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Course information

Title: World History from Middle Ages to 1750
Course number: 2023.14
Academic year: 2024-2025
ECTS: 10.00
Level: Bachelor
Faculties: History and Social Sciences
Educations: BA in History, BSSc in Political Science, BSSc in Social Sciences
Prerequisites: Students are required to hold an upper secondary education diploma or equivalent qualification.
Language of instruction: Faroese
Registration: Students on the first semester of Bachelor of Arts in History are automatically enrolled. Applicants for an individual course must apply via the Student Service Center at lss@setur.fo
Beginning date: Saturday, August 31, 2024
End date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Academic content

Purpose: To provide a foundation in world history from the Middle Ages to around 1750, with special focus on European history and history rooted in Europe. This course is also aimed at people with a general interest in history.
Learning outcomes: Successful students can demonstrate ability to: • exhibit a broad understanding of the course of history during the Middle Ages and up to around 1750 • formulate fundamental questions on European history predating 1750 • expand their own horizon independently and acquire new knowledge on the subject.
Content: The course affords students broad knowledge of fundamental connections in world history in the Middle Ages and up to 1750, as well as knowledge about the basic social conditions in European societies during this period. The course emphasises familiarising students with sound specialist literature on the subject, as well as enabling them to communicate this knowledge to others.
Learning and teaching approaches: The duration of the course is approximately 30 hours. The teaching and learning approaches used are lectures, presentations and discussions. Students are required to choose a subject at the beginning of the course, on which they will give a presentation to the rest of the class. This presentation is a prerequisite for taking the course examination.

Assessment

Assessment method: Oral examination assessed externally according to the marking scale in force. Giving a class presentation is a prerequisite for taking the exam (please refer to the Learning and Teaching Approaches).
Examination (internal/external): External
Grading scale: 7-scale
Exam date/dates: The oral exam is set for the 6th of January, 2025
Deadline for withdrawal from exam: Saturday, August 31, 2024

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