BA Ancient Near Eastern Studies (major)

BA Ancient Near Eastern Studies (major, 75 ECTS)

For the BA Ancient Near Eastern Studies - double major (with a second discipline), courses with a total of 75 ECTS points are required; of these, 60 ECTS points are earned in mandatory courses in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, 15 ECTS points in elective courses in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. A further 10 ECTS points are earned in general or discipline-specific key qualifications. In the other major (second discipline), 85 ECTS points must also be earned. A final thesis in one of the two majors will additionally earn 10 ECTS points.

You can start the programme in the winter semester only.

STRUCTURE AND PLAN OF THE PROGRAMME:

Semester 1

• Introductory Akkadian 1 [04-AO-AKKE1]
  Übung: Introductory Akkadian 1 (2 SWS)
• Basics of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Tutorials on Akkadian Grammar [04-AO-AOE]
  Übung: Tutorials on Akkadian Grammar (2 SWS)
  Übung: Basics of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (1 SWS)
• Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Studies [04-AO-GAO]
  Lecture: The Scripts, Languages and Texts of the Ancient Near East (1 SWS)
• Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology [04-AO-GVA]
  Lecture: Urban Centres of the Ancient Near East (1 SWS)
  
  

Semester 2

• Introductory Akkadian 2 [04-AO-AKKE2]
  Übung: Introductory Akkadian 2 (2 SWS)
• Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Studies [04-AO-GAO]
  Lecture: Introduction to the History of the Ancient Near East (1 SWS)
• Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology [04-AO-GVA]
  Lecture: Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology (1 SWS)
• Field Trip [04-AO-EXKU]
  Seminar: Field trip (2 SWS)
  
  

Semester 3

• Akkadian Texts 1/1 [04-AO-AKKL1/1]
  Seminar: Akkadian Texts 1/1 (2 SWS)
• Key qualifications:
  A discipline-specific or general key qualification worth 5 ECTS points
• 1 of the following courses:
  Introductory Sumerian 1 [04-AO-SUME1]
  Übung: Introductory Sumerian 1 (2 SWS)
  Introductory Hittite 1 [04-AO-HETE1]
  Übung: Introductory Hittite 1 (2 SWS)
  
  

Semester 4

• Akkadian Texts 1/2 [04-AO-AKKL1/2]
  Seminar: Akkadian Texts 1/2 (2 SWS)
• Key qualification:
  One discipline-specific key qualification worth 5 ECTS points
• 1 of the following courses:
  Introductory Sumerian 2 [04-AO-SUME2]
  Übung: Introductory Sumerian 2 (2 SWS)
  Introductory Hittite 2 [04-AO-HETE2]
  Übung: Introductory Hittite 2 (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Cultural History of the Ancient Near East [04-AO-TAO]
  Vorlesung: Topics in the Cultural History of the Ancient Near East (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East A [04-AO-TVAA]
  Seminar: Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East A (Regions and Landscapes) (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East B [04-AO-TVAB]
  Seminar: Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East B (Artefacts and Buildings) (2 SWS)
  
  

Semester 5

• Akkadian Texts 2/1 [04-AO-AKKL2/1]
  Seminar: Akkadian Texts 2/1 (2 SWS)
• 2 of the following courses:
  Introductory Sumerian 1 [04-AO-SUME1]
  Übung: Introductory Sumerian 1 (2 SWS)
  Introductory Hittite 1 [04-AO-HETE1]
  Übung: Introductory Hittite 1 (2 SWS)
  Sumerian Texts 1 [04-AO-SUML1]
  Seminar: Sumerian Texts 1 (2 SWS)
  Hittite Texts 1 [04-AO-HETL1]
  Seminar: Hittite Texts 1 (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Cultural History of the Ancient Near East  [04-AO-TAO]
  Vorlesung: Topics in the Cultural History of the Ancient Near East (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East A [04-AO-TVAA]
  Seminar: Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East A (Regions and Landscapes) (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East B [04-AO-TVAB]
  Seminar: Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East B (Artefacts and Buildings) (2 SWS)
  
  

Semester 6

• Akkadian Texts 2/2 [04-AO-AKKL2/2]
  Seminar: Akkadian Texts 2/2 (2 SWS)
• 1 of the following courses:
  Introductory Sumerian 2 [04-AO-SUME2]
  Übung: Introductory Sumerian 2 (2 SWS)
  Introductory Hittite 2 [04-AO-HETE2]
  Übung: Introductory Hittite 2 (2 SWS)
  Sumerain Texts 2 [04-AO-SUML2]
  Seminar: Sumerian Texts 2 (2 SWS)
  Hittite Texts 2 [04-AO-HETL2]
  Seminar: Hittite Texts 2 (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Cultural History of the Ancient Near East  [04-AO-TAO]
  Vorlesung: Topics in the Cultural History of the Ancient Near East (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East A [04-AO-TVAA]
  Seminar: Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East A (Regions and Landscapes) (2 SWS)
  Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East B [04-AO-TVAB]
  Seminar: Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East B (Artefacts and Buildings) (2 SWS)
• BA Thesis (Ancient Near Eastern Studies: 04-AO-BAAO)

The complete documentation of the programme can be found in the German version of this page.