Get off the beaten track: Study Swedish! We offer four semesters of Swedish, plus independent studies, conversation courses, internships for credit, and a team-taught course on Scandinavian Civilization. A minor in Scandinavian Studies is also available.

Swedish language courses are highly interactive. The focus is on communication from the very beginning. Students are able to use the language from day one. The atmosphere is friendly and cooperative, with room for both fun and challenging discussions. Students get to know each other as well as the local Scandinavian community, and other students in Scandinavia.

Scandinavian Events The Scandinavian Studies Program proudly sponsors the annual Signe Karlström Event, which has featured talks by major Scandinavian scholars and artists.

For more information on our Scandinavian Program, contact the Director, Johanna Eriksson.

Swedish as a Language of Business and Engineering Studying a foreign language prepares students to participate in an expanding global workplace. Sweden is highly industrialized and it invests more money in research per capita than any country in the world, including the U.S. Many companies based in Sweden can offer a global career, as for example Volvo, SAAB, Ericsson, ABB, Pharmacia and Upjohn, and IKEA. Sweden is also known as a "model welfare state," and it is instructive to compare Sweden with the U.S. in this and many other ways.

The Scandinavian Program is eager to help students arrange internships in Scandinavian countries, and has funding available to help subsidize the cost.