BA Ancient Near Eastern Studies (minor)
For the BA Ancient Near Eastern Studies as a minor, courses with a total of 60 ECTS points are required; of these, 40 ECTS points are earned in mandatory courses and 20 ECTS points in elective courses in Ancient Near Eastern Studies.
You can start the programme in the winter semester only. During semesters 1-5, 10 ECTS points will be earned per semester. In semester 6, either 10 or 15 ECTS points will be earned, depending upon in which discipline the final thesis is written.
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)
Semester 2
- Introductory Akkadian 2 [04-AO-AKKE2]
Übung: Introductory Akkadian 2 (2 SWS) - Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology [04-AO-GVA]
Lecture: Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology (2 SWS)
Semester 3
- Akkadian Texts 1/1 [04-AO-AKKL1/1]
Seminar: Akkadian Texts 1/1 (2 SWS) - Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Studies [04-AO-GAO]
Lecture: The History, Scripts, Languages and Texts of the Ancient Near East (2 SWS)
Semester 4
- Akkadian Texts 1/2 [04-AO-AKKL1/2]
Seminar: Akkadian Texts 1/2 (2 SWS) - Field Trip [04-AO-EXKU]
Seminar: Field trip (2 SWS)
Semester 5
- 2 of the following courses:
Akkadian Texts 2/1 [04-AO-AKKL2/1]
Seminar: Akkadian Texts 2/1 (2 SWS)
Introductory Sumerian 1 [04-AO-SUME1]
Übung: Introductory Sumerian 1 (2 SWS)
Introductory Hittite 1 [04-AO-HETE1]
Übung: Introductory Hittite 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
- 2 of the following courses:
Akkadian Texts 2/2 [04-AO-AKKL2/2]
Seminar: Akkadian Texts 2/2 (2 SWS)
Introductory Sumerian 2 [04-AO-SUME2]
Übung: Introductory Sumerian 2 (2 SWS)
Introductory Hittite 2 [04-AO-HETE2]
Übung: Introductory Hittite 2 (2 SWS)
Practical Tutorials in Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2 [04-AO-PRAK2]
Übung: Historical Geography of the Middle East
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)
The complete documentation of the programme can be found in the German version of this page.
Basics of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Tutorials on Akkadian Grammar [04-AO-AOE]
Introductory Akkadian 1 [04-AO-AKKE1]
Introductory Akkadian 2 [04-AO-AKKE2]
Akkadian Texts 1/1 [04-AO-AKKL1/1]
Akkadian Texts 1/2 [04-AO-AKKL1/2]
Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Studies [04-AO-GAO]
Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology [04-AO-GVA]
Field Trip [04-AO-EXKU]
Akkadian Texts 2/1 [04-AO-AKKL2/1]
Akkadian Texts 2/2 [04-AO-AKKL2/2]
Introductory Sumerian 1 [04-AO-SUME1]
Introductory Sumerian 2 [04-AO-SUME2]
Introductory Hittite 1 [04-AO-HETE1]
Introductory Hittite 2 [04-AO-HETE2]
Practical Tutorials in Ancient Near Eastern Studies 1 [04-AO-PRAK1]
Practical Tutorials in Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2 [04-AO-PRAK2]
Topics in the Cultural History of the Ancient Near East[04-AO-TAO]
Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East A [04-AO-TVAA]
Topics in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East B [04-AO-TVAB]
Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures A [04-AO-ASKA]
Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures B [04-AO-ASKB]
