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NORX2004

Contemporary Nordic Literature - for Exchange Students

New from the academic year 2025/2026

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Oral exam

About

About the course

Course content

Same as NORD2004. Students are not expected to be able to express themselves in appropriate and correct Norwegian (bokmål or nynorsk) to the same extent as Norwegian students. NORX-courses may not be included in a Norwegian university degree or qualify for admission to Teacher Education.

Learning outcome

Same as NORD2004.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures/seminars. The course is taught in Norwegian. Students must attend lectures for NORD2004 and use the same reading list as for NORD2004.

Obligatory assignments: Up to 3 written assignments and/or oral presentations

Approved obligatory assignments are valid for 2 semesters (the semester in which the approval is given, plus the following semester).

Obligatory assignments from a previous semester may be approved by the department.

Compulsory assignments

  • Up to 3 written assignments and/or oral presentations

Further on evaluation

Assessment: Oral exam, which consists of two parts:

  1. The candidate will deliver a 10-minute presentation addressing a given topic. The candidate will receive the presentation topic three days before the exam.
  2. A 20-minute discussion between the candidate and the course instructor about the subject area, based on the syllabus literature.

Required previous knowledge

For international guest students (student exchange through International Office at NTNU) only.

Course materials

Same as NORD2004.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
NORD2004 7.5 sp Autumn 2025
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Scandinavian Literature
  • Scandinavian Language and Literature
  • Scandinavian Literature

Contact information

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Language and Literature

Timetable

Timetable

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Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Oral exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Duration 30 minutes

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