We use a wide range of material, such as newspapers, children's, youth, and adult literature, poetry, music, and movies. Currently, the second year students have e-mail contact with Swedish students in Stockholm. Another advantage is that the small setting makes the class highly interactive. The focus is on communication from the very beginning and from the first class the students will be able to use the language. The atmosphere is friendly and cooperative, yet there is room for both fun and challenging discussions.
Students learn to know each other as well as the local Scandinavian community.
Studying a foreign language prepares students to participate in an expanding global workplace. Sweden, one of the most northern states in the world, is highly industrialized. The Scandinavian Program is eager to help students arrange internships in Scandinavian countries, and has funding available to help subsidize the cost of such trips. Students who have taken two years of Swedish have priority for the exchange programs with Uppsala University, Sweden and Turku University, Finland, where Swedish can also be studied. Find out more about these programs at the Office of International Programs .