- Course code: MET-HIS920
- Credits: 5
- Language: English
Study program affiliation:
Historical and Exegetical Methods: Sources, Text-Production and Transmission MET-HIS920
MET-HIS920 is an elective course. Its main objective is a broad orientation in current methodological paradigms, their possibilities, and presuppositions within historical and exegetical fields of study to enable the doctoral student to substantiate and argue for their own methodological and theoretical thesis design. The course allows doctoral students to apply theoretical and methodological insights from published research to creative work with their PhD projects. The PhD student shall also be able to reflect on issues of the sociology of research connected to the disciplines.
The PhD students will have a broader orientation about methodological and theoretical options and possibilities in historical and exegetical research, including their basic presumptions. The student will be able to motivate and defend the methodological and theoretical design in their PhD project and thesis. The subject and courses in MET-HIS920 will provide a basis for further probing into methodological and theoretical literature, which supports and challenges their PhD project and thesis. The student will also be challenged to reflect on issues of the theory of science within the field and the discipline.
MODES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- lectures
- discussion
- panels/workgroups
Each seminar is normally three days' length, approximately 6 hours per day.
Study requirements
The student will
- attend the course seminar (min. 75 %)
- submit a draft (1000-1500 words) for a course paper before the course
- submit min. four questions on the background of the work with the course paper
- respond to the paper and questions of one fellow PhD student
- submit a final version of the course paper (2000-2500 words) within three weeks after the course
- participate in the evaluation of the course if such evaluation is stipulated in the relevant term
Final assessment/Exam
The final assessment for this course is based on fulfilling all course requirements. The course is graded 'passed'/'not passed'.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
The candidate has
- advanced knowledge of critical methodological paradigms, possibilities, and presuppositions within historical and exegetical studies.
- advanced knowledge in demonstrating both in structure and content important methodological paradigms, their possibilities, and presuppositions within historical and exegetical studies.
Skills
The candidate can
- discuss how specific argumentative strategies are informed by the different choices emerging from different ways of dealing with sources, text production and transmission.
- carry out research and scholarly work of a high international standard within historical and exegetical studies by discussing the importance of methods connected to sources, text production and transmission.
General competence
The candidate can
- identify new relevant issues in historical and exegetical studies and conduct their research with scholarly integrity.
- communicate research on theology and philosophy through recognised Norwegian and international channels.
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