Current Course Offerings

 

SUMMER! - NORW 101 – *ONLINE* -First Year Norwegian I  (4 credits)

Introduction to the basic Norwegian language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening; fundamentals of grammar. Textbook: Sett i gang I

5519 *ONLINE* - Kim Pedersen           REGISTER HERE - Classes start 14 May 2012!

 

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 Course Offerings AUTUMN 2012

NORW 101 – *ONLINE* -First Year Norwegian I  (4 credits)

Introduction to the basic Norwegian language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening; fundamentals of grammar. Textbook: Sett i gang I

8363 - MTWR 10:00-10:50 a.m. - Melissa Gjellstad

8367 -TR 5:30-7:20 p.m. - Steven Finney

8370 - *ONLINE* - Kim Pedersen           REGISTER HERE

 

NORW 102 – First Year Norwegian II (4 credits)

Basic Norwegian language skills; continuation of fundamentals of grammar. Textbook: Sett i gang II. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in NORW101.

19987 - *ONLINE* – Kim Pedersen          REGISTER HERE

 

NORW 201 – Second Year Norwegian I                                     (4 credits)

Selected cultural and literary readings, review of the structure of the language, and development of language skills. Textbooks include: Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by. Prerequisite: NORW 102 or equivalent.

8364 -MTWR 11:00-11:50 a.m. - Steven Finney

 

NORW 350 – Norwegian Culture: Vikings & Sagas               (3 credits)

This course explores the life and literature of the Vikings. Learn about life in Scandinavia during the Viking Age (A.D. 793 – A.D. 1066) in all forms: society and culture, settlement and technology, religion and trade, warfare and poetry. This course also studies literature about the Vikings, as recorded by the Icelanders in sagas from the 12^th and 13^th centuries. Course offered in English for students in other fields.

8366 - TR 2:00-3:15 p.m. - Melissa Gjellstad

 

NORW 433 – Norwegian Literature: The short story               (3 credits)

An upper level grammar seminar built upon the short story. Read prominent authors of the last three decades who have chosen this genre. Prerequisite: NORW202 or equivalent.

8371 - MW 2:00-3:15 p.m. - Melissa Gjellstad

 

LANG 480– Global Capstone: Classical Mythology and the Modern Imagination (3 credits)

Second-semester Junior, or Senior status. Literature, linguistics and/or culture course organized by genre, movement, topic or period with a focus on promoting complex engagement with the subject through in-depth analytical writing and discussion.
8312 - TR 12:30-1:45 p.m. - Olaf Berwald & Eric Ross