HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN NORDIC LITERATURE AND FILM

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Satisfied Communications A or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and critically engage with major questions in the field of animal studies in a Nordic context in class discussion, in writing assignments, and on exams. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Interpret film and literature in their cultural and historical contexts in class discussion, in writing assignments, and on exams. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze literature and film in multiple genres--including novels, tales, and feature and documentary films--in formal papers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Synthesize, interpret, and respond to current scholarship in the fields of Nordic literary studies, film studies, and animal studies in formal papers. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and critically engage with major questions in the field of animal studies in a Nordic context in class discussion, in writing assignments, and on exams. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Interpret film and literature in their cultural and historical contexts in class discussion, in writing assignments, and on exams. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze literature and film in multiple genres--including novels, tales, and feature and documentary films--in formal papers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Synthesize, interpret, and respond to current scholarship in the fields of Nordic literary studies, film studies, and animal studies in formal papers. Audience: Graduate