The Scandinavian Studies Student - Ucl

[ Background Music ] >> Here is the student. Here is the Scandinavian studies student. We will see the student functioning. We will see the Scandinavian study student functioning. What kind of student is she? We will investigate that. We will see what the Scandinavian studies student does. Who is she? What can she do? What is it like to be Scandinavian studies student? Who will she meet? >> There are 10 full time members of the staff teaching and researching all aspects of Scandinavian language, culture and history from the Viking age to the present day. Staff research interests include Scandinavian film and comprise of literature, modern Nordic history and gender studies. The department caters to students from the world. There over 100 full time, part time and affiliate undergraduate students. There is also a thriving post graduate's culture with over a dozen graduates per year. >> Look here she is. Here she is again. What is she doing? Where is she going? She is entering the Scandinavian Studies Department. Is she going to class? What will she study? >> There are 5 B.A. programs in the department Scandinavian studies, Icelandic, Viking studies, Scandinavian studies and history and Scandinavian studies and management. The primary purpose of each program is to become fluent in a language: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Old Norse. Language courses are combined with culture and history classes. The 3rd year of study is spent abroad at the Scandinavian University. Graduate programs include M.A. in language, culture and history, medieval and west Norse, M.A. in translation studies and MPhil/PhD in Scandinavian studies. >> What program is she taking? What language is she studying? Danish, Swedish, Old Norse. Look at her writing what does it say? Where is she going now? Look how she walks. She is walking up the stairs. Besides taking classes what else does she do? >> She going to one of the many extra curricular events and seminars offered by the department. The focus of these events is varied. Some are organised by the students and some by the faculty. This is a recent event organised by students entitled "The Ultimate Viking." This is our recent lecture on the Nobel Experience by Horace Engdahl. Other recent lecture topics include Karen Blixen on colonialism, working in the Dreyer Archive and Suicidal Writing of Herman ***. >> There are so many people to meet and so much to do in the Scandinavian Studies Department at UCL. But the Scandinavian studies student is finished for the day. What will tomorrow bring? [ Music ]