Study Abroad in Norway
June 20th – July 10th
Early Deadline: December 4
Final Deadline: March 4
About the program
The London Semester for Spring 2026 will engage you in an educational journey where the entire city of London serves as the context for your academic study, taking us into London’s cultural and historical museums and landmarks, its governmental structures and agencies, and its ethnically diverse neighborhoods. Through the courses in which you enroll, you will be invited to examine identities/cultures/histories you bring with you and those that you will encounter during your semester in London.
Program Highlights
- Open to all Majors
- Scholarships available
- Earn up to 6 units of CSUF GE and/or elective credit
- Guided walking tours of Norway’s capital Oslo, founded nearly 1,000 years ago at the end of the Viking era
- Day trips to Oslo’s worldclass parks & museums
- Day trip and fjord cruise on the Oslofjord
- Ride the Flåm Railway, one of the world’s most beautiful train journeys
- Guided walking tours of Bergen
- Day hike to Mount Fløyen, with a ride on the Fløibanen Funicular
- Enjoy a classical music concert at Trollhaugen, home of Edvard Grieg
Program Fee (tentative)
$0 - $1000 (estimated range)
The program fee includes the following items:
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Lodging
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Academic tours and fieldtrips
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Ground transportation
- International travel insurance
The student fee does not include the following:
- CSUF books and tuition
- Round-trip airfare
- Passport or visa fees (if applicable)
- Daily personal meals and other expenses
Program Courses
HUM350: Norwegian Life & Culture (3 units; GE C.3)
An introduction to Norwegian history, society and culture. An overview of Scandinavia from the region’s Viking past to its present as one of the world’s most progressive, egalitarian, and prosperous societies. Students will gain the tools necessary to understand and critically evaluate modern day Norway from a multidisciplinary perspective. Special attention will be paid to matters of particular importance to Norwegians today, including (1) social equality and cohesion, (2) childhood, family life, and “work-life balance”, (3) personal freedom and collective action, and (4) nature and the environment. Current debates about integration, immigration, multiculturalism and national identity will also be highlighted during numerous field excursions in and around Oslo and during travel to Bergen (‘gateway to the fjords’) as part of a multi-day comparative field visit.
ANTH350: Culture & Education (3 units; GE D.1)
This course will explore the transmission of values, implicit cultural assumptions and the patterning of education in cross-cultural perspective. This course will examine how culture impacts education, and how education in turn impacts culture, in Norway, the USA, and in other parts of the industrialized/developed world. We will also examine the relationships between culture and education in non-industrialized/developing societies, for comparison.
Faculty
CSUF FACULTY
Dr. Nga Nguyen
nganguyen@fullerton.edu
Anthropology
Born in Vietnam and raised in Brooklyn, Dr. Nguyen teaches courses in biological anthropology at CSUF. Her experience as a study abroad student in college had a profound influence on her career and life trajectory. She has spent many years living and carrying out research in both East Africa and Northern Europe. Her research focuses on the behavior of members of the Order Primates, both nonhuman primates and humans. Dr. Nguyen was a Fulbright Scholar to Norway in 2019-20, and has carried out research on play behavior and conflict among Norwegian preschool children. Her research articles have appeared in many academic journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Animal Behaviour, and International Journal of Early Childhood, among others. Dr. Nguyen has lived in Norway for a total of 4 years at various points during her career and speaks conversational Norwegian.
Need more information?
- Visit the Student Success Center / HUM-112 / 8am-5pm, M-F
- Email Jaycee Cover for more information.
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Attend a Zoom Info Session
| Date | Time |
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| Wed Oct 8 | 1-1:30pm |
| Thu Oct 23 | 1-1:30pm |
| Mon Nov 3 | 1-1:30pm |
| Tue Nov 18 | 1-1:30pm |
| Tue Dec 2 | 1-1:30pm |
| Wed Dec 3 | 1-1:30pm |
| Tue Jan 20 | 1-1:30pm |
| Mon Feb 9 | 1-1:30pm |
| Thu Feb 19 | 1-1:30pm |
