05-30-2004, 01:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-30-2004, 01:08 PM by [wcip]Angel.)
We don't have "majors" in Norway. We have "foundation courses" (1 year), "intermediate courses" (6 months) and a "Masters degree" (2 years; the last year being spent on one's dissertation/thesis)
After high school I went straight to "English foundation course." After that I took something called Exam philosoficum and Exam faculties. (Philosophy, ethics, etc) These subjects are prerequisites for going to university, but since I attend college, I don't really need these subjects. I only took them because the English intermediate course started after Christmas, and I had to spend my time on *something* beween the summer of 2002 and and fall 2003. After the intermediate course in English, I applied for History foundation course, which is what I'm taking now.
Assuming i pass my exams and essays (with the help of you, thank you very much! :)) I will hold a bachelor degree in English and History, and I will be able to take the English Master's course (probably equivalent to your "major"?) which will award me with a Master degree in literacy studies.
After my dissertation in (*counting*) 2005/2006, I will need to take a course (I don't know how to translate the name pedagogikk) on "how to be a teacher". With a Master in English and that course I will be able to teach English at high schools, which is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
edit: I've avoided mass conscription so far. A military service of 1 year is mandatory for all men in Norway; I guess they forgot all about me, or perhaps didn't think I was macho enough for that kind of environment. I whole-heartedly agree. :)
After high school I went straight to "English foundation course." After that I took something called Exam philosoficum and Exam faculties. (Philosophy, ethics, etc) These subjects are prerequisites for going to university, but since I attend college, I don't really need these subjects. I only took them because the English intermediate course started after Christmas, and I had to spend my time on *something* beween the summer of 2002 and and fall 2003. After the intermediate course in English, I applied for History foundation course, which is what I'm taking now.
Assuming i pass my exams and essays (with the help of you, thank you very much! :)) I will hold a bachelor degree in English and History, and I will be able to take the English Master's course (probably equivalent to your "major"?) which will award me with a Master degree in literacy studies.
After my dissertation in (*counting*) 2005/2006, I will need to take a course (I don't know how to translate the name pedagogikk) on "how to be a teacher". With a Master in English and that course I will be able to teach English at high schools, which is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
edit: I've avoided mass conscription so far. A military service of 1 year is mandatory for all men in Norway; I guess they forgot all about me, or perhaps didn't think I was macho enough for that kind of environment. I whole-heartedly agree. :)
