Norwegian Culture and History

Subject:

NORWEGIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY

Code:  

Term:  

Autumn/Spring  

Credits:

5 ECTS 

Aims

To give an introduction to Norwegian culture and history from the

Middle ages till today.

To give knowledge and insight of important happenings in the historical development in Norway and thereby increase the understanding of the Norwegian society.

To do a study in depth so that the student can get more thoroughly

knowledge over a chosen historical subject. 

Prerequisites:   

None 

Contents:

The history before the 19^th century

The 19^th century

Early 20^th century/the inter-war years

War and occupation

The post war era

Norway in the age of petroleum

The Sami people and Finnmark

Norway and Europe

Norway today 

Language:

English 

Working forms:

lectures, working in groups, video, problem-solving, writing essays,

Student presentation and independent study. 

Evaluation and working-requirement:

The student must write a paper of 7 to 10 pages on a subject chosen by the student in co-operation with the lecturer. The paper must be completed by the end of the semester. The

Students will be offered tuition during their work on the paper. The paper will be graded from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is failure. The paper will only be reviewed by the responsible teacher

Grades:

A – F.  E is lowest pass. F is failure. 

Literature:       

Øyvind Stenersen and Ivar Libæk: “The History of Norway. From the ice age to today.”, Dinamo forlag, Lysaker, 2003.