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SYLLABUS
History 1:4 Modern History , 12 ECTS Credits
 
COURSE CATEGORY   Fristående kurs
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY   History - HIA
SUBJECT AREA  
  COURSE CODE   751G27
AIM OF THE COURSE
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- use general knowledge of essential historical contexts and the main features of history
- analytically and critically arrange facts for explanatory descriptions in historical contexts
- demonstrate basic awareness of how choices of perspective based on class, gender and diversity, influence the understanding of our past.
CONTENTS
A general study of events and social progress from a global perspective, for example the industrial revolution and its consequences, the population trend, new political philosophies and the emergence of parliamentarism and democracy. The Latin American liberation is studied, as are attempts for international stabilisation, nationalism, imperialism, both world wars, fascism and the socialist revolutions in Russia and China, the liberation movements in the third world, the cold war, the arms race and peace efforts. Through comparisons between different productions, different historical views can be illustrated, discussed and analysed.
TEACHING
Lectures, compulsory seminars that are prepared independently or in groups and independent studies of the course literature are the main working methods of the course.
EXAMINATION
The course is examined through an independent oral test. Active participation in the compulsory seminars is also required.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course two times are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.

Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Specific entry requirements 1 (Hi A and Sh A)
GRADING
A grade of Pass with Credit, Pass or Fail is given for the course
CERTIFICATE
Course certificate is issued by the Faculty Board on request. The Department provides a special form which should be submitted to the Student Affairs Division.
COURSE LITERATURE
The course literature is decided upon by the department in question.
OTHER INFORMATION
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.

The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.
 
History 1:4 Modern History
Historia 1:4 Modern historia
 
Department responsible
for the course or equivalent:
ISAK - Department of Studies of Social Change and Culture
           
Registrar No: LiU-2008/00111   Course Code: 751G27      
    Exam codes: see Local Computer System      
Subject/Subject Area : History - HIA          
           
Level   Education level     Subject Area Code   Field of Education  
G1X   Basic level     HIA   HU  
The syllabus was approved by the Board of Faculty of Arts and Science 2008-04-16