Norway - University of Oslo Semester Course Equivalencies
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Pre-Approved Course Equivalencies
IMPORTANT: Other GVSU students have studied abroad at this partner institution. The chart below reflects GVSU equivalencies they have received. If you are planning on taking a course listed below, it does not require a departmental evaluation. Courses listed on this chart are not guaranteed to be offered during your semester abroad. This is not a complete list of course options offered at this partner institution. For a full list of course options, see the link above.
ART
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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ISSHF 1142 Norwegian Architecture and Design: A Historical Overview from Early Modern Period to Present |
ART 380 Special Topics in Art & Design |
3 Credits |
ANTHROPOLOGY
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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KONS 1000 Introduction to Conservation and Administration of Museum Collections |
ANT 499 Independent Study & Research |
3 Credits |
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ISSN0500 Norwegian Life and Society |
ANT 330 Ethnology of Selected World Areas |
3 Credits |
BIOLOGY
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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BIO 4301 Marine Bentic Ecology |
BIO 380 Special Topics in Biology -OR- IS 380 Special Topics in International Studies |
3 Credits |
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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BIOS 3900 Biochemistry 2, Fall |
BMS 480 Special Topics in BMS |
1-4 Credits |
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MBV 3070 Bioinformatics, Spring |
BMS 480 Special Topics in BMS |
1-4 Credits |
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BIOS 3700 Cell Biology 2, Spring |
BMS 480 Special Topics in BMS |
1-4 Credits |
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BIOS 3600 Genetics and Developmental Biology, Fall |
BMS 480 Special Topics in BMS |
1-4 Credits |
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BIOS 2900 Molecular Biology, Spring |
BMS 380 Special Topics in BMS |
1-6 Credits |
CHEMISTRY
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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KJM 3000 Applied Spectroscopy |
CHM 442 Polymer Chemistry |
3 Credits |
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KJM 3200 Organic Chemistry II |
CHM 242 Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences II |
4 Credits |
CLASSICS
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
ANT 2800 Classical Mythology |
CLA 101 Greek and Roman Mythology IS 380 "Classical Mythology"
|
3 Credits |
COMMUNICATIONS
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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MUS1401 Norwegian music for International Students |
COM 376 Communications Policy and Law |
3 Credits |
|
SOS2603 The Scandinavian Welfare State |
COM 301 Interpersonal Communication |
3 Credits |
ECONOMICS
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
SOS 2402 Family, Gender Equality and the Welfare State |
ECO 350 Economics of Gender -OR- IS 380 Special Topics in International Studies |
3 Credits |
ENGLISH
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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ENG 2155 Aspects of Chaucerian Language and Literature |
ENG 321 British Literature: Medieval |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2159 Accents of English in the British Isles |
ENG 364 Sociolinguistics |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2303 British Literature in the Age of the Enlightenment |
ENG 323 British Literature: 18th Romantic |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2153 English Corpus Linguistics |
ENG 380 Topics in Language & Rhetoric |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2156 History of the English Language |
ENG 362 History of the English Language |
3 Credits |
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ENG 2324 Homotextuality: Gay and Lesbian Literature |
ENG 380 Special Topics in English |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2505 Identities in the British Isles |
ENG 380 Special Topics in English |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 1304 Introduction to American Literature |
ENG 226 American Literature II: from 1860 |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 1303 Introduction to British Literature |
ENG 220 British Literature I -OR- ENG 221 British Literature II |
3 Credits |
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ENG 2151 Introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar |
ENG 380 Topics in Language & Rhetoric |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2160 Language and Settlement in England, ca. 400-1200 A.D. |
ENG 321 British Literature: Medieval |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2516 Northern Ireland |
ENG 380 Special Topics in English |
3 Credits |
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NFI 2120 Old Norse Palaeography, Codicology and Medieval Manuscript Culture |
ENG 380 Special Topics in English |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2327 Shakespeare |
ENG 313 British Literature: Shakespeare |
3 Credits |
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ENG 2325 The Short Story in English |
ENG 380 Special Topics in English |
3 Credits |
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ENG 2152 Varieties of English Texts |
ENG 380 Topics in Language & Rhetoric |
3 Credits |
|
ENG 2305 The Victorian Period (Literature and Civilization) |
ENG 324 British Literature: Victorian-Present |
3 Credits |
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NFI 1100 Runology - General Introduction |
ENG 380 Special Topics in English |
3 Credits |
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NFI 2101 Runology - Runic Inscriptions from the Migration Period to the Viking Age |
ENG 380 Special Topics in English |
3 Credits |
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NFI 2102 Runology - Runic Inscriptions of the Middle Ages |
ENG 380 Special Topics in English |
3 Credits |
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ENG 2323 Women Writing: Feminist Fiction in English |
ENG 436 Women & Literature |
3 Credits |
FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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MEVIT 1110 Audiovisual Aesthetics |
CFV 123 Survey of Media Production Modes |
3 credits |
|
NOR 2415 Contemporary Scandinavian Film: Culture, Aesthetic and Literary Approaches |
CFV 375 World Cinema |
3 Credits |
|
MUS2001 Film Music |
CFV 225 Film Culture |
3 credits |
HISTORY
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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HIS 2171 Diverging Paths: Social and Development In the West and East since c. 1700 |
HST 380 Special Topics in History |
3 Credits |
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HIS 2140 Objects and Identities in the Viking Age (c. 750 - c. 1050) |
HST 380 Special Topics in History -OR- IS 380 Special Topics in International Studies |
3 Credits |
|
HIS 2143 What Caused the Viking Age? |
HST 380 Special Topics in History |
3 Credits |
|
KULH1050 - Witchcraft and Magic |
HST 376 - History of Witch Hunts |
3 Credits |
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
SGO 1910 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems |
NRM 380 Special Topics in Natural Resource Management |
3 Credits |
|
GEG 2240 Remote Sensing |
NRM 380 Special Topics in Natural Resource Management |
3 Credits |
PHILOSOPHY
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
FIL 2207 Major Philosophy of Action |
PHI 380 Special Topics in Philosophy -OR- IS 380 Special Topics in International Studies |
3 Credits |
|
FIL 2403 Major Philosophy of Language |
PHI 470 Philosophy of Language -OR- IS 380 Special Topics in International Studies |
3 Credits |
PSYCHOLOGY
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Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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PSY 2206 Cognition, Emotion and Language |
PSY 357 Psychology of Language |
3 Credits |
|
PSY 2406 Introduction to Organizational Psychology |
PSY 380 Special Topics in Psychology -OR- IS 380 Special Topics in International Studies |
3 Credits |
|
PSY 2407 Introduction to Personnel Psychology |
PSY 445 Industrial/Organizational Psychology |
3 Credits |
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PSY 2205 Psychosocial Development
|
PSY 380 Special Topics in Psychology
|
3 Credits
|
SOCIOLOGY
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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ISSSV1753 Contemporary Norwegian Society |
SOC 380 Special Topics in Political Science |
3 Credits |
|
NORINT 0500 Norwegian Life and Society |
SOC 380 Special Topics in Sociology -OR- SOC 323 Families in Society |
3 Credits |
WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
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KRIM 2953 Criminology Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality, and Violence |
WGS 320 Crimes against Women -OR- IS 380 "Criminology Perspectives" |
3 Credits |
|
KFL 2060 Gender Equality in the Nordic Countries |
WGS 380 Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies |
3 Credits |