A sample course outline would include the following topics.
Note: Content may vary according to the instructor’s selection of topics
Class sections will be divided between lectures and seminar discussions. The seminar discussion sessions will serve as a forum for the analysis and discussion of scholarly literature and as a testing ground for student hypotheses. The instructor will encourage students to elaborate, refine and revise ideas. Discussion sessions will also include tutorials in conducting historical research, the exploration of primary source documents, and practice in oral presentations. Participation in both lectures and seminar discussions is required for the successful completion of the course.
Assessment will be in accord with the DouglasCollege student evaluation policy. Specific components of evaluation will include some of the following: mid-term and final exams consisting of short answer questions and essay questions; in-class written work, quizzes, research paper; seminar presentations; short debate/position papers; participation in class discussions.
Specific evaluation criteria will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the semester and will vary according to the instructor’s assessment of appropriate evaluation methods.
An example of one evaluation scheme:
Any combination of the following totalling 100%
| Primary document analyses | 15% |
| Historiographic paper | 15% |
| Seminar presentation x2 (10% each) | 20% |
| Attendance, participation, in class work | 15% |
| Research proposal and annotated bibliography | 15% |
| Final summative assignment and presentation | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
At the conclusion of the course the successful student will be able to:
Texts will be chosen from the following list, to be updated periodically:
An instructor’s Course Reader may be required.
Bynum, William. The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Conrad, Lawrence. The Western Medical Tradition 800 BC to 1800 AD. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Duffin, Jacalyn. The History of Medicine: A Scandalously Short Introduction. 2nd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010.
Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Links to electronic editions of other relevant monographs and collections of essays available through the library will be provided in the course syllabus.
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| Athabasca University (AU) | AU HIST 2XX (3) |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU HIST 2XX (3) |
| Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | CMTN HIST 2XX (3) |
| College of New Caledonia (CNC) | CNC HIST 1XX (3) |
| College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR HIST 1XX (3) |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU HIST 1XXX (3) |
| North Island College (NIC) | NIC HIS 1XX (3) |
| Northern Lights College (NLC) | NLC HIST 2XX (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU HIST 1XX (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU HIST 1XXX (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU HIST 1XX (3) |
| University Canada West (UCW) | UCW HIST 1XX (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO HIST_O 1st (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV HIST_V 1st (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC HIST 1XX (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV HIST 1XX (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC HSTR 1XX (1.5) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU HIST 260 (3) |