HISA1004 International and global history I (5 cr)

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Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Coordinating organisation:
Open University, Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

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Kurssi johdattaa kansainväliseen ja globaalihistoriaan. Fokuksessa ovat pitkän aikavälin laajat kehityslinjat sekä tutkimusalojen keskeiset lähestymistavat.

Description

The course provides an introduction to international and global history. It places particular emphasis on broad long-term developments and on the historical approaches central to these fields of research. 

Learning outcomes

Having completed this course, a student will

  • have familiarised themselves with the key characteristics and long-term developments of international history and global history
  • have examined in more depth developments in international history and global history in the 20th and 21st centuries
  • have explored some of the political, social, economic and cultural dimensions of international and global history
  • be aware of the possibilities and challenges offered by different approaches to the study of international and global history
  • have learned to consider local, national and European history in a global perspective

In addition, a student who has completed the course will have developed

  • their ability to manage large sets of data and to analyse information
  • their skills in written communication and argumentation
  • their skills in internationalization by reading research literature in a foreign language and by exploring the transnational character of the development of research-based knowledge 

Additional information

Active participation in teaching and written assignments or lecture exam. Completion by independent study – essay or book exam. Active participation in the study group and written assignments.

Study materials

Degree students: in participation in teaching, the study materials and literature depend on the precise format and content of the course. The literature for essays is set in conjunction with the course instructor.

A book examination requires answers to questions that are based on the following books:

Marc Trachtenberg, The Craft of International History (1 op)

Sebastian Conrad, What Is Global History (1 op)

Juergen Osterhammel & Niels P. Petersson, Globalization: A Short History (1 op)

Andrew J. Williams, Amelia Hatfield & J. Simon Rofe, International History and International Relations (2 op) 

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Participation in teaching, written work and an examination or/and other tasks linked to course lectures/seminars.
Evaluation criteria:
Regardless of the mode of completion, a numerical grade on the scale of 0-5. The course grade will derive from the assessment of the required course tasks that measure the degree to which the intended learning outcomes have been reached.
Select all marked parts

Method 2

Description:
An independently completed essay/two essays, whose content is set in conjunction with the course instructor.
Evaluation criteria:
Regardless of the mode of completion, a numerical grade on the scale of 0-5. The course grade will derive from the assessment of the required course tasks that measure the degree to which the intended learning outcomes have been reached.
Select all marked parts

Method 3

Description:
Book examination (four books relevant to the course and answers to examination questions based on these books).
Evaluation criteria:
Regardless of the mode of completion, a numerical grade on the scale of 0-5. The course grade will derive from the assessment of the required course tasks that measure the degree to which the intended learning outcomes have been reached.
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching

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Independent study: essay (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:
Ota yhteyttä tentaattoriin ja sovi esseen kirjoituksesta hänen kanssaan.

Teaching

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Independent study: examination (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching