Study of Materials

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1010158BNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st and 2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Om dit vak te kunnen registreren moet je minstens 60 stp. behaald hebben in de bachelor. Als je een verkort programma volgt, kan je dit vak zo opnemen.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Educational team

Karin Nys
Melissa Samaes
Steven Goderis
Pieterjan Deckers
Nathalie Pil
Pieter Martens
Barbara Veselka (course titular)
Marc De Bie

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
130 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This academic unit will be taught in the form of workshops, which are each lead by an expert. A specific type of artefact will be considered in each workshop: e.g., ceramics (Prof. Dr. Karin Nys), prehistoric stone artefacts (Prof. Dr. Marc De Bie), historical building materials (Prof. Dr.Pieter Martens), metal artefacts (Dr. Pieterjan Deckers). In the ‘geology’ workshop, the students get acquainted with the different types of raw materials from which artefacts can be made (Prof. Dr. Steven Goderis). Finally, they will learn how to create and use a relational database, how to make a scientific/technical drawing of artefacts and how to photograph them (Prof. Dr. Karin Nys with the assistance of dra Melissa Samaes).

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Tekst- en beeldmateriaal wordt uitgedeeld tijdens de workshops en/of ter beschikking gesteld, Canvas

Additional info

As learning practical skills is central to this academic unit attendance at the workshops is essential. Consequently you may only be absent for a maximum of two workshops, for which you must then always carry out a replacement study of literature.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

At the end of this course:

the student is able to explain and analyse independently the aspects of material culture that were studied in the workshops
the student is able to independently gather and assimilate adequate information about a course topic

This course contributes to the following objectives of the bachelor programme Art Studies and Archaeology:

2. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology has an understanding of the iconographic, stylistic and technical aspects of artistic and material culture.

3. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology combines this knowledge with a knowledge of the broad cultural and social context and understands how artistic production and material culture act as drivers for changing cultural, social, economic and ideological values.

5. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology has an understanding of the essential heuristic and analytical research techniques, including methods in the field, scientific techniques and discourse analysis.

6. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology can make critical use of the reference framework.

8. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology examines primary sources, under expert guidance, and produce a critical, international literature study on a specific problem.

9. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology selects and uses, under expert guidance, adequate qualitative and/or quantitative research methods and thereby provides a response to specific research questions.

10. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology reports orally and in writing on the research process and findings to various target groups.

11. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology has active experience with exhibition practices, heritage conservation, field research and/or materials study.

14. A Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology is inventive, creative and has learnt to find his own path, with an open mind and free of prejudice.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

opdrachten workshops with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: Opdrachten aansluitend bij de workshops.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Assignments relating to the workshops.
Prof. Dr. Karin Nys coordinates and manages the results for the various workshops.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context