MA Scandinavian Studies (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Scandinavian Studies (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), a Scandinavian Studies degree focused on modern Nordic languages and cultural history. The programme requires no prior language knowledge and allows students to specialise in Danish, Norwegian or Swedish while developing an understanding of the other two languages. Students spend the third year abroad studying or working in Denmark, Norway or Sweden. The first year covers introductory options across disciplines such as linguistics and language sciences, philosophy, divinity and law, and history, classics and archaeology. The second year explores literature and cultural themes through options including Cultural Responses to War, Crime and Detection in Literature, and Gender and Culture. The third year involves a period of study or work across one or two destinations. The final year advances linguistic proficiency through modules such as spoken Danish, Norwegian or Swedish and translation from your Scandinavian language into English, alongside specialist options including Old Norse Literature and Society, Viking Studies, and Contemporary Scandinavian Literature: A Transnational Approach.
Modules
- linguistics and language sciences
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- spoken Danish, Norwegian or Swedish
- essay, commentary and summary writing in your Scandinavian language
- translation from your Scandinavian language into English
- Old Norse Literature and Society
- Viking Studies
- Nynorsk
- Scandinavia and the World: Negotiating the North in the 21st Century
- Contemporary Scandinavian Literature: A Transnational Approach
- The History of the Scandinavian Novel