Overview
Scandinavian Studies is the oldest such department in the Americas, tracing its roots to 1875. Department faculty have received numerous awards and other marks of recognition for their teaching and scholarship.
Features
- The department offers the master of arts and the doctor of philosophy in Scandinavian Studies.
- The Scandinavian Studies program at University of Wisconsin Madison offers the possibility to attain a broad education in Scandinavian culture that has proven to be extremely useful in students' professional careers.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Scandinavian Children's Literature
- The Drama of Henrik Ibsen
- The Drama of August Strindberg
- Nineteenth-Century Scandinavian Fiction
- Kierkegaard and Scandinavian Literature
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Fall Deadline January 2
- Spring Deadline November 15
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Disciplines
Area & Cultural Studies View 70 other PhDs in Area & Cultural Studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Students applying directly for the Ph.D. program should have an M.A. in a related field. New Ph.D. students will be expected to acquire competencies equivalent to the M.A. in Scandinavian Studies, and this will be assessed at the time of the preliminary exam.
- As in the case of admissions to the M.A. program, applicants should have a B.A. degree from an approved institution, a major in a field of humanities or social studies, and an outstanding record.
- In ordinary circumstances, graduate students entering the program with a B.A. will be required to take the M.A. before they can proceed to the Ph.D. Applicants are expected to have preparation equivalent to an undergraduate major in Scandinavian Studies at UW–Madison and should preferably either have taken three years of a Scandinavian language or must demonstrate (by examination) equivalent competence in one Scandinavian language or Finnish.
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