BYU’s Scandinavia Internship Program provides speakers of Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish an unmatched cultural-linguistic experience in workplaces in Scandinavia designed to broaden cultural and linguistic proficiencies and develop professional competencies. In most cases, it is expected that students will have intermediate or advanced language skills (at least 202 or equivalent level) before applying. The internship experience provides students in exciting new linguistic and cultural contexts unmatched by classroom experiences on campus. Students live with native speakers, experience what it is like to work in Scandinavia, receive language mentoring, and have cultural experiences through site visits, museum, and performances. The internships cover a wide variety of fields, are unpaid, and will last approximately seven weeks. All majors are welcome to apply. Internship fields may include research, bio technology, government, museums, public relations, communications, business and marketing, IT, education, etc. Students are welcome to suggest additional areas of interest. The focus of the internship program is to help students develop language skills in a wide variety of contexts. Although we work with students to secure internships in their designated areas of interest, internships in specific professional areas cannot be guaranteed.
Scandinavia
DENMARK, FINLAND, ICELAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN
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DATES
June–August 2021 (dates have changed due to spring cancellation)
HOUSING
Where possible, students will be placed with families and/or young single adults to maximize the opportunity to be exposed to the language and culture.
COURSES
Required 6 credit hours of the following:
DANSH 399R Internship (4 credit hours)
DANSH 311R Advanced Danish Conversation (1 credit hour)
FINN 399R Internship (4 credit hours)
FINN 311R Advanced Finnish Conversation (1 credit hour)
ICLND 399R Internship (4 credit hours)
ICLND 311R Advanced Icelandic Conversation (1 credit hour)
NORWE 399R Internship (4 credit hours)
NORWE 311R Advanced Norwegian Conversation (1 credit hour)
SCAND 490R Scandinavian Monuments Course (1 credit hour)
SWED 399R Internship (4 credit hours)
SWED 311R Advanced Swedish Conversation (2 credit hours)
All students participating in the internship program will take an advanced language class (311r) as part of the internship experience and participate in a winter semester, second block preparation course.
COST
$1,500
Includes BYU undergraduate tuition (increased cost for graduate and non-Latter-day-Saint students), internship placement fee, international health insurance coverage.
Not included: airfare, housing, meals, transportation, cultural experiences (museum entrance fees, concert tickets, etc.), personal expenses, or passport.
TRAVEL
Students are responsible for purchasing their own airfare to and from the program sites. Airfare reservations must be made through BYU Travel. Students should contact a BYU Travel agent at:
BYU Travel
280 HRCB | (801) 422-6293 | travel@byu.edu
PREPARATION
Students must be 18 years of age or older.
Students should have completed 202 in their target language or equivalent experience prior to leaving for the internship, though exceptions can be made.
Accepted students are required to participate in an international preparation course. This second-block evening course will be held during winter semester 2020.
FUNDING SOURCES
Regular BYU tuition scholarships, Pell Grant, and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to internship programs. Additional scholarship money may be available to students with a major in the College of Humanities or European Studies or a declared minor in Scandinavian Studies.
Students who submit the financial aid section of the ISP application and who have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid Office (A-41 ASB) will be considered for a study abroad scholarship and may be considered for other scholarships and must indicate on their original online application that they want to be considered for financial aid.
Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants.
Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships).
APPLICATION PROCESS
Complete the $35 (nonrefundable) online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply.
Applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete.
Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program.
The first payment is due upon acceptance. Please refer to the 2021 Payment Information document (see kennedy.byu.edu/ isp-forms/ISPpayments2021.pdf).
Deadline: 19 February 2021
FACULTY
Nate Kramer, director of Scandinavian Studies and associate professor of interdisciplinary humanities, is the faculty director for Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. Christopher Oscarson, associate professor of interdisciplinary humanities and Scandinavian studies, is the faculty director for Sweden and Finland. They work together with Aino Larsen, language coordinator for the Scandinavian studies program to place interns.
Questions about Denmark, Norway, or Iceland, contact nate_kramer@byu.edu; for Finland or Sweden, contact oscarson@byu.edu.
SCHEDULE AND TIME COMMITMENT
Students are allowed to travel/live in Europe for no longer than 90 days without a visa.
INTERESTED STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT
International Study Programs
101 HRCB
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu
kennedy.byu.edu/isp
PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
International Study Programs (ISP) reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost. If it becomes necessary for ISP to cancel a program, all program payments made to BYU ISP will be refunded to the student’s BYU financial account. ISP is the only office authorized to cancel any of its programs.