DUTCH 3020

DUTCH 3020

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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.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: DUTCH 2040  or equivalent.

Distribution Category (FL-AG)
Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Comments This course is part of the Shared Course Initiative (SCI) and will be taught from Columbia University using videoconferencing technology. 

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4784 DUTCH 3020   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This course is part of the Shared Course Initiative (SCI). For more information about SCI courses, please see http://sharedcourseinitiative.org/.