autumn 2012 ARK-2100 Archaeology for Exchange Students - 30 ECTS

Type of course

This course is intended for exchange students in Archaeology from non-Nordic countries, and is intended for advanced students in Archaeology.


Admission requirements

In order to apply for this course, students ought to be participating in formal exchange programs between the Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology and departments at other universities. Independent international students may apply. If you are interested, please write us a letter outlining your background in earlier studies in archaeology, and proposing one or more potential topics of study.

Our minimum requirement is one year of previous studies in Archaeology. In special cases other educational backgrounds from social science or cultural studies may be accepted.

Students who wish to take this course, are required to make an agreement with a staff member regarding supervision and a study topic well prior to arrival.


Course content

Students should choose a topic from the Department's special fields of competence, such as: Arctic archaeology, Saami archaeology, gender archaeology, heritage studies, ethnicity studies, theoretical archaeology and the archaeology of Northern Norway. The special fields open to study may change due to sabbaticals among the members of the staff. Acceptance to the course depends on our possibility of finding a staff member able to supervise the students.


Objectives of the course

Students who successfully complete this course should have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Analytical understanding
Students should:

  • Be able to formulate and analyse research problems related either to a concrete archaeological material, a culture-historical topic or a theme within archaeological theory and method


Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

Students are offered 5 months of thematic study with up to 40 hours (including preparation) of individual supervision by one of the lecturers at the Department.

Assessment

The examination consists of an essay of 20-30 pages (7000 -10 500 words) and an oral exam. The essay will be given a preliminary result which will be adjusted up or down into a final grade after the oral exam. The result will be given in a grading scale of A-E for pass, F for fail.

The course is open for re-sit examination early in the following semester.

Recommended reading/syllabus

At the beginning of the program, the student and the supervisor will together select literature of about 1500 pages.

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  • ECTS: 30
  • Course code: ARK-2100