Scandinavian Studies 101
Norwegian (Hager)
(4 credits)
This is a first semester language course that presumes no knowledge of the Norwegian language. It is open to freshmen. The course develops basic skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Norwegian. We offer a thematic, communicative approach to language teaching that srives to put language in the context of culture. Classroom time focuses on communication and listening and introduces also basic grammatical concepts. Homework centers on reinforcing vocabulary, reading, grammar, exercises and writing. Thematic units covered in Norwegian 101 include social introductions, education, food, daily life, leisure activities, weather, and seasons. We are currently using a curriculum package published by Nancy Aarsvold and Kari Lie called Sett i gang. First semester Norwegian covers chapters 1-14 in this text. We end the semester with a student-produced group video project. The class makes extensive use of new technologies including internet activities, video clips, and wireless computers.

Scandinavian Studies 102
Norwegian (Hager)
(4 credits)
This is a second semester language course that requires the completion of Norwegian 101 or equivalent. The course expands on basic skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Norwegian. We offer a thematic, communicative approach to language teaching that strives to put language in the context of culture. Classroom time focuses on communication and listening and introduces basic grammatical concepts. Homework centers on reinforcing vocabulary, reading, grammar exercises and writing. Thematic units covered in the course include clothing, family and relationships, appearance and personality, celebrations, hometowns and housing, work and economy. We continue to use the Sett i gang curriculum package published by Nancy Aarsvold and Kari Lie and complete chapters 15-23. The last few weeks of the semester are spent reading the popular contemporary Norwegian writer Erlend Loe's story Fisken. The class makes extensive use of new technologies including internet activities, video clips, and wireless computers.

Scandinavian Studies 201
Norwegian (Hager)
(4 credits)
This is an intermediate third semester language course that requires the completion of Norwegian 102 or equivalent. The course builds on the vocabulary introduced in the first year Norwegian and strives to examine vairous aspects of Norwegian culture through texts, video, internet, and classroom discussion. The class is taught entirely in Norwegian. The required textbook is Stein på Stein by Elisabeth Ellingsen and Kirsti Mac Donald. Classroom topics include food traditions and habits, family structure, Norwegian literature, folk tales and stories, immigration and emigration. Student dialog with other classmates through the semester in the form of a WIKI journal. The class makes extensive use of new technologies including internet activities, video clips and wireless computers.

Scandinavian Studies 202
Norwegian (Hager)
(4 credits)
This course is an intermediate fourth semester language course that requires the completion of Norwegian 201 or equivalent. The course builds on the vocabulary introduced in third semester Norwegian and explores vairous aspects of Norwegian culture through texts, video, internet, and classroom discussion. The class is taught entirely in Norwegian. The required textbook is Stein på Stein by Elisabeth Ellingsen and Kirsti Mac Donald. Classroom topics include Vikings, Nordic mythology, Norwegian language and dialects, the Sami people, and Norway as a modern welfare state. Students read and discuss Naiv: Super by contemporary Norwegian writer Erlend Loe. An important component of fourth semester Norwegian are individual oral presentations in Norwegian on a topic of interest related to Norway. The class makes extensive use of new technologies including internet activities, video clips, and wireless computers.

Scandinavian Studies 251
Readings in Norwegian Literature (Thresher)
(3-4 credits)
This is a continuation language class after Scandinavian Studies 202 that focuses on idiomatic and analytical language use through the reading and interpretation of Norwegian literature. Students read modern Norwegian literature and discuss it in the target language.