HDCB01092U DCC Course in Danish Culture 1

Volume 2026/2027
Education

Danish Culture Courses

www.danishculturecourses.ku.dk

Content

Course in Danish Culture is a course for international students taught in English and offered each semester.

 

The course is offered only to international students admitted to the University of Copenhagen. The course aims at providing a broad introduction to Danish culture. The focus is on Danish history, literature and art. During the course, the students will attend a number of excursions and lectures to get both a theoretical and hands-on experience of Danish culture.

www.danishculturecourses.ku.dk

 

Learning Outcome

At the examination, the student can demonstrate:

 

Knowledge and understanding of

  • the overall themes in Danish history, culture, and society, as well as special aspects of Danish culture and society
  • key aspects of Danish culture and society’s anchoring in, for example  European cultural history
  • details that are relevant in a given context.

 

Skills in

  • analysing individual aspects in the context of Danish culture in time and space
  • formulating cultural and social problems and explanations on a very wide scale in time and space
  • presenting and communicating the insights in a relevant way.

 

Competencies in

relating analytically to history, culture, and social conditions in terms of specific details and over-all themes and currents. Knowledge and understanding of:

  • The overall themes in Danish history, culture, and society, as well as special aspects of Danish culture and society
  • Key aspects of Danish culture and society’s anchoring in, for example, European cultural history
  • Relating analytically to history, culture, and social conditions in terms of specific details and over-all themes and currents. 

Knud J. V. Jespersen, ’A History of Denmark’, several editions. Other texts will be available online.

The course is only offered to exchange and fee-paying guest students at the University of Copenhagen.
A number of lectures and relevant excursions, made in conjunction with the course.
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Not relevant
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Requirement to attend classes
Type of assessment details
Active participation in a minimum of 80% of classes and excursions.
That means that you must participate in at least 14 of the 17 lectures and excursions.

Marking: Pass/Fail
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
passed/not passed
Censorship form
No external censorship
Re-exam

Written take-home assignment, set subject. 6-10 standard pages.