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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
To train competent highly qualified specialists in history. Graduates will be able effectively apply the acquired knowledge and cognitive and practical abilities; to compete in the labor market of the specialists of the humanities and social sciences, to form responsible and socially active personality.
Learning outcomes:
The graduates of the study programme:
1. Have knowledge based on the results of modern studies and are able to conduct research and implement innovation.
2. Have knowledge about modern theoretical and methodological approaches in the field of history and knowledge about basic processes of Early Modern and Contemporary history of the Baltic region.
3. Understand basic theoretical and methodological principles of other fields of science, connected with historical issues.
4. Are able to analyse and evaluate research issues, using acquired knowledge; find required research materials, make decisions and define alternative options.
5. Are abile to solve relevant theoretical and practical issues related to the epistemological field of the science of history.
6. Are able to apply acquired knowledge and search for new means (technical, methodological) required for research, educational and cultural activities.
7. Are able to update and improve acquired historical knowledge and have skills required to carry out research.
8. Are able to deliver the acquired information to professionals and public clearly and convincingly.
9. Are able to plan the learning process independently, choose self-training and self-learning tools.
10. Are able to formulate an independent assessment based on critical thinking and analysis of empirical data.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Individual project
Seminar
Practice
Exercise
Discussion
Scientific paper
Scientific analysis
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Individual project
Consultation
Practical training report
Exam
Pass
Final project evaluation
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Baltic region: Concepts of Mental Geography and Spatial Imagination
Society and Economy in the Baltic Region (15th to 19th C.)
Research Paper 1
Nationalism and Modern Society in East Central Europe and the Baltic Region, 19th C.–early 20th C.
Nationalism in German History
Research Paper 2
Jewish History in Baltic Region and East-Central Europe
Borderlands between National Cultures in the Baltic Sea Region
Research Paper 3
Master's Thesis
Management of Cultural Heritage
Philosophy of Science
Lithuanian-Russian Relations in 1918-1940
East and West Prussian History, 16th to 20th C.
Lithuanian-German Relations, 19th to 20th C
Medieval Lithuania: Comparative Social History Approach
Microhistory: Methodology and Research
The History of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe
Society and the Confessional Processes in the GDL in 15th-16th Centuries
Visualization of Cultural Heritage
Specialisations:
Lithuanian Defence in the Context of Baltic States, 1920s and 1930s
Baltic Sea Region Military History in 16th to 19th Centuries
The History of Military Thought and Warfare
Crusades in the Baltic Rim: Ideology and Practice
The History of Fortifications
The History of Military Thought and Warfare
The Great War from the Eastern European Perspective
Resistance Movements in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
Optional courses:
Speciality elective courses
Free elective courses
Distinctive features of a study programme:
The study programme offered by the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology (Klaipėda University) differs from other Master Degree study programmes in the field of history offered by Lithuanian universities as its the main focus lies in the analysis of history of the Baltic Sea region in the Early Modern (16th to 18th centuries) and Modern (19th to 20th centuries) periods. Students acquire knowledge about fundamental transformations that occurred in the region during the processes of confessionalization and nationalisation.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
The completion of the study programme of Baltic History provides graduates with broad and deep knowledge of the history of the Baltic Sea Region from the Early Modern Period to the present day. Graduates are prepared to conduct research of historical phenomena on both theoretical and practical levels and have fundamental abilities, skills in the fields of social, cultural and political history and understanding of Baltic Sea as one region.
Access to further study:
Graduates, who complete Master’s Degree studies in Baltic History have a possibility to continue research in the third level study programmes (postgraduate or doctoral studies) at Klaipėda University or other Lithuanian and foreign universities.
