One-year programme in history for teacher training students- 60 credits, ECTS

Contact:
Steinar Aas
Tlf:776 45569
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Curriculum

1. Program coordinator
The Department of history, The Faculty of Social Science.

2. Admission requirement
University admission certification

3. Course description
This one-year study comprises a selection of History subjects. The course study is aimed at students who wish to acquire teaching competence in history at further education level.

Course study is aimed at students who are undertaking teacher training between their bachelor degree and master’s degree, and those involved in integrated teaching at university level, in programmes other than History. Students who are taking the bachelor programme in Historymay not enrol for this subject group (due to an overlap of subjects).


4. Occupational prospects
This course of study provides teaching competence in history at further education level. This level of competence is also relevant to teaching at secondary school level.

5. Academic organization

Studies take place over two semesters.

Spring
- HIS-1001: The Making of Europe - from Antiquity to 1500
- HIS-1002: Merchant capitalism, state power and revolutions 1500-1850
- HIS-1003: Nationalism, imperalism and globalisation 1850-2000

Autumn:
- HIS-1000 - Introductory course: The Making of history

and two courses amnong these

- HIS-1006 - History of media
- HIS-1007 - The Russian Revolution 1890-1930
- HIS-1008 - Norway in International Politics 1905-2000
- HIS-1009 - Time and space
- HIS-1011 - Themes from African History
- HIS-1012 - A medieval monk describes a dangerous world: Jocelin of Brakelond?s views on religion, politics and contemporary society
- HIS-1013 - Knut the Great and his World: Society, Politics and the Church in northern Europe 950-1050
- HIS-1014 - The Towns in Medieval Society
- HIS-1015 - Minorities and minority politics in northern Fenno-Scandia 1800-2000


6. Teaching and examination procedures

The teaching methods used consist of teaching and seminars with supervision. Lectures and/or seminar teaching will be provided for individual subjects. Examination procedure varies between essays written at home, written papers sat under examination conditions, and oral examination.

A scale of marking is used, with five levels of pass grade from A – E, and F as a fail grade.

Repeat examinations will be handled separately in the individual course plans.