FF:DSMZk M. A. State Final Exam - Course Information
DSMZk M. A. State Final Exam
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: SZK (final examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Michal Habaj, PhD. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Lukáš Pecha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- In order to be admitted to the Master's state examination in Ancient History, the student must
a) succesfully complete Bachelor's state examination;
b) gain credits prescribed by his/her study plan;
c) submit Master’s thesis, if he/she is a student of major or single-study (completus) study plan. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Ancient History (programme FF, N-DST_) (3)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the Master's state examination is to prove whether a student have reached learning outcomes of the Master's programme Ancient History as prescribed by his/her study plan.
- Learning outcomes
- A successful student should be able to pursue well a job, where a Master's degree in humanities is required.
The most successful graduates should be capable of handing in a satisfactory dissertation project and of succeeding in the doctoral study program Ancient History (or a related field). - Syllabus
- Lists of general topics of the Master's state final examination valid for each of the three study plans are published on the website of the Department of Classical Studies: https://classics.phil.muni.cz/studium/pro-studenty
- Literature
- required literature
- The Cambridge Ancient History I-XII. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1924. info
- The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
- MAREK, Václav, Pavel OLIVA and Petr CHARVÁT. Encyklopedie dějin starověku. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2008, 535 s. ISBN 9788072772018. info
- BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila and Markéta MELOUNOVÁ. Římské císařství II. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 103 s. ISBN 9788021069558. URL info
- recommended literature
- BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Stěhování národů (The great migration of peoples). III. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007, 416 pp. Historica. ISBN 978-80-7021-705-4. info
- Antika a česká kultura. Edited by Ladislav Varcl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 575 s. URL info
- The Oxford handbook of the state in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean. Edited by Peter F. Bang - Walter Scheidel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, xii, 555. ISBN 9780195188318. info
- BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Bič boží-sakrální král (The Scourge of God - Sacral King). In Bořivoj, Marek. Visuque et auditu iuxta venerabilis adrogantiam effugerat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Jednota klasických filologů, 2013, p. 195-204. ISBN 978-80-904945-2-7. info
- Teaching methods
- Oral exam, defence of Master's thesis in the case of one field (completus) or major study plan.
- Assessment methods
- Assessment by the examination board.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught each semester.
- Teacher's information
- http://classics.phil.muni.cz/studium/pro-studenty
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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