The programme offers intensive Swedish language instruction and knowledge and understanding of Swedish and Scandinavian culture. Excursions are made to places of historic and cultural interest. Intensive training in spoken and written Swedish, which upon successful completion will make it easier for the international student to follow regular university courses in Swedish. Both similarities and differences in the Nordic countries' common history will be studied and discussed. The main writers and periods of Scandinavian literature are presented and discussed.
Special emphasis is given to modern Swedish literature.
The primary textbook for course 1 is Dialog plus a complementary grammar and dictionary. Shorter literary or popular texts will also be used. Works by Strindberg, Ibsen, Sandel, Antti, Gustafsson and R dstr m, among others, will be studied. Svenska vanor och ovanor as primary references. These will be complemented with other Swedish and international writers.