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Scandinavian Folklore, SCANDIN 165

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Scandinavian folklore, emphasizing oral narrative traditions (legends and folk belief, folktales, ballads) and their contexts. Such minor verbal forms as proverbs, riddles, and formulas will also be considered. Readings and discussion in English.

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Credit: 6 quarter units / 4 semester units credit
UC Berkeley, Scandinavian

Course Credit:

Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.

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UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit

UC Davis:
Unit Credit

UC Irvine:
Unit Credit

UC Los Angeles:
General Education: Literary and Cultural Analysis

UC Merced:
Upper Division Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)

UC Riverside:
General Education: CPLT Elective units

UC San Diego:
General Education: ERC - 1 course in Europe Regional Specialization; TMC 1 course toward upper division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major

UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit

UC Santa Barbara:
Unit Credit

UC Santa Cruz:
General Education: TA

Course Creator

Tim Tangherlini

Timothy R. Tangherlini is a Professor at UCB. An expert on folklore, he has been involved in language teaching for the past 30 years, and began the distance learning project to share Nordic language resources across the UC campuses under the auspices of a TLTC grant from the UC Office of the President in 2002.

 Timothy R. Tangherlini is a Professor at UCB. An expert on folklore, he has been involved in language teaching for the past 30 years, and began the distance learning project to share Nordic language resources across the UC campuses under the auspices of a TLTC grant from the UC Office of the President in 2002.
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