SAM2020
Genocide
Course info
- Course code: SAM2020
- Credits: 10
- Semester: Autumn
- Language: Norwegian and English
- Online study
- Available as a single course
SAM2020 provides an introduction to comparative genocide studies, focusing on theoretical approaches, historical examples, and methodological challenges. The course explores how genocide has been understood in academia and international law, analyzing causes, processes, and consequences through a comparative lens. Students will be introduced to key historical case studies as well as more recent cases. The course also emphasizes the roles of states, international institutions, and civil society in prevention, intervention, and judicial settlement. Students will develop an understanding of the patterns and mechanisms that lead to genocide, as well as debates surrounding definition, accountability, prevention and commemoration.
SAM2020 employs a teaching format that expects a high degree of student participation.
This course is taught in English if there are international exchange students signed up for the course. Otherwise, the course is taught in Norwegian.
About the study
Study requirements
To receive a final assessment, the student must:
Students who do not meet the study requirements are not eligible to sit for the exam in the subject. To avoid using an exam attempt, the student must actively withdraw their assessment notification for the subject by the withdrawal deadline of November 1.
Final assessment/Exam
The course's final exam consists of a portfolio assessment (Consisting of an automated selection of the five best seminar assignments turned in, worth 40%) and a 4-hour written school exam (worth 60%). A single overall grade (A-F) is given for the course. Both examinations must be passed in order to pass the course.
To receive a final assessment, the student must meet the study requirements by the specified deadlines.
Exam dates
- Submission time:
- 16. November 2026 13:00
- Submission deadline:
- 13:00
- Final deadline to withdraw from examination:
- 1. November 2026
- Results will be announced by:
- 7. December 2026
Portfolio assessment - Ordinary exam
- Exam date:
- 20. November 2026
- Start time:
- 9:00
- Duration:
- 4 hours
- Final deadline to withdraw from examination:
- 1. November 2026
- Results will be announced by:
- 11. December 2026
Written school exam - Ordinary exam
Learning outcome
The student has
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