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Internationalism aspect of minor
The minor program Disruptive events is international. Therefore, the lectures and courses are thought in English and the deliverables are written in English. If the group is composed of only Dutch group members and the client is okay with the product written in Dutch, writing in Dutch is allowed. Since the minor is in English, students from around the world have joined this years minor program. The majority of the students are Dutch but eleven students are from different countries, including Italy, England, Spain, Germany, Poland, Cyprus,
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Germany, India and Norway. The opinion of the foreign students range from not great to great. The students who think the internationalism could be increased expected more international cases and an improved level of English of some of the teachers. The students who are satisfied with the internationalism like the diversity in cases and do not mind to use google translate or the Dutch group members to help translating sources from the internet. Most international
students were satisfied with the communication with the client and conducting client work. Client work was conducted during both quarters and some of the clients were Dutch.
Most of the foreign students like to live in the Netherlands since it is a safe country, good human rights but the Covid-19 restrictions are a bummer. It is advised to look for a place on time since it is difficult to find a student room. Many house owners do not want foreign
tenants since they might have had bad experiences with them. As a tip, look for an international course at the University you want to apply for and ask them for help. There are many foreign students at the Environmental Science course from which some of the students live in the same house. Therefore, they might know places were foreigners are allowed to live. Most Dutch students chose this minor because of the topic. If the minor would have been in Dutch they would still have chosen to do this minor. As expected, the Dutch students were able to understand the teachers. To talk in English was, for some students a bit weird since it is not their native language nor a language which they speak more often. But the English language is no reason not to join this minor program since the Dutch students managed to adapt to the English language within a few weeks. In addition, if no foreign students are in the project group, the main
form of communication is in Dutch. This also includes tutor meetings and contact between student and teachers.
