Study of Runes, 7.5 credits
Academic year 2023/2024
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Spring 2024, Mixed, 25%, Distance learning
Start date: 15 January 2024
End date: 2 June 2024
Application deadline: 16 October 2023
Application code: UU-05714 Application
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: Flexible
Selection: Final school grades (60%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (40%)
Number of mandatory meetings on campus: 0
Number of voluntary meetings on campus: 0
Registration: 14 December 2023 – 14 January 2024
Entry requirements: General entry requirements
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 11,250
Tuition fee, total: SEK 11,250
About the course
In this course, you will learn to read and interpret Sweden's oldest texts. The runes and runic inscriptions are a remarkable cultural heritage. The ability to read them serves as a gateway back in time.
The course provides basic knowledge in reading runic inscriptions spanning all the way from the 2nd century right up until the 19th century, with an emphasis on the late Viking Age. In order to understand the inscriptions and their purposes, you will learn some principal features of the Old East Norse language and gain insight into the societies in which the inscriptions were produced.
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Contact
Department of Scandinavian Languages
Thunbergsvägen 3L, hus 16, plan 2 Institutionen för nordiska språk
Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för nordiska språk, Box 527, 751 20 UPPSALA
Telephone: 018-471 1271
Email: info@nordiska.uu.se