6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4003399FNW for working students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Karin Nys
Jan Coenaerts (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
140 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The course provides an introduction to material culture studies with reference to Cypriot archaeology. Material culture studies investigate the relationship between people and objects. Through the study of the use, consumption, creation and trade of objects, as well as behaviour, norms and rituals, explanations are sought for social interaction and behaviour, identity and status.

Cypriot material culture from the Palaeolithic to the Roman period will be the common thread throughout the course.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Toelichtingen en opdrachten, Canvas
Additional info

Cypriot ceramics are studied during lectures via sherds.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student can describe the Cypriot material culture from the Paleolithic to the Roman period.

The student can explain the interrelations in the Mediterranean in antiquity.

The student is able to identify Cypriot sherds and link the ceramics to the period in which they were produced and used.

The student can independently research a Cypriot object and place it in a broader cultural and socio-economic context.

The student can understand and interprete relationships between people and objects and being able to place this within a socio-cultural framework.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
SELF Report determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral Examination with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Individual assignment with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

70%: Oral with written preparation: answering a synthesis question that assesses the insights acquired in a greater whole of the course; commenting on images and/or sherds: being able to place artifacts in time and place.

30%: Prior to the examination each student gets an individual assignment. At the examination, (s)he presents the results of this assignment.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Art Studies and Archaeology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)