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The Department of Maritime Civilizations
Obligatory Courses
01 Introduction to Marine Civilizations
Credits: 2
Dr. Assaf Yasur- Landau and Dr. Gil Gmambash
Course
An introduction course about history archeology and marine civilizations
02 Scientific Writing
Credits: 2
Dr. Deborah Cvikel
Course
Obligatory course for thesis track
03 Oceanography
Credits: 4
Prof. Ehud Spanier
Course
Course Objectives - Teaching general background, mostly qualitative, about the nature of oceanography
science, its importance to man and understanding the processes and the central problems in four main
interests: biological oceanography, physical oceanography, chemical oceanography and marine geology
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.
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Optional Courses
004 Ship Construction in Antiquity
Credits: 4
Prof. Ya'acov Kahanov
Course
The lesson will deal with the construction of ancient ships: the development and technology. We will
learn background, principles and concepts. The course is set in two parts: Elements and principles will be
learned on the first semester (class); Advanced study including vessels from around the world and
selected issues on the second semester (Pro-seminar). The main basis for the course is archaeological
shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, archaeological finds from vessels which were found around the world
and traditional vessels sailing nowadays. The archaeological findings will be confronted and verified with
visual and historical sources. Part of the course will focus on carpentry ships and analyzing data.
005 Building Models of Ship and Marine Installations
Credits: 4
Prof. Ya'acov Kahanov
Course
The lesson will deal with the construction of ancient ships: the development and technology. We will
learn background, principles and concepts. The courses is set in two parts: Elements and principles will
be learned on the first semester (class); Advanced study including vessels from around the world and
selected issues on the second semester (Pro-seminar). The main basis for the course is archaeological
shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, archaeological finds from vessels which were found around the world
and traditional vessels sailing nowadays. The archaeological findings will be confronted and verified with
visual and historical sources. Part of the course will focus on carpentry ships and analyzing data.
006 Analysis of Ancient Sailing Expeditions
Credits: 2
Prof. Ya'acov Kahanov
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.
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Course
007 Ships and Seamanship in the 'Age of Sail' (18th-19th centuries)
Credits: 2
Dr. Deborah Cvikel
Course
008 Interdisciplinary Departmental Seminar
Credits: 4
Dr. Assaf Yasur- Landau
Seminar
Each week the seminar will deal with a different topic of the areas taught in the Department
009 Evidences for Connections in Eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze
and Iron Age
Credits: 4
Dr. Assaf Yasur- Landau
Course
010 The Archaeology of the Aegean Area during the Bronze Age
Credits: 2
Dr. Assaf Yasur- Landau
Course
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.
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011 Sea People and the Philistines
Dr. Assaf Yasur- Landau
Course
012 Man and Sea in Prehistoric Times*
Credits: 2
Dr. Daniella Bar- Yosef
Course
013 Archaeometallurgy in the Mediterranean Sea
Credits: 2
Prof. Sariel Shalev
Course
In this course we will try to examine how ancient technology can be reconstructed using scientific tests of
archaeological findings. We will review the history of the production and use of metals from the first
appearance of copper, gold and silver objects to the early use of iron. Scientific methods for study of
metal findings will be presented as well as what can be learned using these methods about production
techniques and using methods of weapons, tools and metal jewelry, and how can the original material and
shape of underwater and coastal findings can be reconstructed.
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.
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014 Introduction to Marine Archaeology: Shipwrecks, Cargo and Ports *
Credits: 2
Prof. Sariel Shalev
Course
This is an introductory course in marine archeology and will deal with the basics of major topics (based
on the studies of specialists from the Department of Maritime Civilizations): from shipwreck finds and
their reconstruction, to cargoes and through their study - the reconstruction of Mediterranean trade
networks in antiquity. The course will also deal with excavation and reconstruction of marine structures
such as port and harbors
015 Oceangraphy and Sea Resources
Credits: 4
Prof. Ehud Spanier
Course
The course provides advanced material selected topics Sea in oceanography and resources with emphasis
on the relationship between man and the sea. The material includes human relations and the sea in the
past, present, and towards the future and its associations with the marine environment. Human uses of the
sea, damage that man causing to the marine environment and its inhabitants, and the damage of the
marine environment to man.
016 Marine Mammles and Man
Credits: 2
Dr. Dani Kerem
Course
The course includes 12 two-hour weekly meetings. It will be based on the presentations of students, of
topics will be distributed at the first meeting (or be offered by the student and approved by the lecturer)
and a moderated discussion. The presentations will be ongoing during the entire course, with each
session, each student will be able to add updates on the given subject. Until the first presentation topics
will be presented shortly and lectures with discussion will be given by the lecturer.
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.
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017 Research of Marine Vertebrates
Credits: 2
Dr. Aviad Scheinin
Course
Ecological study based on tracking surveys and population surveys, methods to determine the population
size using remote sampling and Mark - Recapture method. Monitoring and tracking of marine vertebrates
within the collection of oceanographic data of their living environment. Methods to determine the diet
and tropical level of aquatic vertebrates, using stomach contents analysis, stable isotopes of carbon and
nitrogen and fatty acid composition. Genetic methods for characterizing population and composition of
the pack. Using acoustic methods for tracking and documentation.
018 Marine and Coastal Pollution
Credits: 2
Dr. Dror Angel
Course
"Marine environment" is a term that describes the state of the marine ecosystem. Processes affecting the
the marine environment include both natural and anthropogenic processes, such as climate changes,
pollution and various uses of ocean resources. The course will examine physical, chemical and biological
factors that affect the marine environment and will include practical examples illustrating these processes.
019 Recent Climate Changes and Their Impact on the Mrine Environment
Credits: 2
Dr. Dror Angel
Course
Introductory course presenting a variety of areas of earth sciences and nature sciences dealing with the
marine environment.
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.
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020 Introduction to Marine Environment
Credits: 2
Dr. Dov Zviely
Course
Introductory course presenting a variety of areas of earth sciences and nature sciences dealing with the
marine environment.
021 The Historiography of the Mediterranean Sea
Credits: 2
Dr. Gil Gambash
Course
This course will survey some of the more influential work dedicated to the Mediterranean in the past
century or so – from Braudel to Pryor, Horden-Purcell, and Wickham – and portray through it the current
role ascribed to the Sea in characterizing the nature of its surroundings throughout recorded history. The
timeline will be dictated by the development of modern historiography, though in the course of the term
we will come to examine, if not in chronological order, representations of the Sea from antiquity to the
modern era.
022 Ancient and Modern Port Cities
Credits: 4
Dr. Nadav Kashtan
Seminar
The seminar deals with the marine character of central port cities and their historic role in Mediterranean
Sea and in Israel, and focuses on the Greco Roman. Main Issues: The ports location and their designation
as crossroads for trading and meeting places to cultures; Material remains and their significance; cultural
encounters in the marine cities and phrases from literary sources, including encounters between: Greeks
and Persians; Jews and Greeks; Greeks and Romans; Romans and Jews. among the cities will be
discussed: Piraeus, Alexandria, Acre, Jaffa, Caesarea, Carthage, Ossetia, Marseille, New York and Haifa.
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.
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023 Maritime and Islamic Civilizations History in the Middle Ages
Credits: 2
Dr. Hassan Khalilieh
Course
An overview of the circumstances that caused the rise of Islam in the Mediterranean scene from the
seventh century until the early Ottoman period: the struggle between Muslims and Christians on the
islands of the Mediterranean and the sailing routes
024 Maritime Commerce in the 11th Century*
Credits: 2
Dr. Hassan Khalilieh
Course
The Class reviews the development of fleets and military vessels from the early period of the discoveries
(15th century) until the end of the 19th century. We will examine the historical background and the
technological development that led to marine development, both in building the vessel as well as combat
doctrine; We will review the changes that traditional craft went through, and the appearance of new
vessels, and focus on the implementation of the technological revolution in combat doctrine and marine
battles. The course is built in a chronological order and includes an analysis of several major marine
battles in cooperation with the students.
025 Fleets and Military Vessels
Credits: 2
Prof. Rotem Kowner
Course
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.
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026 Introduction to Archeology Sciences
Credits: 2
Prof. Sariel Shalev
Course
027 Methods in underwater survey and excavation
Credits: 4
Dr. Deborah Cvikel
Course
028 Global sea level changes and the history of deglaciation
Credits: 2
Dr. Dorit Sivan
Seminar
* In case of discrepancy, the publication of the Course Schedule and Syllabus on the university web site prevails.