Choose your own path
Once you have started with Dutch Studies, you will have some opportunity to determine the content of your studies yourself.
Once you have started with Dutch Studies, you will have a lot of freedom to determine the content of your studies yourself. In the third year of your bachelor’s programme part of your studies will include minors. You can decide which minors you wish to follow in discussion with the study coordinator and the lecturer who supervises you during your specialisation.
Extra lectures
There is always the opportunity to follow extra lectures within your department. Or you can opt for an extra subject within another department which complements your specialisation, for example, history or art history.
Working experience
During a period of work experience you work for a continuous period of time for a particular organisation, for example a ministry or a company. It’s a good way to find out what it’s like to be at work. You agree the content of the work placement with an adviser from your department. The Careers Service of the Faculty of Humanities will be pleased to help you find a suitable work placement. You can find on their website a current overview of the work placements available in the Netherlands.
PraktijkStudies
Leiden is the only place where you can take a minor by means of a practical training programme. The perfect opportunity to prepare yourself for the job market. Discuss this with the study coordinator at the Department of Dutch studies.
The right choice
Your minor will depend primarily on what you are interested in. And what you want to do after your bachelor’s. Have you already got a preference for a particular master’s or specialist subject? Do you want to prepare for a particular profession? By making the right choice, you can set the best course for your studies.