2015/2016
BA-BPOLV1083U History of Ideas
| English Title |
| History of Ideas |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| 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
13-08-2015
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: 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 |
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History of
Ideas:
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| Exam ECTS |
5 |
| 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 |
| Aids allowed to bring to the exam |
Limited aids, see the list below:
- Notes in paper format 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 |
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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.
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| Teaching methods |
| Lectures and
discussions |
Last updated on
13-08-2015
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