3 ECTS credits
75 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1021065AER for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
The aim of the course “Historical criticism” is providing concepts, criteria and tools with which students can scientifically and critically analyse the nature of arguments and sources and thereby evaluate the value of information. While the focus of the course lies with historical sources and historical argumentation, it aims to teach a systematically-critically attitude in dealing with information and evaluating arguments in general.
The course deals with the following themes:
The course consists of lectures and meetings of working groups. The working group meetings will discuss assignments submitted individually in advance. The precise dates and calendars will be communicated at the start of term in class and via Canvas.
Lessons can take place face to face and/or online, depending on the corona measures imposed by the government and the availability of classrooms.
Handbook: Marc Boone, Historici en hun métier: Een inleiding tot de historische kritiek, Gent: Academia Press, 2015
Course slides, assignments and additional course materials will be made available via Canvas.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Participation in the working group meetings and advance submission of the associated assignments are mandatory. Students who fail to attend a working group meeting, do not submit the preparatory assignment in time, or have their assignment evaluated as unsatisfactory, will have their exam result reduced with up to 4 marks in total (maximum 2 marks per working group meeting).
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: German-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-English (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Spanish-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Italian-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: German-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)