Syllabus

Texts
Nordstrom: Scandinavia Since 1500
Einhorn and Logue: Modern Welfare States
Ibsen: A Doll's House
Moberg: The Emigrants
Hoel: Meeting at the Milestone

Requirements
Successful completion of the course requires attendance, preparation and where indicated submission of assignments as indicated in the schedule, active participation in class sessions, completion of two examinations, and a summative essay.

Evaluation
Final grades will be based on the following distribution.

25%   attendance, preparation, and class participation
25%   mid-term examination
25%   summative essay
25%   final examination

Review material appears on the webiste.

Schedule
Note the following fixed dates.

October 19:      Mid-term examination
November 23:  Essay due in class
December 20:   Final examination

A schedule of topics and assignments appears on the website under Schedule.  The syllabus will remain fixed, but adjustments to the schedule may be expected as the term proceeds.

Summative Essay
I n an essay of not less than 2500 or more than 3000 words: 1) describe what you take to be the essential social, economic, cultural, and political characteristics of Scandinavia at present; 2) account for these characteristics as consequences of Scandinavia history  in the period since 1500, making mention of all three counties in each of the centuries under consideration; 3) discuss what you think the people of the United States might learn from the Scandinavian experience of 1500 to the present.