Archaeological essay
Summary
The course is the final compulsory component of a one year Master's degree in Archaeology. You will complete an independent degree project within a chosen field of archaeology and develop your ability to critically analyse, evaluate and present scholarly material. Your work is supported by supervision and lectures on academic writing and concludes with a seminar where you defend your own work and critically review another student's degree project.
About
The course gives you the opportunity to explore a field of archaeology of your own choice in greater depth and to develop your ability to conduct and present an extensive piece of scholarly work.
During the course, you complete an independent written degree project with the support of a supervisor. You learn to locate, critically evaluate and engage with extensive theoretical and methodological material, and to process, analyse, interpret and present this material in an academic format.
A small number of lectures address different aspects of academic writing in archaeology and support you in your work on the degree project. The course also includes seminars and independent writing.
The degree project is presented and discussed at a seminar, where you defend your own work and critically review another student's project. Through this process, you develop your ability to discuss and argue orally about scholarly questions, theories, methods and findings.
The course is the final compulsory component of a one year Master's degree in Archaeology.
Prerequisites and selection
Entry requirements
Admission to the course requires a Bachelor's degree with Archaeology as the main field of study and 30 credits of completed second-cycle course requirements in the same main field of study. The second-cycle course requirements shall include the course (or courses with equivalent content): AE 2071, Archaeological Theory and Method in the Archaeological Text (15hp). The remaining space to reach a total of 30 credits at the second-cycle level in Archaeology is freely chosen by the student.
Admission to the course is also granted with a Bachelor's degree in Cultural Heritage, including basic and advanced courses in the main field of Archaeology (60 credits) with equivalent course requirements at advanced level.
Selection
Selection is based upon the number of credits from previous university studies, maximum 165 credits.
