Distribution of Courses
To obtain a degree, students are required to successfully complete 46 three-hour courses, which correspond to 138 teaching hours (each course corresponds to three hours of teaching per week throughout the semester). The minimum period of study for graduation is 8 semesters.
In accordance with current legislation (3374/2-8-2005), the program of study is structured on the basis of the principle of transferring and accumulating ects credits (ECTS CREDITS). The number of ects credits represents the workload required to complete all necessary coursework, which is estimated at thirty (30) ects credits per semester. Overall, during their studies, students must accumulate at least 240 ects credits.
Note: In the indicative program of the Department of History and Archaeology, the numbers of 30 ects credits per semester as well as the overall 240 ects credits are approximate.
Organization of ects credits
Teaching hours and ects credits correspond to three-hour semester courses distributed in the following sections:
1) Courses mandatory for both majors
a) Base courses:
11 courses x 3 teaching hours = 33 teaching hours = 55 ects credits
(9 courses from the Faculty of Philology x 5 ects credits and 2 courses from the Faculty of Paedagogics × 5 ects credits respectively).
b) Core courses:
18 courses × 3 teaching hours = 54 teaching hours and × 5 ects credits = 90 ects credits
More specifically:
History courses:
9 courses × 3 teaching hours = 27 teaching hours and × 5 ects credits = 45 ects credits
Archaeology and History of Art courses:
9 courses × 3 teaching hours = 27 teaching hours and × 5 ects credits = 45 ects credits
Optional Core Course
1 Optional Core Course × 3 teaching hours = 3 teaching hours and 3 or 6 ects credits
2) Specialization courses:[1]
a)
History majors:
8 core courses 6 specialization optional courses
× 3 t. h. = 24 t.h × 3 t.h. = 18 t.h. and 38-42 cr.
and 49 ects credits (7 courses (see in detail below)
× 6 ects credits and 1 course × 7 ects credits)
Archaeology and history of Art majors:
8 core courses 6 specialization optional courses
× 3 t.h. = 24 t.h. × 3 t.h. = 18 t.h. and 38-42 cr.
and 49 ects credits (7 courses (see in detail below)
× 6 ects credits and 1 course × 7 ects credits)
b) Free optional courses
2 courses × 3 teaching hours = 6 teaching hours and 2 × 3 = 6 ects credits (at minimum)
The number of ects credits that a student can attain from free optional courses offered from another department or school, outside of the Faculty of History and Archaeology, is 3 per course. IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, if students register in free optional courses from either major in the Department of History and Archaeology beyond those required for obtaining their degree, the number of ects credits these courses would bestow is determined by the Department of History and Archaeology, according to the following list.
Overall, the distribution of teaching hours and ects credits can be tabulated as follows for both majors:
| Category | Kind | Number | Teaching Hours | Ects credits |
| Mandatory for both majors | Introductory | 11 | 33 | 55 |
| Core | 18 | 54 | 90 | |
|
| Optional Core Course | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Specialization | Specialization mandatory | 8 | 24 | 49 |
| Specialization optional courses | 6 | 18 | 38-42 | |
| Free optional courses | 2 | 6 | 6 (at minimum) Fluctuating number of ects credits, in accordance with the provision regarding ects credits for free optional courses | |
| Total | 46 | 138 | 235-239 ects credits plus the 6 (min.) ects credits of two free optional courses = 241-245 ects credits | |
Courses on offer
Teaching hours and ects credits per course are as follows:
MANDATORY FOR BOTH MAJORS
a)
| Introductory Courses | t.h. | ects credits |
| (11 courses) |
| |
| FA03 Ancient Greek Literature I | 3 | 5 |
| FA04 Ancient Greek Literature II | 3 | 5 |
| FA27 Ancient Greek Literature III | 3 | 5 |
| FA07Ancient Greek Literature IV or FG07 Linguistics | 3 | 5 |
| FL03 Latin Literature I | 3 | 5 |
| FL04 Latin Literature II | 3 | 5 |
| FB27 Byzantine Literature | 3 | 5 |
| FN03 Modern Greek Literature I | 3 | 5 |
| FN83 Modern Greek Literature II | 3 | 5 |
| TEK301 Education I | 3 | 5 |
| TEK303 Education II | 3 | 5 |
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| Total | 33 | 55 |
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b)
| Core courses | ects credits |
| 18 courses | 90 |
| History courses | t.h. | ects credits |
| ΙΙ 04 Introduction to Historical Studies | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΙ 10 Ancient History I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΙ 11 Ancient History II | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΙ 13 Byzantine History I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΙ 21 Byzantine History II | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΙ 12 History of Western Europe in the Middle Ages I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΙ 14 Modern European History I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΙ 17 Early Modern Greek History I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΙ 18 Modern Greek History I | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 27 | 50 |
| Archaeology Courses | t.h. | ects credits |
| ΙΑ 04 Introduction to Archaeology | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΑ 02 Prehistoric Archaeology I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΑ 10 Prehistoric Archaeology II | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΑ 11 Classical Archaeology I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΑ 12 Classical Archaeology II | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΑ 13 Byzantine Archaeology I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΑ 14 Byzantine Archaeology II | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΑ 15 History of Art I | 3 | 5 |
| ΙΑ 16 History of Art II | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 27 | 45 |
HISTORY OR ARCHAEOLOGY MAJOR COURSES
a) Specialization courses
History majors
| Mandatory | t.h. | ects credits |
| 8 courses |
| |
| II 03 Introduction into World History | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 29 Problems of Historical Methodology | 3 | 7 |
| ΙΙ 25 Ancient History III | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 30 Early Modern Greek History II | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 31 Modern Greek History II | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 19 Modern European History II | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 24 History of the Ottoman Empire | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 84 History of the Post-War World I | 3 | 6 |
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| Total | 24 | 49 |
Optional courses
History majors are required to attend six (6) specialization optional courses, including at least two seminars. Each seminar is equivalent to 3 teaching hours per week and 7 ects credits, while each of the optional classes is equivalent to 3 teaching hours per week and 6 ects credits. As a result, ects credits of all optional History courses can range between 38 (2 seminars and 4 classes) and 42 (6 seminars).
| Α) Seminars | t.h. | Ects credits |
| SΙ 71 Ancient History | 3 | 7 |
| SΙ 160 Byzantine History | 3 | 7 |
| SI 78 Byzantine History | 3 | 7 |
| SΙ 79 Byzantine History | 3 | 7 |
| SI 106 History of the Middle Ages | 3 | 7 |
| SΙ 55 Modern European History | 3 | 7 |
| SI 210 Modern European History | 3 | 7 |
| SΙ 231 Modern European History | 3 | 7 |
| SI 06 Contemprorary History | 3 | 7 |
| SI 154 Early Modern Greek History | 3 | 7 |
| SI 85 Modern Greek History | 3 | 7 |
| SΙ 135 Modern and Contemporary Greek History | 3 | 7 |
| Β) Classes | t.h. | Ects credits |
| II 89 Ancient Greek History | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 95 Byzantine History | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 133 Byzantine History | 3 | 6 |
| II 217 Byzantine History | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 22 History of Western Europe in the Middle Ages II | 3 | 6 |
| II 64 Early Modern European history | 3 | 6 |
| II 140 Modern European History | 3 | 6 |
| II 142 Modern European History | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΙ 88 Contemporary Greek Political History | 3 | 6 |
| II 126 History of Education | 3 | 6 |
| II 112 Modern Greek History | 3 | 6 |
| II 135 Modern Greek History | 3 | 6 |
| II 136 Modern Greek History | 3 | 6 |
| 61 PrAsk (Practical Training of the students) |
| 6 |
Archaeology and History of Art major
| Mandatory | t.h. | c. |
| 8 courses | ||
| ΙΑ 21 Topography-Architecture-Town Planning | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 26 Prehistoric Archaeology III | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 42 Archaeology of Eastern Civilizations | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 31 Classical Archaeology III | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 108 Roman Archaeology | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 44 Post-byzantine Archaeology | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 29 History of Art III | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 103 Excavation and Study of Archaeological Materials-Museology | 3 | 7 |
| Total | 24 | 49 |
Optional
Archaeology and History of Art majors are required to attend six (6) specialization optional courses, including at least two seminars. Each seminar is equivalent to 3 teaching hours per week and 7 ects credits, while each of the optional classes is equivalent to 3 teaching hours per week and 6 ects credits. As a result, ects credits of all Archaeology and History of Art optional courses can range between 38 (2 seminars and 4 classes) and 42 (6 seminars).
| Α) Seminars | t.h. | c. |
| SΑ 22 Prehistoric Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 116 Prehistoric Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 154 Prehistoric Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 155 Prehistoric Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SA 15 Archaeology of Eastern Civilizations | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 61 Classical Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 164 Classical Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 165 Classical Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 172 Classical Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 105 Byzantine Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 131 Byzantine Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 182 Byzantine Archaeology | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 80 History of Art | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 106 History of Art | 3 | 7 |
| SΑ 136 Μuseology | 3 | 7 |
| Β) Classes | t.h. | Ects credits |
| IA 150 Archaeology and Archaeometry | 3 | 6 |
| IA 151 Prehistoric Archaeology | 3 | 6 |
| IA 153 Prehistoric Archaeology | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 64 Classical Archaeology | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 145 Byzantine Arhcaeology | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 146 Byzantine Arhcaeology | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 43 Specialist Courses in Archaeology | 3 | 6 |
| ΙΑ 131 History of Art | 3 | 6 |
| IA 17 Introduction to Art History | 3 | 6 |
| IA 106 Museology | 3 | 6 |
| II 89 Ancient History | 3 | 6 |
| 61 PrAsk (Practical Training of the students) |
| 6 |
b) Free Optional Courses
2 courses (each course corresponds to 3 teaching hours, total = 6 teaching hours)
N.B.: The number of ects credits that a student can attain from free optional courses offered from another department or school, outside of the Department of History and Archaeology, is 3 per course. IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, if students register in free optional courses from either major in the Department of History and Archaeology beyond those required for obtaining their degree, the number of ects credits these courses would bestow is determined by the Department of History and Archaeology, according to the preceding list.
A student may select two (2) free optional courses from:
a) courses of the History & Archaeology Department in either specialization,
b) courses from other departments of the School of Humanities and other University of Athens departments in accordance with availability. (A list will be posted to the Secretariat of the Department).
If a student wishes to choose courses from category b) he/she is kindly requested to contact the departmental studies advisor of his/her major.
N.B.:
Any optional course must be taught at least three hours a week.
To enhance the educational training of students, it is recommended that they register in at least two Education courses (in addition to the two compulsory introductory courses), especially courses ΤΕΚ126n “Curriculum, Teaching and Learning "and ΤΕΚ300 "Educational Psychology". These courses are offered by the Department of Paedagogics to students of our department during the fifth and sixth semesters of the indicative program of study.
European Credit Transfer System units for Erasmus students
ECTS CREDITS units for courses attended by Erasmus students from the Faculty of History and Archaeology at foreign universities are defined by the university offering the courses. Students should make sure that the courses they select will enable them to complete the minimum amount of the 240 ECTS CREDITS units required.
ECTS CREDITS units for courses offered by this university to foreign Erasmus students are as follows:
Ordinary taught course: 6 ECTS CREDITS units
Ordinary taught course with applied training: 6 ECTS CREDITS units
Ordinary specialization course (non-seminar): 6 ECTS CREDITS units
Seminar: 7 ECTS CREDITS units
Postgraduate course: 15 ECTS CREDITS units
[1] Each student is required to choose by the end of their studies at least two seminars among the available optional specialization courses. The student's performance in the seminars will be determined on the basis of participation, an oral presentation and a written essay in which he/she will demonstrate his/her ability to engage with scholarly methodology, identify issues of research interest and display a critical attitude toward the subject matter of his/her research.
Students’ participation in seminar courses is compulsory. Any student who fails to attend at least 3 seminar meetings would automatically fail the course.
Seminar essays should be between 5,500 and 7,000 words, including references.
Note that the maximum number of students admitted in each seminar is 23.