Creating a New Historical Perspective: EU and the Wider World ...

2 Assessment
methods
Presentations: oral (power point) and written; examinations:
oral for the conceptual parts; written for the basic
historiographical knowledge; students keep a portfolio.
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Programme competences
Generic
— Critical and self-critical abilities: ability to think in scientific terms, pose
problems, gather data, analyse them and propose findings.
— Written and oral communication in one’s own language: ability to write and
speak correctly according to the various communication registers (informal,
formal, scientific).
— Ability to work autonomously, taking initiatives and managing time: ability
to organise complex efforts over a period of time, producing the required
result on schedule.
— Ability to work with others in a multidisciplinary multi-national setting.
Subject specific
— Basic general knowledge: orientation in the major themes of present historical
debate and knowledge of world chronology.
— Applying knowledge in practice: ability to use background information and
information retrieval skills to formulate a coherent discussion of a historical
problem.
— Awareness of the on-going nature of historical research and debate
— Awareness of the connections between present-day issues and the past
— Knowledge of the general diachronic framework of the past
— Specific knowledge of the chronologies and historiographical interpretations
of colonisation, decolonisation, modernity, post-modernity and globalisation.
— Knowledge of at least one specific thematic area (international relations, economic
history, history of ideas, gender history, history of science and technology,
etc.).
— Ability to retrieve and handle information from a variety of sources (electronic,
written, archival, oral) as appropriate to the problem, integrating it
critically into a grounded narrative
— Ability to use the appropriate terminology and modes of expression of the
discipline in oral and written form in one’s own language and in the second
language.
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