University of Manchester

This is an introductory course to the study of mental health and distress. It covers historical and contemporary perspectives on classification and treatment of mental (ill) health and examine the interplay between social, psychological, and biological factors in the genesis and maintenance of mental distress.

This course provides an introduction to the culture and society of contemporary Italy in the post-war period, identifying and challenging traditional stereotypes. In Semester 1, the course identifies the major political, economic, and social changes which have affected Italy since the Second World War. In Semester 2, students consider how we make sense of the process of Italian cultural production in multiple media and across multiple centuries, from the medieval and Renaissance period to the modern era, directing the attention towards the study and interpretation of different kinds of texts (poetic, narrative, and filmic) created in this cultural context.

This course gives students an insight into the full cycle of the post-excavation process of artefact analysis. By combining theoretical approaches to material culture with practical experience, this it provides an understanding of how to approach artefact assemblages, how to carry out detailed analysis, and the production of comprehensive written summaries both of the contents of assemblages and of their potential to answer research questions. Students will be given an option to develop specific knowledge of different categories of material (e.g. ceramics, lithics, glass, metalwork, building materials).