Maritime Civilizations

The MA Program in Maritime Civilizations at University of Haifa explores the history, archaeology, anthropology, and fabric of seafaring societies underwater, on shore, and in cutting-edge laboratories, shedding light on human-sea relations in both ancient and modern times.

The MA Program in Maritime Civilizations at University of Haifa is the first of its kind to integrate the full scope of research domains on land, at sea, and in the lab under one roof, SAMC offers a prestigious international professional network and a fascinating learning environment.

Highlights:

• Trains the next generation of maritime-oriented researchers, environmental activists, policy makers, consultants, and educators.

• Combines advanced knowledge with ongoing active research and exploration of harbors, ships, seafaring in labs on campus and at sea, to understand human-sea interactions and address maritime heritage challenges.

• Multidisciplinary curriculum includes coastal and underwater archaeology, ancient ship construction, marine biology and ecology, maritime history, maritime geoarchaeology, and archaeozoology.

• Develops in-depth knowledge and practical research with special attention to the effects of human interaction with the Mediterranean Sea on shore and underwater.

• Qualifies and certifies excavating coastal and underwater archaeologists.

• Conducts ongoing, active research on shore, underwater and in state-of-the-art laboratories both on campus and in the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies.

• Experiential ship construction course and research cruise included!

• Competitive scholarships for eligible students pursuing the thesis track.

Courses include:

• Coastal and Underwater Geoarchaeology

• Animals and Humans in Mediterranean Societies

• Nautical History and Archaeology

• Research Cruise – Ecological Survey

• Advanced Field Methods in Coastal and Underwater Archaeology

• Ship Construction

• Summer Projects including Biology and Ecology, Coastal and Underwater Archaeology