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Such a fun class, mostly thanks to Professor Andersen's passion and knowledge about the topic. Lectures were incredibly engaging, funny, and interesting! Relatively light reading (you're literally reading fairytales), highly recommendRate My Professors ↗
Claus is so amazing! The way he teaches is very straightforward and he is always so open to questions! For this being a 4 credit course the workload is surprisingly light and studying for quizzes and tests doesn't take long. I can not recommend Claus Andersen enough!Rate My Professors ↗
Phenomenal lecturer and cares a lot about students. If you want a guy who can make fairy tales insightful and genuinely meaningful to our lives Prof. Andersen is the teacher for you. While you could miss a lecture or two without harm you never will want toRate My Professors ↗
Professor Andersen was incredibly kind and fun. His lectures were very chill, and you didn't really need to pay attention to do well. The readings were not very long compared to other literature classes. Overall, he is a great professor and his class is easy and fun and if you need a literature class this is definitely a good option.Rate My Professors ↗
This class was very interesting, however his TA for the class was absolutely horrible. He would constantly not grade things, provide horrible feedback. He would also give out very scathing reviews of your work a couple hours before its due so you can change it. Worst TA I have ever had, he should not be allowed to teach ever again.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Andersen is the perfect teacher for this class, he comes from Denmark giving him an interesting connection to the stories we read. His lectures don't fully pertain to quizzes, but he makes them interesting and brings up good points. Pretty easy class.Rate My Professors ↗
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Intensive spoken and written work in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish based on contemporary readings for Contemporary Scandinavian Languages.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.43 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sampleIntroduction to Søren Kierkegaard and existentialism in Scandinavian literature, covering his work in translation and influence on writers from the 19th to 21st centuries.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.88 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).
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Spring 2023–Spring 2024 · limited sampleDistinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | SCANDST 401 | Contemporary Scandinavian Languages |
| Spring 2027 | SCANDST 426 | Kierkegaard and Scandinavian Literature |
| Fall 2026 | LITTRANS 275 | In Translation: the Tales of Hans Christian Andersen |
| Fall 2026 | SCANDST 271 | Readings in Danish Literature |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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