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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Education and Teaching Methods

PÄS620 General History of Norrbotten 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q3-Q4.

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Kenneth Awebro Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
General entrance requirement or standard qualification B.1.

COURSE AIM
The aims of the course are that students acquire basic knowledge of important historical context in older and modern history by studying political, economic and social states and changes.

CONTENTS
- Knowledge of the history of Norrbotten in a wider historical context.
- Training in communicating knowledge of the history of Norrbotten and the visible tracks it has left in the region, such as monuments of ancient finds, the oldest inhabitants of Norrbotten, the Viking Age, the culture of the Laplanders, churches, trade, the working-class movement and Norrbotten in war and in peace.


TEACHING
The course will be given on part-time basis and will extend over one term. The group of students will meet at five different occasions. The meetings will take the form of lectures, seminars and oral presentations. Excursions and study trips to places of culture-historical interest will also be part of the course. Students will give continual accounts for the experiences and knowledge gained from these trips.

EXAMINATION
Written and oral examination, individually and in group.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass, Distinction.

ITEMS/CREDITS
General History of Norrbotten/examination 7.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
- (1992). Norrbottens synliga historia. Del 1.
- (1994). Norrbotten - värt en resa. Norrbotten 1994.
- (1995, 1996). Norrbotten 1995 och 1996. Norrbottens museums årsbok.
Forsberg, P & Alm, A (1996). Norrbottens-projektet: en nutidsdokumentation 1994-95.
Isaksson, O & F (1992). Gammelstads kyrkby vid Lule älv.
Lundholm, K (1991). Natur och miljö i Norrbotten.
Oredsson, S & Andersson, L (1995). I historiens spegel.
Utdelade stenciler och kompendier.
Utöver ovan fastställd kurslitteratur tillkommer litteratur om ca 500 sidor.

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Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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