autumn 2017
HIS-1111 Arctic Norway and the Barents Region - Aspects of history - 10 ECTS

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1st June for the autumn semester.

Applicants from outside the Nordic countries: 15th April for the autumn semester.


Type of course

The subject may be taken as a singular course.

Admission requirements

Higher Education Entrance Qualification (generell studiekompetanse) or prior learning and work experience (realkompetanse).

Admission code: 9199 (Nordic applicants).


Course overlap

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

HIS-1001 The Making of Europe - from year 1000 to 1500 1 stp
HIS-1002 Merchant capitalism, state power and revolutions 1500-1850 1 stp
HIS-1003 Nationalism, imperialism and globalization 1850-2000 1 stp
HIS-1005 North Norway between Tradition and Modernization 1870-2000 2 stp

Course content

The aim of the course is to provide (international) students with knowledge and understanding of central themes and problems in North Norwegian history, seen both in the context of Norwegian history as well as the broader history of the Barents region.

On account of the students¿ varied backgrounds, we assume no previous knowledge of the region. We also work on the assumption that students know very little about the history of Norway or the history of the Barents region in general. We therefore begin by giving a brief overview of important themes in Norwegian history, providing a framework for the more detailed presentation of North Norwegian history that follows. The dynamics of early trade networks and economic activities is examined. The gradual inclusion of northern Fennoscandia as peripheral regions in national states with centres further south, and the impact of this development on inter-ethnic relations is explored. Increasing Norwegian activity in the Polar Regions, for purposes of hunting and scientific and economic research, but also increasingly as a form of national expression and assertion, is an important theme too. Tensions in the region during the Cold War period are considered, and the course progresses up to the present in examining economic exploitation, competition and co-operation in the Barents Region. Throughout the course the role of Tromsø is also considered, providing insight into local history as well as regional and national history.


Objectives of the course

The student has the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The student has:

  • obtained knowledge on central themes and problems in north-Norwegian and Barents region history
  • insight into the changing dynamics of social, political, religious and ethnic characteristics of the north during the last 1000+ years

Skills

The student is able to/can:

  • analyse secondary and selected primary sources and draw their own conclusions

Competence The student is able to/can:

  • assemble, synthesise and present information, both orally and in writing


Language of instruction and examination

Language of instruction and examination is English.

Teaching methods

The course consists of lectures, seminars and several excursions and museum visits, together with supervision in writing two home exams. The teaching given in the course is considered to constitute part of the knowledge that students can be tested on in the examinations. The course is given each autumn semester. The subject is evaluated every third year.

Assessment

The exam will consist of:

Two essays of about 2.700 words each. Essays are to be delivered within a limit of seven days.

The exam will be assessed on an A-F grades scale. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed.

Retake is offered in in the beginning of the following semester in cases of grade F or Fail. Deferred examination is offered in the beginning of the following semester if the student is unable to take the final exam due to illness or other exceptional circumstances. Registration deadline for retake is 15th January for autumn semester exams and 15th August for spring semester exams.


Recommended reading/syllabus

Recommended reading list/syllabus wil be provided at the start of the semester

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  • About the course
  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 10
  • Course code: HIS-1111
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