Make America Relevant Again! Teaching American Studies in Denmark
Danes are pro-American and generally fascinated by the United States, but university students are not flocking to American studies programs in Denmark. During the last five years, enrollment numbers have dropped in the country’s only BA and MA programs in American studies at the University of South...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
CBS Open Journals
2024-12-01
|
| Series: | American Studies in Scandinavia |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/assc/article/view/7371 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832595634577735680 |
|---|---|
| author | Kasper Grotle Rasmussen |
| author_facet | Kasper Grotle Rasmussen |
| author_sort | Kasper Grotle Rasmussen |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
Danes are pro-American and generally fascinated by the United States, but university students are not flocking to American studies programs in Denmark. During the last five years, enrollment numbers have dropped in the country’s only BA and MA programs in American studies at the University of Southern Denmark, and fewer courses in American topics are offered at other Danish universities. This article presents the American studies teaching landscape in Denmark and zooms in on the BA and MA programs in American studies at the University of Southern Denmark in the city of Odense to analyze the problem of enrollment numbers and suggest a remedy consisting of a greater focus on “Global America” in context, greater focus on solving real-life problems in class, and greater teaching cooperation across the Nordic countries.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-a70076a00c5a416683479159ba7d23df |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 0044-8060 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2024-12-01 |
| publisher | CBS Open Journals |
| record_format | Article |
| series | American Studies in Scandinavia |
| spelling | doaj-art-a70076a00c5a416683479159ba7d23df2025-01-18T15:22:54ZengCBS Open JournalsAmerican Studies in Scandinavia0044-80602024-12-0156210.22439/asca.v56i2.7371Make America Relevant Again! Teaching American Studies in DenmarkKasper Grotle Rasmussen0University of Southern Denmark Danes are pro-American and generally fascinated by the United States, but university students are not flocking to American studies programs in Denmark. During the last five years, enrollment numbers have dropped in the country’s only BA and MA programs in American studies at the University of Southern Denmark, and fewer courses in American topics are offered at other Danish universities. This article presents the American studies teaching landscape in Denmark and zooms in on the BA and MA programs in American studies at the University of Southern Denmark in the city of Odense to analyze the problem of enrollment numbers and suggest a remedy consisting of a greater focus on “Global America” in context, greater focus on solving real-life problems in class, and greater teaching cooperation across the Nordic countries. https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/assc/article/view/7371American studiesteachingtransatlanticemployabilityusabilityhumanities in crisis |
| spellingShingle | Kasper Grotle Rasmussen Make America Relevant Again! Teaching American Studies in Denmark American Studies in Scandinavia American studies teaching transatlantic employability usability humanities in crisis |
| title | Make America Relevant Again! Teaching American Studies in Denmark |
| title_full | Make America Relevant Again! Teaching American Studies in Denmark |
| title_fullStr | Make America Relevant Again! Teaching American Studies in Denmark |
| title_full_unstemmed | Make America Relevant Again! Teaching American Studies in Denmark |
| title_short | Make America Relevant Again! Teaching American Studies in Denmark |
| title_sort | make america relevant again teaching american studies in denmark |
| topic | American studies teaching transatlantic employability usability humanities in crisis |
| url | https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/assc/article/view/7371 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT kaspergrotlerasmussen makeamericarelevantagainteachingamericanstudiesindenmark |