Archaeology

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

André Pinto Dias Teixeira

Opening date

September 15, 2014

Vacancies

25 vagas

Fees

1st year - 1.000,00 € / 2nd year - 1.000,00 €

Schedule

Coordinator: Wednesday and Thursday (from 2 pm to 4 pm)

Education objectives

1) Acquire profound knowledge both in chronological areas and in some archaeology methodologies.
2) Obtain theoretical and practical knowledge allowing the development of research projects and direction of archaeological works.
3) Enable to data management and reflection, pose questions, results publication and synthesis elaboration based upon archaeological remains.
4) Qualify for scientific debates over historical and archaeological themes, contributing in a creative way to interpretive human behaviour.
5) Supply bases to the incorporation of archaeology’s complementary areas of knowledge, in a frame multidisciplinary to understand the human past.
6) Enable to the archaeologist career according to Portuguese and European Union legislation, in contract and impact assessment studies.

Access conditions

1) In accordance with n.º 1, article 17 of Decree-Law n.º 74 of 24 March 2006 2) Candidates who meet the academic and curriculum requirements set forth in number 1 of the above article will be selected and ranked according to the following criteria: a. Final grade of 1st cycle degree (licenciatura) in Archaelogy or History/Archaelogy. b. Academic and scientific curriculum: c. Professional curriculum; d. Interview (optional).

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 4 semesters. Total credits: 120 credits (60 in course units of the study programme + 60 in the non-taught component). Types of non-taught component: Dissertation, Project Work, Practical Work Experience with Report (55 ECTS)
In 3rd Semester the student realizes a mandatory seminar monitoring the non-taught component (5 ECTS).

Access to other courses

Completion of the Masters degree allows the holder to apply for the cycle of studies which leads to a Doctorate Degree. For the specific access requirements for doctoral programmes, consult the regulations governing the doctoral programmes at FCSH, UNL.

Evaluation rules

1) No obligatory precedences for attending the program’s courses. 2) Knowledge evalutation in the courses is individual and takes place at the end of each semester. The following tools will be considered: final oral and/or written assignments, papers or other assessment tools, in conditions to be agreed upon with each lecturer. The result of the evaluation is expressed in a mark from 0 to 20. 3) Approval in a course requires a final grade equal to or above 10. 4) Only those students who have obtained 60 ECTs on the scholar part of the program can proceed to the dissertation or project. 5) For the evaluation of the dissertation and project, please consult FCSH’s relevant regulations.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722051276	Supervision Seminar	5

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722051271	Cognitive Archaeology - Prehistoric Art and Religions	10
722051277	Arqueologia da Arquitectura (not translated)	10
722051244	Arqueologia da Expansão Portuguesa (not translated)	10
722051221	Archaeology of Proto-Historic Societies	10
722051087	Industrial Archaeology	10
722051223	Medieval Archaeology	10
722051224	Modern Archaeology	10
722051245	Nautical and Underwater Archaeology	10
722051220	Prehistoric Archaeology	10
7220512222	Roman Archaeology	10
722051278	Urban Archaeology	10
722051279	Geoarchaeology	10
722051272	Archaeological Heritage: Management and Protection	10

Elective option 3
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722051273	Dissertation in Archaeology	55
722051275	Work Experience with Report in Archaeology	55
722051274	Project Work in Archaeology	55