Palaeontology-Geobiology

Courses

Programme

  1. The Study Program includes a set of common core courses compulsory for all postgraduate students and two subsets of specialised compulsory and optional courses corresponding to two (2) specializations: A) “Macropalaeontology” and B) “Micropalaeontology-Biostratigraphy”.
  2. The total number of European Credit Transfer Credits (ECTS) for the award of the Master Degree is 90 ECTS and the courses start in the winter semester.
  3. Online teaching may not exceed 35% of the teaching hours per course. Courses can be either on a weekly basis, with each course lasting at least 10 weeks, or on an aggregate basis (en block).
  4. Courses are in Greek but with the possibility of conducting part or all of the courses or the entire program of each direction in English.
  5. Courses, teaching and research activities, participation in field work and internships, credit hours, and the percentage of distance learning per course and specialization are defined as follows. Courses coded ‘O’ are compulsory while courses coded ‘S’ are optional; courses coded ‘C’ are common to both specializations. Courses coded ‘P’ are linked with the Specialization of Macropalaeontology, while Courses coded ‘M’ are linked with the Specialization of Micropalaeontology-Biostratigraphy. The complete Syllabus can be found in the e-Study Guide.
    O/S Code Semester A’ ECTS
    O CO2
    Statistical Analysis of Palaeontological Data
    		6
    O CO3 Scientific Terminology & Communication 6
    O COP1 Geological Principles in Palaeobiology 6
    O ΡΟ3 Mediterranean Cenozoic Biostratigraphy 4
    O ΡΟ6 Taphonomy 5
    S PS1 Evolution of terrestrial Ecosystems during the Cenozoic 3
    S PS2  Geoheritage-Palaeontological Geotopes – Museum promotion and Education 3
    O ΜΟ1 Calcareous nannoplankton: systematics-biostratigraphy 5
    O ΜΟ2 Planktonic foraminifera: systematics-biostratigraphy 5
    O ΜΟ3 Benthic foraminifera: systematics-biostratigraphy 5
    O M07 Aquatic Palynology 3
    Semester B’
    O ΡΟ1 Comparative Anatomy – Taxonomy – Biometry of Vertebrates 6
    O ΡO2 Invertebrate Fyla – Taxοnomy – Biometry 6
    O P04 Systematics-Phylogeny-Macroevolution 6
    O Ρ05 Field and Lab Practice 6
    S PS3 Advanced Macropalaeontology 3
    S PS4 Invertebrate communities: palaeoecological and palaeogeographic approaches 3
    S PS5 Palaeoanthropological Issues 3
    S PS6 Palaeoecology of Vertebrates – Biomechanics- Morphofunctional Ecology 3
    O COM3 Methods of stratigraphic correlation 6
    O COM4 Palaeoceanography-Geobiology 6
    O MO4 Palaeoecology-Ecostratigraphy 4
    O MO5 Ostracoda-siliceous microfossils 6
    O MO6 Terrestrial Palynology 5
    S MS1 Palaeoclimatic proxies 3
    S MS2 Environmental Micropalaeontology 3
    Semester C’
    O C05 Master Thesis 30