Inquiry seminars are specially designed
courses in which first year students are introduced to the methods and
topics of study within particular academic disciplines or fields.
Inquiry seminars also emphasize academic skills at the center of the
First Year Experience program. Working with other first-year students
in a small-class setting that promotes active, seminar-style learning,
students practice fundamental skills of literacy, thinking and
community as they operate within that particular discipline.
In this inquiry seminar you will be introduced to
the discipline of cultural studies and the field of Scandinavian
studies. You will explore some of the central questions that those of
us who do cultural studies work ask, such as:
You will also get to know the basic academic terrain of Scandinavian
studies, or what it is that Scandinavianist scholars study. You will
read the kinds of texts that we read—literary, cinematic,
theoretical-critical, sociological, etc.—and learn some of the kinds of
things our field does with these texts. Since this course is adapted
from SCAN 150 Intro to Scandinavia, this course also introduces you to
the Nordic Region (Scandinavia), its people, societies, art and
literature.
Intro to Scandinavia Syllabus (MS Word Document)