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NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PHILOLOGY

NORSK FILOLOGISK INSTITUTT

SEMINARS AND COURSE CODES (“EMNER”)

The Norwegian Institute of Philology offers both introductory courses (innføringskurs) and advanced seminars. Unlike the introductory courses, the seminars are not directly connected to course codes ("emner") and exams.

Students attending seminars can register for exams in one of a fixed number of course codes ("emner") that represent broad academic fields.

The course code levels follow the academic year (1 = Fall, 2 = Spring), but students who are in contact with us can be allowed to register for the level 2 exam without having passed the level 1 exam, if this is practicable in the relevant cases.

Classical European Philology 1 –– 2
- SEMINARS: Greek and Latin seminar; Historisk grammatikk; Balavariani; Alexander Romance; see full list.
Sumerian and Akkadian Philology 1 –– 2
- SEMINARS: Sumerisk og akkadisk seminar; see full list.
Semitic and Afroasiatic Philology 1 –– 2
- SEMINARS: Klassiske hebraiske og jødiske tekster; Multilingual historical Koran; see full list.
Indo-Iranian Philology 1 –– 2
- SEMINARS: Pashto Landey; Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese texts; see full list.
Indian and Buddhist Philology 1 –– 2
- SEMINARS: Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese texts; Boddhisattvapitaka; see full list.

Sanskrit and Philology of Hinduism 1 –– 2
- SEMINARS: Chāndogya-upaniṣad; see full list.

Arabic and Islamic Philology 1 –– 2
- SEMINARS: Koranen i islamsk tradisjon; Multilingual historical Koran; see full list.

Hebrew and Jewish Philology 1 –– 2
- SEMINARS: Klassiske hebraiske og jødiske tekster; see full list.

The following course codes will be added in 2025–2026:

Chinese and East Asian Philology
Turkish and Turkic Philology

REGISTRATION

There are currently 8 formally defined subjects or course codes (“emner”) for course registration. Each course code has two levels (2 x 10 ECTS), level 1 typically offered in the fall term and level 2 in the spring. Suggestions for relevant seminars are indicated above. See the full list of seminars for reference.

The choice of code will vary according to the interest of the student attending one or several seminars. Students may also register for exams in these course codes based on self-study of a topic defined in agreement with a supervisor.

Anyone who wants to participate without taking an exam can register by writing an e-mail to: seminar@philology.no.

Link to course registration at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (deadline December 15th and June 15th). The procedure is similar to that used for the introductory courses (link to description in Norwegian).

To identify the relevant course codes and seminars, students should consult the staff at the Norwegian Institute of Philology or write to: seminar@philology.no.

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