The program at the CIEE Study Center in Amsterdam is designed to provide students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds with the opportunity to explore the social, political, environmental, and cultural realities of Amsterdam and the Netherlands.

Session 1 (Groningen): SETS: Society, Environment, Transportation and Space: The Dutch Experience.

* The aim of this course is for students to gain greater knowledge and understanding of the ways in which the Netherlands approaches the environment through innovative means. It focuses on how the Netherlands’ physical and socio-economic environment has been conducive to a tradition of environmental engineering and sustainable innovation.

Session 2 (Amsterdam): Contemporary Dutch Social Policy.

* This course consists of a combination of theme-related lectures and excursions about Dutch social policy. A general historical overview of the Netherlands is given in order to establish a framework for themes on social policy. This is followed by lectures on tolerance covering such issues as drugs, prostitution policy, abortion, and euthanasia. Multiculturalism is also addressed. Students gain insight into the workings of Dutch social policies and its multicultural society.