Students should learn to perform an archaeological analysis and develop and write an academic paper. This covers the development of a project description, and on the basis of this, the writing of a Master's thesis. The topic for the thesis is chosen in collaboration with the department, usually within one of the department’s project programmes. The thesis should be the equivalent of two semesters' workload.

POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR THE MASTER'S THESIS:

• Various aspects of Maritime Cultural Landscape
• Maritime Ideology and Symbolism
• Boat and ship building
• Maritime migrations and seafaring
• Utilization of marine natural resources
• Maritime cultures of the world
• Deepwater Archaeology
• Development of advanced technology for underwater archaeological research Oceanographic Archaeology