Course Title and Purpose	1. Course Title VOJVODINA: PAST – PRESENT – FUTURE
	2. Aims of the Course: Students who take this course will: :: Learn about history, genesis and present significance of this very specific European region. :: Be able to understand the concept of Vojvodina – as idea of multiethnic and multicultural region. :: Be able to understand and explain the main political, demographic, cultural and economic characteristics of Vojvodina.
Course Delivery	3. Contents: The most important facts about geography, about ancient, medieval and modern history of this region. Demographic data, facts related to changes of Avar, Hungarian, Turkish, Habsburg, Serbian and Yugoslav rule. Module would have explained the causes of several massive waves of emigrations from - and immigrations to this region. Facts about significance of this region as military border of Hungary and later Habsburg Monarchy. Events during revolution 1848/49; the Serb national movement 1848-1849 and the rise of Vojvodina. The idea of Vojvodina between the First and the Second World War and in socialist period. Vojvodina today and its perspectives.
	4. Indicative Reading: Calic, Marie-Janine, Sociale Ungleichkeit in Serbien und der Vojvodina (1918-1941). Die Werteilung der Bildungschancen, in: Aspecte ethnischer Identität. Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojekts "Madjaren und Deutsche als nationale Minderheiten im Donauraum" (Hosch, E.-Seewann, G., Hg.), München 1991,  121-159. Calic, Marie-Janine, Migration, Urbanisierung und Assimilation in der Vojvodina und der Slowakai im Vergleich (1880-1938), in: Seewan, Gerhard (Hrsg.), Minderheitenfragen in Südosteuropa. Beitrage der Internationalen Konferenz: The Minority Question in Historical Perspective 1900-1990. Inter University Center Dubrovnik 8-14. April 1991, München 1992,  211-235. Gunst, Peter, Agrarian Development and Social Change in Eastern Europe, 14Th-19th Centuries (Variorum Collected Studies Series), Variorum, 1996.
	5. Learning and Teaching Methods: Total Contact Hours: 36 (1+2=3 per week, 12+24= 36 during one semester) Range of Modes of Contact: Lectures (one hour per week), weekly seminars based on small group presentations based on independent learning and directed reading. Range of other Learning Methods: Independent learning and directed reading Total Study Hours:    150
Course Assessment	6. Course Learning Outcomes: After taking this course, students will be able to: :: Describe and explain the most important historical processes and events related to Vojvodina region. :: Relate the historical events and processes of the Vojvodina region to the political, social and economic processes in Habsburg monarchy and Ottoman Empire, as well as to the wider historical events and processes in Europe. :: Be aware of unique historical position of Vojvodina
	7. Assessment Methods: Assessment is by oral course work (short individual contributions based on recommended reading) and a written exam paper (duration: three hours) set at the end of the course Number, Type and Weighting of Elements: 1. Coursework 25% 2. Exam 75%
Course Management	8. Credit Points and Duration: 8 credit points; duration of the course is one semester
	9. Contact Person: Zoltán Györe E-mail: gyz@unsff.ns.ac.yu