Ancient History
MODULE: Ancient History
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 21 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION:
This program will focus on the study of ancient history, with attention to the evolution of humankind and its organization in the form of several civilizations, and the interaction between these societies, cultures and beliefs. The way we live now is the consequence and is affected by what happened in our past. Knowing our past is the best way to understand ourselves. This program covers a historic period ranging from ancient civilizations to the middle ages.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
World Cultures
Civilization & Culture Prehistory: Migrations & Cultures Ancient Civilizations Ancient History Mediterranean, Greeks & Romans The Dark & Middle Ages
Academic Supervisor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
World Cultures
This course surveys human cultures around the world from earliest evidence to development of civilizations. It provides a comparative exploration of the cultural factors which shape human behavior of selected cultures from around the globe and examines the influences that varying environments have on human and biocultural adaptations.
Instructor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
Civilization & Culture
This course studies how and why the first civilizations emerged and the preconditions necessary for state development: the domestication of plants/animals, the farming communities, the first cities, the religious ideologies, the evolution of language and its relationship to culture and the progress of each civilization.
Instructor: Sibylle Kisro-Volker
Prehistory: Migrations & Cultures
This course explores the beginnings of human culture to rise of civilizations, first tools made by humans, spread of humans out of Africa, other migrations, origins of agriculture, and rise of state society in different parts of the world.
Instructor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
Ancient Civilizations
This course describes the people, culture, archeological evidences, and influences of ancient civilizations, starting with early humans and moving chronologically through Sumer, Egypt, Nubia, India, China, Israel, Greece, Rome, and others.
Instructor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
Ancient History
The way we live now is the consequence and is affected by what happened in our past. Knowing our past is the best way to understand ourselves. This course covers a historic period ranging from ancient civilizations to the middle ages.
Instructor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
Mediterranean, Greeks & Romans
Historical analysis from preclassical antiquity to the beginning of the Middle Ages covering in detail the Greek and Roman empires. This course stresses the philosophical, political and sociological evolution of Greeks and Romans, and their relationship and influence to other Mediterranean civilizations.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
The Dark & Middle Ages
Historical analysis of the Middle Ages covering in detail the Romanic and Gothic movements. The course stresses the philosophical, political and artistic evolution of middle ages, and their deep interrelationship with the Church and the Catholic religion.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
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