Nordic Studies Major

    Intended Learning Outcomes

    Students will demonstrate:

    1. linguistic competence, including:
      1. language proficiency in listening, reading, writing and speaking at the ACTFL Intermediate-Mid level in Norwegian;
      2. knowledge of the commonalities and differences between the Scandinavian languages; and
      3. metalinguistic awareness of language as a system and of the ways in which language organizes thought processes and information and reflects culture.
    2. cultural knowledge of the Nordic region, including:
      1. ability to comprehend and analyze a wide range of texts taking into account audience, purpose, discourse conventions, and rhetorical elements as well as cultural, historical, intellectual, geographical contexts and analytical methodologies;
      2. ability to interpret trends in at least two contemporary Nordic societies informed by an understanding of Nordic history; and
      3. ability to critically reflect on the socio-historical and political constructions of power, privilege and inequality and how these intersect with factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and ability.

    Spring 2021