NORDIC FILMMAKERS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, for 2 number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and describe the central issues at stake in the works of a selection of Nordic filmmakers Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Understand critical texts about film authorship and film analysis, and incorporate these readings to discussing film in the Nordic region Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Demonstrate a basic vocabulary of film analysis to guide close readings, analysis and arguments Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze a selection of Nordic films using a variety of methods common within cinema and Scandinavian studies Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Discuss and write critically about film and film authorship in the Nordic region Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical frameworks in cinema and other relevant studies Audience: Graduate 7. Incorporate and communicate relevant theoretical frameworks effectively to guide critical discussion and analysis of selected films Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and describe the central issues at stake in the works of a selection of Nordic filmmakers Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Understand critical texts about film authorship and film analysis, and incorporate these readings to discussing film in the Nordic region Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Demonstrate a basic vocabulary of film analysis to guide close readings, analysis and arguments Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze a selection of Nordic films using a variety of methods common within cinema and Scandinavian studies Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Discuss and write critically about film and film authorship in the Nordic region Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical frameworks in cinema and other relevant studies Audience: Graduate 7. Incorporate and communicate relevant theoretical frameworks effectively to guide critical discussion and analysis of selected films Audience: Graduate