Courses are offered in English on Nordic culture and civilization. Courses are also offered in Swedish language and may be offered in Danish. In addition, there is an exchange program with Uppsala University in Sweden and with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark (DIS).
The language courses satisfy College of Arts and Sciences language requirements for the BA and BFA degrees.
Requirements
Declaration of a minor is open to any student enrolled at CU Boulder, regardless of college or school.
A minor in Nordic Studies requires the completion of 18 credit hours. A minimum of 9 credit hours must be taken in upper division courses. All courses used to fulfill requirements for the minor must receive a grade of C- or better and the GPA for all coursework taken in the minor department must be equal to 2.000 (C) or higher; no courses may be taken pass/fail.
Required Courses and Credit Hours
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Language, Culture and Society | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Intermediate Danish I - DILS 1 | ||
| Intermediate Danish II - DILS 1 | ||
| Intermediate Swedish 1 -DILS | ||
| Intermediate Swedish 2 - DILS | ||
| Second-Year Swedish Reading and Conversation 1 1 | ||
| Second-Year Swedish Reading and Conversation 2 1 | ||
| Introduction to Modern Nordic Culture and Society | ||
| The Viking Age | ||
| Death and the Undead in Slavic and Nordic Cultures 2 | ||
| Global Seminar: Identity, Arts & Ethics in Contemporary Norway | ||
| Global Seminar: Scandinavian Witchcraft and Magic in Iceland and Denmark | ||
| Topics in Contemporary Nordic Society and Culture | ||
| Contemporary Nordic Society and Culture | ||
| Nordic Colonial History and Legacy 2 | ||
| Women in Nordic Society: Modern States of Welfare 2 | ||
| Contemporary Nordic Literature and Film | ||
| Radical Nationalism in Contemporary Northern Europe | ||
| Witchcraft and Magic in Scandinavia | ||
| Arctic Society and Culture | ||
| Scandinavia and the European Union | ||
| Literature | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Tolkien's Nordic Sources and the Lord of the Rings | ||
| Death and the Undead in Slavic and Nordic Cultures | ||
| Old Norse Mythology | ||
| 19th & 20th Century Nordic Literature | ||
| Medieval Icelandic Sagas | ||
| Scandinavian Folk Narrative | ||
| Nordic Colonial History and Legacy 2 | ||
| Beyond Middle Earth: Tolkien’s Nordic Sources II | ||
| Women in Nordic Society: Modern States of Welfare 2 | ||
| Contemporary Nordic Literature and Film 2 | ||
| Arctic Thrillers: Environment, Landscape and Literature of the Far North 2 | ||
| Norse Paganism: Contemporary Nordic-Germanic Neopagan Movements in America | ||
| Scandinavian Drama | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
| 1 | DANE 1010, DANE 1020, DANE 2010 and DANE 2020 are not currently being offered. SWED 1010, SWED 1020, SWED 2110 and SWED 2120 are currently being offered by GSLL. |
| 2 | SCAN 2241, SCAN 3208, SCAN 3209 and SCAN 3251 may be counted either toward Language, Culture and Society or toward Literature, but not both. |