Scandinavian Courses (Division 471)

100. Elementary Swedish. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Swedish 104. (LR).
The emphasis is on developing communicative language skills, both written and oral. The textbook is supplemented by newspaper articles, a children's book, films, and extra curricular activities.

101(105). Elementary Danish. (Excl).
Focus on the development of basic skills in Danish including basic conversation, grammar, reading, and writing skills, contextualized in terms of modern Danish culture and some basic texts.

103. Elementary Swedish. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Swedish 100. (4). (LR).
Essentials of grammar, written exercises, pronunciation, vocabulary building, and study of idioms. An introduction to literary texts.

104. Elementary Swedish. Swedish 103. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Swedish 100. (4). (LR).
Continuation of Swedish 103.

233. Second-Year Swedish. Swedish 104 or 100. (4). (LR).
Review of grammar, writing practice, and reading and discussion of modern Swedish authors.

234. Second-Year Swedish. Swedish 233. (4). (LR).
Continuation of Swedish 233.

430. Colloquium in Scandinavian Literature. Reading knowledge of Swedish. (3). (Excl). May be elected twice for credit.
An interdisciplinary approach to the character and development of literature in Scandinavia. The topic varies from term to term.

Scandinavian Courses in English

131. Scandinavian Culture. (3). (Excl).
This course aims to introduce students to culture in general and Scandinavian Studies in particular. The course is taught in English.

331. Introduction to Scandinavian Civilization. (3). (HU).
A survey of the artistic, intellectual, political, social, and literary traditions of Scandinavia from the Viking Age to the present.

349. Independent Study. Permission of instructor. (2-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.
This course serves the needs of students who wish to develop special topics not offered in the Scandinavian Studies curriculum. It may be a program of directed readings with reports, or it may be a research project and long paper. Either must be supervised by a faculty member, and the student must have the faculty member's agreement before electing the course. This course is also used by concentrators for developing preliminary research and a prospectus for the senior thesis.

460. Issues in Modern Scandinavia. Introductory sociology or introductory political science. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
This course examines modern Scandinavia from a sociological, political, or cultural perspective. Specific topics vary from term to term. Examples include: workplace democracy, family policies, alienation, migration, women in society.

495. Pre-thesis Research. Open only by invitation to Honors concentrators in Scandinavian Studies. (2). (Excl).
Independent research with faculty thesis advisor culminating in thesis prospectus and literature review.

496. Senior Honors Thesis. Open only by invitation to Honors in Scandinavian Studies. 495 is prerequisite to 496. (4). (Excl).
Independent research with faculty thesis advisor culminating in thesis.

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