“Finnish Literature” is one of thirteen specializations within the Master’s Programme in Literature at the Faculty of the Humanities, and it is offered by the Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German.

Year 1:

Semester 1

• Introduction to Literary Interpretation, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Literature)
• Scientific Methods and Research Ethics, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Philosophy)
• Narrative Theory, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Literature)
• Finnish, Literary Theory and Methods, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Finnish)

Semester 2

• Finnish, Literature after 1939, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Finnish)
• Finnish, Literature 1905–1939, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Finnish)
• Optional courses worth a total of 15 credits.

Year 2:

Semester 3

• Finnish, Literature before 1905, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Finnish)
• Proficiency course, 7,5 credits
• Optional course, 7,5 credits
• Seminar Course in Current Theoretical Perspectives, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Literature)
• The course English for Academic Research, 7,5 credits (main field of study: English) is taken as either a proficiency course or an optional course

Semester 4

• Finnish - Master’s Course, 30 credits (main field of study: Finnish)