Lund University

This is the second elementary level Swedish language course at Lund University. This course studies Swedish language, covering the development of speaking, reading, and writing skills. Reading includes longer texts and exercises in listening comprehension to increase ability to understand the spoken language. Writing of short articles, oral presentations, and group discussions are used to increase communication skills.

This is an interdisciplinary course that addresses sustainability, climate change and how to combine economic development with a healthy environment. Students explore greening the economy and the sustainable development goals on four levels – individual, business, city, and nation, and look at the relationships between these levels. Practical examples of the complexities and solutions across each level are discussed. A particular focus is placed on examples from Scandinavia, but the course also features examples from Europe and around the world.

The course reviews the shaping of Swedish industrial culture and society from 1800 to 2000. The topics addressed include the transformation of the agricultural production system and the development of an infrastructure for transport, communications, and power transmission. The significance of technical change for the transformation of Sweden from a poor country to an industrialized and democratic society with a well-developed welfare state, Sweden's military-industrial complex, and the concept of the Swedish model are analyzed in the course.

This course teaches basic computational methods for solving simple and common mathematical problems through computers and numerical software. This includes the construction, application, and analysis of basic computational algorithms. Mathematical models are often written as systems of linear and nonlinear equations and differential equations. Students discretize such equations by constructing computable approximations, and are expected to implement and apply such algorithms independently.

The course presents an outline of Swedish art and visual culture from prehistoric times on to the present era, with insights in art from other Scandinavian countries.  The objects of study comprise diverse types of work such as artwork, mass-produced images and photographs, architecture and urban planning. 

The course is based on field studies and visits to places of interest such as museums, archives, libraries, and laboratories, which offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the city and its university. Emphasis is placed on specific key periods to provide students with an understanding of the general features of the historical development of Lund and its university. The course starts with Lund in the Middle Ages. International influences from particularly Denmark, Germany, France, England, and the USA are discussed, as well as the regional and local development that characterizes Lund and Lund University. Particular attention is given to the emergence of a university culture from the 17th century to present times. Examples from this historical process are selected from literature, art, architecture, objects, archives and history of ideas. The course is interdisciplinary.