6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023567ANW for working students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Om Onderzoeksmethoden voor Historici te kunnen opnemen, moet je geslaagd zijn voor Historische kritiek en moet je minstens 30 stp. behaald hebben in de bachelor. Als je een verkort programma volgt, kan je dit vak zo opnemen. Vakcodes die eindigen op 'W' kunnen enkel door werkstudenten geregistreerd worden.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Ellen Debackere (course titular)
Nel de Mûelenaere
Activities and contact hours

22 contact hours Lecture
2 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
80 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This is an interactive and practical introduction to historical practices that aims to prepare students for independent research. The lessons will provide an overview of historical approaches and quantitative and qualitative methods. In addition, students will bring their knowledge into practice in a range of assignments, through with they will learn to recognise, analyse and report on specific historical methods. 

Additional info

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

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students can:

-recognise, name and critically evaluate specific historical research methods in a historical study

-link research methods with broader research traditions and historiographical approaches

-name qualitative and quantitative methods and can name the advantages and disadvantages of specific approaches

-describe a historical method in detail, analyse it and argue for a specific approach 

-critically reflect on central issues in historical research, such as the idea of objectivity, historical truth and interpretation etc. 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 70% of the final mark.

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

  • Oral Examination with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

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

  • Assignments with a relative weight of 70 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Students who obtained less than 10/20 in total for the first exam period and failed the component Other Exams (Assignments) have to write a paper. The marks obtained for this paper will determine 70% of the marks for the second exam period. 

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:
Bachelor of History: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in History: Default track (63 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in History: Standaard traject (84 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in History: Standaard traject (63 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in History: Standaard traject (84 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)