Socio-economic history

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1020880AER for all students in the 2nd semester of even academic years (e.g. 2012-2013) at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

biennial: 2nd semester of an even academic year (e.g. 2012-2013)

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Educational team

Anne Winter (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
85 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course covers key developments in socio-economic history in a long-term perspective from prehistory to the present, with a focus on European history. The central problematic revolves around the question how and why the ways in which income was generated varied through space and time, and what the implications were of these variations for the nature of social relations. After developing a conceptual framework, the course is structured more or less chronologically around original scholarly texts from the reader, which report on research on one of the central concepts and/or with regard to specific periods.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Reader, slides en lesnota's

Additional info

For more information on the specific organisation of this course: see Canvas

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

-Students have knowledge of the main long-term developments in social-economic history

-Students are able to read, understand and analyze scholarly texts in the field and to relate them to one another and reflect critically upon their contents

-Students are able to apply key theoretical concepts to different historical studies from the reader

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 80% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Mondeling Examen with a relative weight of 80 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Opdrachten with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

This course makes use of preparatory assignments for class, which are communicated via Canvas and at the start of the semester. Students who do not complete the preparatory assignments, submit them late or submit them insufficiently will have up to 4 points deducted from the final grade of the oral examination (1 point per preparatory assignment that was not submitted, submitted late or submitted insufficiently).

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context