2013/2014
BA-PTHI History of Ideas
English Title |
History of Ideas |
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Language |
English |
Exam ECTS |
5 ECTS |
Type |
Mandatory |
Level |
Bachelor |
Duration |
One Semester |
Course period |
Autumn |
Time Table |
Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
BSc
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Course
coordinator |
- Joachim Lund - Department of Business and Politics
(DBP)
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Main academic
disciplines |
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Last updated on
28-05-2013
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Learning objectives |
At the end of the course students
should be able to:
- Describe, compare, and discuss central ideas from the history
of Western social sciences, political theory, and
ideology.
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Examination |
History of
Ideas:
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Examination form |
Written sit-in exam |
Individual or group exam |
Individual |
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Students can write a maximum of 10 pages at the
exam. |
Assignment type |
Written assignment |
Duration |
4 hours |
Grading scale |
7-step scale |
Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
Exam period |
Winter Term |
Aids allowed to bring to the exam |
Limited aids, see the list below and the exam
plan/guidelines for further information:
- Notes brought by the examinee
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Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most
appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office
will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take
examination will be held as an oral examination
instead.
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Course content and
structure |
The course presents and discusses
central thinkers in the history of Western social sciences,
political theory, and ideology. It covers normative and analytical
or theoretical ideas about individuals, society, economy,
government, and the state from antiquity to the contemporary world.
Focus is on the origins of contemporary political ideas and on the
trajectories of the specialized modern social sciences with a
special emphasis on the evolution of, and the disciplinary
divisions between, sociology, political economy, economics and
political science. |
Teaching methods |
Lectures and
discussions |
Last updated on
28-05-2013