Elective subjects

As part of the school’s cur­ri­cu­lum, stu­dents get to create their own sche­dule. They will fill their week with their choice of acti­vity ran­ging from one hour to five hours a week. Each semes­ter the stu­dents must have a mini­mum total of six hours.

1. Aero­bics (aero­bic): 1 hr
   Strength and endu­rance training.
2. Soc­cer (foot­ball): 2 hrs
   For beg­in­ners to advan­ced played indoors and out.
3. Glass fusing (glass­fu­sing): 16–20 hrs/semester
   Create beaut­i­ful glass pla­tes, win­dow décor, or jewelry for yours­elf or as a gift
   for some­one spec­ial. This inclu­des mate­ri­als and theory.
4. Hand­ball (hand­ball): 2 hrs
   For beg­in­ners to advan­ced, played indoors.
5. Pho­to­graphy (foto): 2 hrs
   Learn how to mas­ter a digi­tal camera and pro­fes­sio­nal editing.
6. Gui­tar (gitar): 1 hr
   Ever wan­ted to learn how to play or alre­ady are a pro? The elective will give
   you basic know­ledge of how to play if you’re a beg­in­ner or give you the tools to be better!
7. Film club (film­klubb): 2 hrs
   For those who love to watch movies or discuss the meaning behind them. You can
   also lead a class by showing a film of your choice and taking charge of the semi­nar
   afterwards.
8. Out­door life (fri­lufts­liv): 3 hrs
   Fan of the great out­doors or want to get in touch with your inner Wild man? You
   will take hikes, learn sur­vi­val skills, and sleep in various types of out­door «homes«
   over­night, even when there is snow.
9. Arts and crafts (hobby­gruppe): 3 hrs
   If you’re good with making artsy, use­ful things out of ordi­nary house­hold items or
   alre­ady a fan of arts and crafts, this elective has your name on it! Some crafts include
   tra­ditio­nal candle making, glass pain­ting and making cards.
10. Cera­mic (kera­mikk): 4 hrs
    Build your own crea­tion from scratch. Learn how to make bowls, pla­tes, vases,
    masks, and more in this class. You will learn dif­fe­rent tech­ni­ques in crea­ting your
    design along with Raku, a Japa­nese tra­dition of bur­ning clay.
11. Kick­box­ing (kick­bok­sing): 2 hrs
    Learn the basic kick­box­ing skills and build strength with one of Norway’s
    top kick­box­ing champions.
12. Rock clim­bing (klat­ring): 16 hrs/semester
    Learn or prac­tice rock clim­bing indoors and out!
13. Knife making (kniv­ma­king): 3 hrs
    A long time Nor­we­gian tra­dition, make your own wood-handled knife with
    dif­fe­rent techniques.
14. Choir (kor): 2hrs
    La, la, la, la, laaaa! Love to sing? You will sing all gen­res of songs and per­form them
    throug­hout the semester.
15. Relaxa­tion (avkob­ling): 1 ½ hrs
    After a long week­end it’s nice to take a break and just relax.
16. Wri­ting (manus): 2 hrs
    This class is for those who enjoy wri­ting or want to start. If you have wri­ters
    block topics can be given, but other than that you can write about whate­ver
    you want!
17. FUN with Marius! (moro med Marius): 2 hrs
    Take a trip to the gym hall with Marius and burn off any excess energy you have!
    This is an elective where you can try out dif­fe­rent gym­na­s­tic type acti­vities such
    as tram­po­line, rings, beams, tum­bling, and much more!
18. Dar­kroom (mørke­rom): 2hrs
    Learn the art of the dar­kroom, what the red lamps are for and which dif­fe­rent
    che­micals are used for cer­tain effects. Just like the pro­fes­sio­nals do!
19. Piano (piano): 1 hr
    Learn the basic skills to play the piano or improve what you alre­ady know by
    play­ing con­tem­po­rary style piano such as accom­pa­ni­ment with a band or choir.
20. Snowboard/ski (snowboard/ski): 5 hrs
    During the second semes­ter this is your chance to hit the slo­pes. Whether
    you’re an avid snowboarder/skier or just star­ting out, you will have a full
    day out­doors in the snow.
21. Strength trai­ning (styrke­tre­ning): 1 hr
    This is a class with gene­ral strength buil­ding skills (one where you don’t have
    to lift weights, but there is a weight lif­ting room avai­lable at the school,
    too, if that’s what you like to do!)
22. Thea­tre (tea­ter): 3 hrs
    If you’re a fan of the spot­light, you will have a lot of fun in the thea­tre elective.
    During the semes­ter you will play thea­tre games and put on performances.
23. Drawing/painting (tegning/maling): 2 hrs
    Learn dif­fe­rent tech­ni­ques to dra­wing and painting!
24. Afri­can drum­ming (turnè­gruppe): 1 hr
    Learn tra­ditio­nal Afri­can drum­ming, dan­cing and sin­ging. You will also per­form
    for the com­mu­nity and school.
25. Wool (ull­to­ving): 4 hrs
    Work with wool by dying it and then crea­ting your own clot­hing or bags!
26. Vol­ley­ball (vol­ley­ball): 1 ½ hrs
    Learn to play the game or play for fun indoors and out.