Program Overview

Program Overview

The Faculty of Philosophy offers a Bachelor's degree program in Byzantine Archaeology and Art History, which focuses on the material legacies of the late Antique and Byzantine period.

Facts and Formalities

• Degree: Bachelor of Arts
• Type of programme: Undergraduate
• Start of programme: Winter and summer semester
• Standard period of study: 6 semesters
• Language(s) of instruction: German and (possibly) English
• Fees and contributions: 161.10 € / Semester
• Application procedure: Subjects with no admission restrictions
• Application deadlines: Information about deadlines can be obtained after you have put together a degree program.
• Part-time option: Yes

Course Content

Students of the Bachelor’s degree programme in Byzantine Archaeology and Art History gain an overview of the central monuments, findings, and types of objects dating from the late Antique and early Byzantine periods. They gain initial insight into the objective and methodological foundations of Byzantine archaeology and art history.

Course Structure

The degree programme may also be studied as a minor subject in combination with a major subject. Where Byzantine Archaeology and Art History is studied as a minor subject, students complete the following modules:

• Basic module 1 (first and second semester): Introduction and Basic Knowledge
• Foundation module 2 or 3 (third and fourth semester): Architecture and Settlement Archaeology I or Visual Culture I
• Specialised module 4 or 5 (fourth and fifth semester): Architecture and Settlement Archaeology II or Visual Culture II

Additional Degrees

• Bachelor 50%
• Master, consecutive

Departments and Institutes

• Department for Byzantinian Archaeology and Art History (DE)
• Institute for Classical Archaeology and Byzantine Archaeology (DE)