This four-year degree programme aims to develop students' interest in, and knowledge of, the Dutch world, both past and present. You will be able to choose from a wide range of modules including literature, linguistic traditions, history, sociology, philosophy, art, film or other aspects of the cultures associated with the language(s) you'll be learning. The Dutch BA is a four-year, single-subject programme. Each year students take a total of 120 credits. The intensive language module develops practical language skills while the cultural studies modules focus on issues of identities and communities, as well as on ways of investigating contemporary culture. Aside from core modules, you can choose options in literature, history and sociolinguistics, and focus on broad cultural movements, issues and approaches from an interdisciplinary perspective.The programme focuses on the language, culture and history of the Netherlands and Flanders, two neighbouring countries that are among the largest trading partners of the UK. Dutch is also an official language in Suriname and to a large extent mutually intelligible with Afrikaans, one of South Africa's languages.