Fakultet for humaniora, samfunnsvitenskap og lærerutdanning

The Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology offers a special course for exchange students from non-Nordic countries.

This program is intended for advanced students and our minimum requirement is one year of previous studies in archaeology. In special cases other educational backgrounds from social science or cultural studies may be accepted.

The ARK-2100 course is mainly intended for students participating in formal exchange programs we have negotiated on a department-to-department basis with specific universities, but we might include independent students when we have the resources.

The course gives 30 ECTS which equals half a year's full time study.

If you are interested, please write us a letter outlining your background in earlier studies in archaeology, and proposing one or more potential topics of study.

Students are required to make an agreement with a staff member regarding supervision and a study topic well prior to arrival.

English will normally be the language of communication.

The fall semester begins about 15 August and ends in mid-December, while the spring semester begins about 10 January and ends in mid-June.

Students should choose a topic from from the Department's special fields of competence, such as: Arctic archaeology, Saami archaeology, gender archaeology, heritage studies, ethnicity studies, theoretical archaeology and the archaeology of Northern Norway. The special fields open to study may change due to sabbaticals among the members of the staff. Acceptance to the course depends on our possibility of finding a staff member able to supervise you.

Students are expected to exhibit ability in formulating and analysing research problems related either to a concrete archaeological material, a culture-historical topic or a theme within archaeological theory and method.

English

Students are offered 6 months of thematic study under individual supervision by one of the lecturers at the Department.

An essay of 20-30 pages and an oral exam. The essay will be given a preliminary result which will be adjusted up or down into a final grade after the oral exam. The result will be given in a grading scale of A-E for pass, F for fail. The course is open for re-sit examination early in the following semester.

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The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.

Muntlig eksamen

At the beginning of the program, the student and the supervisor will together select literature of about 1500 pages.