BA Norwegian and Polish

The Norwegian and Polish BA at University College London (UCL) offers students a unique opportunity to enhance their linguistic skills while gaining intensive insight into the culture, history, and societies of Norway and Poland. The programme involves spending a year abroad, ensuring that students are fully immersed in the languages and cultures they are studying.Course Content: This programme explores both the Norwegian and Polish languages in depth, providing students with a solid foundation in both written and spoken aspects. Alongside language studies, students study literature, history, and culture related to both countries, examining texts, societies, and intellectual histories. The fourth year of the programme is typically spent abroad, furthering language skills and cultural understanding.Key Modules: Key study modules in this course include: The History and Culture of Poland; Norwegian Level 1, 2 and 3; Introduction to the Languages and Literatures of Scandinavia; Constructions of Identity; Old Norse Level 1 and 2; and Polish Level 1, 2 and 3, among others.Accreditations: The course is accredited by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.Future Careers: Graduates of this programme find their language skills and cultural understanding make them highly desirable in a whole host of sectors. Job paths taken by former students have included roles in translating, teaching, research, marketing, finance, journalism, the diplomatic service, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.