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Masaryk University Faculty of Arts

Archaeology

Discover your past, open up your future.

What will you learn?

The Master’s studies in the field of archaeology enhance the knowledge and skills which are necessary to work as an archaeologist. The study is designed so that the students can enhance their theoretical and methodological knowledge and refine their analytical skills. Besides a theoretical and methodological basis, the study will help to get a deeper insight into current European archaeology and key research topics and approaches (inclusive of an overview of prehistoric, early historic and medieval development in Europe). Focus is laid on the preparation for presentation of results in oral and written form including the publication outputs. The high level of study is secured by a wide spectrum of specialised archaeological courses and courses with an interdisciplinary overlap. Further professional training is provided by an extensive offer of specialized technical courses.

Master’s students get involved upon their interest in fieldwork and research practice at the Department of Archaeology and Museology (research teams of individual field bases, cooperation with workplaces for geophysical methods, 3D laboratory, etc.). The Department maintains numerous international contacts, within which the students can participate in foreign excavations, in a research fellowship abroad within the Erasmus+ project, or attend regular lectures by foreign lecturers.

One of the objectives is to enable the graduates make a qualified choice of employment or continue their research activities through the medium of doctoral studies.

Practical training

A compulsory part of specialised studies is the practical training. Master’s students are obliged to complete practical training in field research in the extent of three weeks at arbitrary excavations conducted by the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeological Heritage, museums or other archaeological institutions. The completion of practical training is approved upon certificate issued by the institution in which the practical training has taken place.

Further information

http://archeo-muzeo.phil.muni.cz/en/research

Career opportunities

The graduates are fully knowledgeable about theory, methodology and practice within the discipline, which enables them find employment in the sphere of basic and applied research (academic institutions, universities, museums, all levels of monument care). The graduates are qualified as site directors during excavations, authors of excavation reports and publication outputs from these excavations and as managers of small research teams. They are prepared to work as heads of departments for monument care within the state administration or institutes of monument care, and to work in the field of research or culture management and public relations. The graduates in general will find employment in all positions demanding systematic acquisition, analysis and administration of data as well as decision-making skills.

Admission requirements

Data from the previous admission procedure (1 Jan – 30 Apr 2021)

No information available

Application guide

Deadlines

Study options

Single-subject studies

Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.

Single-subject studies with specialization

In the single-subject studies, the student deepens knowledge in the concrete focus of the degree programme and chooses one specialization. The specialization is stated in the university diploma.

Combined studies

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • Archaeology (major), full-time studies
    + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Study plans of this programme can also be studies in a combination with

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Science

  • Geology (major) – Faculty of Science, full-time studies
    + Archaeology (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Archaeology (minor)

Courses – curriculum examples

An example of your study plan:

Single-subject studies

Single-subject studies with specialization

Combined studies

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Aesthetics and Cultural Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Ancient History (MA) (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Andragogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Culture Management (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + French literature and linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Literature and Intercultural Communication (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Mediterranean Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Slavonic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Social pedagogy and counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Study of Religions - M.A. programme (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Archaeology (major), full-time studies
 + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Follow-up studies

A graduate from Master’s studies in the field of archaeology can (after having met the admission requirements) continue the doctoral studies in any programme of his/her choice. At the Faculty of Arts of the Masaryk University it is possible to continue directly in doctoral studies in the field of archaeology.

Study information

Provided by Faculty of Arts
Type of studies Follow-up master's
Mode full-time Yes
combined No
Study options single-subject studies Yes
single-subject studies with specialization Yes
major/minor studies Yes
Standard length of studies 2 years
Language of instruction Czech

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Mgr. Renáta Přichystalová, Ph.D.

Consultant

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