Bachelor Thesis in History (HIS290)

Content

The course provides students with a deeper insight in central and current historical topics connected to the student’s individual work with their bachelor thesis. Students will choose themselves which historical topic they want to work in. Choice of topic will be made in consultation with the respective supervisor.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

After completing the course, the student will be able to

• develop historical knowledge with detail knowledge connected to a specific research question.
• evaluate and critique historical arguments, explain how these have been created for different purposes, and how they may be improved. This includes arguments made by the students themselves.
• recognise history as an interpreted presentation of lifeworlds in past which historians construct in their own present based on sources.

Skills

After completing the course, the student will be able to

• gather, sort, organise, examine, syntethise, quote and critically analyse complex material relevant for the bachelor thesis, including primary sources and literature.
• evaluate a selection of historical sources relevant for the bachelor thesis with regards to reliability, position, perspective and relevance.
• construct arguments based on scholarly foundations, using sources, theories, and methods in a precise and transparent manner, this too includes presentation of own findings.
• demonstrate good academic writing skills, including how to structure a thesis, the presentation of the argument, language, and references

General competences

After completing the course, the student will be able to

• able to construct arguments based on scholarly foundations, using sources, theories, and methods in a precise and transparent manner.
• deploy analytical and critical thinking and understanding in fields other than history.

Required prerequisite knowledge

One of the following alternatives:
HIS145 European History from Antiquity to 1815, HIS165 Modern History, HIS175 What is History? Historiography, Historical Theory, Method and History Didactics
HIS100 Modern History after 1914, HIS105 Modern History after 1814 AD, HIS110 Antique and Medieval History before 1350 AD, HIS115 Later Middle Ages and Early Modern History 1350-1815, HIS190 What is History?
HIS100 Modern History after 1914, HIS105 Modern History after 1814 AD, HIS115 Later Middle Ages and Early Modern History 1350-1815, HIS190 What is History?
HIS145 European History from Antiquity to 1815, HIS175 What is History? Historiography, Historical Theory, Method and History Didactics, HIS195 The History of the City
HIS145 European History from Antiquity to 1815, HIS165 Modern History, HIS195 The History of the City
HIS165 Modern History, HIS175 What is History? Historiography, Historical Theory, Method and History Didactics, HIS195 The History of the City
HIS145 European History from Antiquity to 1815, HIS175 What is History? Historiography, Historical Theory, Method and History Didactics, HIS185 An Introduction to Historical Topics
HIS145 European History from Antiquity to 1815, HIS165 Modern History, HIS185 An Introduction to Historical Topics
HIS165 Modern History, HIS175 What is History? Historiography, Historical Theory, Method and History Didactics, HIS185 An Introduction to Historical Topics

Bachelorstudents must have 45 credits in entry-level history courses to start the specialization. Students that apply to the Specialization only, must have 50 credits in entry-level history courses.

Exam

Coursework requirements

Utkast til problemstilling, To veiledninger

Approved draft of project description, two supervisions

During the term, the student is to submit one draft of the project description of the bachelor thesis, as well as have two supervisions.

Both obligatory activities need to be approved in order to take the exam.

Students cannot request new supervision when resubmitting the bachelor thesis/new admission.

Course teacher(s)

Course coordinator:

Melina Antonia Buns

Course teacher:

Kristian Steinnes

Course teacher:

Markus Eldegard Mindrebø

Course teacher:

Jonas Fossli Gjersø

Course teacher:

Tor Thorvaldsen

Course teacher:

Malin Kristine Graesse

Study Adviser:

Margrethe Melin

Course teacher:

Gitte Westergaard

Course teacher:

Tyson Ashley Retz

Course teacher:

Peder William Chellew Roberts

Method of work

Seminar

Independent research and writing

Supervision

Open for

Literature