Undergraduate studies

Undergraduate studies

Academic title: graduated ethnologist and anthropology
Area of study: social sciences and humanities, ethnology and anthropology
Length and structure of study program: eight semesters (4 years)
Total number of credits: 240

The program of undergraduate studies in ethnology and anthropology

The study program in ethnology and anthropology is structured in 4 years (8 semesters), through which students receive 240 credits (ECTS). The professional title gained upon completing the undergraduate studies and the defense of the undergraduate thesis is graduated ethnologist and anthropologist.

The undergraduate study and program is organized for the obtainment of level VII/1 education and meeting the requirements of the qualification descriptors. The study program allows for continuing education on a higher level (graduate studies) in a variety of fields (modules) of ethnology and anthropology.

Other significant information regarding the study program can be found below. For more detailed information, please download the document on the study program.

Financing

Students can enroll are regular students financed by the state, regular students with private co-financing and part-time (irregular) students at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.

Enrollment criteria

The conditions and criteria for enrollment at the “St. Cyril and Methodius” University are prescribed by the Rectorate of the University in alignment with legal proscriptions and recommendations from the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Republic of Macedonia.

Candidates who have passed the state examination of international baccalaureate have the right to enroll in the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. Candidates who have completed school examinations in general gymnasiums or final examinations of 4-year specialized high schools also have the right to enroll. Students with completed 4-year high school examination in earlier years (before the academic 2007/2008) and who have not completed the state examination have the right to enroll.

 

List of obligatory subjects for the studies in ethnology and anthropology can be found below (L – lectures, T – theoretical practice, Lab – laboratory practice):

Subject code

 Subject L T Lab Credits 
  I Semester        
ЕА 001
 Introduction to Ethnology and Anthropology
 2 2 0 6
EA 002
 Historical Anthropology 2 2 0 6
ЕА 003 Visual Anthropology 2 2 0 6
EA 004  Anthropology of Cultural Heritage 2 2 0 6
EA 005  History of Etnology in Macedona 2 2 0 6
  II Semester        
EA 006 Ethnology and Anthropology of Macedonia I 2 2 0  6 
EA 007 Anthropology of Folklore 2 2 0 6
EA 008 Ethnography and Field Research I 2 0 2 6
ЕА 009 Anthropology of Sexuality 2 2 0 6
ЕА 010 Ethnographic Writing 2 2 0 6
  III Semester        
EA 011 Sociocultural Anthropology 2 2 0 6
EA 012 Ethnological and Anthropological Theories I 2  2  0  6 
ЕА 013 Ethnology and Anthropology of Macedonia II 2 2 0 6
I 01 Elective subject (from the department list) 2 2 0 6
I 02 Elective subject (from the department list/university list) 2 2 0 6
  IV Semester        
EA 014 Ethnology and Anthropology of Macedonia IV 2 2 0 6
EA 015 Ethnography and Field Research II 2 0 2 6
EA 016  Ethnological and Anthroplogical Theories II 2  2  0  6 
I 03 Elective subject (from the department list) 2 2 0 6
I 04 Elective subject (from the department list/university list) 2 2 0 6

V Semester



EA 017 Anthropology of Sex and Gender 2 0 2 6
EA 018  Methodology of Ethnological and Anthropological Research 2 2 0 6
EA 019 Ethnology and Anthropology of the Balkans 2 2 0 6
I 05 Elective subject (from the department list) 2 2 0 6 
I 06 Elective subject (from the department list/university list) 2 2 0 6

VI Semester 2 2 0 6
ЕА 020 Anthropology of Migration 2 2 0 6
EA 021  Ethnology and Anthropology of Macedonia IV 2 2 0 6
EA 022 Ethnography and Field Research III 2 0 2 6
I 07 Elective subject (from the department list) 2 2 0 6
I 08/EA 023 Elective subject (from the department list/university list) 2 2  0  6 

VII Semester



ЕА 024 Urban Ethnology and Anthropology 2 2 0 6
ЕА 025 Political Anthropology 2 2 0 6
ЕА 026 Ethnological Museology 2 2 0 6
I 09 Elective subject (from the department list) 2 2 0 6
I 10 Elective subject (from the department list/university list) 2 2 0 6
  VIII Semester        
ЕА 027 Economic Anthropology 2 2 0 6
ЕА 028 Anthropology of Religion 2 2 0 6
ЕА 029 Ethnography and Field Research IV 2 2 0 6
 I 11 Elective subject (from the department list/university list) 2 2 0 6
 EA 030 Diploma Thesis 0 5+5 0 30
 
       

List of Elective Subjects (IEA)  L T Sem. Credits
EA 031 Physical Anthropology 2 2 W 6
EA 032 Ethnology of Europe 2 2 W 6
EA 033 Anthropology of the Environment  2  2  W  6 
EA 034 Ethnology of Australia and Oceania 2 2 W 6
ЕА 035 Intepretations of the Balkans 2 2 W 6
ЕА 036 Anthropology of Popular Culture 2 2 W 6
ЕА 037 Anthropology of Religious Communities in Macedonia 2 2 W 6
ЕА 038 Semiology and  Symbolic Systems 2 2 W 6
ЕА 039 Engaged Anthropology 2 2 W 6
ЕА 040 Speech Culture and Public Communication 2 2 W 6
ЕА 041 Interpretations of Knowledge of the Past 2 2 W 6
ЕА 042 UNESCO and World Cultural Heritage 2 2 W 6
ЕА 043 Managment and Protection of Heritage in Emergencies 2 2 W 6
EA 044 Alternative Forms of Cultural Tourism 2 2 W 6
ЕА 045 The State, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Tourism 2 2 W 6
ЕА 046 Anthropology of Africa 2 2 S 6
ЕА 047 Ethnology of Asia 2 2 S 6
ЕА 048 Ethnology of America 2 2 S 6
ЕА 049 Digital Anthropology 2 2 S 6
ЕА 050 Introduction to Methodology in Ethnological and Anthropological Research 2 2 S 6
ЕА 051 Macedonian Diaspora - Interpretations of Identity 2 2 S 6
ЕА 052 Anthropology of Ethnicity 2 2 S 6
ЕА 053 Anthropology of Socialism and Postsocialism 2 2 S 6
ЕА 054 Anthropology of Islam and Christianity 2 2 S 6
ЕА 055 Ethnic Communities in Macedonia 2 2 S 6
ЕА 056 Anthropology of Magic 2 2 S 6
EA 057 Urban Cultural Heritage 2 2 S 6
EA 058 Cultural Heritage, Gender and Sexuality 2 2 S 6
EA 059 Cultural Heritage in Socialism 2 2 S 6
           
  Seminars        
ЕА 060 Seminar in Political Anthropology 2 2 S 6
ЕА 061 Seminar in Anthropology of Popular Culture 2 2 S 6
ЕА 062 Seminar in Anthropology of Religion 2 2 S 6
ЕА 063 Seminar in Sociocultural Anthropology 2 2 S 6
ЕА 064 Seminar in Ethnology and Anthropology of the Balkans 2 2 S 6
ЕА 065 Seminar in Semiology and Symbolic Systems 2 2 S 6
ЕА 066 Seminar in Anthropology of Sex and Gender 2 2 S 6
ЕА 067 Seminar in Anthroplogy of Sexuality 2 2 S 6
ЕА 068 Seminar in Anthropology of Folklore 2 2 S 6
ЕА 069 Seminar in Methodology of Ethnological and Anthropological Research 2 2 S 6

 

Subject code

Management and protection of cultural heritage

The study program in Cultural Heritage Management and Protection, which begins in the 2021/22 academic year, consists of 4 years (8 semesters), with students receiving 240 credits (EKTS). 

The professional title after completing the  undergraduate studies and defending the diploma thesis is a graduate anthropologist in the field of management of cultural heritage protection.
The study program provides the opportunity for further continuous education at a higher level, i.e. second cycle studies in various areas (modules) of ethnology and anthropology.

 Method of financing


Candidates are enrolled as full-time students funded by the state, full-time students with co-financing and part-time students at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.

Enrollment requirements

The terms and criteria for enrolling students in studies at the University "Sts. Cyril and Methodius" are prescribed by the Rectorate of the University in accordance with the legal regulations and recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science.
Candidates who have passed the state or international matriculation examination have the right to enroll in the first cycle of studies at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. Candidates who have completed four-year secondary education in previous academic years (before the 2007/2008 academic year) who have not passed the state matriculation examination also have the right to enroll in the first cycle of studies.

CONTENT OF THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDY PROGRAM IN MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Serial number

Subject code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

L

T

FIRST YEAR/ I semester

 

 

Compulsory subject

 

 

 

 

1.

MZKN 001

Introduction to the management and protection of cultural heritage

I

2

2

6

2.

MZKN 002 (EqF.)

Management Fundamentals

I

2

2

6

3.

MZKN 003

The cultural heritage of the world

I

2

2

6

4.

MZKN 004 (FLU)

History and Theory of Art 1

I

2

2

6

5.

MZKN 005

(Eq.Inst.)

Fundamentals of Marketing in Culture

I

2

2

6

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS

10

10

30

Serial number

Subject code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

L

T

FIRST YEAR/ II semester

 

 

Compulsory subject

 

 

 

 

6

MZKN 006

Ethnological aspects of cultural heritage

II

2

2

6

7.

MZKN 007

The cultural heritage of the Balkans

II

2

2

6

8.

MZKN 008

(FLU)

History and Theory of Art 2

II

2

2

6

9.

MZKN 009

Cultural heritage of Macedonia 

II

2

2

6

10.

MZKN 010

Student internship 1 [1]

II

2

2

6

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS

10

10

30

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS for the year

20

16

60

[1] The Student Internship courses are offered for a duration of 30 days each summer semester, each academic year. The organization of the courses is arranged and presented in the syllabi in the program.

Serial number

Subject code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

L

T

SECOND YEAR/III semester

 

 

Compulsory subject

 

 

 

 

11.

EA 011

Sociocultural Anthropology 

III

2

2

6

12.

MZKN 011

Management and protection of tangible cultural heritage 

III

2

2

6

13.

MZKN 012

Marketing of cultural heritage

III

2

2

6

14.

GT 2116

Cultural tourism

III

2

2

6

 

 

Elective subject

 

 

 

 

I1

 

From the unit list

 

2

2

6

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS

10

10

30

Serial number

Subject code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

L

T

SECOND YEAR/IV SEMESTER

 

 

Compulsory subject

 

 

 

 

15.

GT 2107

Tourism law

 

IV

2

2

8

16.

MZKN 013

Resources for researching cultural heritage

IV

2

2

4

17.

MZKN 014

Cultural heritage and new media 

IV

2

2

6

18.

MZKN 015

Student practice 2

IV

2

2

6

 

 

Elective subject

 

 

 

 

I2

 

From the unit list

 

2

2

6

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS

10

10

30

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS for the year

20

20

60

Serial number

Subject code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

L

T

THIRD YEAR/V semester

 

 

Compulsory subject

 

 

 

 

19.

EA004

Anthropology of cultural heritage  

V

2

2

6

20.

MZKN 016

(Eq. Inst.)

Management of cultural institutions in Macedonia

V

2

2

6

21.

MZKN 017

Management and protection of intangible cultural heritage

V

2

2

6

 

 

Elective subject

 

 

 

 

I3

 

From the unit list

 

2

2

6

I4

 

From the unit list

 

2

2

6

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS

10

10

30

Serial number

Subject code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

L

T

THIRD YEAR/VI semester

 

 

Compulsory subject

 

 

 

 

22.

MZKN 018

Museum management 

VI

2

2

6

23.

MZKN 019

 

Documentation and application of digital technologies in the management and protection of cultural heritage 

VI

2

2

6

24.

MZKN 020

Student practice 3

VI

2

2

6

 

 

Elective subject

 

 

 

 

I5

 

From the unit list

 

2

2

6

I6

 

From the unit list

 

2

2

6

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS

10

10

30

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS for the year

20

20

60

Serial number

Subject code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

L

T

FOURTH YEAR/VII semester

 

 

Compulsory subject

 

 

 

 

25.

EA026

Ethnological museology 

VII

2

2

6

26.

MZKN 021

Cultural heritage and nationalism

VII

2

2

6

27.

MZKN 022

National parks, open-air museums and other protected areas

VII

2

2

6

 

 

Elective subject

 

 

 

 

I7

 

From the unit list

 

2

2

6

I8

 

From the unit list

 

2

2

6

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS

10

10

30

Serial number

Subject code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

L

T

FOURTH YEAR/VIII semester

 

 

Compulsory subject

 

 

 

 

28.

IPC 023

Integrated heritage protection

VIII

2

2

6

29.

IPC 024

UNESCO and world cultural heritage

VIII

2

2

6

30.

MZKN 025

Student practice 4

VIII

2

2

6

31.

MZKN 026

Diploma thesis

VIII

 

10

6

 

 

Elective subject

 

 

 

 

I9

 

From the unit list / seminar (from the unit list)

 

2

2

6

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS

8

18

30

Total hours (lectures/exercises) and ECTS for the year

18

28

6 0

List of elective courses

Serial number

Code

Subject name

Semester

Weekly lesson fund

ECTS

From which unit

lectures

exercises

I1

EA 041

Public communication

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I2

EA 033

Environmental Anthropology

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I3

EA 041

Interpretations of knowledge about
the past

 

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I4

EA 044

 

Alternative forms of cultural tourism

 

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I5

MZKN 027

Anthropology of tourism

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I6

EA 038

Semiology and symbolic systems

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I7

EA 003

Visual anthropology

 

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I8

EA 043

Heritage management and protection in emergencies

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I9

EA 039

Engaged anthropology

W

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I10

GT 2132

Development of the tourist area

W

2

2

6

IG/UKIM

I11

EA 045

The state, cultural heritage and cultural tourism

S

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I12

EA 007

Anthropology of folklore

S

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I13

EA 027

Economic Anthropology

S

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I14

EA 050

Introduction to the methodology of ethnological and anthropological research

S

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I15

MZKN 028

Fundamentals of preventive heritage protection

S

2

 

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I16

EA 057

Urban cultural heritage

S

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I17

IPC 029

Cultural policies in Europe

S

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

I18

IPC 30

Cultural heritage, cultural tourism and sustainable development

S

 

2

2

6

IEA/UKIM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total :

22

132

 


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