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Ancient History

Bachelor's degree in full-time form. The language of instruction is Czech.

The programme can be studied as a single subject or in combination with another programme.

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What will you learn?

The core of the study programme is ancient history, with an emphasis on the history of classical antiquity and ancient heritage in administration, law, literacy, and art of the subsequent epochs of European history. The subject of studies is the political organization of ancient states, as well as their economies, religion, and culture; attention is paid to the cultural contribution as well as the history of the Ancient Near East. The student learns to recognize different developmental stages of the oldest history of humankind, their similarities and specific features, the paths taken by culture and knowledge.

Per aspera ad astra

The emphasis is on reading source materials, either in the original or in translations into modern languages. The basis of the studies is formed by courses following the timeline from the birth of the first states in the Near East up to the formation of the so-called barbaric states in the transitional period between Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and by the compulsory linguistic training in the area of ancient languages. The studies are complemented by courses necessary for broader orientation in various issues of ancient history and culture.

Career opportunities

The graduates of the Ancient History B.A. programme may find work in the cultural sphere (museums, galleries, libraries, archives, and the education of young people in various interest groups). They will also be able to work in tourism and in public and state service.

Admission requirements

This programme is taught in Czech.

The criteria for admission for studies are the results of the Learning Potential Test (TSP). Applicants may also be admitted based on other criteria, see Admission without the Entrance Examination. The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University disregards the results of SCIO National Comparative Examinations.

You can file your e-applications for studies from 1 November to 28 February.
The date and time of the examination will be stated in the electronic invitation for the examination, which will be uploaded to your e-application. The faculty will not be sending paper invitations. Applicants applying for the major study plan and minor study plan in a combined study must comply with the conditions for admission into both plans.

Learning Potential Test (TSP)

This test is only in Czech. For up-to-date information, click here

Field of Study Examination

For admission for studies of this degree programme, you do not need to take the Field of Study Examination.

Admission without the entrance examination

You may be exempt from the entrance examination based on at least one of the following criteria:
  1. secondary school results from the following profile subjects: Czech (Slovak) language, history, and a choice of any two subjects determined by the faculty: English, Chinese, French, music, information technology, Italian, Latin, maths, German, Russian, Spanish, basics of social sciences. An exemption based on school results is applicable to applicants who are students in the final year of a secondary school or who have passed the secondary school leaving examination no later than in 2018;
  2. placing in any of the first three places in the History Olympiad (regional or national round) or Latin Competition - Certamen latinum (country or national round).

Secondary school results may be applied for an exemption from the entrance examination by those applicants whose average grade was 1.5 or higher in each of the four profile subjects. The total average result in all subjects is not taken into consideration. Secondary school seminars are also disregarded. The average grade of each profile subject is calculated based on the results of the last four years of study in the following way: the mid-year grade is calculated from the final year, whereas the final grades are calculated from the previous three years. It is also necessary that applicants have studied each of the profile subjects for at least two years during the last four years.
Enter your grades in your e-application. Then print the grades out and let your secondary school certify them with a stamp and a signature. Upload the scan of the certified grades into your e-application. You can also upload officially certified school reports or any other documents certifying your school results.
Please upload the officially certified documents directly to your e-application in the section Application for the Exemption from the Entrance Examination no later than 28 February.

Criteria for evaluation

Limit for TSP percentile for successfully passing the entrance examination: 40

Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years

Study options

Single-subject studies

Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.

Combined studies

In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes.​ An exception is programmes preparing students for teaching professions, where both fields of study are equal and the thesis may be written in any of them.

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics

  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies

  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient History (major), full-time studies
    + Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History as a minor degree programme

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Public Economics and Administration (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
  • Informatics (major) – Faculty of Informatics, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
  • Psychology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Security & Strategic Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • International Relations (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Media Studies and Journalism (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Political Science (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Social Anthropology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Environmental Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Sociology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Social Work (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)
  • European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor)

Courses – curriculum examples

An example of your study plan:

Single-subject studies

Combined studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Classical Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + German Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Catalan Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Mediterranean studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient History (major), full-time studies
 + Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Follow-up studies

After completion of the Bachelor's studies of Ancient History the graduate can continue in any Master's degree programme (after satisfying the admission requirements), especially in programmes, such as History, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology, Mediterranean Studies, Sociology, Religionistics, Anthropology, Environmental Studies, European Studies. Preferably there is the possibility of the ensuing Master's degree programme in Ancient History.

Study information

Provided by Faculty of Arts
Type of studies Bachelor's
Mode full-time Yes
combined No
distance No
Study options single-subject studies Yes
single-subject studies with specialization No
major/minor studies Yes
Standard length of studies 3 years
Language of instruction Czech

Do you have any questions?
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Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D.

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