Archaeology of Iran

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Course ID:	3101-DS008
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Archaeology of Iran
Name in Polish:	Archeologia Iranu
Organizational unit:	Institute of Archaeology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Seminaria magisterskie
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	Master's seminars
Prerequisites (description):	Students interest in archeology of Ancient Iran may participate in seminar.
Short description:	Archaeology of ancient Iran in historical periods. Analysis of main problems of the archaeology of Iran: palace and residential architecture, court art from the Median period to the end of the rule of Sasanian dynasty, influence of the Sasanian art on the European art will be conducted.
Full description:	Archaeology of ancient Iran in historical periods. Depending on the interests of the participants of the seminar analysis of main problems of the archaeology of Iran: palace and residential architecture, court art from the Median period to the end of the rule of Sasanian dynasty will be . Influence of the Sasanian art on the European art.
Bibliography:	Literature depending on discussed problems
Learning outcomes:	Students will acquire the ability to carry out an independent analysis, description and interpretation of archaeological sources. These abilities will permit them to undertake scientific work. students will have organized and cogent knowledge, thorough, leading to specialization, a detailed knowledge about ancient cultures of Iran, well acquainted with the terminology, theories and methodology of archeology. Students after the seminar have deep knowledge of the cultural relationshipsbetween ancient Iran with other areas of the Middle East and Europe. Students will acquire the basic vocabulary, concepts, and criteria for understanding, interpreting, and analyzing
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Students who chose this seminar as a major prepare the master thesis, others seminar paper. Both the seminar paper or master thesis have provide proof of ability to formulate research questions in relation to the selected category of sources, the skill to formulate own conclusions, to argue and to create synthetic summaries, considering also different points of view. Students will understand and appreciate the role of values, beliefs, and ideas in ancient Iranian societies.

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