Transfer Student Courses in Dutch (Division 357)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

To see what Transfer Student courses have been added or changed in Dutch this week go to What's New This Week.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Ton Broos (tonbroos@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Graduate students should elect the course as Dutch 511. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Dutch 100. (4). (LR).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course provides the student with the basics of the Dutch language. We use the ultramodern Dutch course book:Colloquial Dutch, with tapes and computer programs. From everyday conversations, grammatical explanations, exercises, cultural discussions, and homework, the student will get a wonderful introduction and first step into the Dutch language and the Dutch-speaking world. Books: Bruce Donaldson. Colloquial Dutch, New York Routledge 1996.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Antonius Broos (tonbroos@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Dutch 112 or 100. Graduate students should elect the course as Dutch 531. (4). (LR).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

The course will start with an overview of the basic grammar of the Dutch language and will continue with the modern course Code Nederlands with tapes and computer programs. Comics, songs, newspaper articles, and literature will enliven the course and introduce the students to contemporary Dutch society. Books: F. Kuiken, A. van Kalsbeek Code Nederlands (vol. 2) and id. Oefenboek (vol. 2).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Antonius Broos (tonbroos@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Dutch 231. (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

The course will examine the poetry and prose of both The Netherlands and Belgium in modern times. The reading of poems, short stories, novellas, etc. in the original language will provide the students with material for discussion about authors, opinions, places, and points of view of modern Dutch literature. Topics in the past have included modern Dutch poetry, Dutch colonial literature, the legacy of Anne Frank: World War II in modern Dutch literature. The course will be conducted totally in Dutch.