6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4018186CER for all students in the 1st semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
The subject of this master course is Maritime Archeology and is given in collaboration with guestlecturer Dr. Marnix Pieters from the Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed.
Short content course:
1. introduction: definitions, concepts and historiography
2. Research techniques
3. legisation, international and national
4. The most imortant shipwrecks international
5. Maritime sites international
6. Shipwrecks and maritime sites in Belgium
7.Geology, archaeology and heritage in the Belgian part of the North Sea
In addition independent oral presentatation and essay
The lectures can include both 'face to face lessons' as distance lectures (i.e. lectures via recordings or via synchronous online contact moments) in the case of a new covid'19 outbreak.
Additional material is provided by the lecturer
The student can identify the most important trends within the research field of Maritime Archaeology.
The student can thoroughly explain crucial case studies and their importance for the dynamics of the research field.
The student can analyze and explain formation processes in Maritime Archaeology.
The student can explain the importance of maritime connections for the material culture of seafaring and maritime settlements.
The student can elucidate (debates in) heritage care for maritime heritage.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
SELF Presentation determines 30% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 30% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
essay and oral presentation, discussion on oral examination
Not delivering the essay and/or not participating to the presentation leads to Absent as general examination result.
the results of essay, presentation and/or oral exam could be transferred to the next examperiod and/or year, if sufficient in itself
The assement of the competentces for this course happens according a gradual score model between very bad and very good, on a scale of 1 to 20.
In the case of covid'19 in 20-21 the possibility exists to re-organise the face-to-face exam as digital oral assesment
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Art Studies and Archaeology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)