Humanities - Master

The subjects at Intermediate Level are obligatory:
NOR-1010 Nordic linguistic: Norse language and language developement (10 ECTS) (Spring)
NOR-1011 Nordic linguistics: Modern language structure (10 ECTS)(Spring)
NOR-1012 Nordic linguistics: Language and society. Variation of dialect and Regualtion of written language (10 ECTS) (Autumn)
NOR-1110 Nordic literature: Nordic literature from Edda poems until 1880 (10 ECTS) (Spring)
NOR-1111 Nordic literature: Nordic Literature from 1880 until Second World War (10 ECTS) (Autumn)
NOR-1112 Nordic literature: Nordic Literature from Second World War until today (10 ECTS) (Autumn)

Written standard at written exams: See regulations for the use of bokmål and nynorsk at exams in the descriptions for each individual course.

Two courses will be offered at 2000-level in literature and two in language, and students must choose three of them. Which of the following intermediate courses offered depends on the resources available at any specific time:
NOR-2010 Nordic linguistics: Old Norse philology (10 ECTS)
NOR-2011 Nordic linguistics: Dialectology/Sociolinguistic with special care to language conditions in Northern Norway (10 ECTS)
NOR-2012 Nordic linguistics: Onomastics (10 ECTS)
NOR-2017 Nordic linguistics: Regulation and correctness of language (10 ECTS)
NOR-2030 Nordic linguistics: Discourse, the media and ideology (10 ECTS)
NOR-2110 Nordic literature: Northern Norwegian Literature (10 ECTS)
NOR-2111 Nordic literature: The Authorship of Knut Hamsun (10 ECTS)
NOR-2112 Nordic literature: Norwegian Literature after 1980 (10 ECTS)
NOR-2113 Nordic literature: The Authorship of Jon Fosse (10 ECTS)
NOR-2114 Nordic literature: Ibsen's dramas and the theory of drama (10 ECTS)
NOR-2115 Nordic literature: Word and picture. Aspects around the relationship between sisterly subjects of art (10 ECTS)
NOR-2116 Nordic literature: The short forms of prose in Norwegian literature after World War II (10 ECTS)
NOR-2117 Nordic literature: Novels in New Norwegian from Vesaas to Fosse (10 ECTS)
NOR-2118 Nordic literature: Great nordic poets after World War II (10 ECTS)
NOR-2119 Nordic literature: Northern Norwegian Literature after 1900 (10 ECTS)
NOR-2142 Nordic literature: Modern Norwegian Crime Fiction (10 ECTS)
NOR-2143 Nordic literature: Norwegian Literary Biographies (10 ECTS)
NOR-2180 Nordic literature: Arctic literature (10 ECTS)
NOR-2400 Nordic literature: The literary work of Paal-Helge Haugen (10 ECTS)
NOR-2600 Nordic literature: Modern Norwegian lyrics (10 ECTS)
NOR-2601 Nordic literature: Travel literature: From Fridtjof Nansen to Erlend Loe (10 ECTS)
NOR-2660 Nordic literature: Male characters in norwegian literature after 1900 (10 ECTS)
NOR-2661 Literary representations of the North (10 ECTS)

2000-level courses in Nordic in the spring semester – HIF-courses: Students who will be taking 2000-level courses in Nordic in the spring semester must select language course(s) among the following HIF-courses in language and society:
HIF-2010 Sociolinguistic theory (10 ECTS)
HIF-2011 Language change (10 ECTS)
HIF-2012 Multilingualism (10 ECTS)

There is no specific requirement of having the majority of ECTS at 2000-level in the discipline (language or literature) the student chooses for his Master’s degree.

Years 4-5

In addition to the practical-educational training, which accounts for 60 ECTS, students must write a master's thesis of 40 ECTS (NOR-3930) and take 20 ECTS of NOR-3000 courses in an optional combination.

60 ECTS group

The following courses are obligatory in the 60 ECTS group: NOR-1010, NOR-1011, NOR-1012, NOR-1110, NOR-1111 and NOR-1112.

Semester

10 ECTS

10 ECTS

10 ECTS

1 (A)

Alt. A
FIL-0700 Examen philosophicum PFF-1001 Examen paedagogicum EXF-0723 Examen facultatum for the Faculty of Humanities

Alt. B
PFF-1001 Examen paedagogicum
Subject 1 (optional course) or Subject 2 (optional course)

2 (S)
NOR-1010 Nordic linguistic: Norse language and language developement NOR-1011 Nordic linguistics: Modern language structure NOR-1110 Nordic literature from Edda poems until 1880

3 (A)
NOR-1012 Nordic linguistics: Language and society. Variation of dialect and Regualtion of written language NOR-1111 Nordic Literature from 1880 until second World War NOR-1112 Nordic Literature from Second World War until today

4 (S)
Subject 2 Subject 2 Subject 2

5 (A)
Subject 2 Subject 2 Subject 2

6 (S)
NOR-2000 course NOR-2000 course NOR-2000 course

7 (A)
PPU with practical training

8 (S)
PPU NOR-3930 Master's thesis

9 (A)
PPU NOR-3000 course NOR-3000 course

10 (S)
PPU NOR-3930 Master's thesis