| TGTU12 | Sweden and Europe: From the Viking Age to the European Union, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Sverige och Europa: Från vikingatid till EU/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 36 |
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Area of Education: Humanities Subject area: History |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G1
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| Aim: The overall goal of this course is for the students to gain general knowledge of the historical, economic, cultural and social development in Sweden from the Viking Era to the present day in a European perspective, which has fundamental significance for understanding Swedish society today and Sweden‚s place in European history. Furthermore, by means of a project produced by working in groups the participants in the course will apply investigative methods and thus develop theoretical skills. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course is organised around a series of lectures. The students shall also participate in the completion of a group project |
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| Course contents: The course‚s introductory series of lectures present a survey of Sweden‚s political, economic, cultural and social development from the Viking Age to the present day within a European perspective. The goal of this part of the course is to emphasise the long-term context. This historical outline provides a basis for the next part of the course that consists of a series of thematically organised lectures, which may can treat such topics as the power of the state and the church during the Middle Ages, the significance of early mining and manufacturing in Swedish politics, economic and technical development, the growth of the Swedish Model, nationalistic currents in Sweden and Europe, and the question of Swedish neutrality in European power politics. In the third part of the course the student participates in a small group that completes an in-depth study through which the student receives training in research methods and theoretical aspects of the discipline are illustrated. |
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| Course literature: Hans-Albin Larsson, red. Boken om Sveriges historia [A book on Sweden‚s history] (Forum, 1999). An historical atlas of one‚s choice. Handouts with texts for the various thematic lessons |
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| Written examination. Written group assignment. |
5 p |
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7,5 ECTS |
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| Grades are given as ‘Fail’ or ‘Pass’. To receive the grade Pass, in addition to passing the written examination (P/F), the written group project must be treated in a seminar (P/F). | ||||
Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: TEMA. Director of Studies: Eva Törnqvist Examiner: Lars Strömbäck Link to the course homepage at the department |
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