3 courses
Explores horror as a cultural phenomenon representing national angst, analyzing narratives and their cultural context.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 88.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).
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Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleAn examination of mythology, literature, ritual, and religion from Nordic areas and Scandinavia, focusing on pre-Christian beliefs and medieval folklore.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Scott Mellor
Scott Mellor taught a reading-heavy course with weekly mini-essays and lectures that were engaging but often tangential. Students noted that keeping up with the material could be challenging, though he was forgiving with late work. One student found the grading criteria and late policy ambiguous, while another praised his passion and effectiveness as an educator.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Intensive 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 2023: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.71 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.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sample