Learning outcomes

To understand the basic features of the most important phenomena and research studies of economic and social history. Emphasis on the central and current problems of our time.

Contents

(a) Population Development (5 ECTS, 3 cu)
(b) History of Health (5 ECTS, 3 cu)

Teaching methods

Lectures and exercises, a book exam or an essay negotiated with the teacher in charge of the course. Alternative literature must be negotiated with the teacher as well.

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

(a) Population Development Livi-Bacci, Massimo, A Concise History of World Population (1997 or later) and Koskinen, Seppo et al. (ed.), Suomen väestö (1994). (b) History of Health Porter, Dorothy, Health, Civilization and the State (1999) and McNeill, W. H., Kansat ja kulkutaudit (2004, in English) or Vuorinen, Heikki, Tautien historia (2002) or Harjula, Minna, Terveyden jäljillä (2007).

Further information

P2–P6 Perspectives into Economic and Social History, 20 ECTS, 15 cu
The courses P2-P6 consist of 20 ECTS altogether; one theme may consist of 10 ECTS (6 cu) at the most. Alternative literature or course may be negotiated with the teacher.