Study plan

Curriculum unico

First year

Orientamento unico
Course		Semester	CFU	SSD
10598534 - HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST	The aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of ARCHEOLOGY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST I A-B, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way.	Yearly	6	L-OR/01
10598546 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRAN	The main scope of the course aims to provide the students with a more in-depth picture of the diachronic and cultural development of the Iranian history, identifying specific themes, events or periods that had a remarkable impact on the Iranian civilization. Following the methodology of the historical studies, the student will achieve specialized competences refining his skills in the analysis of historical dynamics and gaining a thorough knowledge of the issues related to the historiographical tradition of ancient Iran.	Yearly	6	L-OR/14
10598537 - NEAR EASTERN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY	The course aims at providing students with knowledge and skills completing and/or reinforcing those acquired in the first grade of studies, and to enable them to address original topics also in a research environment. This includes to make complex assessments, to be able to transmit the acquired knowledge and the processes through which it was gained, and to achieve independence in the study of the topics addressed by the course. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the necessary methodological, conceptual, and historical-archaeological tools to understand topics, methods, and prospects in the study of Near Eastern Art and Archaeology in the contemporary context.	Yearly	6	L-OR/05
10598545 - PHOENICIAN PUNIC ARCHAEOLOGY	The aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way.	Yearly	6	L-OR/06
10598535 - ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT IRAN	The aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of the most important issues relating to the archeology of the Iranian pre-Islamic world, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way.	Yearly	6	L-OR/16
AAF2123 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 1A	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	1
AAF2125 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 1B	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	1
AAF2126 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 1C	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	1
AAF2127 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 1D	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	1
AAF2128 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 1E	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	1
AAF2129 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 1F	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	1
AAF2130 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 2A	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	2
AAF2131 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 2B	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	2
AAF2132 - TRAINING INTERNSHIP 2C	Traineeships are assigned on the basis of the availability of in-house laboratories or laboratories of institutions outside the university carrying out research and support activities, as well as excavation and field research.	Yearly	2
Optional Group Related teachings - first year		Go to group

Second year

Orientamento unico
Course		Semester	CFU
- Elective course		Yearly	12
AAF1811 - Final dissertation	The main objective of the final paper is the production of a written document in English presenting the results of an original study carried out on an archaeological, historical, linguistic-literary or other research topic relevant to the objectives of the Master's Degree Course. The student will have to demonstrate his/her research, study, in-depth study and analysis skills, autonomy of judgement and ability to elaborate and synthesise.	Yearly	24
Gruppo opzionale Lingue e letterature - secondo anno		Go to group
Optional group Histories -second year		Go to group
Optional group Archaeologies - second year		Go to group
Optional group Technical and scientific training - second year		Go to group

Optional Groups

**Optional Group Related teachings - first year: The student must acquire 12 CFU from the exams below**
Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD
10595492 - NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY	The course aims to provide knowledge and comprehension skills that complement and/or reinforce those acquired in the first cycle of studies, and to enable students to deal with original themes also in a research context, formulating judgements in a more complex and articulated form, communicating the knowledge and processes that led to their acquisition, and studying the topics independently. The course aims to present, in a diachronic manner, starting from the Middle Chalcolithic age, the conformation of the landscape of the Fertile Crescent, highlighting the aspects related to the occupation and management of the territory as well as the socio-economic and cultural implications of this environment in relation to urban development.	First year	Yearly	6	L-OR/05
10598547 - ARCHAEOLOGY OF EURASIA	The course aims at debating, through the analysis of the most representative archaeological and figurative contexts, the origins and the transformations of the social complexities in Mesopotamia, Arabian Peninsula and Syria from the ‘dawn’ of the urban civilization to the political formations of the Assyrian, Babylonian and Achaemenid great empires.	First year	Yearly	6	L-OR/05
10598538 - SEMITIC PHILOLOGY	The course aims to provide knowledge of documentation and historical philological issues in the context of the ancient Near East.	First year	Yearly	6	L-OR/07
10612064 - HISTORY OF THE CAUCASUS	The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of the method of critical investigation of sources, in particular Armenian ones, trying to enable them to apply this knowledge in the field of investigation covered by the course and in related historical and geographical contexts. Students will be guided to face, understand and evaluate the ethnic and cultural complexity of the area under study, to evaluate it through the formulation of autonomous judgments based on the acquired knowledge, and expressed in a clear and understandable way.	First year	Yearly	6	L-OR/13
10598540 - PERSIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE		First year	Yearly	6	L-OR/15
10598549 - PREHISTORY OF THE NEAR EAST	The course aims to provide knowledge and comprehension skills that complement and/or reinforce those acquired in the first cycle of studies, and to enable students to deal with original themes also in a research context, formulating judgements in a more complex and articulated form, communicating the knowledge and processes that led to their acquisition, and studying the topics independently. Knowledge and understanding of the formation processes of the first sedentary societies and the oldest hierarchical pre-state societies in the Near East. Analysis of the regional differences (cultural, social, environmental and economic) that led to the establishment of the first urban and state societies. Relevant areas are: Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Levant, Egypt and Iran.	First year	Yearly	6	L-ANT/01
10598544 - ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN ROMAN PROVINCES	The course aims to provide knowledge and comprehension skills that complement and/or reinforce those acquired in the first cycle of studies, and to enable students to deal with original themes also in a research context, formulating judgements in a more complex and articulated form, communicating the knowledge and processes that led to their acquisition, and studying the topics independently. The specific goal is to provide the student, through significant cases of provincial archaeology, with a broad view of the culture of the Roman Empire, of the problems between the centre and the periphery, a picture of the main historical, cultural and religious dynamics of the eastern provinces.	First year	Yearly	6	L-ANT/07
10598554 - ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES	The aim of the course is studying the territory and the landscape in connection with the anthropogenic action, through a specific methodology: use of the literary, archival and bibliographic sources, historical and modern cartography, remote sensing and geomorphological analysis.	First year	Yearly	6	L-ANT/09
10598551 - DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY	The course will offer a wide overview on the usage and applications of digital technologies in the Archaeological research. Special focus will be put on one hand on the on-field data collection by offering an examination of the principal digital technologies for measurements and topographical survey, and on the other to the data transformation, management, analysis, sharing and publication, by the means of databases and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Particular attention will be paid to the use of web and semantic-web technologies.	First year	Yearly	6	L-ANT/10
10598548 - HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS	The course aims at presenting the students with a general overview of the field of Historical Linguistics, with particular attention to the relationships between the different writing systems used to represent ancient Oriental languages and the methods to identify the linguistic systems they represent.	First year	Yearly	6	L-LIN/01
1052043 - History of Arabic Philosophy I		First year	Yearly	6	M-FIL/06

**Optional group Histories -second year: The student must acquire 6 CFU from the exams below**
Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD
10598583 - ASSYRIOLOGY - SUMERIAN CULTURE AND CIVILISATION	The course aims to provide knowledge and comprehension skills that complement and/or reinforce those acquired in the first cycle of studies, and to enable students to deal with original themes also in a research context, formulating judgements in a more complex and articulated form, communicating the knowledge and processes that led to their acquisition, and studying the topics independently. The course provides a good level of knowledge of Sumerian literature from a linguistic, historical-religious and ritual point of view.	Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/03
10598584 - ASSYRIOLOGY - AKKADIAN CULTURE AND CIVILISATION	The course aims to provide knowledge and comprehension skills that complement and/or reinforce those acquired in the first cycle of studies, and to enable students to deal with original themes also in a research context, formulating judgements in a more complex and articulated form, communicating the knowledge and processes that led to their acquisition, and studying the topics independently. The course provides a good level of knowledge of Akkadian literature from a linguistic, historical-religious and ritual point of view.	Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/03
10598552 - HITTITOLOGY	The course aims to provide knowledge and comprehension skills that complement and/or reinforce those acquired in the first cycle of studies, and to enable students to deal with original themes also in a research context, formulating judgements in a more complex and articulated form, communicating the knowledge and processes that led to their acquisition, and studying the topics independently. The specific goal is a good historical knowledge and an average knowledge of the Hittite language.	Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/04

**Optional group Archaeologies - second year: The student must acquire 6 CFU from the exams below**
Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD
10598938 - EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY	The course aims to analyse, from the historical, historical-religious and architectural perspective, the archaeological contexts of ancient Egypt - necropolises, urban settlements, military structures - from the fifth millennium BC to the Late Period.	Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/02
10598210 - ISLAMIC ARCHAEOLOGY	The aim of the course is to deepen the methods and knowledge of the discipline, in a wide chronological span from the 7th to the 13th century and in the vast area of the territories subject to Islam, starting from the region of its birth, i.e. the Arabian Peninsula, up to the most eastern (India and Central Asia) and western (Maghreb, Spain and Sicily) offshoots.	Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/11
10598553 - EPIGRAPHY OF ANCIENT IRAN	The course aims to provide the students with a broad outlook of the linguistic, functional, technical, and compositional development of the epigraphic tradition in pre-Islamic Iran. The course will focus on the critical analysis of epigraphic corpora defined by language or type of material. Thanks to the inclusive methodology, based on the investigation of the content-related, historical, and cultural aspects, the students will achieve specialized competencies refining their skills in the field of epigraphy and gaining an in-depth understanding of the problems related to the study of the Iranian civilization.	Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/14

**Optional group Technical and scientific training - second year: The student must acquire 6 CFU from the exams below**
Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD	Language
10589750 - GEOMATERIALS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE	The aim of the course is increasing the knowledge acquired after the Bechelor Degree concerning the nature, alteration processes and degradation of materials used in the field of cultural heritage (stone, ceramics, glass, plasters), as well as studying the investigation methods usually applied, focusing on recent and innovative applications. This information will allow students to independently develop a research project (which will be set during the laboratory hours and evaluated at the end of the course) to present it and promote it. A - Knowledge and understanding OF 1) Knowing the composition of the main geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone). OF 2) Knowing the production processes and the degradation phenomena of the main geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone). OF 3) Knowing the analytical methods usually used in the characterization of the main geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone). OF 4) Knowing some advanced analytical methods used recently in the characterization of the main geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone). OF 5) Understanding the problems connected to the mortar dating and the recent projects focused on this topic OF 6) Understanding the problems connected to the white marble provenance and the recent projects focused on this topic B - Application skills OF 7) Being able to deduce the innovative aspects proposed in the scientific articles in the analysis of the main geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone). OF 8) Being able to deduce the problems still present and not solved in the analysis of the main geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone). C – Autonomy of judgment OF 9) Being able to deduce a possible method useful to solve the problems still present in the analysis of the main geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone) OF 10) Being able to create a scientific project focused on the analysis of one of the main geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone). D - Communication skills OF 11) Knowing how to write a scientific project OF 12) Knowing how to communicate the project to people not included in the academic world E - Ability to learn OF 13) Having the ability to consult scientific literature on geomaterials applied in the cultural heritage (ceramic, glass, mortar and plaster, stone) OF 14) Having the ability to consult database on national and international scientific projects.	Second year	Yearly	6	GEO/09
1052224 - THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF FOOD	At the end of the course, students will be able to: i) identify theoretical and methodological tools for the study of food and culture in archaeology; ii) critically analyze studies on food consumption in the past; iii) improve their understanding of biomolecular techniques in Archaeology; iv) understand the integration between theoretical perspectives and lab-based analysis.	Second year	Yearly	6	BIO/08

**Gruppo opzionale Lingue e letterature - secondo anno: The student must acquire 12 CFU from the exams below**
Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD
10598858 - ANCIENT SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND TEXTUAL SOURCES	The course aims at giving a basic knowledge of the Semitic languages of the Ancient Near East and of the relative writing traditions. A comparative linguistic analysis will be combined with the study of the ancient written documents and of the various literary genres, providing the relevant methodology to interpret such documentation within the different cultural contexts of the region.	Second year	Yearly	12
EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST		Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/07
SEMITIC PHILOLOGY II	Introduction to the oral and literary forms of expression of the religious message of Christianity; relationship of these forms with the literary culture of the context in which it spreads; introduction to the literatures of Christianity in various linguistic forms: first Greek, Latin and Syriac, then Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian and Georgian.	Second year	Yearly	6	L-FIL-LET/06
10598947 - EARLY ISLAMIC LITERATURES		Second year	Yearly	12
ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE		Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/15
PERSIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE		Second year	Yearly	6	L-OR/12

CdS in Cultural Heritage in the Near and Middle East, and in Africa
Classe: LM-2

a) Il CdS è articolato in curriculum unico.
b) Gli insegnamenti di cui sono costituiti i percorsi formativi, con l’indicazione dei settori scientifico-disciplinari di riferimento e dell’eventuale articolazione in moduli, sono pubblicati nella didattica programmata;
c) Gli insegnamenti, i crediti e i docenti loro assegnati sono pubblicati nella didattica erogata. Il CdS non prevede propedeuticità.
d) Le attività a scelta dello studente e il relativo numero dei crediti sono pubblicati nella didattica programmata;
e) Le modalità per l’eventuale passaggio e/o trasferimento da altri corsi di studio sono disciplinate dal regolamento studenti di ateneo dell’a.a. corrente;
f) La modalità di svolgimento della didattica è convenzionale, tuttavia, per quanto concerne i materiali didattici, in particolare per gli studenti con disabilità audio-visive sono previsti strumenti di didattica integrativa (ppt, e-learning, sotto-titoli, registrazioni audio, syllabus dedicati, schemi e diagrammi di sostegno) per facilitare non solo la frequenza, ma anche la preparazione degli esami. Le modalità di verifica della preparazione consistono in esami orali, ma per agevolare lo studente sono previste anche prove di esame in itinere;
g) Il CdS nomina uno o più docenti che hanno il compito di verificare le altre attività formative. I relativi crediti sono riportati nella didattica programmata;
h) Il CdS nomina uno o più docenti che hanno il compito di verificare i risultati degli eventuali stage, tirocini e dei periodi di studio all’estero. I relativi crediti sono riportati nella didattica programmata;
i) Le altre disposizioni su eventuali obblighi degli studenti sono riportate nella carta dei diritti e i doveri delle studentesse e degli studenti consultabile al seguente indirizzo:
https://www.uniroma1.it/it/documento/carta-dei-diritti-e-dei-doveri-dell...
j) Il CdS prevede modalità di frequenza convenzionali, ma per gli studenti con disabilità audio-visive sono previsti strumenti di didattica integrativa che ne facilitino la frequenza. Il cds prevede modalità di frequenza anche per gli studenti part-time (circa 30 CFU), in quanto calendario e programmi degli insegnamenti previsti dal manifesto sono sostanzialmente mantenuti nell’anno successivo;
k) Il CdS prevede il riconoscimento, a seguito di verifiche, dei crediti acquisiti in altri Corsi di Studio dell’Ateneo o di altre Università, in conformità al regolamento studenti di ateneo dell’a.a. corrente;
l) Le modalità di tutorato didattico sono finalizzate ad orientare ed assistere gli studenti lungo tutto il corso degli studi, a renderli attivamente partecipi del processo formativo, a rimuovere gli ostacoli ad una proficua frequenza dei corsi, anche attraverso iniziative rapportate alle necessità, alle attitudini ed alle esigenze dei singoli. I servizi di tutorato collaborano con gli organismi di sostegno al diritto allo studio e con le rappresentanze degli studenti, concorrendo alle complessive esigenze di formazione culturale degli studenti e alla loro compiuta partecipazione alle attività universitarie (legge 341/1990, art. 13).
m) Il CdS dichiara che insegnamenti corrispondenti ad almeno 60 crediti sono tenuti da professori o ricercatori inquadrati nei relativi settori scientifico-disciplinari e di ruolo presso l’ateneo, ovvero in ruolo presso altri atenei sulla base di specifiche convenzioni tra gli atenei interessati. Nessun professore o ricercatore di ruolo è stato conteggiato in totale più di due volte per insegnamenti comunque tenuti sia nel proprio che in altri atenei. Per consultare l’elenco dei docenti di riferimento, si rinvia alla didattica erogata;
n) Oltre ai requisiti presenti in Ordinamento richiesti per l’accesso al corso di laurea magistrale in Cultural Heritage in the Near and Middle East, and in Africa, il CdS prevede una verifica della adeguatezza della preparazione mediante colloquio dell’immatricolando con il Presidente del CdS e/o uno o più docenti del CdS;
o) Nella fase di redazione dei piani di studio, lo studente riceverà indicazioni per la compilazione di uno o più piani di studio consigliati.