Undergraduate Degree Courses
Undergraduate studies are organized on the basis of two major Degree Courses: Α. History and Β. Archaeology and Art History. Students are required to select one of them during the second year of their studies.
Degree Course A (History)
Course A introduces students to the discipline of history. It is intended to acquaint students with the sources and methodology of historical research, and to provide them with a solid knowledge in a large spectrum of subjects from antiquity to the contemporary era. At the same time the Degree Course A prepares them for a professional career in Education or other relevant fields. The teaching staff and the academic advisors of the Department are constantly at the students’ disposal in order to help them with their module choices.
Subject areas | Number of modules |
Ancient History | 2 |
Medieval History– Byzantium | 2 |
Medieval History– Western Europe | 2 |
Modern History | 2 |
Ottoman History | 2 |
Prehistoric Archaeology | 1 |
Classical Archaeology | 1 |
Byzantine Archaeology | 1 |
History of Western Art | 1 |
Ancient Greek Literature | 2 |
Latin Literature | 1 |
Ancient Greek or Latin or Byzantine or Modern Greek Literature | 1 |
History Lectures (free choice) | 6 |
Lectures offered by the Department of History & Archaeology (free choice) | 3 |
Lecture offered by the Department of Philology (free choice) | 1 |
Lectures offered by the three Departments of the Faculty of Letters (free choice) | 3 |
Lectures offered by the Department of Philology or by the Department of Philosophical and Social Studies (including modules on Education- free choice)[1] | 5 |
History seminars[2] | 6 |
TOTAL | 42 |
[1] Alternatively, lectures offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences, upon authorization by the academic advisorsν.
[2] Students are permitted to replace 1 history seminar with 2 history lectures or 2 history seminars with 4 history lectures respectively, in which case the number of courses required for the graduation degree amounts to 38 lectures and 5 seminars or to 40 lectures and 4 seminars.
Students who take the maximum required six (6) seminars are allowed to take up to three (3) seminars in the same major subject area. Students who graduate with four (4) or five (5) seminars, cannot take more than two (2) seminars in the same major subject area. Students may select up to one (1) seminar or two (2) replacement lectures from the modules offered by Degree Course B.
Degree Course B Curriculum (Archaeology and History of Art)
Degree Course B acquaints students with the study of the material remains of past civilizations from the prehistoric era up to the Middle Ages, as well as with the History of Ancient and Modern Art. Students will acquire the necessary knowledge and training for professional careers in Education, the Archaeological Service, and public or private museums. The teaching staff and the academic advisors of the Department are constantly at the students’ disposal in order to help them with their module choices.
Besides taught modules, Degree Course B also includes practical training in excavations, surface research and surveys.
Subject areas | Number of modules |
Ancient Greek Texts | 1 |
Ancient Greek or/and Byzantine Literature (one lecture in Ancient Greek Literature is compulsory) | 3 |
Latin Literature | 1 |
Ancient History | 2 |
Medieval History (Byzantium or/and Western Europe) | 2 |
Modern History or Ottoman History | 2 |
Any course in History | 1 |
Prehistoric Archaeology | 4 |
Classical Archaeology | 4 |
Byzantine Archaeology | 4 |
History of Western Art | 5 |
Participation in excavations or any other fieldwork conducted by Course B [1] | 1 |
A free choice of modules (lectures or seminars offered by the Dpt, or by the other Dpts of the Faculty of Letters, including classes on Education and Teaching training offered by the Dpt of Philosophical and Social Sciences) | 6 |
Seminars: One (1) in Prehistoric Archaeology, 1 in Classical Archaeology, 1 in Byzantine Archaeology, 1 in History of Western Art, 1 in Archaeology (Prehistoric, Classical or Byzantine) or in History of Western Art, and one (1) seminar either in Archaeology, or History of Western Art or History | 6 |
Total | 42 |