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HIST2915

Communist East Central Europe

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Autumn 2010
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Examination arrangement Written examination

About

About the course

Course content

This course offers an introduction to the history of East and Central Europe during the period when the region’s countries were ruled by communist parties and allied with the Soviet Union in the Warsaw Pact and the COMECON. The course will also touch briefly upon the interwar period and the post-communist transition. One of the central issues to be addressed is the nature (and failure) of the state-socialist modernization effort and its ramifications still affecting life in these societies.

Learning outcome

This course offers an introduction to the history of East Central Europe with focus on the Communist period.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and seminars. An approved exercise and a four-hour final exam.

Compulsory assignments

  • One written home assignment, must be approved before sitting the exam.

Required previous knowledge

None

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
HIST2012 7.5 sp
HIST2920 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the courses 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

Contact information

There is no contact information available for this course.

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2010-12-02 Time 09:00 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

Re-sit examination - Autumn 2010

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

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

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