Studies Programme 6 - Prehistory and Early History - Studies in Egyptology - Jewish Studies

6.01. Prehistory and Early History

A. Bachelor Degree Programme in Prehistory and Early History

1. Required Module - Orientation Period

2. Group of Elective Modules - Epochs of Prehistory

WM Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Age

WM Neolithic Age

WM Bronze Age

WM Iron Age

• 060009 BU Find Analysis: Iron Age
• 060023 VO Introduction to Iron Age
• 060024 PS Proseminar Iron Age
• 060081 EX Excursion to Iron Age sites in Austria - 2 days

3. Group of Elective Modules - Epochs of Early History and Historical Archaeologies

WM Roman Imperial Age

WM Migration Period

WM Medieval Archaeology

• 060012 PS Proseminar "Medieval Archaeology: Settlement and Economy"
• 060031 EX Excursion to medival archaeological sites in Austria (2 days)
• 060052 BU Exercise course of medieval small finds
• 060060 VO Introduction in medieval archaeology

WM Modern Archaeology

4. Group of Required Modules - Excavation Techniques

PM Excavation Techniques 1

• 060008 UE Field Archaeology: Basics of the Organisation
• 060014 UE Practices in Stratigraphy
• 060095 UE Surveying for Archaeologists
• 060103 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2 celtic fortification - Gallia/ 4 weeks - (Bibracte-Mont Beuvray, Vix-Mont Lassois)
• 060105 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2 Hillforts along the Danube (Linz-Göttweig) - 4 weeks
• 060109 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2, Dietstätt, Oberpfalz, Bayern - 4 weeks - 4 weeks
• 060158 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2: Krems-Wachtberg, palaeolithic open air site - 4 weeks

PM Excavation Techniques 2

• 060008 UE Field Archaeology: Basics of the Organisation
• 060014 UE Practices in Stratigraphy
• 060086 LG Archaeological excavation for advanced - 4 weeks
• 060095 UE Surveying for Archaeologists
• 060103 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2 celtic fortification - Gallia/ 4 weeks - (Bibracte-Mont Beuvray, Vix-Mont Lassois)
• 060105 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2 Hillforts along the Danube (Linz-Göttweig) - 4 weeks
• 060158 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2: Krems-Wachtberg, palaeolithic open air site - 4 weeks

5. Alternative Required Modules

APM Prospection Technique and Landscape Archaeology

APM Public Relations

APM Restoration and Documentation

6. Required Module - Final Stage of the Degree Programme

B. Master Degree Programme in Prehistory and Early History

1. Required Module - Prehistory

• 060001 SE Seminar: Defensive arms and their context of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age - (with a guest lecture)
• 060011 SE Seminar: Mining and Quarring in Prehistory

2. Required Module - Early History/Historical Archaeologies

• 060004 SE Seminar Migrationperiod
• 060163 SE Archaeology and settlement history in the Medieval Age

3. Alternative Required Module - Methodology

APM Theory

• 060160 SE Archaeological Stratigraphy

APM Research History

APM Landscape Archaeology

4. Required Module - Master

• 060016 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060017 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060029 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060030 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060032 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060036 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060051 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060075 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060087 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060104 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060122 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060165 PV Exclusive tutorial

5. Required Module - Current Topics in Prehistory and Early History and Historical Archaeologies

• 060002 VO Economy, mining and craftsmanship in the Eastern part of the Hallstatt culture
• 060143 SV Special themes of early history
• 060149 SV The Mesolithic of Europe

6. Required Module - Excursion Abroad

• 060147 UE+EX Excursion to the Baltic sea - 10 days - with exercise course/tutorial

7. Alternative Required Module - Method

APM Theory and Interdisciplinary Topics

APM Archaeometry and Bioarchaeology

• 060020 VO Archaeobotanic: An Introduction
• 060076 PR Stone Raw Materials
• 060089 VO History of metallurgy and use of copper and its alloys - Geschichte der Metallurgie und Nutzung des Kupfers und seiner Legierungen
• 060161 VO Introduction to wood species analysis and dendrochronology
• 060162 VO History of metallurgy and use of wrought-iron, steel and cast-iron - Geschichte der Metallurgie und der Verwendung des Eisens, Stahls und Gußeisens

8. Alternative Required Module - Practical Training

APM Landscape Archaeology

• 060092 VO Aerial Archaeology and Landscape Archaeology
• 060096 UE Digital Documentation of Stratigrafic Excavations
• 060101 VU Geophysical Prospection: Theory and Practices

APM Culture Mediation

• 060049 VU Project Management in Archaeology
• 060100 VU Practices to finds in the Collection of the Department of Pre- and Early History
• 060164 VO Museology and museum didactics

APM Technology and Documentation

9. Alternative Required Module - Professional Practice

APM Excavation Techniques for Advanced Students

APM Culture and Museum Management

C. Diploma Degree Programme in Prehistory and Early History

1. First Stage of the Degree Programme

• 060008 UE Field Archaeology: Basics of the Organisation
• 060009 BU Find Analysis: Iron Age
• 060012 PS Proseminar "Medieval Archaeology: Settlement and Economy"
• 060016 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060017 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060023 VO Introduction to Iron Age
• 060024 PS Proseminar Iron Age
• 060029 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060030 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060031 EX Excursion to medival archaeological sites in Austria (2 days)
• 060032 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060036 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060051 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060052 BU Exercise course of medieval small finds
• 060060 VO Introduction in medieval archaeology
• 060075 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060077 EX Excursion to sites and collections of Iron mining, smelting and working - 2 days
• 060081 EX Excursion to Iron Age sites in Austria - 2 days
• 060087 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060095 UE Surveying for Archaeologists
• 060100 VU Practices to finds in the Collection of the Department of Pre- and Early History
• 060103 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2 celtic fortification - Gallia/ 4 weeks - (Bibracte-Mont Beuvray, Vix-Mont Lassois)
• 060104 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060105 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2 Hillforts along the Danube (Linz-Göttweig) - 4 weeks
• 060109 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2, Dietstätt, Oberpfalz, Bayern - 4 weeks - 4 weeks
• 060122 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060158 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2: Krems-Wachtberg, palaeolithic open air site - 4 weeks
• 060160 SE Archaeological Stratigraphy
• 060165 PV Exclusive tutorial

2. Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 060001 SE Seminar: Defensive arms and their context of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age - (with a guest lecture)
• 060002 VO Economy, mining and craftsmanship in the Eastern part of the Hallstatt culture
• 060004 SE Seminar Migrationperiod
• 060008 UE Field Archaeology: Basics of the Organisation
• 060009 BU Find Analysis: Iron Age
• 060011 SE Seminar: Mining and Quarring in Prehistory
• 060012 PS Proseminar "Medieval Archaeology: Settlement and Economy"
• 060014 UE Practices in Stratigraphy
• 060016 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060017 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060020 VO Archaeobotanic: An Introduction
• 060023 VO Introduction to Iron Age
• 060024 PS Proseminar Iron Age
• 060029 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060030 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060031 EX Excursion to medival archaeological sites in Austria (2 days)
• 060032 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060036 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060049 VU Project Management in Archaeology
• 060051 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060052 BU Exercise course of medieval small finds
• 060060 VO Introduction in medieval archaeology
• 060075 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060076 PR Stone Raw Materials
• 060077 EX Excursion to sites and collections of Iron mining, smelting and working - 2 days
• 060081 EX Excursion to Iron Age sites in Austria - 2 days
• 060086 LG Archaeological excavation for advanced - 4 weeks
• 060087 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060089 VO History of metallurgy and use of copper and its alloys - Geschichte der Metallurgie und Nutzung des Kupfers und seiner Legierungen
• 060092 VO Aerial Archaeology and Landscape Archaeology
• 060095 UE Surveying for Archaeologists
• 060096 UE Digital Documentation of Stratigrafic Excavations
• 060100 VU Practices to finds in the Collection of the Department of Pre- and Early History
• 060101 VU Geophysical Prospection: Theory and Practices
• 060103 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2 celtic fortification - Gallia/ 4 weeks - (Bibracte-Mont Beuvray, Vix-Mont Lassois)
• 060104 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060105 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2 Hillforts along the Danube (Linz-Göttweig) - 4 weeks
• 060122 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060143 SV Special themes of early history
• 060145 EX Excursion to prehistoric sites in Burgundy - 4 days
• 060147 UE+EX Excursion to the Baltic sea - 10 days - with exercise course/tutorial
• 060149 SV The Mesolithic of Europe
• 060158 LG Practical fieldwork 1/2: Krems-Wachtberg, palaeolithic open air site - 4 weeks
• 060159 LG Archaeological excavation for advanced -3 weeks
• 060161 VO Introduction to wood species analysis and dendrochronology
• 060162 VO History of metallurgy and use of wrought-iron, steel and cast-iron - Geschichte der Metallurgie und der Verwendung des Eisens, Stahls und Gußeisens
• 060163 SE Archaeology and settlement history in the Medieval Age
• 060164 VO Museology and museum didactics
• 060165 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060170 SE Seminar to special themes of the Prehistoric Methods
• 060174 EX Excursion to Berlin - 2 days
• 060175 EX Excursion to Bamberg - 2 days

D. Doctoral Degree Programme in Prehistory and Early History

• 060016 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060017 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060029 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060030 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060031 EX Excursion to medival archaeological sites in Austria (2 days)
• 060032 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060036 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060051 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060075 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060087 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060104 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060122 PV Exclusive tutorial
• 060147 UE+EX Excursion to the Baltic sea - 10 days - with exercise course/tutorial
• 060165 PV Exclusive tutorial

6.02. Egyptology

A. Bachelor Egyptology

1. Compulsory Module Egyptian Language and History of Ideas-Introductory Phase

• 060055 UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt II
• 060061 UE Hieroglyphics II
• 060080 VO Middle Egyptian II

2. Compulsory Module Egyptian Archaeology, Art- and Cultural History

• 060033 VO Egyptian History and Archaeology - (II-UniStG)
• 060070 PS Proseminar: Material Culture in Ancient Egypt II
• 060139 VO Introduction into Egyptian Art History II

3. Compulsory Module Egyptian Literature

• 060056 UE Introd. into the History of Egypt. Literature II - Introduction into the History of Egyptian Literature II
• 060057 UE Hieroglyphic Texts II

4. Compulsory Module Egyptian Archaeology and History

• 060152 VO Introduction into Field Archaeology

5. Compulsory Module Egyptian Architecture and Art

6a. Elective Module Greek Language

6b. Elective Module Egyptian Building History

7a. Elective Module Egyptian Script

7b. Elective Module Practical Fieldwork in Egypt

8. Compulsory Final Module Bachelor

B. Master Egyptology

1. Compulsory Module Egyptian Language

• 060050 UE Coptic Grammar and Texts I
• 060054 UE Hieratic III

2. Compulsory Module Egyptian History/Archaeology and Art

3. Compulsory Module Egyptian History of Ideas

4a. Elective Module Practical Fieldwork in Egypt

4b. Elective Module Papyrology/Museology for Egyptologists/Texts

5. Compulsory Final Module Master

6.02. Diploma Studies Egyptology

• 060033 VO Egyptian History and Archaeology - (II-UniStG)
• 060050 UE Coptic Grammar and Texts I
• 060054 UE Hieratic III
• 060055 UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt II
• 060056 UE Introd. into the History of Egypt. Literature II - Introduction into the History of Egyptian Literature II
• 060057 UE Hieroglyphic Texts II
• 060059 UE Reading Egyptian Texts: - Great Hymn to the Aten
• 060061 UE Hieroglyphics II
• 060065 UE Reading Hieroglyphic Texts: - Book of the Dead
• 060066 PR Practical Fieldwork in Egypt - Practical Fieldwork in Egypt (for advanced students only; limited participation)
• 060067 EX Excursion to Excavations and Museums - Excursion to Excavations and Museums in Egypt
• 060070 PS Proseminar: Material Culture in Ancient Egypt II
• 060072 UE Stud. in Anc.Egyptian & pre-Socratic Thought II - Comparative Studies in Ancient Egyptian and pre-Socratic Thought II
• 060073 VO Late Egyptian III
• 060074 VO Egyptian Art I
• 060080 VO Middle Egyptian II
• 060106 VO Egyptian Building History: Middle Kingdom - (IV-UniStG)
• 060138 SE Seminar
• 060139 VO Introduction into Egyptian Art History II
• 060140 VO History of Egypt during the 25th Dynasty
• 060152 VO Introduction into Field Archaeology

6.02. Doctoral Studies Egyptology

• 060040 SE Seminar for Diploma and Doctoral Candidates
• 060064 SE Seminar for Diploma and Doctoral Candidates

6.03. Jewish Studies

A. Bachelor Jewish Studies

Compulsory Module - Introductory Phase

• 060048 PSE Proseminar 2 - Introduction into Jewish Studies
• 060133 PSE Introduction into Methods for the Antique and Rabbinic Period

Compulsory Modules Hebrew

Compulsory Module Hebrew

• 060047 VO+UE [ de he ] From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew 2

Compulsory Module Modern Hebrew

• 060046 VO+UE [ de he ] Modern Hebrew 2 - (former "Modern Hebrew 4")

Compulsory Modules: 5 Epoch Modules and 1 Text Module

Compulsory Module Antique Period

Compulsory Module Rabbinic Period

Compulsory Module Medieval Period

• 060003 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 2

Compulsory Text Module - from the Antique to the Medieval Period

• 060062 PV Midrash - (Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana 13ff)
• 060063 PV Talmud - (bSanhedrin from 90a)
• 060136 PV The Tobiads

Compulsory Module Modern Period

• 060108 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Modern Period 1
• 060115 SE Modern texts on the phenomenon of Jewish self-hatred

Compulsory Module Contemporary Period

• 060123 VO+UE Yiddish for Beginners

Compulsory Modules: 2 Special Topic Modules

Special Topic Module A

• 060084 VO Jews under Islam - the first centuries
• 060116 UE The Shoah in American Film

Special Topic Module B

• 060045 VO Jews in Vienna today - Gespräche mit Beckermann, Brauer, Bronner, Eisenberg, Holender, Lansky, Lendvai, Lessing, Markus, Muzicant, Rabinovici, Schenk, Singer, Spera, Zadek.
• 060068 SE Jesus and Christianity in Talmud and Midrash
• 060069 VO History of the Jews in Spain 2
• 060083 UE [ de he ] The "other" in Rabbinic literature
• 060117 VO Jewish protagonists in the Hungarian literature to the time of the pre-March (pre-German revolution)
• 060125 UE Exegesis of Biblical and Ancient Jewish Literature
• 060126 VO The Canonical History of the Hebrew Bible
• 060132 UE Textual Studies on the Canonical History of the Hebrew Bible

Compulsory Final Module

• 060068 SE Jesus and Christianity in Talmud and Midrash
• 060115 SE Modern texts on the phenomenon of Jewish self-hatred

B. Master Jewish Studies

Elective Modules: 3 Epoch Modules

Epoch Module Antique Period

• 060136 PV The Tobiads

Epoch Module Rabbinic Period

• 060063 PV Talmud - (bSanhedrin from 90a)

Epoch Module Medieval Period

Epoch Module Modern Period

• 060115 SE Modern texts on the phenomenon of Jewish self-hatred

Epoch Module Contemporary Period

• 060123 VO+UE Yiddish for Beginners

Compulsory Module Hebrew and Aramaic

• 060079 VO+UE [ de he ] The Targums as part of the antique tradition of biblical interpretation
• 060082 UE [ de he ] Biblical Hebrew for beginners
• 060085 PV [ de he ] Modern Colloquial Hebrew and Literature - (Voraussetzung: Modernhebräisch 1-4, Hebräische Grammatik 1-2)

Compulsory Module Hebrew and Aramaic Texts

• 060063 PV Talmud - (bSanhedrin from 90a)

Compulsory Modules: 2 Advanced Special Topic Modules

Advanced Special Topic Module A

• 060084 VO Jews under Islam - the first centuries
• 060116 UE The Shoah in American Film

Advanced Special Topic Module B

• 060045 VO Jews in Vienna today - Gespräche mit Beckermann, Brauer, Bronner, Eisenberg, Holender, Lansky, Lendvai, Lessing, Markus, Muzicant, Rabinovici, Schenk, Singer, Spera, Zadek.
• 060068 SE Jesus and Christianity in Talmud and Midrash
• 060069 VO History of the Jews in Spain 2
• 060083 UE [ de he ] The "other" in Rabbinic literature
• 060117 VO Jewish protagonists in the Hungarian literature to the time of the pre-March (pre-German revolution)
• 060125 UE Exegesis of Biblical and Ancient Jewish Literature
• 060126 VO The Canonical History of the Hebrew Bible
• 060132 UE Textual Studies on the Canonical History of the Hebrew Bible

Compulsory Final Module Master

C. Bachelor, Master and Diploma Degree Programme in Jewish Studies (expiring curricula)

1. Hebrew Language

• 060046 VO+UE [ de he ] Modern Hebrew 2 - (former "Modern Hebrew 4")
• 060082 UE [ de he ] Biblical Hebrew for beginners
• 060085 PV [ de he ] Modern Colloquial Hebrew and Literature - (Voraussetzung: Modernhebräisch 1-4, Hebräische Grammatik 1-2)

2. Jewish Literature and Sources

• 060003 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 2
• 060062 PV Midrash - (Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana 13ff)
• 060063 PV Talmud - (bSanhedrin from 90a)
• 060068 SE Jesus and Christianity in Talmud and Midrash
• 060079 VO+UE [ de he ] The Targums as part of the antique tradition of biblical interpretation
• 060083 UE [ de he ] The "other" in Rabbinic literature
• 060115 SE Modern texts on the phenomenon of Jewish self-hatred
• 060123 VO+UE Yiddish for Beginners
• 060132 UE Textual Studies on the Canonical History of the Hebrew Bible
• 060136 PV The Tobiads

3. History, Culture and Religion of Judaism

• 060068 SE Jesus and Christianity in Talmud and Midrash
• 060069 VO History of the Jews in Spain 2
• 060108 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Modern Period 1
• 060116 UE The Shoah in American Film
• 060126 VO The Canonical History of the Hebrew Bible

4. Elective Courses

• 060045 VO Jews in Vienna today - Gespräche mit Beckermann, Brauer, Bronner, Eisenberg, Holender, Lansky, Lendvai, Lessing, Markus, Muzicant, Rabinovici, Schenk, Singer, Spera, Zadek.
• 060069 VO History of the Jews in Spain 2
• 060084 VO Jews under Islam - the first centuries
• 060117 VO Jewish protagonists in the Hungarian literature to the time of the pre-March (pre-German revolution)
• 060125 UE Exegesis of Biblical and Ancient Jewish Literature

6.04. Numismatics

• 060042 VO Grundzüge der antiken Münzgeschichte: Der alte Orient
• 060119 AG Money at the Museum - How to deal with coins in an exhibition.

A. Individual Master Degree Programme in Numismatics and Monetary History

• 060118 PS Proseminar: Bergbaumedaillen
• 060120 SE Diplomanden- und Dissertantenseminar
• 060121 KU Münzgeschichte der Karolingerzeit
• 060124 SE Die österreichischen Münzstätten im 12. Jahrhundert
• 060167 VO+UE History of Byzntine coinage III (720-1092).

1. Basic Module

2. Epoch Module - Antique Period

3. Epoch Module - Medieval / Modern Period

4. Methods Module

5. Topics Module

6. Specialisation Module

7. Practice Module

8. Master Seminar

B. Individual Diploma Degree Programme in Numismatics and Monetary History

1. General Numismatics

2. Antique Numismatics

• 060042 VO Grundzüge der antiken Münzgeschichte: Der alte Orient
• 060156 VO Describing and Identifying Ancient Coins
• 060168 UE Exercises in the coinage od modern times
• 060172 KU Money in the ancient world
• 060173 UE Exercises in describing and identifying coins of ancient in the collection of the institute

3. Numismatics of the Middle Ages and teh Modern Era

• 060044 UE Exercises in describing and identifying new material in the collection of the institute - coins, medals, paper money
• 060118 PS Proseminar: Bergbaumedaillen
• 060121 KU Münzgeschichte der Karolingerzeit
• 060124 SE Die österreichischen Münzstätten im 12. Jahrhundert
• 060150 VO+UE Introduction to the monetary history of medieval times
• 060151 VO+UE Einführung in die islamische Münzprägung
• 060167 VO+UE History of Byzntine coinage III (720-1092).

4. Tutorials, Proseminars, Seminars

• 060120 SE Diplomanden- und Dissertantenseminar

5. Excursions

• 060166 EX Excursion to Klosterneuburg - Excursion to the numismatic collection of the monastery Klosterneuburg

C. Complementary Study Programmes (Minors) in Numismatics

EC Numismatics of Antiquity

• 060156 VO Describing and Identifying Ancient Coins
• 060168 UE Exercises in the coinage od modern times
• 060172 KU Money in the ancient world

EC Numismatics of the Middle Ages and the Modern Era

• 060118 PS Proseminar: Bergbaumedaillen

EC Numismatic Practice and Cataloguing

• 060166 EX Excursion to Klosterneuburg - Excursion to the numismatic collection of the monastery Klosterneuburg
• 060173 UE Exercises in describing and identifying coins of ancient in the collection of the institute