Prehistory and Early History

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

• 060031 OV ( 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 STEOP Module examination "Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking"
• 070201 VO 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
• 060034 VO Introduction Theory and Methods
• 060035 VO Introduction Cultural History of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
• 060036 VO Introduction to archaeological prospection methods
• 060051 UE Basics of Scientific Working

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

• 060052 VO Archaeometry
• 060053 VO Bio- and Geoarchaeology
• 060054 VO Experimental Archaeology

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)

• 060055 VO Introduction Neolithic Period and Copper Age
• 060056 KU Course Neolithic Period and Copper Age

WM 3 Bronze Age (9 ECTS)

WM 4 Iron Age (9 ECTS)

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)

• 060057 VO Introduction Migration Period and Early Middle Ages
• 060058 KU Course Migration Period and Early Middle Ages

WM 7 Medieval Archaeology (9 ECTS)

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

PM 4 Excavation Techniques (15 ECTS)

• 060059 LP [ de en ] Excavation Tunesia
• 060060 LP Field School Qurayyah

PM 5 Basic Qualifications in Archaeology (11 ECTS)

• 060061 UE Methods in Graphic Documentation - Artefacts
• 060062 UE GIS-Applications for Archaeologists
• 060063 UE AutoCAD for Archaeology
• 060064 UE Field Trip: Austria (2 days) - Bisamberg
• 060065 UE Field Trip: Austria (2 days)
• 300105 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Human Evolution and Archaeological Science

PM 6 Bachelor‘s Thesis (8 ECTS)

• 060067 SE [ en ] Seminar Bachelor Thesis Prehistory: Finds from Bisamberg near Vienna
• 060069 SE Seminar Bachelor Thesis Historical Archeology: Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology

Master Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (801 [4] - Version 2019)

• 060033 OV ( OV ) Information-event for students studying Prehistory and Early History

Group of elective modules: Seminars of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (24 ECTS)

WM 1 Theory and Methodology Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060070 SE Visual identities: Costumes of Prehistoric to Medieval societies as manifested in popular media - (Historienfilme, Comics und Spiele)
• 060071 SE [ en ] Gender and kinship in prehistoric archaeology

WM 2 Prehistory Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060072 SE The Neolithisation in southeast Europe
• 060073 SE [ de en ] Nordic Bronze Age

WM 3 Protohistory and Historical Archaeology Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060074 SE Forced camps in the 20th century: finds and context regarding utilisation and re-utilisation
• 060075 SE Early Historic Frontier Cultures in the Middle Danube Region

WM 4 Cultural History of Archaeology Seminar (8 ECTS)

PM 1 Applied Academic Research and Writing (15 ECTS)

• 060076 VU Scientific Practice
• 060077 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 060078 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 060079 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar

PM 2 Excavation Techniques (15 ECTS)

• 060059 LP [ de en ] Excavation Tunesia
• 060060 LP Field School Qurayyah
• 060090 KU [ en ] Image-based Modelling for Archaeology

PM 3 Interdisciplinary and Disciplinary Special Topics in Cultural Studies and Natural Sciences (12 ECTS)

• 010031 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Religions of Greek and Roman Antiquity
• 060094 VO Viking Age
• 060097 VO ( ON-SITE ) History of Prehistory at the University of Vienna
• 060101 VO Introduction in the Archaeology of the Avarian Age in Middle Europe
• 060109 VO Magnetic archaeological prospection

PM 4 Interdisciplinary and Disciplinary Methods in Cultural Studies and Natural Sciences (17 ECTS)

• 010081 VU The Religions of the Germanic Peoples and the Celts
• 060102 UE [ en ] Practical esperience in research history - prehistoric research on historical Austrian soil from the beginning to 1918
• 060103 VU Cultural history of the horse (from Prehistory to the Middle Ages)
• 060104 VU Landscape Archaeology in Southern Scandinavia
• 060106 UE The slag archive Gerhard Sperl: Site research
• 060107 VU Statistics for Archaeologists
• 060108 UE Practical preparation of professional scientific documents with LaTeX for archaeologists erstellen
• 060110 UE Airborne Laser Scanning (LiDAR) for archeologists
• 060111 UE Practical application of aerial archaeology
• 060112 UE [ de en ] Practical archaeological prospection with ground-penetrating radar

Alternative compulsory module of Practice and Specialisation (7 ECTS)

APM 1 Prospection and Landscape Archaeology (7 ECTS)

• 060105 VU Archaeological Stratigraphy Theory and Practice
• 060109 VO Magnetic archaeological prospection
• 060110 UE Airborne Laser Scanning (LiDAR) for archeologists
• 060112 UE [ de en ] Practical archaeological prospection with ground-penetrating radar

APM 2 Museology and Collection Studies (7 ECTS)

APM 3 Archaeological Monument Preservation (7 ECTS)

APM 4 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology (7 ECTS)

PM 5 Field Trip: International Cultural Area (5 ECTS)

Docoral Degree Programme Prehistory and Early History (792)

Extension Curriculum Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology I: Basics (068 [3] - Version 2019)

PM 1 Theories and Methods in Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (12 ECTS)

• 060034 VO Introduction Theory and Methods
• 060035 VO Introduction Cultural History of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
• 060036 VO Introduction to archaeological prospection methods

PM 2 Methods of Natural Sciences in Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (4 ECTS)

• 060052 VO Archaeometry
• 060053 VO Bio- and Geoarchaeology
• 060054 VO Experimental Archaeology

Extension Curriculum Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology II: Emphasis (069 [2] - Version 2019)

• 060064 UE Field Trip: Austria (2 days) - Bisamberg
• 060065 UE Field Trip: Austria (2 days)

PM 1 Epochs and Basic Qualifications in Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (15 ECTS)

• 060055 VO Introduction Neolithic Period and Copper Age
• 060057 VO Introduction Migration Period and Early Middle Ages
• 060061 UE Methods in Graphic Documentation - Artefacts
• 060062 UE GIS-Applications for Archaeologists
• 060063 UE AutoCAD for Archaeology