Course variations

Program modules

NORW 310 The Norwegian Short Story (5), NORW 311 Drama After Ibsen (5), NORW 312 Topics in Norwegian Literature and Culture (5, max 15), NORW 321 The Plays of Henrik Ibsen (5), SCAND 312 Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature (5), SCAND 335 Scandinavian Children's Literature (5), SCAND 340 Kalevala and the Epic Tradition (5), SCAND 367 Sexuality in Scandinavia: Myth and Reality (5), SCAND 427 Scandinavian Women Writers (5), SCAND 431 The Northern European Ballad (5), SCAND 445 The Nordic-Baltic Region and the War: Literary Representations (5), SCAND 462 Isak Dinesen and Karen Blixen (5), SCAND 480 Kierkegaard and Decadence in European Literature (5), SCAND 481 August Strindberg and European Cultural History (5), SCAND 482 Knut Hamsum and Early European Modernism (5).

Entry requirement for international students

Students should have a strong college preparatory curriculum along with an outstanding academic record. The curriculum includes three years of mathematics and social studies; two years of foreign language and science and one half year in fine, visual, or performing arts. They must have achieved academic success in English writing or literature courses and maintains a minimum SAT critical reading score of 550 or an ACT English score of 22. Applicants whose native language is not in English should have the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 540 on paper based test, 207 on computer based test and 57 on internet based test or International English Language Testing (IELTS) with a score of 6 and Michigan Language Test (MLT) with a score of 85 is required for admission.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

University Of Washington

Department name

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Scandinavian Studies