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HIST2305

Work and Everyday Life 1800-2000

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2011
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Examination arrangement Written examination

About

About the course

Course content

This course will give a historical introduction to selected themes from what people at all times have filled their life with: work and everyday life. The focus will be on cultural aspects of how those fields have been transformed over the last two centuries, with industry, urbanization, mass communication and new family patterns. Perhaps work and everyday life have undergone more basic changes during the last fifty years than since the beginning of industrialization?

Learning outcome

Give a historical introduction and understanding of cultural aspects of changes in peoples work and daily life from 1800 to 2000.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and seminars.
Every student must write one approved essay, or give a seminar presentation during the course.

Compulsory assignments

  • Approved assignment as part of group instruction/term paper

Required previous knowledge

None

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
HIST2006 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • History
  • Social History

Contact information

Course coordinator

  • Svein Ingar Kaldal

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2010-12-15 Time 09:00 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2011-06-07 Time 09:00 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

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