Faculty of Science

Objectives

To study the signs by which diseases can be recognized; modes of transmission; and methods of prevention and control.

Contents

The study of disease in terms of abnormal structures and/or abnormal function of the tissues of the body; development of diseased conditions recognised with both the naked eye (morbid anatomy) and microscopically in histological sections prepared from diseased tissue (histopathology); An application of the way in which specific diseases are initiated and developed within the body (pathogenesis); The opportunities which may occur for the dissemination of infectious agents into the environment and to other people.