Environmental History: Working with historiography (MHI336)
Environmental history is the historical study of people and their environments. Historiography traces how history writing has changed over time. The course introduces students to these two fields, demonstrating how students can work with historiography to bring their own writing into dialogue with other scholars.
Course description for study year 2024-2025. Please note that changes may occur.
Course code
MHI336
Version
1
Credits (ECTS)
15
Semester tution start
Spring
Number of semesters
1
Exam semester
Spring
Language of instruction
English, Norwegian
Content
Learning outcome
Knowledge
- demonstrate knowledge about environmental history as a research field
- recognize how interactions between people and their environments have shaped historical developments
Skills
- analyze environmental history publications for their structure, argumentation, empirical basis, and relationship to a historiographical context
- critically reflect over different approaches to environmental history as a research field
- apply historiographical perspectives in their own writing
General competence
- account for and critically reflect over different approaches to environmental history, and discuss whether they contribute anything new to our understanding of the past
- actively participate in a seminar-based academic discussion
Required prerequisite knowledge
Exam
Semester assignment
Form of assessment | Weight | Duration | Marks | Aid |
---|---|---|---|---|
Written essay | 2/3 | Letter grades | All | |
Book review | 1/3 | Letter grades | All |
Book review: 750 words (+/- 10 %)Written essay: 2500 words (+/- 10 %)Footnotes and reference list not included in word limit.
Coursework requirements
- Seminar with 75% attendance. Submission of journal/reflection assignment required for seminar credit.
- 2 individual written assignments in preparation for final essay
- 1 individual oral presentation
Course teacher(s)
Course coordinator:
Finn Arne JørgensenCourse teacher:
Melina Antonia BunsCourse teacher:
Finn Arne JørgensenStudy Adviser:
Signe EkenbergMethod of work
Overlapping courses
Course | Reduction (SP) |
---|---|
Environmental and Water History - A Historiographical Perspective (MHI335_1) | 11 |