History of the North

HIS1000

The course gives a brief overview of the economic, demographic, social and political history of Norway, with an emphasis on the North. The relation between living conditions, societal arrangements and political development will be central, as well as the multi-ethnic dimension of the northern peoples.

The course gives a brief overview of the economic, demographic, social and political history of Norway, with an emphasis on the North. The chronological perspective will be broad, from prehistorical time, the Medieval period to early modern and contemporary historical times. The relation between living conditions, societal arrangements and political development will be central, as well as the multi-ethnic dimension of the northern peoples. In particular the history of the Sámi will be taken into account.

General study competence.

Knowledge

The student will learn about:

The development of the Norwegian north.
The foundations of life in the Norwegian north over time
Central themes and theories in the curriculum.

Skills

The student should be able to:

Reflect about historical continuity and change in the Norwegian north.
Identify and discuss the central topics in the historiography of the Norwegian north.
Find, evaluate and refer to information and contents present in the curriculum.
Reflect on the themes that are covered by the course through oral presentations.

General competence

The student will:

Acquire awareness of problems related to Norwegian history.
Gain insights to historical matters and questions in connection to Northern perspectives in Norwegian history in different periods.
Be able to communicate perspectives, research questions and solutions central to the course through written assignments.

No costs except semester registration fee and syllabus literature.

Compulsory for the one-year, and for the one-year programme Norwegian Language and Society.

Lectures, seminars, colloquia, writing and assignments, all organised for both net- and campus students.

The study program is evaluated annually by the students through course evaluations and study program evaluation. These evaluations are included as part of the university's quality assurance system.

- Coursework (AK), c. 1200 words, graded approved/not approved.

- Oral exam (MU), 30 minutes, graded A-F.

The coursework nment must be approved in order to take the exam. The coursework and the oral exam can be written/taken either in English or in Norwegian.

Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and delivering it in whole or in part as your own answer is considered cheating.

The course literature will be in English if there are students from universities outside of Scandinavia. Otherwise, the teaching will be conducted in norwegian.

Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:

HI118S - Modern Norwegian History after 1815 - 10 credits

HI118NS - Modern Norwegian History from 1814 - 10 credits

HI118NS - Modern Norwegian History after 1814 - 10 credits

HI118LS - Modern Norwegian History after 1814 - 10 credits

HIS1050 - History of the North - 10 credits