
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Amrit Virk
Tel: (0131 6)50 4282
Email: A.Virk@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Cath Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)51 3892
Email: cthomps7@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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