# 2026-2027 Course Catalog
**Source**: https://catalog.illinois.edu/undergraduate/las/minors/scandinavian-studies/
**Parent**: https://catalog.illinois.edu/degree-programs/undergraduate_index/
*for the Undergraduate Minor in Scandinavian Studies*
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The Minor in Scandinavian Studies offers students exposure to the study of a Scandinavian language and broad knowledge of Scandinavian culture, literature, film, art, and history. Prerequisite: [SCAN 101](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20101 "SCAN 101") or the equivalent.
*for the Undergraduate Minor in Scandinavian Studies*
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Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [SCAN 102](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20102 "SCAN 102") | Beginning Scandinavian II | 4 |
| Any of the following, with at least 6 credits at the 300- or 400-level | | 18-22 |
| SCAN 103 | | |
| SCAN 104 | | |
| [SCAN 215](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20215 "SCAN 215") | Madness, Myth, and Murder | |
| [SCAN 225](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20225 "SCAN 225") | Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia | |
| [SCAN 251](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20251 "SCAN 251") | Viking Mythology | |
| [SCAN 252](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20252 "SCAN 252") | Viking Sagas in Translation | |
| [SCAN 305](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20305 "SCAN 305") | Old Norse - Icelandic I | |
| [SCAN 306](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20306 "SCAN 306") | Old Norse - Icelandic II | |
| [SCAN 376](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20376 "SCAN 376") | Children and Youth Literature | |
| [SCAN 463](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20463 "SCAN 463") | Modern Scandinavian Drama | |
| [SCAN 470](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20470 "SCAN 470") | Scandinavian Politics and Society | |
| [SCAN 472](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20472 "SCAN 472") | Kierkegaard and the Self | |
| [SCAN 490](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20490 "SCAN 490") | Green Screen: Film and Nature | |
| [SCAN 492](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20492 "SCAN 492") | Scandinavian Cinema | |
| [SCAN 494](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20494 "SCAN 494") | Topics in Scan Languages | |
| [SCAN 496](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20496 "SCAN 496") | Special Topics in Scan Studies | |
*for the Undergraduate Minor in Scandinavian Studies*
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1. *Language ability:* Students develop and improve their foreign language abilities, i.e., their ability to read, speak, write, and listen in a modern Scandinavian language in order to work with texts and communicate with others in the language.
2. *Cultural-historical literacy and knowledge:* Students develop and improve their ability to function in non-native cultural-historical and linguistic contexts and communities in order to respect and navigate cultural differences and build upon similarities.
3. *Analytical and argumentative skills:* Students develop and improve their abilities to analyze diverse cultural artifacts in order to apply analytical thinking and discursive skills to the construction of sound, supported, factual argumentation rather than merely expression of opinion, completely or in part.
4. *Writing development:*Students will demonstrate and produce well-written, communicative, argumentative, and interpretive texts in Swedish and/or English in order to competently meet diverse writing tasks.
*for the Undergraduate Minor in Scandinavian Studies*
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