Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology

Archaeologists study ancient cultures and reconstruct the past based on material remains. These remains are mostly buried and thus usually found during excavations. The real work, however, begins only after the fieldwork is done: analysing, comparing, hypothesizing, assessing ... Archaeology is an interdisciplinary domain that calls on various auxiliary disciplines.

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Bachelor's Programme

3 year 180 credits

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

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First year

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1 General Courses

1.1 Faculty-specific Educational Requirements

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Philosophy	1	sem 1	nl	Johan Braeckman	3

Historical Criticism	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Dumolyn	3

Introduction to World History	1	sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

Introduction to Anthropology	1	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	3

Visual Culture: Art in Historical Context	1	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Jonckheere	3

1.2 Domain-specific Knowledge: Chronological Overviews

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Pre- and Protohistory	1	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	1	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	1	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Near East	1	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

1.3 Methodology

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology	1	sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology	1	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques	1	sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology	1	sem 2	nl	Possum Pincé	6

1.4 Practice

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Academic Skills I		1	sem 2	nl	Roald Docter	3

2 Minors

Subscribe to 30 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.

These 30 credits are divided over the standard learning path as follows: 15 credits in year 2 and 15 credits in year 3.

In the minor in Art Studies, some courses have 6 credits: a standard learning path student has to take 15 tot 18 credits in year 2 and the remaining credits in year 3. Take into account the initial competences of the courses you choose; you can find them in the course specifications.

2.1 Combined Minor in Geography

Subscribe to 30 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list.

2.1.1 Minor in Geography

Subscribe to no less than 15 and no more than 30 credit units from the following list.

Students who wish to include the electives 'GIS in Archaeology' (A005026) and '3D Archaeological Acquisition' (A005032) in the master's programme, take the courses with a *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Physical Geography: Shaping the Earth Surface		sem 2	nl	Amaury Frankl	5

Social and Economic Geography		sem 1	nl	Valerie De Craene	5

Population and Urban Geography		sem 1	nl	Freke Caset	5

Landscape Science I		sem 2	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	5

Landscape Science II		sem 2	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	6

Regional Geomorphology		sem 1	nl	Stefaan Dondeyne	5

Cartography		sem 1	nl,en	Haosheng Huang	5

Remote Sensing	*	sem 2	nl	Rudi Goossens	5

Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and Surveying Engineering	*	sem 2	nl	Alain De Wulf	5

2.1.2 Elective Minor

Subscribe to no more than 15 credit units from one of the four other offered minors.

2.5 Combined Minor in Education

Subscribe to 30 credit units from 2 modules from the following list.

2.5.2 Elective Minor

Subscribe to 15 credit units from one of the four other offered minors.

The Elective Minor is to be taken in year 2.

Second year

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1 General Courses

1.3 Methodology

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Pedology	2	sem 1	nl	Peter Finke	5

Introduction to Geology	2	sem 2	nl	Johan De Grave	5

Archaeometry and Physical anthropology	2	sem 2	nl	Vince Van Thienen	5

1.4 Practice

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Academic Skills II	2	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	3

Fieldwork I	2	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	6

Introduction to Material Studies	2	sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

2 Minors

Subscribe to 30 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.

These 30 credits are divided over the standard learning path as follows: 15 credits in year 2 and 15 credits in year 3.

2.1 Combined Minor in Geography

Subscribe to 30 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list.

2.1.1 Minor in Geography

Subscribe to no less than 15 and no more than 30 credit units from the following list.

Students who wish to include the electives 'GIS in Archaeology' (A005026) and '3D Archaeological Acquisition' (A005032) in the master's programme, take the courses with a *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Physical Geography: Shaping the Earth Surface		sem 2	nl	Amaury Frankl	5

Social and Economic Geography		sem 1	nl	Valerie De Craene	5

Population and Urban Geography		sem 1	nl	Freke Caset	5

Landscape Science I		sem 2	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	5

Landscape Science II		sem 2	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	6

Regional Geomorphology		sem 1	nl	Stefaan Dondeyne	5

Cartography		sem 1	nl,en	Haosheng Huang	5

Remote Sensing	*	sem 2	nl	Rudi Goossens	5

Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and Surveying Engineering	*	sem 2	nl	Alain De Wulf	5

2.1.2 Elective Minor

Subscribe to no more than 15 credit units from one of the four other offered minors.

2.2 Minor in Art Studies

Students who take courses from this minor in preparation of the Educational Master, are recommended to choose courses with *.

Attention: Courses in light grey in the online course catalogue are alternating courses and are not taught in this academic year.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction	*	2	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1	*	2	sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789	*	2	sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	*	2	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I		2			Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		2	sem 1	nl,en	Marlise Rijks	5

Historic Interior and Design		2	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta		2			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta		2	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

History of Music: Until 1750	*	2	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	*	2	sem 1	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century		2			Francis Maes	5

History of Modern Theatre	*	2	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre		2			Christel Stalpaert	5

Aesthetics I		2	sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

2.3 Minor in History

Students who take courses from this minor in preparation of the Educational Master, are recommended to choose courses with *.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity		2	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages		2	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	*	2	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	*	2	sem 2	nl	Bruno De Wever	5

History of Belgium	*	2	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		2	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Tendencies in Historiography		2	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading		2	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians		2	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective		2	sem 2	nl	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics		2	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History		2	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		2	sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		2	sem 2	nl	Peter Van Nuffelen	5

Comparative Rural History		2	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	*	2	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.4 Minor in Classical Civilization and the Classical Tradition

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	2	sem 1	nl,en	Koen De Temmerman	5

Classical Mythology	2	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	2	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Praet	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	2	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	2	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	2	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Texts	2	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	2	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	2	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	2	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

2.5 Combined Minor in Education

Subscribe to 30 credit units from 2 modules from the following list.

2.5.1

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	2	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	2	year	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	2	year	nl	Bruno De Wever	3

2.5.2 Elective Minor

Subscribe to 15 credit units from one of the four other offered minors.

The Elective Minor is to be taken in year 2.

3 Elective Courses

Attention: courses in light grey in the online course catalogue are alternating courses and are not taught in this academic year.

3.1 Domain-Specific Knowledge

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list, distributed over the first standard learning path as follows:

10 credit units in year 2,
10 credit units in year 3.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	sem 1	nl	Dimitri Teetaert	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe			Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age			Wim De Clercq	5

Archaeology of Greece	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

3.2 Domain-Specific Practice

Subscribe to 12 credit units from the following list, distributed over the first standard learning path as follows:

6 credit units in year 2,
6 credit units in year 3.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Practicum: Material Culture of the Stone Age	sem 2	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Bronze and Iron Age			Guy De Mulder	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Roman Provinces	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age			Wim De Clercq	3

Practicum: Material Culture of Greek Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Roald Docter	3

Practicum: Material Culture of Roman Antiquity			Frank Vermeulen	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Ancient Near East	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	3

Third year

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1 General Courses

1.3 Methodology

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ecological Archaeology	3	sem 2	nl	Dirk Verschuren	5

Analysis and Imaging in Archaeology	3	sem 1	nl	Isabelle De Groote	3

Non-invasive Prospection Techniques in Archaeology	3	sem 2	en	Philippe De Smedt	5

1.4 Practice

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Fieldwork II	3	sem 2	nl	Roald Docter	6

Fieldwork Abroad	3	year	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Academic Skills III: Bachelor's Essay	3	year	nl	Roald Docter	5

2 Minors

Subscribe to 30 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.

These 30 credits are divided over the standard learning path as follows: 15 credits in year 2 and 15 credits in year 3.

2.1 Combined Minor in Geography

Subscribe to 30 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list.

2.1.1 Minor in Geography

Subscribe to no less than 15 and no more than 30 credit units from the following list.

Students who wish to include the electives 'GIS in Archaeology' (A005026) and '3D Archaeological Acquisition' (A005032) in the master's programme, take the courses with a *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Physical Geography: Shaping the Earth Surface		sem 2	nl	Amaury Frankl	5

Social and Economic Geography		sem 1	nl	Valerie De Craene	5

Population and Urban Geography		sem 1	nl	Freke Caset	5

Landscape Science I		sem 2	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	5

Landscape Science II		sem 2	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	6

Regional Geomorphology		sem 1	nl	Stefaan Dondeyne	5

Cartography		sem 1	nl,en	Haosheng Huang	5

Remote Sensing	*	sem 2	nl	Rudi Goossens	5

Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and Surveying Engineering	*	sem 2	nl	Alain De Wulf	5

2.1.2 Elective Minor

Subscribe to no more than 15 credit units from one of the four other offered minors.

2.5 Combined Minor in Education

Subscribe to 30 credit units from 2 modules from the following list.

2.5.2 Elective Minor

Subscribe to 15 credit units from one of the four other offered minors.

The Elective Minor is to be taken in year 2.

3 Elective Courses

Attention: courses in light grey in the online course catalogue are alternating courses and are not taught in this academic year.

3.1 Domain-Specific Knowledge

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list, distributed over the first standard learning path as follows:

10 credit units in year 2,
10 credit units in year 3.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	sem 1	nl	Dimitri Teetaert	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe			Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age			Wim De Clercq	5

Archaeology of Greece	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

3.2 Domain-Specific Practice

Subscribe to 12 credit units from the following list, distributed over the first standard learning path as follows:

6 credit units in year 2,
6 credit units in year 3.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Practicum: Material Culture of the Stone Age	sem 2	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Bronze and Iron Age			Guy De Mulder	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Roman Provinces	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age			Wim De Clercq	3

Practicum: Material Culture of Greek Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Roald Docter	3

Practicum: Material Culture of Roman Antiquity			Frank Vermeulen	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Ancient Near East	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	3

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1 General Courses 118

1.1 Faculty-specific Educational Requirements

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Philosophy	1	sem 1	nl	Johan Braeckman	3

Historical Criticism	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Dumolyn	3

Introduction to World History	1	sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

Introduction to Anthropology	1	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	3

Visual Culture: Art in Historical Context	1	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Jonckheere	3

1.2 Domain-specific Knowledge: Chronological Overviews

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Pre- and Protohistory	1	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	1	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	1	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Near East	1	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

1.3 Methodology

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology	1	sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology	1	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques	1	sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology	1	sem 2	nl	Possum Pincé	6

Ecological Archaeology	3	sem 2	nl	Dirk Verschuren	5

Introduction to Pedology	2	sem 1	nl	Peter Finke	5

Introduction to Geology	2	sem 2	nl	Johan De Grave	5

Analysis and Imaging in Archaeology	3	sem 1	nl	Isabelle De Groote	3

Non-invasive Prospection Techniques in Archaeology	3	sem 2	en	Philippe De Smedt	5

Archaeometry and Physical anthropology	2	sem 2	nl	Vince Van Thienen	5

1.4 Practice

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Academic Skills I	1	sem 2	nl	Roald Docter	3

Academic Skills II	2	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	3

Fieldwork I	2	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	6

Introduction to Material Studies	2	sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Fieldwork II	3	sem 2	nl	Roald Docter	6

Fieldwork Abroad	3	year	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Academic Skills III: Bachelor's Essay	3	year	nl	Roald Docter	5

2 Minors 30

Subscribe to 30 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.

These 30 credits are divided over the standard learning path as follows: 15 credits in year 2 and 15 credits in year 3.

2.1 Combined Minor in Geography

30

Subscribe to 30 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list.

2.1.1 Minor in Geography

Subscribe to no less than 15 and no more than 30 credit units from the following list.

Students who wish to include the electives 'GIS in Archaeology' (A005026) and '3D Archaeological Acquisition' (A005032) in the master's programme, take the courses with a *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Physical Geography: Shaping the Earth Surface		sem 2	nl	Amaury Frankl	5

Social and Economic Geography		sem 1	nl	Valerie De Craene	5

Population and Urban Geography		sem 1	nl	Freke Caset	5

Landscape Science I		sem 2	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	5

Landscape Science II		sem 2	nl	Veerle Van Eetvelde	6

Regional Geomorphology		sem 1	nl	Stefaan Dondeyne	5

Cartography		sem 1	nl,en	Haosheng Huang	5

Remote Sensing	*	sem 2	nl	Rudi Goossens	5

Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and Surveying Engineering	*	sem 2	nl	Alain De Wulf	5

2.1.2 Elective Minor

Subscribe to no more than 15 credit units from one of the four other offered minors.

2.2 Minor in Art Studies

Students who take courses from this minor in preparation of the Educational Master, are recommended to choose courses with *.

Attention: Courses in light grey in the online course catalogue are alternating courses and are not taught in this academic year.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction	*	2	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1	*	2	sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789	*	2	sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	*	2	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I		2			Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		2	sem 1	nl,en	Marlise Rijks	5

Historic Interior and Design		2	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta		2			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta		2	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

History of Music: Until 1750	*	2	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	*	2	sem 1	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century		2			Francis Maes	5

History of Modern Theatre	*	2	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre		2			Christel Stalpaert	5

Aesthetics I		2	sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

2.3 Minor in History

Students who take courses from this minor in preparation of the Educational Master, are recommended to choose courses with *.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity		2	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages		2	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	*	2	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	*	2	sem 2	nl	Bruno De Wever	5

History of Belgium	*	2	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		2	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Tendencies in Historiography		2	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading		2	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians		2	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective		2	sem 2	nl	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics		2	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History		2	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		2	sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		2	sem 2	nl	Peter Van Nuffelen	5

Comparative Rural History		2	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	*	2	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.4 Minor in Classical Civilization and the Classical Tradition

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	2	sem 1	nl,en	Koen De Temmerman	5

Classical Mythology	2	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	2	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Praet	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	2	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	2	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	2	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Texts	2	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	2	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	2	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	2	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

2.5 Combined Minor in Education

Subscribe to 30 credit units from 2 modules from the following list.

2.5.1

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	2	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	2	year	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	2	year	nl	Bruno De Wever	3

10 credit units in year 2,
10 credit units in year 3.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	sem 1	nl	Dimitri Teetaert	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe			Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age			Wim De Clercq	5

Archaeology of Greece	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

3.2 Domain-Specific Practice

12

Subscribe to 12 credit units from the following list, distributed over the first standard learning path as follows:

6 credit units in year 2,
6 credit units in year 3.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Practicum: Material Culture of the Stone Age	sem 2	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Bronze and Iron Age			Guy De Mulder	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Roman Provinces	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age			Wim De Clercq	3

Practicum: Material Culture of Greek Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Roald Docter	3

Practicum: Material Culture of Roman Antiquity			Frank Vermeulen	3

Practicum: Material Culture of the Ancient Near East	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	3

Learning outcomes

Competence field 1: Competences in one/more scientific discipline(s)

To demonstrate the ability to interpret and identify several time periods and areas (e.g. prehistory, protohistory, archaeology of the Roman province, the Middle Ages and the early modern period, Greek and classical Roman archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, natural sciences).
To master the key concepts of archaeology and to demonstrate the ability to interpret and explain the origin and evolution of archaeology as a discipline.
To link present-day evolutions and recent theory formation with the main archaeological explanation models, cultural processes and historical developments.
To know and understand the social, political and cultural context of archaeological interpretation, i.e. to know that archaeological interpretation interrelates with today's society.
To understand the relation between archaeological practice and the institutional and policy context (spatial planning, archaeological monument management).
To know the basic principles of humanities and of natural science (geology, soil sciences, chemistry, anthropology,...) that are relevant to the field of archaeology, and to be able to explain their interrelationships.
To master methods and techniques of archaeological research and to show a scientific attitude when examining archaeological remains (archaeological finds and features).

Competence field 2: Scientific competences

To know and apply methods and techniques of scientific research, data analysis and theory formation.
To demonstrate the ability to search, identify, assess, understand, process and cite international specialist literature.
To demonstrate the ability to formulate a clear problem definition, research questions and hypotheses.
To apply appropriate techniques of analysis adequately, and to interpret the results correctly.

Competence field 3: Intellectual competences

To reflect on historical and archaeological issues in an analytical and problem-solving way.
To form a well-founded and critical opinion on the basis of existing theories in the field.
To have an open but critical attitude, showing empathy and eagerness to learn, to be constructive when receiving feedback, and to be willing to self-educate.

Competence field 4: Competences in cooperation and communication

To report (in writing) on historical-archaeological issues, ideas, opinions and research results in a correct and scientifically appropriate way.
To demonstrate the ability to report orally on an archaeological topic, and to contribute to scientific debates in a constructive way.
To show the ability to work independently and in team.

Competence field 5: Societal competences

To recognize the social role of archaeologists.
To value policy relevance and implications of archaeological decisions.
To understand and interpret the evolution of contemporary archaeology, and of the changing professional context.
To carry out archaeological field work (field survey, excavations) and material recording in a scientifically correct way.