History of Ideas I: Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
7.5 ECTS creditsThe course provides a basic history of ideas survey of philosophy, science, views of life, culture, and society from early major cultures until the mid-1500s, with an emphasis on Ancient Greece, Early Christianity and the Middle Ages (including Western Christian, Byzantine, and Arabic-speaking society) and the Renaissance and Reformation. Central analytical concepts and themes of the history of ideas are treated and the source text analysis method is introduced.
Instruction is in the form of lectures, presenting overviews of essential content, and mandatory seminars on course content in the light of course literature, in which students discuss their understanding orally and in writing.
Instruction is in the form of lectures, presenting overviews of essential content, and mandatory seminars on course content in the light of course literature, in which students discuss their understanding orally and in writing.
Progressive specialisation:
G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements
General admission requirements
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.