Course: Postgraduate archaeology seminar 1

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Course title Postgraduate archaeology seminar 1
Course code KAR/AS1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Havel René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Students learn the skill of logical structuring of various types of specialized discourse and rigorous argumentation. In addition to this formal aspects, the course is aimed at enhancing the knowledge of current thematic fields of archaeology. The seminar is based on the discussions on selected specialized publications and the current issues of archaeology. The seminar also includes the presentation of research projects via invited investigators, co-investigators and members of research teams, both from our own workplace and from partner institutions. The students discuss selected issues based on the study of specialized literature, give presentations on assigned topics and participate in group discussions. The feedback obtained in the critical debate will subsequently be considered in the students´ written seminar paper, the topic of which will correlate with their forming specialization.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 9 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To summarize basic principles and methods of scientific work
Skills
To discuss and to argument at a seminar relevantly
To use and to understand the scientific language
To understand and to reproduce a scientific text in Czech, English and German
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the building scientific apparatus and ethical principles of scientific work
To summarize the issues of institutional and information structure of Czech and partly also European archeology
Skills
To recognize and to create basic kinds of a scientific text
To possess advanced skills of rhetoric and discussion
To build their own information systems
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Discussion
Task-based study method
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Continuous assessment
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • AMERICAN ANTIQUITY.
  • ANTIQUITY.
  • ARCHAEOLOGICA HISTORICA.
  • ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES.
  • ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIALOGUES.
  • ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION.
  • ARCHEOLOGICKÉ ROZHLEDY.
  • Další aktuální odbornou literaturu upřesní vyučující..
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
  • ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY.
  • EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY.
  • HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGY.
  • JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
  • JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY.
  • JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE.
  • JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY.
  • JOURNAL OF WORLD PREHISTORY.
  • PAMÁTKY ARCHEOLOGICKÉ.
  • POST-MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
  • PRÄHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT.
  • WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY.


Study plans that include the course
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