Courses

LNU has courses in a variety of subjects including:

• biology
• social work
• art & design
• Swedish language
• Swedish history & culture
• literature
• political science & law
• computer science

LNU doesn't operate in the same way UWEC or most American universities do. LNU students take one or two courses intensively at a time followed by an exam (consecutive scheduling). You will have two enrollment options: 

Option 1: You can choose one course worth 30 Swedish credits. By choosing a 30-credit course, you are automatically enrolled in the individual 7.5-15 credit modules that make up the course. You will find the descriptions for the individual modules that make up the course by clicking on the "Syllabus" link in the course description. You must meet the prerequisites for the course.

Option 2: You can choose to enroll in four separate 7.5 credit classes, or two-15 credit courses, or one-15 credit course in combination with two-7.5 courses. You must meet the prerequisites for each individual class.

Business students:
Starting spring 2021: the College of Business will only allow students to bring back LOWER DIVISION elective credits from Linnaeus. Core business courses and upper division courses are no longer an option. Due to recent regulation changes, UWEC's COB cannot accept direct equivalencies from non-AACSB accredited universities. The COB recommends that COB students consult closely with their academic advisor regarding study abroad at Linnaeus University. If you have questions about this, please direct them to the College of Business. Any business course that currently appears in the Transfer Wizard, and is upper division or a direct equivalency, will have to go through a new review. If you still wish to take business classes at LNU, you will need to have completed 15-30 UWEC business credits by the beginning of the exchange. Remember, Linnaeus does not recognize ECON 103, ECON 104 or and BCOM classes in the minimum requirement. Based on this pre-requisite (combined with non-AACSB), business students may not make advancement in their degree. 

Credits & Course Load

All exchange students are required to be full-time students (enrolled in at least 30 Swedish credits (15 UWEC credits)) during their stay at Linnaeus University. 1 Swedish credit = .5 UWEC credits.

How to Find Courses at Linnaeus

Linnaeus has a list of courses for exchange students, click here for that. The course list that appears includes all courses offered to exchange students, regardless of semester, year or campus. In order to find the courses that you can select for your intended semester, use the 'filter' function:

• "Level" select "Bachelors Level", which means undergraduate courses.
• "Semester" click the appropriate semester you are going to be abroad (note: only current year courses are listed; you can use them as a guide and there is no guarantee they will be offered the term you want to study)
• "Teaching Language" select "English"
• "City" select either Vaxjo or Kalmar (business students, Kalmar offers more lower level courses than Vaxjo). If you don't select a city, just note that you must take courses all at one campus.
• "Study Pace" that can be all of them
• "Teaching Form" select "campus"
• It is recommended that you DON'T select a topic area, as they may classify their courses differently than UWEC

The list will then appear in no apparent ordering. To get more information about a specific course, click on the course name. Please pay attention to the pre-requisites as Linneaus is firm with those.

How Courses Come Back to UWEC

To find courses that have been evaluated, go to the Transfer Wizard site by clicking here. 

• Choose Sweden, then click "Search"
• Click on Linnaeus University
• Click "Search" again. All courses that have been evaluated for UWEC credit will appear. 

If the course does not appear on the transfer wizard, it has not yet been evaluated for UWEC credit. 

Please remember that the transfer wizard is a historical record. There is NO guarantee that the same courses will be offered in the future or that they will be offered during the term in which you will be abroad. It is very important to use the current Linnaeus offerings site along with the transfer wizard. Using only the transfer wizard may result in inaccurate course knowledge. 

Grade Conversion

The Swedish system has recently moved to a grading system using A-F. In the past, LNU only used pass/fail, and at times, that is still how you may be graded (it depends on the faculty and you have no say in the decision). If you are in a course that only offers pass/fail, Linnaeus has been approved as the ONLY program to allow students to take courses as pass/fail. Otherwise, all letter grades you earn at Linnaeus will count in your UWEC GPA. The grades will appear on your UW-Eau Claire transcript using the conversion scale below, approved by the UWEC Registrar’s Office. This scale is non-negotiable.

Liberal Education Requirements

If you are in catalog year 2016-2017 or later, you can fulfill an Integrative Learning (I1) requirement through study abroad. You will opt in after being accepted to your program and must complete a series of assignments before, during and after your time abroad. Talk with your academic advisor about whether you need to complete an I1 requirement through study abroad. You must complete the first assignments prior to going abroad; retroactive enrollment is not allowed.