IBS2200 – Digital approaches to Ibsen Studies
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course will introduce you to selected digital approaches that are used and being developed in Ibsen Studies. The Centre for Ibsen Studies is a world-leading institution in developing digital methods for research in the Humanities. We look at a wide range of methods in the course of a semester, including text interrogation, mapping, network analysis, and using virtual reality technology in theatre research.?The topics in focus?may vary from semester to semester.
Learning outcome
- To have a basic understanding of the common digital methods used in Ibsen Studies and Humanities in general;
- To be able to analyze, assess and critique others’ use of digital methods in humanities research;
- To be able to apply the different digital methods in one’s own research projects
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures.
Recommended previous knowledge
A fundamental knowledge of Ibsen’s works and their adaptations in other media.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with IBS4200 – Digital approaches to Ibsen Studies.
- 10 credits overlap with IBS2205 – New Perspectives in Ibsen Studies.
- 10 credits overlap with IBS3205 – New Perspectives in Ibsen Studies (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with IBS4205 – New Perspectives in Ibsen Studies.
- 10 credits overlap with IBSD4200.
Teaching
This course consists of 14 units, a total of 28 hours, and an additional 8 hours of group sessions. The form of teaching combines intensive lecture / seminar teaching, workshops, and class activities. Additional lab and group activities are to be expected as part of the coursework.
Examination
Each student must submit three to four reports (15 pages in total) during the course. Revisions of these reports are then submitted in a portfolio as the final exam. In other words, this course has portfolio exam as the form of its final exam.
Language of examination
English or Norwegian
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.
More about examinations at UiO
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- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
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