Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500239 Art History | FB | 1 | 2 |
2500240 Musicology | FB | 1 | 1 |
2500243 Classics | FB | 1 | 2 |
2500245 English Studies | FB | 1 | 2 |
2500246 Philosophy | FB | 1 | 1 |
2500247 Catalan Language and Literature | FB | 1 | 2 |
2500248 Spanish Language and Literature | FB | 1 | 2 |
2500256 Social and Cultural Anthropology | FB | 1 | 1 |
2501002 Geography and Spatial Planning | FB | 1 | 2 |
2503710 Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning | FB | 1 | 1 |
There are not prerequisites required
In this subject, we will focus on some general and key principles about the philosophy of history from a perspective centered in the considered as the main historical events and their continuity from Prehistory until contemporary times in the Western world. We will analyze historical theories and methods regarding different branches of History: One of the main goals of Great topics is providing a comparative point of view about very well-known historic periods and phenomena and giving the students some useful conceptual tools ready to be applied in their own studies.
The content of the subject will be sensitive to aspects related to the gender perspective.
Attendance to theoretical classes led by the teacher
Attendance to seminars and practical sessions led by the teacher
Comprehensive reading of texts
Reviews, papers and analytical comments written
Preparation of oral presentations
Personal study
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 39 | 1.56 | 6, 14, 15, 16, 21, 25, 24, 19, 18, 17, 20, 34, 35, 28, 36, 5, 4, 37, 38 |
Seminars and classroom practices | 13.5 | 0.54 | 8, 22, 23, 12, 13, 10, 26, 11, 5 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 15 | 0.6 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Individual study | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 2, 3, 21, 25, 24, 19, 18, 17, 20, 29, 32, 31, 30, 28, 36, 5, 4, 37 |
Reading texts, writing jobs. Preparation of oral commentary | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3, 27, 8, 22, 23, 29, 32, 31, 30, 28, 36, 5, 4, 37, 38 |
Evaluation
The evaluation system is organized in two parts:
• Part of exams, with a value of 60% of the final grade of the course.
• Part of papers, text comments and / or oral presentations, with a value of 40% of the final grade of the course.
During the quadrimester, at least 3 evaluation activities and 2 evaluation typologies will be programmed. No evaluation activity can be more than 50% of the total of the grade.
The features and data completion / delivery of all these tests and works will be discussed on the first day of class and will be available in the Campus.
The subject is passed if a minimum of 5 points is reached (about 10) with the sum of the scores for all evaluation activities.
The student will be considered "not evaluable" if delivered less than 60% of the evaluable evidence (tests and assignments) of the total of the subject.
According to the academic regulations of the Faculty, copying / plagiarism of written sources (Internet, books, papers, etc.) or any irregularities that may lead to a significant change in the classification of an act of evaluation will be graded with 0 this assessment act, regardless of the disciplinary process that can instruct. Should several irregularities in the acts of evaluation of a subject occur, the final grade for this course will be 0.
The student is entitled to review the results of the tests. Professor timely establish the mechanism for doing so.
Orthographic correction rule: as initiative of the teaching commission of the degree of History, from the course 2017-2018 can be recorded in the teaching guides a clause on spelling correction, expression, lexicon and syntax of written documents of continuous evaluation and examinations. According to the written expression guidelines of our degree, the penalty can be between 0.2-0.25 for each error committed on the final grade, up to a maximum of a discounted score of 4 points.
In the virtual group of Geography and Territory Planning, the specific evaluation conditions of group 70 (virtual format) will be communicated at the beginning of the course by the responsible teacher.
Revaluation
According to the academic regulations of the Faculty, to qualify for the revaluation the students must have presented all the evaluation activities demanded on the teaching guide of the subject of this year.
The revaluation consist of an examination of all of the subject and will take place on the date established by the Faculty.
The maximum score that can be obtained from the revaluation process is 5 (APPROVED). Under no circumstances may raise the revaluation as a mechanism to improve the grade of the students who have passed the subject in the normal period of continuous assessment.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Individual written work, text comments, oral presentations | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 7, 27, 14, 8, 16, 21, 25, 24, 19, 20, 22, 12, 13, 33, 34, 9, 11 |
Written tests | 60% | 5.5 | 0.22 | 1, 2, 3, 6, 27, 14, 15, 21, 25, 24, 19, 18, 17, 20, 22, 23, 12, 13, 10, 26, 29, 32, 31, 30, 34, 35, 11, 28, 36, 5, 4, 37, 38 |
J. M. Roberts, Historia del mundo. De la prehistoria a nuestros días. Madrid: Debate, 2010. (tractament per etapes cronològiques)
J. Fontana, Introducció a l’estudi de la història. Barcelona: Crítica, 1997. (tractament temàtic, més estructural, que és el que seguim per fer la proposta de temari en bona mesura)
Bibliography 2
Jack Goody, El robo de la Historia, Madrid: Akal 2011 (totes les èpoques històriques).
Peter Burke. Historia Social del Conocimiento, Barcelona: Paidós, 2012.
Peter Watson, Ideas. Historia intelectual de la humanidad, Barcelona: Crítica, 2006.
Donad Wassoon, Cultura. El patrimonio común de los europeos, Barcelona: Crítica, 2006.
C.A. Bayly, El nacimiento del mundo moderno, 1780-1914, Madrid: Siglo XXI, 2009.
Bibliography 3
R. Overy, Historia del Mundo: The Times. La cartografía de la historia. Madrid: La Esfera de los libros, 2007.
N. J. G. Pounds, Geografía histórica de Europa. Barcelona: Crítica, 2000.
DUBY, G. (ed.), Atlas histórico mundial, Debate, Madrid 2001.
KINDER, H.; HILGEMANN, W., Atlas Histórico Mundial, Istmo, Madrid 1999.
R. Williams, Palabras clave. Uu vocabulario de la cultura y la sociedad, Buenos Aires: Ediciones Nueva Visión
Elena SÁNCHEZ DE MADARIAGA (1998), Conceptos fundamentales de historia, Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
Pierre VILAR (1980), Iniciación al vocabulario del análisis histórico, Barcelona: Crítica.