# SCANDST 250: Introduction to Scandinavia | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### built at

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### departments

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| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
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## course

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### semester

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### course number

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### subjects

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### title

INTRODUCTION TO SCANDINAVIA

### description

Provides an introductory survey of Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Approaches the source material by focusing on concepts such as environment and sustainability, nation, migration, diversity, family, childhood, happiness, and melancholy. Learn about modern and contemporary Northern European cultures through literature, film, television, music, and other media from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Sápmi, or the Baltic countries.

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### credit offering ids

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### llm task version

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### llm search status

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### llm summary

An introductory survey of Scandinavia and Northern Europe exploring cultural concepts through diverse media sources

### llm topics

* Key societal and emotional concepts in Northern Europe
* Geographic regions of Scandinavia and Northern Europe
* Cultural media forms used for analysis

### llm skills

* Analyze and interpret cultural expressions across various media formats
* Examine complex social and environmental concepts within specific regional contexts

### llm assumed background

None recorded.

### llm search phrases

* Scandinavia Northern Europe culture
* Norway Denmark Sweden Iceland Finland
* Northern European literature film media
* environment sustainability migration diversity

### llm requirements status

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### llm student summary status

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### llm experience status

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### catalog variants

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### student summary

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#### current instructors

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#### difficulty workload

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#### errors

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#### historical context

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#### offered

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#### quick take

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* Display fallback using original requirements text; not an LLM-parsed rule.

#### root

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### offerings

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### sections

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### grade instructors

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### statistics

#### gpa

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#### graded

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#### counts

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### grade conflicts

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### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_2354949f5306bcd079e70bbc-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_2354949f5306bcd079e70bbc-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_2354949f5306bcd079e70bbc-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_2354949f5306bcd079e70bbc-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_2354949f5306bcd079e70bbc-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_2354949f5306bcd079e70bbc-0.json)

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## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

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#### count

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#### university

##### size

2611

##### gpa Percentile

91

##### count Percentile

40

##### median Count

80

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
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| 2.4–2.8 | 16    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 201   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 715   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 1678  | true    |

#### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| SCANDST |            |

### terms

#### 1234

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| SCANDST |            |

#### 1242

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| SCANDST |            |

#### 1252

##### term

1252

##### gpa

4

##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| SCANDST |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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#### terms

##### 1234

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### 1242

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

67

##### 1252

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

79.71442190500672

###### count

69

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## following

None recorded.
