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Course Catalog 01/02


Business Adm and Social Science

IES639 History D 30.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
III + IV

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Staffan Hansson Prof


PREREQUISITES
IES638 History C.

COURSE AIM
The students shall
- aquire deeper knowledge in scientific methodology and they shall develop and demonstrate deeper skill when they independentaly shall deal with historical problems verbally or in writing a paper.
- Aquire a survey of Swedish and international reserach of immediate interest in history.



CONTENTS
ITEM 1
Theoty of science.

ITEM 2
Optional course

ITEM 3
Paper


TEACHING
Lectures and seminars.

EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS

Extended essay and seminars 15.00ECTS
Oral/written exam 7.50ECTS
Assignement report 4.50ECTS
Seminars 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
ITEM 1
Almond, Gabriel och Stephen J. Genco, (1997), Clouds, Clocks and the Study of politics. World Politics, nr 29. Sid 489-522.
Andersson Sten., (1979), Positivism kontra hermeneutik. Göteborg. Korpen.
Chalmers Alan, F., (1990), What is this thing called science? Bristol. Open University Press.
Dahlgren, S., och Florin, A., (1996), Fråga det förflutnaa. En introduktion till modern historieforskning. Studentlitteratur.
Eriksson Gunnar, (1991), Den faustiska människan. Natur och kultur.
Föllesdal, Dagfinn, Lars Walle och Jon Elster, (1995), Argumentationsteori, språk och vetenskapsfilosofi. Stockholm. Thales.
Hanson, Bertil (1994)"Game Theory and the Search for Causation in Political Science", paper. Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Umeå universitet.
Rorty, Richard, (1981), "Metod, Social Science and Social Hope", Canadian Journal of Philosophy, XI, nr 4 (december 1981). Sid 569-588.

ITEM 2 and 3
Literature to be decided with the examiner.



Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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