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HIST2515 - From Leonardo to the Internet

About

Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Letters

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
Written examination 100/100 4 timer

Course content

The course will give a survey over the last 300 year with a focus on the relation between culture and society on one hand and technology and technological change on the other. This goes for economic institutions, public policy (infrastructure etc), religion, war and defence issues etc. The course include a one day excursion through the city with emphasis on typical European technologies and how the have manifested themselves in Trondheim. The course presupposes no prior knowledge of technology.

Learning outcome

The Students at this course are expected to meet the following learning objectives, divided into knowledge and skills:
Knowledge:
The student has
- a broad, overall knowledge about the relationships between technology, culture and society from the renaissance up until today in Western societies.
- an understanding of the place of technology in the development of 20th century Western societies.
- basic knowledge about the development of professional historiography within the field of history of technology.

Skills:
The student
- is able to reflect upon, discuss and present central problems in the history of technology
- is capable of analyzing historical data and literature on the history of technology, with the ability to draw conclusions based on these.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and excursion. Individual exercises.

Compulsory assignments

  • Approved assignments through the course

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

See reading list

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From To
HIST2005 7.5
More on the course

No

Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  7.5 SP
Study level: Intermediate course, level II

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  SPRING 2015

Language of instruction: Norwegian

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Subject area(s)
  • Arbeidsliv, historie og samfunn
  • Architecture- and Design History
  • History
  • Cultural History
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Technological subjects
Contact information
Course coordinator:

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Historical Studies

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Autumn ORD Written examination 100/100 2014-12-18 09:00
Room Building Number of candidates
Spring ORD Written examination 100/100 2015-06-01 09:00
Room Building Number of candidates
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
Examination

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