2016 - Modern Faroese History
Course information
- Title
- Modern Faroese History
- Course number
- 2016.16
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 10.00
- Level
- Bachelor
- Faculties
- History and Social Sciences
- Educations
- BA in History, BSSc in Social Sciences, BSSc in Political Science
- Prerequisites
- Students are required to hold an upper secondary education diploma or equivalent qualification.
- Language of instruction
- Faroese
- Registration
- Students in a program are automatically enrolled. Students of a single subject, apply through the student affairs office lss@setur.fo
- Beginning date
- Friday, January 31, 2025
- End date
- Friday, May 30, 2025
Academic content
- Purpose
- To afford students basic insight into Faroese history from 1500 AD onwards. The course will focus on political history and provide an overview of key research available in the area. The aim is also to provide students with basic skills in assessing the quality of selected works and historical sources. This course is also aimed at persons with a general interest in Faroese history.
- Learning outcomes
- Successful students can demonstrate ability to: • identify connections between phenomena in modern Faroese political history • assess selected works/views on modern Faroese political history • assess different sources on a clearly defined topic in modern Faroese political history • understand how modern Faroese history is linked to broader world history • independently present and examine a specific topic in Faroese political history
- Content
- The course provides students with a foundation in Faroese political history from 1500 AD onwards, as well as in key literature on the topic. The course will examine selected works on modern Faroese history and Faroese history will be discussed in the greater pan European context.
- Learning and teaching approaches
- The duration of the course is approximately 30 hours. Learning and teaching strategies include lectures, exercises and debates. At the beginning of the course, students select a topic on which they prepare a presentation for the rest of the class.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Internal oral examination assessed using the marking scale in force. Preparing and giving a presentation to the class (please refer to the Learning and teaching approaches) is a prerequisite for taking the examination.
- Examination (internal/external)
- Internal
- Grading scale
- 7-scale
- Exam date/dates
- 12th and 13th of June.
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Monday, January 27, 2025
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Hans Andrias Sølvará
- Teachers
- Hans Andrias Sølvará