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Archaeology: MA Heritage and Museum Studies

Master

Seen from an archaeological perspective and in so far as they are relevant to heritage management and modern museum practices, the specialisation Heritage and Museum Studies combines academic and practical aspects of cultural and landscape studies, politics, cultural theory and the environmental sciences.

The programme will take you through current approaches and ethical issues and allows you to experience some of them in daily practice.

Heritage and Museum Studies

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

General part
Archaeological Theory 5

Career profile
Heritage Research: Methods and Approaches 5
Museums, Collections and Society 5
Community Heritage and Global Challenges 5
Master Thesis Heritage and Museum Studies 20

Choose any 2 focus area courses (see 'Focus area courses' tab above) (2 x 5 ec)

Choose 2 elective courses (see 'Electives' tab above) (2 x 5 ec)

Focus area courses

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

General
Hunter-gatherer Archaeology 5
The Archaeology of Hominin Diversity 5

Europe
Area Specialisation Course: Europe II: Historic archaeology 5
Area Specialisation Course: Europe I: Prehistory 5
Key Developments in European Prehistory 5
Archeologie en Erfgoed van Nederland 5

The Near East
Area Specialisation Course: Eastern Mediterranean and West Asia 10
Neolithisation in West Asia 5
The Archaeology of the Assyrian Empire 5

The Mediterranean
Archaeology of the Crusades 5
Current Issues in the Archaeology of the Frontier Regions of the Roman Empire 5
The Archaeology of the Greek Mediterranean 5
Crafting the Greek World. Theory and practice 5
The Archaeology of Daily Life in the First Millennium CE in the Mediterranean 5
Ancient Networks 5

The Americas
Area Specialization Course: Americas 10

Electives

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Introduction to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology 5
Underwater Archaeology and Maritime Landscapes 5
Master Internship: Heritage and Museum 5

or: free choice from the rest of the focus area courses

or: free choice from the courses of the other Archaeology profiles.

or: course outside of the faculty or the university. These need to be MA courses of at least level 400 and need to be officially approved by the Board of Examiners.