DSMZk M. A. State Final Exam

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: SZK (final examination).
Asynchronous teaching
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
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
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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