BA Cultuurwetenschappen to be integrated in BA Arts and Culture

The Dutch BA Cultuurwetenschappen will be integrated with the English BA Arts and Culture, for new first-year students arriving at our Faculty in September 2017. In this new set-up, all teaching materials will be in English, students have to attend English lectures and English tutorial group meetings. Yet, the programme will also offer the possibility for Dutch-speaking students, to write all their exams, papers and their BA thesis in Dutch.

To help students advancing their Dutch academic writing and presentation skills we continue to offer Research & Writing I and II in Dutch (and English). Moreover, a Dutch academic writing advisor will be appointed. In this way, we hope that our Dutch-speaking students, who wish to enter the Dutch or Flemish labour market, will be better qualified for working in a professional work environment in which Dutch is the main language, and a sufficient level of English is required. In the next few years, the current Cultuurwetenschappen students will be allowed to finish their programme and can still graduate in Cultuurwetenschappen. Future students will all graduate in Arts and Culture.

This development has the following practical implications for staff members:

  • As of 2017/18, all exams and exam instructions need to be prepared in both Dutch and English –students can choose in which language they want to write their exam.
  • Course coordinators need to make sure that a Dutch-speaking tutor is available for grading exams in Dutch.
  • We would like to offer a bit more Dutch content (e.g. PBL tasks on Dutch issues) in the Arts and Culture programme. Course planning groups can take this into account when revising courses or building new electives.

Please contact baaccw-fasos@maastrichtuniversity.nl if you have questions.

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