FF:SKANSIII15 History of Scandinavia - Course Information
SKANSIII15 History of Scandinavia (online course)
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Agneta Ch. Alarka Kempe (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eliška Straková (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Agneta Ch. Alarka Kempe
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Scandinavian Studies (programme FF, B-FI)
- Scandinavian Studies (programme FF, N-FI)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce the students to basic historical facts from the perspective of the Scandinavian countries, from prehistoric times to the present.
- Syllabus
- History of Denmark: * Prehistoric Denmark * Viking period in Denmark * Formation of the State of Denmark * Valdemar Atterdag, and Margaret I. Kalmar Union * The Reformation and the war with Sweden * Napoleonic Wars * Newer History of Denmark * Denmark today 2. History of Norway * Prehistoric Norway * Viking period * Fixing the royal power * Norway and the union with Denmark * Norway and the union with Sweden * Recent history of Norway 3. History of Iceland * The discovery and colonization of Iceland * Iceland's dark period and Kalmar Union * Period of the Reformation and the long domination of Denmark * Iceland during the war and its independence * Iceland today 4. History of Sweden * Prehistoric Sweden * Swedish Vikings * Formation of the State and the Swedish Christianization * Sweden and the period before the Kalmar Union * Termination of the Kalmar Union * The Vasa dynasty on the royal throne * Stormaktstiden - The Great period * Frihetstiden * Gustavian period * Swedish-Norwegian Union * World War II and the postwar period * Modern Kingdom of Sweden 5. History of Finland * Prehistoric Finland * Vikings in Finland * Kalmar Union and the Vasa dynasty * 17th and 18th century * Grand Duchy of Finland * Interwar period and World War II * Finland after the war and today
- Teaching methods
- Internet course
- Assessment methods
- Ongoing tests on the internet and a written final test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on course enrolment limitations: 1421
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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