And Sussex started doing media studies 40 years ago. When this was a
credible activity. (Think media equivalent of studying English literature.)
Before vocational courses came in and offered promises of fame in front of
the camera.
Way back then, Sussex even required science undergraduates to do some work
in the arts area. And vice versa. But I gather that the arts mob stopped
studying science because they were "too busy". No one ever explained what
they were doing while the scientists were in the lab, but you can always
trust an arts graduate to cook up a plausible excuse.
MK
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Sent: 31 October 2003 18:20
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Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] advice for degree course?
Wendy,
One possibility is the Sussex BSc in Human Sciences which includes aspects
of health, philosophy, politics and communication.
Sussex claims that "behind and informing the Human Sciences degree is the
question: what is the relationship between the biological and social
existence of human beings, between nature and culture?" and that the degree
subject is "not a subject or a discipline in the traditional sense, but an
opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary work that transcends the
arbitrary division between the 'arts' and the 'sciences'
and involves the study of aspects of a number of disciplines in relation to
a central problem."
The blurb
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/publications/ugrad2004/humansciences.html
The syllabus:
http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/teaching/biology/deg/prg/hums.php
I did not take this degree myself, but I have friends who did, and who speak
highly of it. BIOLS at Sussex has a good reputation.
Best wishes to you and your friend
Jen
> I am after some advice for a friend who recently began a course in
> Medicine, but found that the course was completely geared to becoming
> a GP which is not what she wants to do. She is interested in:
>
> journalism
> sciences
> health
> politics
> philosophy
>
> She took all the sciences and English at A level and got 3 A's and a
> B.
> There are plenty of postgraduate degrees I can find details of, but
> can anyone recommend a good first degree that will allow her to study
> health promotion or medical science but with some modules on
> communication?
>
> I've suggested she looks at psci-com and absw sites, but they do seem
> to focus on postgrad courses.
>
Dr Jen Gristock
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