Faculty of Arts

 Swedish

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Swedish is a Germanic language. Students find it an interesting challenge to learn a language closely related to English, one which gives access to the rich world of the Swedish and Scandinavian experience, because a knowledge of Swedish also opens up the literature of Denmark and Norway. A knowledge of Swedish facilitates research and opens up the Swedish advances in many fields - architecture, economics, physical and chemical sciences, medicine, films, sociology, design, town planning and technology. The Department's Swedish subjects focus on language and literature.

 1. Career opportunities

Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts who have majored in Swedish have found employment in the following areas:

• teaching;
• media;
• theatre;
• public service;
• diplomacy;
• tourism;
• commerce.

 2. Prerequisites

Swedish is a three-year pass course for which no prior knowledge of the language is assumed. Applicants must meet the entry requirements for admission to the Faculty of Arts. The prerequisite requirements for each Swedish subjects are given under the individual subjects.

 3. Requirements for a major

A major in Swedish requires the completion of at least five subjects at second and third-year level (totalling 83.3 points), including 126-337 Advanced Swedish B.

 4. Entry to Honours

There is no Honours programme in Swedish in the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Letters degrees. There is, however, a Master of Arts Preliminary programme available.

 5. For more information

Subject descriptions

126-141 Beginners Swedish A
126-142 Beginners Swedish B
126-223 Intermediate Swedish A
126-224 Intermediate Swedish B
126-270 Viking Language, Literature and Culture (Part A)
126-271 Viking Language, Literature and Culture (Part B)
126-336 Advanced Swedish A
126-337 Advanced Swedish B
126-338 Swedish Culture and Society 1
126-339 Swedish Culture and Society 2

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