SCAN3504

SCAN 3504 - Emigration, Immigration, Integration: The Nordic Experience (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives, Historical Perspectives

German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch (10967) TCLA - College of Liberal Arts

SCAN 3504 - Emigration, Immigration, Integration: The Nordic Experience (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives, Historical Perspectives

Course description

Issues of origin/language, immigration/settlement, traditions/values, culture/politics, and transgressions of boundaries from the old to the new studied through photos, diaries, letters, stories, and novels by Moberg, Rolvaag, Ager, and other pioneers. All readings in translation.

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Discussion

This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)

Historical Perspectives, Global Perspectives

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Every Fall & Spring