Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

This course will give an historical introduction to the forming of different and competing national identities in the British Isles from 1500 to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the emergence of a British identity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and on how this has developed since in competition with the older national identities: English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish. The course will take into account the different interpretations of Britishness that have been devised since the beginning of the seventeenth century, and look at how British identity has been affected by the emergence of a multicultural society in Britain since 1945.

Learning outcome

After completing this course you will have:

• gained a deeper understanding of the nature of national identities in Britain and Ireland, with a particular focus on Britishness;
• gained an appreciation for the development of Britishness over time, and the particular challenges facing this identity today;
• learned how to identify a topic for investigation, and to analyse central questions of identity in the British Isles.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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Acceptance to the master program in LeP or other relevant program.

Recommended previous knowledge

ENG1505 - British Civilisation, an introduction

Overlapping courses

10 credits overlap with ENG2505 - Identities in the British Isles, 10 credits overlap with ENG4510 and 10 credits overlap with ENG2510 - Englishness (discontinued).

Teaching

Seminar, two hours per week for 10 weeks, 20 hours in all.

Attendance is obligatory at least 8 out of 10 seminars. Additional absences must be justified by documentation to the exam coordinator.

Students must submit a proposal for their individual essay topic by a stated deadline during the semester. The proposal must be approved by the teacher.

Students have the opportunity to deliver a first draft of the paper during the semester. Feedback will be given.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

Portfolio examination: An essay of 7 standard pages, and a 2h class room exam make up the portfolio. Students are required to set their own individual essay topic, but the topic must be approved by the teacher.

You must submit your paper in Fronter. Read more about submission procedures .

Examination support material

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English-English dictionary

Language of examination

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English

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.

Marks will be published on Studentweb no later than three weeks after the submission date/exam.

Explanations and appeals

You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Resit an examination

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For those who want to retake their exam: Because this is a portfolio exam, you must follow the classes and write a new paper in order to qualify. If you get access to this, depends on the capacity.

If it's just the class room exam you have missed because of illness, it is possible to apply for a postponed exam. Please contact the exam consultant.

Withdrawal from an examination

A student may sit this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do so in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit the exam.

Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.