Mediterranean Archaeology

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1024275BNR for all students in the 2nd semester of even academic years (e.g. 2012-2013) at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

biennial: 2nd semester of an even academic year (e.g. 2012-2013)

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Art Sciences and Archaeology

Educational team

Ralf Vandam (course titular)
Devi Taelman

Activities and contact hours

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

Course Content

This course offers a broad and general overview of the beautiful material culture of the Mediterranean with a focus on the Greek and Roman Antiquity. The course is chronologically organized (starting from the Neolithic up to Late Antiquity), and for each period certain reoccurring themes, such as settlement archaeology and architecture, will be discussed. We will assess how these various themes developed through time and space, and how this fit within their societal context.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Slides aangeboden op digitaal leerplatform Canvas

Additional info

Learning Outcomes

General Competences

- The student knows the characteristics of the material culture per period. 

-  The student is able to name examples of material culture and situate them in time and space. 

-  The student can place the material culture in a broader cultural and societal context and can explain how this context influenced the material culture. 

-  The student can draw conclusions about the society based on the material culture. 

-  The student can reconstruct diachronic evolutions within the material culture. 

- The student understands how material cultures act as drivers for changing cultural, social, economic and ideological values. 

- The student can discuss the influence and interaction between different societies on the basis of the material culture. 

- The student knows and understands the discussed archaeological and arts terminologies and typologies.  

- The student understands the iconographic, stylistic and technical aspects of artistic and material culture. 

- The student can independently gather and assimilate appropriate information from secondary sources with the course material.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 85% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 15% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Examen schriftelijk with a relative weight of 85 which comprises 85% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Paper with a relative weight of 15 which comprises 15% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

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