DUTCH 3020

DUTCH 3020

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

This advanced course is centered around different aspects of Amsterdam. Each class focuses on a specific topic, such as Amsterdam as a cultural center and the country's capital, modes of transportation, architecture, immigration issues and history of Amsterdam. Students will read texts at home and discuss them in class; regularly read Amsterdam's newspaper Het Parool; watch short TV clips. At the end of each class, we will watch an episode of a popular Dutch TV show which has Amsterdam as its center; students will write a blog about each episode and design a wiki about Amsterdam. Attention will be paid to advanced grammar issues and vocabulary.

When Offered Fall.

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Comments This course is part of the Shared Course Initiative and will be taught from Columbia University using videoconferencing technology. Taught in Dutch.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8507 DUTCH 3020   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
    Satisfies Option 1. Permission of department required. This course is part of the Shared Course Initiative and will be taught from Columbia University using videoconferencing technology. Taught in Dutch.