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NOLA6000 Crash Course in Norwegian Language and Culture Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Kort introduksjonskurs til norsk språk og kultur
- Study programme
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Crash Course in Norwegian Language and Culture
- Weight
- 5.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2025/2026
- Curriculum
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FALL 2025
SPRING 2026
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
Crash Course in Norwegian Language and Culture is a short introductory course in Norwegian language and culture. The objective of the course is to enable the candidates to understand and produce basic Norwegian in some common social contexts, as well as gaining a better understanding of Norwegian culture, traditions and society.
The course is ideal for international students who plan to stay one or two semesters in Norway and want to acquire basic and useful skills and knowledge about the local language and culture. The main focus of this course is oral language skills, vocabulary and cultural knowledge connected to common situations in student life in Norway.
Compared to the ordinary A1-level Norwegian course, this course has more focus on cultural knowledge and learning ‘survival Norwegian’, such as common words and phrases you are likely to meet and need during your stay in Norway. Note that passing this course does not qualify for the intermediate Norwegian course. The intermediate Norwegian course also has more focus on grammar, reading and writing than this course.
Required preliminary courses
None. No previous knowledge of Norwegian is required.
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to enable the candidates to understand and produce Norwegian in some common social contexts, as well as having knowledge of Norwegian culture. By the end of the course the candidates should be able to:
Knowledge
- understand some basic concepts of Norwegian grammar and have some knowledge about Norwegian culture, traditions, society and language history
Skills
- read and understand short, simple dialogues in Norwegian by recognizing familiar words and basic phrases
- produce and ask and answer basic questions about topics covered in the course
- pronounce a repertoire of learnt words and phrases in a way that can be understood with some effort by native speakers
General Competence
- understand and use common expressions and basic Norwegian phrases
- introduce themselves and others
- read and understand common signs
- be able to use basic Norwegian in many common situations in everyday life such as shopping, transport and social interaction with other students
- ask and answer questions in Norwegian about personal details such as where they live, people they know and activities they like
Content
The course comprises 40 hours of language instruction (4 hours * 10 weeks) organized as whole class instruction.
Teaching and learning methods
The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:
- Minimum attendance of 80% in supervised group work (PBL) and the laboratory course
Course requirements
Individual oral exam, up to 30 minutes.
Assessment
Alphanumeric/financial calculator with cleared memory. A digital calculator is available to the student during the exam.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
Grade scale A-F
Grading scale
All answers are assessed by two examiners. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.
Examiners
Subjects covered by the course, with credits specified:
- Immunology 5 credits
- Physiology 4 credits
- Pharmacology 6 credits
Admission requirements
Target Group
The target group of the course is international exchange students who are admitted to the study programmes at Oslo Metropolitan University for one or two semesters.
Admission
International exchange students, who are admitted to the study programmes at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) for the current term, will be given priority over other applicants. Other categories of international students who currently follow study programmes at OsloMet, may be admitted to the course provided that there will be available places. Trainees through the ‘Akademisk dugnad’ at OsloMet must be approved by the Section for Internationalisation and must meet the general admission requirements for Higher Education Entrance Qualification (GSK).
The flowing categories will not be able to apply for the course:
- Applicants with equivalent or higher language competence
- Other categories of applicants, who are not international students at OsloMet
- Students with ordinary admission to OsloMet
Ranking of qualified applicants
Qualified applicants will be ranked in the following order:
- Erasmus+ students and trainees.
- Exchange students from other exchange programmes.
- Trainees through the ‘Akademisk dugnad’ at OsloMet and have been recommended by the Section for Internationalisation.
- Master’s degree programme students.
Applicants in each category will be ranked according to drawing of lots principle.