Current active course description (last updated 2020/21)
Political Ideologies
PO112S
Current active course description (last updated 2020/21)
Political Ideologies
PO112S
The main course topics are related to political theories such as; liberalism, conservatism, communism, socialism, social democracy, nazism, fascism, feminism, populism, and Islamism.
The main course topics are related to political theories such as; liberalism, conservatism, communism, socialism, social democracy, nazism, fascism, feminism, populism, and Islamism.
Admission on the basis of general study competence or prior learning in accordance with current rules.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able
To have knowledge about::
- Demonstrate knowledge of the most important political ideologies
- Be able to explain the central teorists of ideologies
To have skills to
- Be able to compare and analyze the core ideas of odeologies, values, human views, methods og social change, political and economic governance, and international dissemination
- Understand the basic principles of elitism
To have general competance
- Students should be able to explain the ongoing discourse about political idology, where libarlism is challengde by conservatives, socialists, marxists, social democrats, feminists, populists and islamists
No costs except semester registration fee and syllabus literature.
Compulsory for Bachelor in International Relations and One-year-program in International Relations. For students on other programmes, the course is elective.
Lectures and seminars led by the teacher.
The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are included in the university's quality assurance system.
A five-hour written examination with regular Norwegian grading system (A-F). The exam can be written in either Norwegian or English
Pen, ruler, pc and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.
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:
PO112LS - Political Ideologies - 10 credits