Language, Culture and History: Scandinavian Studies MA/PG Dip/PG Cert

University College London

Postgraduate

In London

£ 10,140 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

UCL's Scandinavian Studies MA offers an intellectually exciting and flexible range of options focusing on Nordic culture in a global context. No prior knowledge of a Nordic language is required, though students can opt to consolidate their language or translation skills, or to start Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish from scratch.

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Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

An MA in Scandinavian Studies offers prospects for employment in the private as well as in the public sector, whether in Scandinavia or in the English-speaking world. Former graduate students in the department are to be found in a range of challenging careers, which include work in IT and management, museums and university teaching.

If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency.

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Subjects

  • Translation
  • Language
  • Culture
  • History
  • Trauma
  • Visual culture
  • Comedy
  • Scandinavian Translation
  • Contextualising Dreyer
  • Bergman

Course programme

Core module
  • Language, Culture and History. This core module permits research into two areas of major contemporary interest; recent modules available have included Trauma, Visual Culture, Comedy, Que(e)rying Sexuality
Optional modules

Students choose from a range of optional modules on topics such as the following:

  • Advanced Scandinavian Translation
  • Nordic Cinema: Contextualising Dreyer, Bergman and Dogme 95
  • Introduction to Old Norse
  • Crime and Small Communities in Nordic Literature
  • Advanced Old Icelandic Literature
  • Sources for the Viking Age
Dissertation/report

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a substantial dissertation.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of seminars, lectures and reading and language classes. Student performance is assessed through written examination, coursework, and the dissertation.

Additional information

Fee -£21,160 (FT) £10,740 (PT)

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Language, Culture and History: Scandinavian Studies MA/PG Dip/PG Cert

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