6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023492ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
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
Nel de Mûelenaere (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
22 contact hours Lecture
114 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

In this course, we will analyze violence and military organization in Western and non-Western societies from Antiquity to the 1990s. Central topics in critical military studies and military history (militarization, propaganda, military-industrial complex, strategy and tactics etc.) will be examined through case-studies of specific armed conflicts.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) :
Additional info

For more information regarding the specific details of the course: see Canvas.
 

Learning Outcomes

General competences

The student can reflect critically on:
-Themes and methods in military history, and recent developments in the research field
-Central topics and concepts in critical military studies e.g. militarization, masculinity, civil-military
relations etc.
-The evolution and place of military organizations and culture in Belgium and abroad

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 50% of the final mark.

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

  • Examen mondeling with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

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

  • Opdrachten with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral exam: 50%
Assignment component: 50%

 

Partial results from the written exam or assignment component (Other Exam) of at least 10/20 or passed are carried over to the second sitting. The student cannot waive the partial result if passed.

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

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of History: default (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: History (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Art History and Heritage Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Philosophy (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Ethics and Humanism (only offered in Dutch)