Students will learn how important ideas have developed from ancient times to the present day, particularly in the fields of philosophy, religion, art, politics and science. The programme is structured to increase students’ understanding by illustrating how important historical ideas form the basis for contemporary thought. Courses totalling 60 ECTS may be used to constitute the fourth year of the General Teacher Education programme. History of Ideas provides a broad overview which may be useful when teaching various subjects in schools, such as history, religion and literature.
Courses:
History of Ideas Overview (20 ECTS)
Norwegian History of Ideas (10 ECTS)
People, Society and the State – the History of Political Ideas (10 ECTS)
Nature, Culture and People – view of human life and nature throughout history (10 ECTS)
Ideas and the Arts – The History of Aesthetic Ideas (10 ECTS)
The Age of Enlightenment (10 ECTS)
The Modern Breakthrough in Nordic Literature (10 ECTS)
Modernity and Cultural Criticism (10 ECTS)
British Romanticism (10 ECTS)
Classic Philosophy (10 ECTS)
Ibsen and the modern breakthrough (10 ECTS)
Folk Poetry & Folk Culture (10 ECTS)

Teaching and learning methods:

Reading material will include larger survey books. Lectures will focus on selected original works, seminars and supervised assignments. Each course is of one semester’s duration.