Course description for 2025/26
The Two World Wars: A Scandinavian Perspective
HIS1006
Course description for 2025/26
The Two World Wars: A Scandinavian Perspective
HIS1006
The course will provide a general introduction to the history of Scandinavia during the two World War, while a special focus will be put on the Norwegian experiences between 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. The course thereby offers critical insights into military, political and social history and puts Scandinavian history into a broader transnational and global perspective.
Knowledge
- The student should have a broad understanding of the main events and processes in the Scandinavian countries during the two World Wars
- The student should have knowledge of major similarities and differences in the political, military, social and economic policies of the Scandinavian countries during both wars
- The student should have a broad knowledge of the treatment of these subjects in central research literature
Skills
- The student must show the ability to present and discuss historical issues connected with the course in written form
- The student should be able to reflect on their academic output and modify this through supervision.
- The student should be able to find, consider and refer to relevant subject matters in the curriculum, and use them when developing and dealing with certain research questions.
General competence
- The student should be able to access relevant scientific literature.
- The student should be able to review relevant knowledge from the literature.
- The student should be able to discuss central theories and perspectives from the curriculum in written work.
Semester fee and curriculum literature.
Part of English language semester package Introduction to Norwegian History (Fall).
Lectures, group discussions, group work
Annual evaluation procedures
Written assignment: Short Research Paper (7-10 pages). Graded A - F.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and delivering it in whole or in part as your own answer is considered cheating.
It is an advantage to have as many basic courses (100-courses) as possible in history or other social sciences. The curriculum literature will be exclusively in English.