Archaeology and Cultural Studies
Please note: This degree programme is being phased out. From the winter semester 2014/15 it will no longer be possible to apply for the first semester.
Degree
Mono-bachelor, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Please also note that HU also offers combined bachelor’s courses in Northeast African Archaeology and Cultural Studies, Greek and Roman Archaeology and Cultural Studies. For more, see our ’Bachelor’s and master’s courses at HU’ FAQ.
Standard time for completing course
6 semesters
Start of study
Winter semester only, with numerus clausus
Course structure
Mono-bachelor Archaeology and Cultural Studies: 130 credit points (CP)1
choosing one of three profile areas:
- Northeast African Archaeology and Cultural Studies or
- Greek and Roman Archaeology or
- Cultural Studies
Minor field: 20 CP (excluded: Cultural Studies, Northeast African Archaeology and Cultural Studies and Greek and Roman Archaeology)
Career-related additional qualification module: 30 CP
1 One credit point (CP) is calculated to equate to a workload of 25 to max. 30 hours for preparation, follow-up and attendance at lectures.
Course objectives
The course is designed to help students acquire scientific skills in independent, competent investigations of cultures, their history, their structures and their artefacts. This includes the historical, systematic, analytical/critical and practical skills required to work in concept- and knowledge-oriented professions as a part of regional or comparative cultural work of all kinds.
Successful completion of the Archaeology and Cultural Studies course qualifies graduates for professions requiring historico-systematic reflection in the fields of education and knowledge transfer, cultural and artistic production, editing, public relations, consulting and of course research and science. The Archaeology and Cultural Studies bachelor’s course offers students on the course the opportunity to contribute to research and development projects independently and at an early stage.
Course content
The best place to find information about course content is the annotated lecture catalogue. It is online at http://studium.hu-berlin.de/beratung/vorlverz.html. You’ll find module descriptions, the course curriculum and other details in the course and examination regulations, available online at www.amb.hu-berlin.de, no. 61/2006.
Basic studies (1st - 2nd semesters)
TMC mandatory module: Theories, methods, canon (20 CP)
SP mandatory module: Study practice (10 CP)
Advanced studies (3rd - 6th semesters)
6 modules from a selected primary profile area:
- North African Archaeology and Cultural Studies or
- Greek and Roman Archaeology or
- Cultural Studies
1 module from one of the profile areas not selected
2 modules freely selected from all three profile areas
Bachelor’s thesis (10 CP) on a topic from the selected primary profile area
Minor field (20 CP)
Career-related additional qualification (30 CP)
In particular: subject-related project events and excursions, writing courses, didactic and practical media courses, work as a tutor, work in university committees, work in the Humboldt-Universität collections and on research projects, language courses, courses on interdisciplinary skills such as rhetoric and presentation, and courses to acquire legal and economic skills. We recommended that students supplement this by internships, particularly in the fields of film, theatre, museums, archaeology, politics and science. catapult - internships at PhilFak III (http://www2.hu-berlin.de/catapult/) will support you.
Profile area Northeast African Archaeology and Cultural Studies
Mandatory subjects
Module AKNOA 1: Sources and their interpretation
Module AKNOA 2: Fundamentals of the languages of Northeast Africa
Elective modules (4 of the 7 modules must be completed)
Module AKNOA 3: Cultural history of Northeast Africa
Module AKNOA 4: Social structures
Module AKNOA 5: Northeast African archaeology: synchronic
Module AKNOA 6: Northeast African archaeology: diachronic
Module AKNOA 7: Ancient Egyptian
Module AKNOA 8: Northeast African written records
Module AKNOA 9: Research perspectives (advanced; recommended for 2nd half of course)
Profile area Greek and Roman Archaeology
Mandatory subjects
Module ARCH 1: Material culture of Antiquity in real-life contexts I: Until the beginning of the Christian era
Module ARCH 2: Material culture of Antiquity in real-life contexts I: Imperial era
Module ARCH 3: Diachronic transformations
Module ARCH 4: Practical and theoretical approaches in archaeology
Module ARCH 5: Structure and the individual
Module ARCH 6: Iconology
Elective modules
Module ARCH 7: Aegean Bronze Age
Module ARCH 8: Archaeology of the Roman provinces
Module ARCH 9: Archaeology and society
Students without any knowledge of Latin must demonstrate Latin language skills amounting to 20 CP during the course, which they can acquire as part of elective modules (= module ARCH 10) or the career-related additional qualification.
Profile area Cultural Studies
Mandatory subjects
Module KUWI 1: Subject matter: texts, images, objects and operations
Module KUWI 2: Perception – imagination – corpora
Module KUWI 3: Techniques – practices – materialisations
Module KUWI 4: Epistemes – structures – media
Elective modules (2 of the 3 advanced modules must be completed)
Module KUWI 5: Advanced Perception – imagination – corpora
Module KUWI 6: Advanced techniques – practices – materialisations
Module KUWI 7: Advanced epistemes – structures – media
Master
Afterwards, depending on the profile area you selected, you can apply for the Northeast African Archaeology and Cultural Studies (s. www.amb.hu-berlin.de, no. 79/2007), Classical Archaeology (s. www.amb.hu-berlin.de, no. 22/2009) or Cultural Studies (s. www.amb.hu-berlin.de no. 31/2008, 26/2010) master’s course at HU. You’ll find information on these and other master’s courses in the ‘Course catalogue’.
Important addresses
Department of Archaeology/Section Egyptology and Northeast African Archaeology, Mohrenstr. 40/41 (4th floor), www.archaeologie.hu-berlin.de/aegy_anoa, Tel. +49 30 2093-98100
Study Counselling and approval and classification in higher semester: Dr. Kammerzell, Tel. +49 30 2093-98100/98103, fkammerzell[at]hotmail.com; Ms. Lincke, M.A., Tel. +49 30 2093-98107, eslincke[at]staff.hu-berlin.de
Department of Archaeology/Section Classical Archaeology, Unter den Linden 6, R. 2082, http://winckelmann-institut.hu-berlin.de/, Tel. +49 30 2093-2265
Study Counselling and approval and classification in higher semester: Dr. Altekamp, Tel. +49 30 2093-2040, stefan.altekamp[at]culture.hu-berlin.de
Department of Cultural History and Theory, Georgenstr. 47, 4th floor, www.culture.hu-berlin.de/lehrestudium, Tel. +49 30 2093-66292
Study Counselling: Dr. Brohm, R. 4.39, Tel. +49 30 2093-8226, holger.brohm[at]rz.hu-berlin.de
Approval and classification in higher semester: Dr. May, R. 4.21, Tel. +49 30 2093-8249, rainhard.may[at]rz.hu-berlin.de
Applications: www.hu-berlin.de/studium/compass/wie
Links to job market: Federal Employment Agency Hochschulteam, incl. calendar of events (www.hochschulteamberlin.de)
Version: May 2015