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4.00 Credits
4 hours This course is for students who have completed four semesters of college-level Norwegian or the equivalent. Focus on developing skills in writing and reading comprehension. Review and practice of advanced grammar functions. The course culminates in a research project. Prerequisite: SCST 202 or consent of instructor. (S, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the history of immigrants to the United States from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland, and their descendants. Drawing on the rich ethnic resources of Luther College and Vesterheim museums, this course examines the nature of the immigration experience and the development within immigrant communities of a sense of old world ethnicity combined with a rising U.S. nationalism. Students taking the course for credit in Scandinavian studies will be required to do some of the reading in a Scandinavian language and meet one day a week in which the class is conducted in Norwegian. Prerequisite: SCST 202, or consent of instructor. (HB, Hist)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours This course covers the "Viking Era," approximately780-1070 CE. It will examine Viking society, religion and mythology, social structure, maritime technology and shipbuilding, political developments, literature and arts, and Viking expansion. Students will submit papers written in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish. Students without a background in Scandinavian studies should enroll in HIST 348. Pre-requisite: HIST 149, 150, 241 or HIST 242. (HBSSM, Hist)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Exploring the artistic, cultural and historical aspects of folk art created in Norway from the Middle Ages through the end of the 19th-century, students will gain a knowledge of traditional Norwegian values, customs, beliefs and way of life. Extensive use of material objects as well as slides of traditional Norwegian folk art, including architecture. Students will be required to do some of the reading in Norwegian. Students without a background in Scandinavian studies should enroll in FCUL 349 or ART 349. Prerequisite: SCST 202, or consent of instructor. (HE)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A survey of Scandinavian and Baltic history (including Finland and Iceland), beginning with the Viking age and ending with the current status of the welfare state in the relevant countries. Special emphasis on the Great Power periods of Denmark and Sweden in the 16th and the 17th centuries, and on the emergence of Norwegian and Finnish national movements in the 18th and 19th centuries. Discussion as well of current political and economic issues in Scandinavia. Students must submit papers written in Norwegian, Danish, or Swedish. Students without a background in Scandinavian studies should enroll in HIST 352. Offered alternate years. (HB, Hist)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1, 2, or 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Reading of representative texts from 1814 (the time of Norwegian independence) to the present. All readings and discussion in Norwegian. Offered on a rotating basis. Prerequisite: SCST 202. (HE, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Selected works of Ibsen, Norway's preeminent playwright. The course will follow Ibsen's development as it explores the cultural scene of his time. All readings and discussions in Norwegian. Offered on a rotating basis. Prerequisite: SCST 202 or equivalent. (HEPT, R, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Selected reading from the works of modern Scandinavian authors. Offered on a rotating basis. Prerequisite: SCST 202.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Through the lives and literature of Nobel Prizewinning authors, Bj rnstjerne Bj rnson, Knut Hamsun, and Sigrid Undset, the history of Norway unfolds with its struggles and triumphs from the Middle Ages through Norway's World War II occupation by Hitler's forces. Reading selected works and viewing films based on them, as well as researching the authors' lives and times, students will gain an understanding of the highlights of Norway's history and literary production. Prerequisite: SCST 202 or consent of instructor. (HEPT, R, W)
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