Trains, pasteurization, electric lights, thermodynamics, cinema, and submarines are just a few of the marvellous scientific advances born in the nineteenth...

Science and Literature in 19th Century France (FREN0086)

Skills for Research-led Learning in Economics (ECON0094)

Aims: The aim of this not-for-credit optional module is to provide students with the opportunity to develop core skills required to do well in the degree, to be well prepared to participate in the Department's undergraduate conference Explore Econ and, perhaps most importantly, to work as a professional after graduation. The module complements other modules in the curriculum by providing further opportunity to consider and practice the skills peculiar to economics.

 Suitable for: This module has been designed for 1st year students taking some or all of their degree with the Economics Department at UCL. It is not open to students from outside the Department.

Module description

This is an intensive, integrated and interactive language module for beginners that works on the four skills of reading, writing, speaking...

An Introduction to Dutch Language and Culture (DUTC0001)

Module description

This is an intensive, integrated and interactive language module for beginners that works on the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. Four hours per week are devoted to developing practical language skills alongside basic grammatical and communicative competence, to enable students to participate in a wide variety of language exchanges and transactions. Students are encouraged to reflect on their learning styles and to initiate remedial action when necessary.

By the end of the year, students will be able to communicate fluently in basic written and spoken Dutch, and to express ideas about non-specialist topics. Attention is also paid to developing a critical language awareness and understanding the interrelatedness of language and culture. Two hours per week are to be set aside for self-study, over and above homework tasks and module assessments, in order to consolidate and complement classroom work.

Students need to acquire a copy of the Routledge Intensive Dutch Course (Routledge 2006). Further study material will be handed out in class and made available on the course Moodle pages