Archaeology of the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (in English)
Short presentation of the programme:
The programme was set up jointly with the Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF) and is mainly aimed at foreign English-speaking students who come to Bulgaria for archaeological internships at BHF to acquire knowledge of archaeology of the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. The programme is in English and some lecture courses are taught online via Moodle NBU platform. This allows students who do not have the opportunity to stay in Bulgaria for two years to enrol in it. There are two obligatory summer archaeological internships and specialised courses at the NBU archaeometry and experimental archaeology laboratory, offered at the end of the second and fourth semesters when students come to Bulgaria for their internships, which guarantee solid practical training in the latest methods analysis of archaeological objects and artefacts. The online platform allows foreign lecturers from universities in Great Britain, USA and Australia to teach in the programme and their courses guarantee the international image of the programme. In addition to archaeological courses, the programme comprises courses in Geographic Information Systems and Orthophotography which are applicable to a number of areas beyond archaeological survey.
Major and professional qualification:
Major:
Archaeology
Qualification: MA in archaeology
Practical training courses:
One of the outstanding features of the Graduate program in Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology is the rich choice of archaeology and restoration projects.
Together with the Balkan Heritage Fieldschool we offer archaeological projects in four countries (Greece, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bulgaria) covering prehistory, Greek and Roman antiquity, Late Antiquity, Byzantine, and post-Medieval times.
Beyond different time periods and countries, we offer also a plethora of topics such as Computational photography & Reflection transformation imaging (RTI), Photogrammetry and GIS.
For more details please refer to https://bema-archaeologyprogram.nbu.bg/en
Graduate Student Competencies:
Upon successful completion of the MA program, students will have the necessary qualifications for the following jobs: archaeologist, museum curator, cultural heritage manager, field archaeology manager, field archaeology technician.
Graduation:
Students graduate after successful passing their online and lab applied classes as well as two campaigns of fieldwork in archaeology and heritage conservation and a successful defense of their MA thesis.
For more details please refer to https://bema-archaeologyprogram.nbu.bg/en
Occupation and possible positions:
Upon successful completion of the MA program, students will have the necessary qualifications for the following jobs: archaeologist, museum curator, cultural heritage manager, field archaeology manager, field archaeology technician.
Department :
Archaeology