Bootcamp: historical skills

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1021371ANW for working students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Pass/Non pass

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Educational team

Jeffrey Tyssens (course titular)
Anne Winter
Benoît Henriet
Bart Lambert
Klaas Van Gelder
Jolien Gijbels
Peter Erdkamp

Activities and contact hours

28 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
96 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Introducing the basic principles in the field of scientific literature and primary sources.

What is Historical Research? The main concepts will explained and the basic skills will be taught.

This is implemented in an intensive initial period with three modules of one week each.

At a date in December determined at each strat of the semester, all assignments for which the students have not passed must be resubmitted..

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : De syllabus wordt ter beschikking gesteld, Canvas

Additional info

Syllabus is provided via Canvas

Learning Outcomes

algemene competenties

The students can apply correctly the basic historical research skills in practical assignments (identifying, selecting and acquiring archives and scientific literature, literature) correctly.

The students can recognize the main source types.

The students know their way around libraries and archive collection relevant for history

Students know how ta hadle access instruments for libraries and archives, bibliographies, literature reviews, source series and databases

The students have insight into the historical craft

The students recognize types of literature

The students can refer correctly

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Practical Assignment determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Opdrachten with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: 5 opdrachten

Additional info regarding evaluation

Assignments are planned for every module to control all the basic skills of the student.

Pass or fail for each sub-assignment. A pass is required for all assignments to pass the course.

In the second exam session, only the parts for which the student failed must be remade.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context