Society A (Assyriology)

ECTS

15 ECTS

Type of assessment

Other

Criteria for exam assessment

ECTS

15 ECTS

Type of assessment

Other

Exam registration requirements

Academic targets

At the examination, the student can demonstrate:

 

Knowledge of:

• the main topics in the cultural history in Assyriology.
• the source material on which the subject area’s understanding of society, culture, history, and religion is based.

 

Skills in

• identifying and analysing selected themes related to societal, cultural, historical, and religious-historical questions within the subject area of Assyriology.
• relating selected themes to the history of research.
• presenting a selected topic independently and in writing.
• communicating at a basic academic level, with a state-of-the-art focus on academic texts, source references, and bibliographies.
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Competencies in

• independently formulating a clearly defined issue of relevance to the subject area in writing.
• communicating in writing at a basic level within the academic norms.
• analysing important historical research questions and using the pertinent literature of the studied subject area (including text versions) to illustrate problems.

 

Syllabus

A syllabus is not specified.

 

Teaching and working methods

Class instruction, mainly in the form of lectures and discussions, including active student involvement through, e.g. oral presentations or participation in general discussions.

 

Exam provisions

 

Form of exam: Active class participation.

Active class participation consists of:

• attendance of at least 75% of the classes.
• three essays of 3 standard pages each.

 

Assessment: Internal exam with one examiner, Pass/Fail.

Regulations for group exams: The exam can only be taken individually.

Exam language(s): Danish or English.

Permitted exam aids: All.

Make-up exam/resit: Written exam on set subject. Duration: 6 hours. Permitted exam aids: Everything except internet access.