Courses

Exchange students are selected by their home universities. For information about exchange programmes, agreements, admissions, and applications, please contact the international coordinator at your home university.

If you are selected for an exchange programme, make sure you have sufficient knowledge of oral and written English to take part in the courses, which are taught in English. Your home university’s application form or web page will provide information about the documentation needed.

Exchange students do not pay tuition fees to Linköping University (LiU).

When applying to study at LiU, you can also apply for accommodation and a beginner’s course in Swedish.

Students from outside of the European Union must take courses of at least 30 ECTS per semester, which corresponds to full‑time study. Studying 30 ECTS per semester is one of the requirements for being granted a residence permit by the Swedish Migration Board.

Courses are intended for exchange students who have completed at least one year of study at their home university. If you are applying to the Faculty of Science and Engineering you must have completed two years of study at your home university.

Exchange students cannot normally combine courses to obtain a final degree at LiU.

Under each subject area courses are divided into Undergraduate and Advanced/master's level courses. To be eligible for courses at Advanced/Master's level, you usually need a bachelor's degree of 3 years and/or three years of studies within the subject area. There will also be specific requirements in the course information. Advanced/master’s level is marked “A1X” or ”A2X”. The undergraduate level is marked ”G1X” or ”G2X.

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Autumn 2021
Course name	Credits	Level	Weeks	Campus
701G15 Profession Languages: German - Oral and written proficiency	7.5	G1N	v202134-202203

701G17 German: Language and professional communication, level B1	7.5	G1N	v202134-202203

701G19 French: Language and professional communication, level B1	7.5	G1N	v202134-202203

701G21 Spanish: Language and professional communication, level B1	7.5	G1N	v202134-202203

701G23 Intercultural Communication in an English-speaking World	7.5	G1N	v202135-202203

708A02 Life-course, Ageing, and Social Exclusion	7.5	A1N	v202135-202144	Campus Norrköping

708A03 Methods of Analysis on Individual Development, Life-course, and Social Change	7.5	A1N	v202140-202144	Campus Norrköping

708A04 From Diversity to Inequality – A social science perspective	7.5	A1N	v202145-202203	Campus Norrköping

708G02 The Sociology of the Ageing Society – An introduction to the social, cultural, and economic analysis of ageing and social change	7.5	G1N	v202135-202139	Campus Norrköping

709A01 Strategic Urban and Regional Planning	15	A1N	v202136-202144	Campus Valla

709A02 Planning and Public Administration	7.5	A1N	v202145-202149	Campus Valla

709A03 Strategic Planning of Urban Climate Transitions	7.5	A1N	v202150-202203	Campus Valla

709A09 Critical Perspectives on Planning for Health	7.5	A1F	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

709A10 The Politics of Planning – Power, controversies, and legacies	7.5	A1F	v202149-202203	Campus Valla

711A10 English. Critical Engagements, advanced level	7.5	A1N	v202134-202143	Campus Valla

711G21 Academic English for Exchange Students, foundation course	7.5	G1N	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

711G33 English for Students of Law	7.5	G1F	v202144-202203	Campus Valla

711G45 English - Literature, Foundation Course	7.5	G1N	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

711G46 English - Cultural Studies, Foundation Course	7.5	G1N	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

711G47 English - Language Studies, Intermediate Course	7.5	G1F	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

711G48 English - Literature, Intermediate Course	7.5	G1F	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

711G49 English - Term Paper, Intermediate Course	7.5	G2F	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

712G22 French 1 - Francais: To communicate in French	7.5	G1N	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

714G37 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level A1	7.5	G1N	v202137-202151	Campus Valla

714G38 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level A2	7.5	G1F	v202137-202151	Campus Valla

714G39 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level B1:1	7.5	G1F	v202137-202151	Campus Valla

714G40 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level B1:2	7.5	G1F	v202137-202151	Campus Valla

714G52 Schweden: Geschichte, Kultur und Gesellschaft	7.5	G1F	v202135-202203	Campus Valla

721A47 Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, advanced course	7.5	A1N	v202136-202140	Campus Valla

721A49 Social and Political Ethics, advanced course	7.5	A1N	v202141-202145	Campus Valla

721A50 Globalisation and Global Justice, advanced course	7.5	A1N	v202146-202150	Campus Valla

721A51 Ethics and Migration, advanced course	7.5	A1N	v202150-202203	Campus Valla

721G22 Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, basic course	7.5	G2F	v202136-202140	Campus Valla

721G23 Social and Political Ethics, basic course	7.5	G2F	v202141-202145	Campus Valla

721G24 Globalisation and Global Justice, basic course	7.5	G2F	v202146-202150	Campus Valla

721G25 Ethics and Migration, basic course	7.5	G2F	v202150-202203	Campus Valla

721G28 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence	7.5	G2F	v202143-202147	Campus Valla

722A53 Strategy - Classic and Contemporary Views	15	A1N	v202134-202143	Campus Valla

722A54 Classic Leadership and Organization Dilemmas	15	A1N	v202134-202143	Campus Valla

722A55 Contemporary International Management Paradoxes	15	A1N	v202144-202203	Campus Valla

722A56 Innovation and Project Management	15	A1N	v202144-202203	Campus Valla

722A57 Advanced Consumer Marketing	15	A1N	v202144-202203	Campus Valla

723G43 Business Ethics in a Globalized World	7.5	G2F	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

723G51 Sustainable Business – an ecological perspective	7.5	G2F	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

723G57 Entrepreneurship and Business Development	7.5	G2F	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

723G65 International Business	7.5	G2F	v202149-202203	Campus Valla

723G89 Perspectives on Digitalization	7.5	G2F	v202149-202203	Campus Valla

723G91 Organization Theory and Analysis	7.5	G2F	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

723G93 Leadership across Cultures	7.5	G2F	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

723G95 Human Resource Management	7.5	G2F	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

729A26 Cognitive Science Theory	6	A1N	v202135-202144	Campus Valla

729G84 Humans in Complex Systems	9	G2F	v202135-202145	Campus Valla

729G85 Interaction Design and User Experience	9	G2F	v202135-202145	Campus Valla

729G87 Interaction Programming	6	G2F	v202146-202202	Campus Valla

729G88 Quasi-Experimentation and Statistical Analysis	6	G2F	v202146-202202	Campus Valla

730G93 Corporate Finance	7.5	G1F	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

730G94 International Finance and Fixed Income Management	7.5	G1F	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

730G96 Industrial Organization	7.5	G1F	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

730G98 Risk Management of Financial Markets and Institutions	7.5	G1F	v202148-202203	Campus Valla

732A51 Bioinformatics	6	A1N	v202144-202202	Campus Valla

732A68 Introduction to Machine Learning	9	A1N	v202144-202202	Campus Valla

732A72 Computational Statistics	6	A1N	v202144-202202	Campus Valla

732A80 Time Series and Sequence Learning	6	A1N	v202135-202143	Campus Valla

732A92 Text Mining	6	A1N	v202144-202202	Campus Valla

732A94 Advanced Programming in R	6	A1N	v202134-202143	Campus Valla

732A96 Advanced Machine Learning	6	A1N	v202135-202143	Campus Valla

733A71 International Relations Theory	7.5	A1N	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

733A72 The Politics and Economics of International Relations	7.5	A1N	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

733A73 International and European Law	7.5	A1N	v202149-202203	Campus Valla

733A78 Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Analysis	7.5	A1N	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

733A79 International Governance and Civil Society	7.5	A1N	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

733A80 International Organisations: Theory and Practice	7.5	A1N	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

733A81 Contemporary Issues in International Governance	7.5	A1N	v202149-202203	Campus Valla

733G40 History of European Identity	7.5	G1F	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

733G41 European Democratic Culture	7.5	G1F	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

733G42 Contemporary European Governance	7.5	G1F	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

733G43 Europe in the World	7.5	G1F	v202149-202203	Campus Valla

733G48 The Swedish Model	15	G1F	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

735A14 Psychology 5	60	A1F	v202134-202223	Campus Valla
The course is divided into several semesters and/or periods.
738G26 Oral Rhetoric	7.5	G1N	v202144-202203	Campus Valla

738G27 Written Rhetoric	7.5	G1N	v202134-202143	Campus Valla

739G48 Documentary Film, History, Theory, and Practice: Working with the real	30	G1N	v202134-202223	Campus Norrköping
The course is divided into several semesters and/or periods.
740G64 Conditions of Life - Work - Identity, continuation course	7.5	G1F	v202144-202148	Campus Norrköping

740G66 New Social Movements	7.5	G2F	v202139-202143	Campus Norrköping

742A38 The World System in the Post-colonial Era	7.5	A1N	v202141-202145	Campus Norrköping

742A39 Class, Labour Migration and Globalization	7.5	A1N	v202146-202150	Campus Norrköping

742A42 Migration, Health and Biopolitics	7.5	A1N	v202136-202140	Campus Norrköping

742A43 Inclusion, Citizenship, and Exclusion	7.5	A1N	v202141-202145	Campus Norrköping

742A44 Historical Perspectives on Ethnicity and Migration	7.5	A1X	v202136-202140	Campus Norrköping

742A45 Critical Methodologies in Ethnic and Migration Studies	7.5	A1N	v202151-202203	Campus Norrköping

746A83 Environmental and Resource Use Challenges	7.5	A1N	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

746A86 Critical Perspectives on Sustainable Development	7.5	A1N	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

746A88 Visualizing Sustainability Challenges and Pathways	7.5	A1F	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

746A89 Our Changing Planet	7.5	A1N	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

746A90 Environmental Politics and Governance	7.5	A1N	v202149-202203	Campus Valla

746G44 Analytical Environmental Chemistry	7.5	G2F	v202134-202138	Campus Norrköping

746G45 International Environmental Management	7.5	G2F	v202139-202143	Campus Norrköping

746G47 Environmental Monitoring	7.5	G2F	v202149-202203	Campus Norrköping

746G51 GIS as a Tool in Environmental Science	7.5	G2F	v202144-202148	Campus Norrköping

746G54 Sustainable Development in the Global Context	15	G1N	v202134-202203

747A48 Banking and Finance Law	7.5	A1N	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

747A51 EU Law - The Internal Market	7.5	A1N	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

747A52 Comparative Law	7.5	A1N	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

748A37 Advanced group and social psychology	7.5	A1N	v202134-202138	Campus Valla

748A38 Advanced clinical psychology	7.5	A1N	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

751G34 Sweden and the Swedes	15	G1F	v202135-202203	Campus Valla

754G52 Nordic Culture	15	G2F	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

757A30 Introduction to Studies of Intersectional Gender at Advanced Level	6	A1N	v202134-202137	Campus Valla

757G26 Are we sisters after all? Gender and postcolonialism	7.5	G1N	v202139-202143	Campus Valla

759G09 HRD: Learning, Change and Development in Organizations	15	G2F	v202145-202203	Campus Valla

759G63 Human Resource Management	15	G2F	v202135-202144	Campus Valla

763A53 Interaction Analysis	7.5	A1N	v202135-202143	Campus Valla

763A54 Reading Gender	7.5	A1N	v202144-202203	Campus Valla

769A09 Human Factors	6	A1N	v202145-202202	Campus Valla

770G02 Development Economics	7.5	G1F	v202149-202203	Campus Valla

771A12 Logic of Social Inquiry	7.5	A1N	v202134-202143	Campus Norrköping

771A14 Behavioural Mechanisms in the Social Sciences	7.5	A1N	v202144-202203	Campus Norrköping

771A16 Statistics and Data Science I	7.5	A1N	v202134-202143	Campus Norrköping

771A18 Statistics and Data Science II	7.5	A1N	v202144-202203	Campus Norrköping

771A28 Inequality and Segregation: Theory and Measurement	7.5	A1N	v202134-202138	Campus Norrköping

771A34 Big Data: Social Processes and Ethical Issues	7.5	A1N	v202149-202203	Campus Norrköping

771A36 Computational Approaches to the Study of Cultural Markets and Social Dynamics	7.5	A1N	v202139-202143	Campus Norrköping

771A38 Computational Approaches to the Study of Organizations	7.5	A1N	v202144-202148	Campus Norrköping

790G86 Terrorism, Violence and Religion, basic course	7.5	G1N	v202144-202148	Campus Valla

790G89 Religion and Politics, Introductory Course	7.5	G1N	v202134-202143	Campus Valla

799G47 Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish for Exchange Students, level A1	7.5	G1N	v202131-202135	Campus Valla

799G48 Intensive Beginner´s course in Swedish for Exchange Students - intermediate course	7.5	G1N	v202131-202135	Campus Valla

799G52 InGenious - Cross Disciplinary Project	8	G2F	v202134-202203	Campus Valla

Spring 2022
Course name	Credits	Level	Weeks	Campus
701G01 Profession Language: French: Sweden in French	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

701G08 Profession Language: Spanish: Written Communication in Spanish	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

701G09 Profession Language: Sweden and the Swedes in Spanish	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

701G17 German: Language and professional communication, level B1	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

701G18 German: Language and professional communication, level B2	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223

701G19 French: Language and professional communication, level B1	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

701G20 French: Language and professional communication, level B2	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223

701G21 Spanish: Language and professional communication, level B1	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223

701G22 Spanish: Language and professional communication, level B2	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223

701G23 Intercultural Communication in an English-speaking World	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223

708A02 Life-course, Ageing, and Social Exclusion	7.5	A1N	v202204-202213	Campus Norrköping

708A03 Methods of Analysis on Individual Development, Life-course, and Social Change	7.5	A1N	v202204-202208	Campus Norrköping

708A04 From Diversity to Inequality – A social science perspective	7.5	A1N	v202204-202213	Campus Norrköping

708G02 The Sociology of the Ageing Society – An introduction to the social, cultural, and economic analysis of ageing and social change	7.5	G1N	v202209-202213	Campus Norrköping

709A04 Recent Trends in Strategic Urban and Regional Planning – Urbanisation and globalisation	7.5	A1N	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

709A05 Planning for a Sustainable Information Society	7.5	A1N	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

709A06 Strategic Planning - Regions and EU	7.5	A1N	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

711A13 English, Writers and Contexts, advanced level	7.5	A1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

711A14 English, History of English, advanced level	7.5	A1F	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

711G05 International Business English	15	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

711G21 Academic English for Exchange Students, foundation course	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

711G45 English - Literature, Foundation Course	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

711G46 English - Cultural Studies, Foundation Course	7.5	G1N	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

711G47 English - Language Studies, Intermediate Course	7.5	G1F	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

711G48 English - Literature, Intermediate Course	7.5	G1F	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

711G49 English - Term Paper, Intermediate Course	7.5	G2F	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

714G37 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level A1	7.5	G1N	v202207-202223	Campus Valla

714G38 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level A2	7.5	G1F	v202207-202223	Campus Valla

714G39 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level B1:1	7.5	G1F	v202207-202223	Campus Valla

714G40 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level B1:2	7.5	G1F	v202207-202223	Campus Valla

721A48 Business Ethics, advanced course	7.5	A1N	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

721A52 Biomedical Ethics, advanced course	7.5	A1N	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

721G11 Business Ethics, basic course	7.5	G2F	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

721G12 Biomedical Ethics, basic course	7.5	G2F	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

721G13 Environmental and Animal Ethics, basic course	7.5	G2F	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

721G27 Philosophy and Film	7.5	G2F	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

721G28 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence	7.5	G2F	v202213-202217	Campus Valla

722A58 Business Finance	7.5	A1N	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

722A59 Management Control Systems	7.5	A1N	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

722A60 HRM in Modern Organizations	7.5	A1N	v202219-202223	Campus Valla

722A61 Term Project	7.5	A1N	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

723G61 Marketing and Consumer Behaviour	7.5	G2F	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

723G69 Service Management and Marketing	7.5	G2F	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

723G71 Management Control	7.5	G2F	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

723G73 Project Management	7.5	G2F	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

723G75 Strategy and International Management	7.5	G2F	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

723G80 Enterprise Systems	7.5	G2F	v202219-202223	Campus Valla

729A27 Natural Language Processing	6	A1N	v202203-202212	Campus Valla

729A99 Usability testing	6	A1X	v202203-202212	Campus Valla

729G80 Social Cognition and Cognitive Development	9	G1N	v202203-202212	Campus Valla

729G82 Applied Cognitive Science	15	G1N	v202213-202222	Campus Valla

729G86 Language Technology	6	G1N	v202203-202212	Campus Valla

730G91 Intermediate Macroeconomics	7.5	G2F	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

732A73 Bayesian Learning	6	A1N	v202213-202222	Campus Valla

732A97 Multivariate Statistical Methods	6	A1N	v202203-202212	Campus Valla

733A74 Contemporary European Institutions	7.5	A1N	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

733A75 International and European Security	7.5	A1N	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

733A76 Europe's Relations with the World	7.5	A1N	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

733A77 Research Design and Methods	7.5	A1N	v202219-202223	Campus Valla

733G40 History of European Identity	7.5	G1F	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

733G41 European Democratic Culture	7.5	G1F	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

733G42 Contemporary European Governance	7.5	G1F	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

733G43 Europe in the World	7.5	G1F	v202219-202223	Campus Valla

733G48 The Swedish Model	15	G1F	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

735A14 Psychology 5	60	A1F	v202134-202223	Campus Valla
The course is divided into several semesters and/or periods.
738G26 Oral Rhetoric	7.5	G1N	v202214-202223	Campus Valla

738G27 Written Rhetoric	7.5	G1N	v202204-202213	Campus Valla

739G48 Documentary Film, History, Theory, and Practice: Working with the real	30	G1N	v202134-202223	Campus Norrköping
The course is divided into several semesters and/or periods.
742A37 Intersectional Migration Studies: Bodies, Genders, Sexualities	7.5	A1N	v202204-202208	Campus Norrköping

742A40 Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Culture and the Arts	7.5	A1N	v202209-202213	Campus Norrköping

742A41 Migration and Asylum Policy in the European Union	7.5	A1N	v202214-202218	Campus Norrköping

742A46 Critical Cases in Ethnic and Migration Studies	7.5	A1N	v202219-202223	Campus Norrköping

746A91 Climate Science and Climate Change	7.5	A1N	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

746A92 Societal Transformations towards Sustainability	7.5	A1N	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

746A93 Sustainable Resources Management	7.5	A1N	v202214-202218	Campus Valla

747G58 EU Law	15	G1F	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

747G85 Intellectual Property Rights	4	G1F	v202213-202223	Campus Valla

751G34 Sweden and the Swedes	15	G1F	v202204-202213	Campus Valla

754G52 Nordic Culture	15	G1F	v202204-202223	Campus Valla

769A03 Thinking with Representations	6	A1F	v202203-202222	Campus Valla

769A15 Service Design, studio course	12	A1F	v202203-202222	Campus Valla

770G04 Behavioural Economics	7.5	G2F	v202219-202223	Campus Valla

770G26 Health Economics and Ethics	7.5	G2F	v202204-202208	Campus Valla

770G28 Labour Economics	7.5	G2F	v202209-202213	Campus Valla

771A20 Discrete Choice Modelling	7.5	A1F	v202204-202213	Campus Norrköping

771A22 Agent-Based Modelling	7.5	A1F	v202214-202223	Campus Norrköping

771A24 Social Network Analysis	7.5	A1F	v202204-202213	Campus Norrköping

771A26 Digital Strategies for Social Science Research	7.5	A1F	v202214-202223	Campus Norrköping

799G47 Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish for Exchange Students, level A1	7.5	G1N	v202201-202205	Campus Valla

799G48 Intensive Beginner´s course in Swedish for Exchange Students - intermediate course	7.5	G1N	v202201-202205	Campus Valla

799G52 InGenious - Cross Disciplinary Project	8	G2F	v202203-202223	Campus Valla

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Intensive beginner’s course in Swedish, level A1, 7.5 ects

Full time in August and January
This three-week intensive course is intended for exchange students who wish to gain an introduction to the Swedish language. The aim of the course is to give a short introduction to Swedish everyday life and the Swedish language, its grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

Intensive beginner’s course in Swedish, intermediate level, 7.5 ects

Full time in August and January
This course is intended for exchange students with knowledge of Swedish equivalent to the Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish or Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A1. Students will improve their Swedish language proficiency and broaden their knowledge of Swedish society. They will also acquire a deeper knowledge of important basic grammar as well as an elementary working vocabulary.

Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A1, 7.5 ects

Part time course, once a week during the semester
This course is intended for exchange students with no previous knowledge of Swedish and has the same content as the A1-course above. The aim of the course is to give students a basic knowledge of Swedish with an emphasis on oral skills. The course includes pronunciation exercises, oral training, basic Swedish grammar and short, writing exercises.

Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A2, 7.5 ects

Part time course, once a week during the semester
This course is intended for exchange students with knowledge of Swedish equivalent to the Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish or Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A1. Students will improve their Swedish language proficiency and broaden their knowledge of Swedish society. They will also acquire a deeper knowledge of important basic grammar as well as an elementary working vocabulary.

Beginner’s course in Swedish, level B1:1, 7.5 ects

Part time course, once a week during the semester
This course is intended for exchange students with knowledge of Swedish equivalent to the Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish or Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A2. Students will be able to discuss matters of everyday life in mainly correct Swedish and give an account of their knowledge of Swedish society and culture based on the course literature.

Beginner’s course in Swedish, level B1:2, 7.5 ects

Part time course, once a week during the semester
This course is intended for exchange students with knowledge of Swedish equivalent to the Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish or Beginner’s course in Swedish, level B1:1. Students will be able to discuss matters of everyday life in mainly correct Swedish and give an account of their knowledge of Swedish society and culture based on the course literature.