MA in Archeology
Pécs, Hungary
DURATION
4 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,200 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-EU students / EUR 1700 per semester for EU students / application fee: EUR 140
Introduction
At the University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities You may learn Archaeology at the master's level. Our graduates develop their knowledge and skills in various methods of the theory and practice of archaeology to achieve successful careers as leaders of excavation projects, as museologists, or as potential members of research groups.
You will be suitable for the exploration, excavation, and processing of archaeological sources and sites, as well as for the management of such museum collections. You may be also familiar with other areas of cultural heritage in order to carry out the basic tasks in all institutions responsible for the exploration, protection, processing, and presentation of cultural heritage. In addition, You will have the knowledge needed to fill the position of archaeologist-museologist. You can be prepared to continue Your studies in Ph.D. programs.
You will experience different teaching, learning, and assessment methods including lectures, seminars, individual tuition, group-based, cooperative activities as well as individual and small-group research projects. Student-centered teaching foster respectful, attentive, and emphatic communication and can improve reasoning and collaboration skills, as well as adaptability. The University of Pécs is an Erasmus partner of some distinguished Universities across Europe to research, develop and innovate in the field of archaeology.
The Archaeology MA curriculum at the University of Pécs contains obligatory excavation, survey, museological and museum pedagogical practice in collaboration with various institutions.
Admissions
Curriculum
Examples of Subjects During the Studies
1st semester
- Museology
- Great Empires and so-called Barbarians, Communication Networks
- Research seminar
2nd semester
- Fieldwork, data procession, survey, and excavation practice
- Classical Archaeology (art and religious iconography)
- Thesis consultation
3rd semester
- Archaeological Heritage Protection
- Fieldwork, data procession, survey, and excavation practice
- Settlement- and Social History and Burial Customs
4th semester
- Illegal art crime
- Optional subject
- Archaeoinformatics