University of St Andrews

This course introduces early medieval medical history. It looks at the ways in which medical knowledge developed in relation to changing culture and politics ca. 500-1000. It begins with the crisis of the sixth century, when climate change, pandemic, political instability, and new ideals about education led to a divergence between Greek and Latin medical traditions. This is sometimes described as a "dark age" of ignorance and superstition, but students look at the growing evidence of widespread interest in medical books and rational understandings of disease. 

This course situates and interrogates the discipline of Comparative Literature and explores a range of theories and practices. Students are encouraged to formulate their own disciplinary definitions.

This course examines the key concepts in software engineering. It provides an overview of development methodologies and associated artefacts in the software lifecycle, ethical, and sustainability considerations for software, high-level specifications such as requirements, software architecture and software design to guide development, project management and quality assurance. This course does not involve programming.