Undergraduate courses and subjects 2000

Biomedicine and arts

BME1111 Science, culture and the concept of race: human origins and development*
BME1112 Human affairs: health, illness and sexual difference*

The borders between the arts and sciences are blurring as the dramatic changes to society and the planet that have resulted from the industrial and information revolutions have made the implications of science more obvious. These new inter-faculty and interdisciplinary first-year subjects explore the creation of scientific knowledge, the nature of science and its meaning for society and for the rest of the natural world, both locally and globally. They present an interdisciplinary perspective, combining scientific approaches with those of the humanities and social sciences.

BME1111 Science, culture and the concept of race: human origins and development*

This subject offer students an insight into current approaches to the evolution of the human species, the concept of 'race' and the impact of science on society.

BME1112 Human affairs: health, illness and sexual difference*

This subject explores the concepts of health, illness and disease and how different interpretations of them affect our understanding of the biological and psychological manifestations of sexual difference.
* STUDENTS CAN COMPLETE BME1111 AND BME1112 AS ONE OF THEIR FIRST-YEAR ARTS SEQUENCES. THE SCHOOLS OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HISTORICAL AND GENDER STUDIES WILL ACCEPT A FIRST-YEAR SEQUENCE IN BME SUBJECTS AS PART OF A MINOR OR MAJOR SEQUENCE IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND HISTORY.