2808 - Introduction to Political Science
Course information
- Title
- Introduction to Political Science
- Course number
- 2808.18
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 10.00
- Level
- Bachelor
- Faculties
- History and Social Sciences
- Educations
- BSSc in Political Science, BSSc in Social Sciences, BA in History
- Prerequisites
- The students must have a secondary education or equivalent qualifications.
- Language of instruction
- Faroese
- Registration
- Students on the first semester of Bachelor of Social Science in Politics and Administration, and Bachelor of Social Science in Social Science, and the third 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
- Monday, September 2, 2024
- End date
- Friday, December 6, 2024
Academic content
- Purpose
- The purpose of the course is to give the students innsight into the themes and theories, which are most commonly used in the field of political science.
- Learning outcomes
- The students must be able to: • Explain theories of the state, power, political parties, political systems, and ideologies. • Critically assess the explanatory power of these theories. • Use the concepts and theories, they have learned, to provide an independent description and analysis of political and admnistrative topics.
- Content
- Theories of the state, power, political parties and systems, as well as ideologies, which are used in a politico-scientific depiction of the political institutions and parties of the last century, and how these have changed in accordance with circumstance. In this context it will also be described how political culture and interest groups affect the political development. The topics will also, when possible, be described with examples from Faroese politics.
- Learning and teaching approaches
- The lessons span over 35 hours and will be given as lectures, groupwork, and student presentations.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Written exam (5 hours). Students are allowed to bring with them anything on the reading list as well as their personal notes. To qualify for the exam, the students have to complete a midway exam (3 hours).
- Examination (internal/external)
- Internal
- Grading scale
- 7-scale
- Exam date/dates
- The written exam is set for week 1
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Súsanna Olsen
- Teachers
- Sonja Jacoba Jógvansdóttir