Balkan Heritage Field School (BHFS) has the advantage of affiliations with academic institutions in Bulgaria, Canada and USA. The following universities award academic credits to students who participate in BHFS projects: New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria; Connecticut College through Institute for Field Research, USA; and Queen's University, Canada. Participants who are not interested in academic credits are not expected to pay any tuition fee nor take part in activities related to academic curriculum (exams, academic reports etc.)
Balkan Heritage Foundation signed, in 2009, an affiliation agreement with New Bulgarian University (NBU). Through this agreement, Balkan Heritage Field School (BHFS) has been providing students the opportunity to obtain by request credit hours awarded by NBU for their participation in the BHFS projects/courses. The Centre for Professional and Continuing Education (CCE), NBU grants between 3 to 12 credit hours (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System or ECTS) for attendance at different BHFS projects/courses and up to 18 credit hours (ECTS) for BHFS project/course packages. It issues Transcript of Records (ToR) and transfers the credit hours to the student and the student’s home institution for an additional tuition fee - please, refer to the Instructions for obtaining Transcripts of Records issued by the New Bulgarian University below. Syllabi are available upon request.
As part of the New Bulgarian University Program, all Balkan Heritage Field School courses/projects meet high educational standards. Quality of education is guaranteed by the professionalism, experience and reputation of instructors in charge and project/course monitoring and evaluation performed by the Department of Archaeology, NBU.
New Bulgarian University (est. 1991) is a modern Bulgarian academic institution with undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs focusing on sciences of man and society, natural sciences, new technologies as well as arts. Since 2004, New Bulgarian University has been the exclusive representative for Bulgaria of the Open University (UK) in the field of distance education.
In 2015, Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF), Bulgaria, and the Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA started a strategic partnership and created the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans. Thanks to this Program, students attending the field schools which are included in the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans can now earn up to 8 semester credit units (equivalent to 12 quarter credit units). These credit units are awarded by the IFR's academic partner – Connecticut College. In addition, these students shall be covered under all relevant insurance policies issued by IFR, including liability, health, evacuation and extraction insurance.
Students interested in attending single projects within the joint Program shall apply to BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans and enroll through Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA. Students participating in any field school pack will enroll through the Balkan Heritage Foundation.
For more information, please contact the Balkan Heritage Admissions Officer by e-mail at: [email protected]
In 2020, 6.0 Queen’s University credits (1 term) are available for the four-week session of the Stobi Excavation Project for qualified Queen's University students (fourth-year undergraduate students and Graduate/Master's students). Interested students are asked to please contact the head instructor, Dr. George Bevan ([email protected]) for more information as soon as possible. Students must have at least second year standing and permission of the Department of Classics, Queen’s University, to register.
NB! All non-Queen's University students participating in the Stobi Excavation Project can obtain academic credits through either New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria or Connecticut College.
For more information, please contact the Balkan Heritage Admissions Officer by e-mail at: [email protected]
Students who study outside Europe wishing to obtain academic credits for the following field school projects shall apply to the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans and enroll through the Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA. They will be awarded up to 8 semester credit units (equivalent to 12 quarter units) through Connecticut College - 2 credit units for two-week sessions and 8 credit units for four- and five-week sessions. They will receive a letter grade. The tuition fee is included in the IFR admission fee. For projects included in this program, see the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans page.
For students who study in Europe (EU, EEA, CH, Russian Federation and countries from the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus) wishing to obtain academic credits for the following projects, New Bulgarian University grants 6 ECTS credits for two and three-week sessions and 9 ECTS credits for four-week sessions. Transcripts of Records (ToR) are available upon request for an additional tuition fee.
NBU tuition fees for three / six / nine / twelve academic credits are as follows:
“FRESCO-HUNTING” PHOTO RESEARCH EXPEDITION TO MEDIEVAL BALKAN CHURCHES: MCBAL.EXP. |
Session 1: 6 academic credits (ECTS) |
ANCIENT GREEKS IN THE LAND OF DIONYSOS – EXCAVATION OF EMPORION PISTIROS, THRACE: PIS.EXC |
Session 1 & 2: 6 academic credits (ECTS)
Session 3: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
APOLLONIA PONTICA EXCAVATION PROJECT: AP.EXC. | Session 1 & 2: 6 academic credits (ECTS) Session 3: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
BONA MANSIO - ROMAN ROAD STATION ON VIA DIAGONALIS: MAN.EXC. |
Sessions 1, 2, 3: 6 academic credits (ECTS)
Session 4: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
ROMANS IN ILLYRICUM - DOCLEA EXCAVATIONS: DOCL.EXC. |
Session 1 & 2: 6 academic credits (ECTS)
Session 3: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
STOBI EXCAVATION PROJECT: STOBI.EXC. |
Session 1: 9 academic credits (ECTS)
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TELL YUNATSITE EXCAVATIONS - SEEKING EUROPE'S FIRST CIVILIZATION: YU.EXC. |
Session 1 & 2: 6 academic credits (ECTS)
Session 3: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
WORKSHOP FOR CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY: APDR.WRK. |
Session 1: 6 academic credits (ECTS)
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WORKSHOP FOR CONSERVATION OF ROMAN MOSAICS: CDRMP.WRK.
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Session 1: 6 academic credits (ECTS)
Session 2: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
WORKSHOP FOR CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF ROMAN POTTERY AND GLASS: RPGDR.WRK.
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Session 1: 6 academic credits (ECTS)
Session 2: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
BYZANTINE COLD CASE FILE: EXCAVATIONS OF THE EARLY BYZANTINE MONASTERY NEAR VARNA ON THE BLACK SEA: VAR.EXC.
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Session 1 &2: 6 academic credits (ECTS) Session 3: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
WORKSHOP FOR INTERVENTIVE AND PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION OF TEXTILES, PAPER AND METAL: CMM.WRK. |
Session 1,3,5: 3 academic credits (ECTS) Session 2 & 4: 6 academic credits (ECTS) Session 6: 9 academic credits (ECTS) |
UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL IN THE BLACK SEA: UWA.EXC. |
9 academic credits (ECTS)
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NEANDERTHAL CROSSROADS: EXCAVATIONS AT THE MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SITE UZUN MERA: NCRDS.EXC. |
9 academic credits (ECTS)
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ECTS = European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
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