Bachelor Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (601 [5] - Version 2019)

• 060097 OV Information-event for students studying Prehistory and Early History

Introductory and Orientation Period (20 ECTS)

PM 1 Principles of Thinking in Historical and Cultural Studies (5 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE STEOP Module examination "Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking"
• 070201 VO ( MIXED ) STEOP: Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking

PM 2 Theories and Methods in Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (15 ECTS)

• EXAM PM 2 Theories and Methods in Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
• 060040 VO Introduction Theory and Methods
• 060043 VO Introduction Cultural History of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
• 060044 VO Introduction to archaeological prospection methods
• 060045 UE Basics of Scientific Working

PM 3 Methods of Natural Sciences in Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (12 ECTS)

Group of elective modules: Epochs of Prehistory (27 ECTS)

WM 1 Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Period (9 ECTS)

WM 2 Neolithic Period and Copper Age (9 ECTS)

WM 3 Bronze Age (9 ECTS)

WM 4 Iron Age (9 ECTS)

• 060041 VO Introduction Iron Age
• 060042 KU Course Iron Age

Group of elective modules: Epochs of Protohistory and Historical Archaeology (27 ECTS)

WM 5 Roman Empire and Late Antiquity (9 ECTS)

WM 6 Migration Period and Early Middle Ages (9 ECTS)

WM 7 Medieval Archaeology (9 ECTS)

WM 8 Archaeology of Modern Times and Contemporary History (9 ECTS)

• 060046 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction: Modern times and contemporary archaeology
• 060048 KU Course Modern Times and Contemporary Archaeology

PM 4 Excavation Techniques (15 ECTS)

• 060049 UE Basics of the Field Archaeology: - Organisation, Law for the Protection of Monuments, and Guidelines for Archaeological Activities
• 060051 KU Introduction to Surveying and Stratigraphy
• 060052 LP Excavation practice Ratzersdorf
• 060054 LP Excavation practice 1/2: roman vicus Müllendorf
• 060092 LP Practical Fieldwork 1/2: Kammern-Grubgraben - palaeolithic open air site
• 060093 LP [ de en ] Practical Fieldwork 1/2: Bistricioara-Lutarie (East Carpathians/Romania) - - multi-layered Upper Palaeolithic open air site (Gravettian to Epigravettian)
• 060095 LP Survey and excavation Grub-Kranawetberg (Upper Palaeolithic)
• 060100 LP Excavation practice: Podersdorf am See
• 060104 LP Practical Fieldwork - Bronzezeitliche-hellenistisch-römische Oasensiedlung

PM 5 Basic Qualifications in Archaeology (11 ECTS)

• 060055 UE Methods in graphic documentation - artefacts
• 060056 UE GIS-applications for archaeologists
• 060057 UE Experimental Archaeology: practical course
• 060058 UE Photographic documentation
• 060084 UE Archaeological sites of Lower Austria - planning and realization of site-excursions - Fundlandschaft Niederösterreich - Planung und Durchführung von Fundstellenexkursionen
• 060085 UE Field Trip: Austria (2 days) - Excursions to relevant sites and collections in Northern Lower Austria

PM 6 Bachelor‘s Thesis (8 ECTS)

• 060059 SE Bachelor Seminar Prehistory: - Finds and Features from the Early Bronze Age Fortification of Ratzersdorf, Lower Austria
• 060060 SE Seminar: Historical Archaeology - (Five Islands, Trinidad and Tobago: finds from the 19th century)
• 060062 SE Seminar Bachelor Thesis: Roman vici in the North-West of Pannonien - Römische Vici in Nordwestpannonien