Scandinavian Studies At The University Of Alberta

Promoting Scandinavian Studies at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, and in Canada

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies offers courses covering the various levels of language instruction from beginning to advanced in Norwegian and Swedish. There are also courses in the cultures of these countries, including Denmark and Iceland, as well as different courses in the literatures of the Scandinavian countries. In addition, the Department offers linguistics courses dealing with the structure and history of the Scandinavian languages. These courses aim to provide students with a thorough knowledge of the language, the culture and literature of the Scandinavian countries in the context of a liberal arts education.

The University of Alberta is the only university in Canada which offers a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Scandinavian, a Bachelor of Arts Combined Honors Degree in Scandinavian and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree /Major in European Studies-Scandinavian.