MA Scandinavian at University of California, Los Angeles

Programme overview

MA Scandinavian is a master's programme in European Languages and Transcultural Studies, College of Letters and Science at UCLA. Areas of study: There are no specific major fields or subdisciplines in the M.A. program, but students emphasize one modern language and literature area in Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish.

Faculty: College of Letters and Science | Department: European Languages and Transcultural Studies | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall, Winter, Spring | Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

Areas of study: There are no specific major fields or subdisciplines in the M.A. program, but students emphasize one modern language and literature area in Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish. Students must complete a total of 10 courses (40 units) for the M.A. degree. All courses must be taken for a letter grade, and should be selected from offerings in ELTS, French, German, Italian and Scandinavian – although graduate seminars in related fields may be applied with approval of the VCGS. Six of these courses (24 units) must be 200-296. Four courses may be upper division undergraduate courses (100 series).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application deadline: December 15, 2026. GRE: Not required. Letters of recommendation: 3. In addition to the minimum University requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose and a writing sample. Applicants must have an undergraduate major in Scandinavian languages or equivalent. A placement examination in the Scandinavian languages may be required. For the Ph.D. degree in Germanic Languages with Scandinavian literature as a major or minor field, applicants should see the Ph.D. in Germanic Languages.

Most graduate departments and schools have deadlines in November and early December for the following fall term.

Graduate application fee: $135 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, $155 for all other applicants, $200 for the Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific, Master of Financial Engineering and MS in Business Analytics; nonrefundable, paid by card with the online Application for Graduate Admission.

Executive MBA: rolling admission for fall entry; Round 1 December 1, 2026, Round 2 February 1, 2027, Round 3 May 1, 2027; application fee $200.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.ucla.edu/admissions/steps-to-apply/

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