Courses and programmes
You may tailor your bachelor's degree by choosing from our department's wide range of courses (see list below), from other departments at Uppsala University or even from other higher education institutions.
About degrees
Click here to read more about degrees and main and minor fields of study at Uppsala University.
If you want personal advice, feel free to contact our study counsellors
About programmes
The department coordinates the Faculty of Languages' Bachelor's Programme in Languages. We also offer a Master's Programme in Swedish with the specializations Multilingualism and Swedish as a Second Language as well as Swedish and Scandinavian languages. The department also participates in the Master's Programme in Scandinavian Studies, coordinated by the Department of Literature, and is responsible for the Swedish and Swedish as a secondary language courses in the Upper Secondary School Teacher Education Programme.
About courses
Apart from our programmes you may also tailor your bachelor's degree by choosing from our department's wide range of courses, from other departments at Uppsala University or even from other higher education institutions.
If you want personal advice, feel free to contact our study counsellors
Swedish courses
We at the Department of Scandinavian Languages offer the following courses for students with other first languages than Swedish:
The courses are free of charge and are available at different levels.
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Basic Swedish (for exchange students and international Bachelor's and Master's students)
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Swedish for Academics (for employees at Uppsala Úniversity)
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Qualifying Courses in Swedish as a Foreign Language (level 1, 2 and 3) (each level consists of full time studies during one semester)
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Svenska för akademiska studier (for students with basic qualification in Swedish, who wish to improve their Swedish skills in academic contexts)
At our department you can take the TISUS-test (Test In Swedish for University Studies).
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More information about TISUS
Courses and programmes
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Academic Writing for Students with Swedish as a Second Language or Swedish as a Foreign Language, 7.5 credits (5NS106)
Vill du utveckla ditt skrivande för vetenskapliga sammanhang? Kursen är en fristående fortsättning på kursen Skrivande i akademiska sammanhang för studerande med svenska som andraspråk eller svenska som främmande språk (5NS139). På ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Academic Writing for Students with Swedish as a Second Language or Swedish as a Foreign Language, 7.5 credits (5NS106)
Do you wish to improve your academic Swedish? This course takes off where "Writing in Academic Contexts for Students with Swedish as a Second Language or Swedish as a Foreign Language" (5NS139) left off. The course aims at improving ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Academic Writing in Swedish, 7.5 credits (5NS122)
I den här kursen får du fördjupad kunskap om centrala begrepp och metoder inom forskningsfältet vetenskapligt skrivande. Du lär dig att värdera vetenskapliga och populärvetenskapliga texter med hänsyn till syfte, innehåll, struktur ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 25%, Swedish
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Academic Writing in Swedish, 7.5 credits (5NS122)
The course provides advanced knowledge in the core concepts and methods in the research field of scientific writing. The course comprises analysis of academic texts and popular scientific writing, peer review and practical exercises. ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Advanced Old Icelandic, 7.5 credits (5NS148)
Du fördjupar dina kunskaper i fornisländska genom närstudium av fornisländska prosatexter och dikter, exempelvis släktsagor, eddadiktning och skaldediktning. Fokus är på på ljudlära, böjningslära och ordbildningslära men du får också ökade ...
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Advanced Runology, 7.5 credits (5NS120)
Runology is the linguistic study of runes and texts written in runes. Along with the auxiliary sciences of history, it provides tools for understanding runic texts. Until the 12th century, runic inscriptions are the only Scandinavian ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Bachelor's Programme in Languages, 180 credits (HSV1K)
- Programme, Uppsala, Spring 2023, On-campus learning, 100%, Swedish
- Programme, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 100%, Swedish
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Conversation Analysis (Master's Level), 7.5 credits (5NS225)
Samtal är grundläggande för människan som art och individ. Det finns goda skäl att anta att samtalsspråket utvecklades före skriftspråket och det lilla barnet tillägnar sig språk genom social interaktion med sin omgivning. Samtal är ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Conversation Analysis (Master's Level), 7.5 credits (5NS225)
Talk-in-interaction is the primordial context for the use and development of natural language. Spoken language evolved before written language and the young child acquires language in interaction with family and kin. Conversation is ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Conversation Analysis, 7.5 credits (5NS224)
Samtal är grundläggande för människan som art och individ. Det finns goda skäl att anta att samtalsspråket utvecklades före skriftspråket och det lilla barnet tillägnar sig språk genom social interaktion med sin omgivning. Samtal är ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Conversation Analysis, 7.5 credits (5NS224)
The conversation is essential to mankind, as a species and as individuals. One cannot stress enough the importance and implications of conversation. It is highly likely that spoken language evolved before written language. In early ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Critical Discourse Analysis for Linguists, 7.5 credits (5SV271)
How does language contribute to creating and recreating power relations, ideologies and identities? This is explored within linguistic critical discourse studies. In this course, you get an overview of current directions in the field ...
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Danish 1, 7.5 credits (5NS087)
Hold da helt op! Det danska och det svenska språket är nära besläktade, ändå är det ofta svårt för svenskar att förstå danska. På kursen Danska 1 lär du dig mer om det danska språket och dess grammatik, historia, ordförråd och uttal. ...
- Course, Flexible, Autumn 2022, Distance learning, 25%, Danish
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Danish 1, 7.5 credits (5NS087)
The course is a fast track for comprehending Danish from a Swedish-speaking person's starting point. Swedish speakers often have a hard time understanding Danish. However, as the Danish and Swedish languages are closely related it ...
- Course, Flexible, Autumn 2023, Distance learning, 25%, Danish
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Danish and Norwegian, 7.5 credits (5NS223)
The course is a basic course on the closest related languages to Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. You gain insight into the historical background of why Danish and Norwegian are the way they are today and you learn about the current ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 100%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 100%, Swedish
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Education in the Multilingual Society, 7.5 credits (5NS241)
De senaste decenniernas invandring till Sverige har inneburit att den språkliga och kulturella mångfalden i landet har ökat. Möten mellan människor som har svenska som sitt första språk och människor som har svenska som sitt andraspråk ...
- Course, Flexible, Summer 2022, Distance learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Flexible, Autumn 2022, Distance learning, 25%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Flexible, Spring 2023, Distance learning, 25%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Education in the Multilingual Society, 7.5 credits (5NS241)
The course takes a contemporary and historical view in providing an introduction to teaching in a Swedish multilingual context, with a special focus on Swedish as a second language and home language instruction. The course revolves ...
- Course, Flexible, Summer 2023, Distance learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Flexible, Autumn 2023, Distance learning, 25%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Flexible, Spring 2024, Distance learning, 25%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Fiction from an L2 Perspective, 7.5 credits (5NS245)
Vill du lära dig mer om arbete med skönlitteratur som pedagogiskt verktyg inom andraspråksundervisning? I den här kursen får du lära dig hur skönlitteratur kan fungera som bas, inte bara för läsning utan också för diskussioner och ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Fiction from an L2 Perspective, 7.5 credits (5NS245)
The course aims to inspire the use of fiction in second-language teaching. The course increases your awareness of fiction as a pedagogical tool, not just for improving reading skills but as a point of departure for discussions and ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Functional Danish, 7.5 credits (5NS114)
Tak for en smadderhyggelig aften! Praktisk danska är en fortsättningskurs i danska som bygger på att du redan genomfört grundkurs om danska språket. Det är en språkfärdighetskurs där du tränar din förmåga att skriva och tala på danska. ...
- Course, Flexible, Spring 2023, Distance learning, 25%, Danish
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Functional Danish, 7.5 credits (5NS114)
This follow-up course aims to improve Danish language competence. The course covers various aspects of the Danish language, such as grammar, vocabulary, usage and pronunciation.
- Course, Flexible, Spring 2024, Distance learning, 25%, Danish
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Grammar and Phonology, 7.5 credits (5NS212)
The course provides an overview of the fundamental theories, models and methods of grammar and phonology research. The course entails reading a grammar or phonology thesis in the field of Scandinavian languages.
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Grammar and Phonology, 7.5 credits (5NS212)
Kursen tar upp framställningar som presenterar och kritiskt diskuterar olika grundläggande teorier, modeller och metoder inom grammatiskt och fonologiskt inriktad språkvetenskap samt vetenskapliga uppsatser som behandlar grammatiska ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Grammar in Theory and Practice, 7.5 credits (5SV274)
Kursen introducerar teoretiska perspektiv på grammatisk analys som är aktuella inom modern språkvetenskaplig forskning, och du får bland annat lära dig grunderna i så kallad generativ grammatik. Generativ grammatik jämförs också med ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Grammar in Theory and Practice, 7.5 credits (5SV274)
The course provides an introduction to the prevalent theoretical perspectives on grammar analysis in present-day linguistic research, among them generative grammar. You will practice using databases and text corpora. The course entails ...
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Grammar, Text and Meaning, 7.5 credits (5NS248)
Du lär dig dig att identifiera och lösa språkliga problem på ett vetenskapligt och strukturerat sätt. I fokus för analysen står grammatiska och semantiska fenomen i ord, meningar och texter. Du fördjupar dig i några olika teorier och ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Grammar, Text and Meaning, 7.5 credits (5NS248)
In this course you will learn to systematically identify and solve linguistic problems, mainly grammatical and semantical phenomena in words, sentences and texts.
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Icelandic 1, 7.5 credits (5NS092)
Det isländska språket är både ålderdomligt och modernt på samma gång. Tack vare Islands geografiska isolering har språket bevarats och är än idag mycket likt det språk som talades i norden för tusen år sedan och ger oss därför en glimt ...
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2022, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Icelandic 1, 7.5 credits (5NS092)
In this basic course, you will learn to read and write in Icelandic. You will also practice pronunciation and listening comprehension, and you will gain a basic knowledge of Icelandic grammar and vocabulary.
- Course, Uppsala, Autumn 2023, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Uppsala, Spring 2024, On-campus learning, 50%, Swedish
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Icelandic 2, 7.5 credits (5NS093)
Talar thú íslensku? Lär dig mer isländska i den här kursen där du tränar på att både förstå och att själv uttrycka dig på Isländska. Du läser både facklitteratur och skönlitteratur på isländska med hjälp av ordböcker och du får också ...
- Course, Flexible, Autumn 2022, Distance learning, 50%, Swedish
- Course, Flexible, Spring 2023, Distance learning, 50%, Swedish
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