ECTS credit allocation

General
In order to receive the Bachelors Degree a student should successfully attend a series of courses which correspond to 240 ECTS credits (at least). From these, 178 ECTS credits must be accumulated from the core courses of the Department (as listed in Table A), at least 20 ECTS credits from the General Topic Elective Courses of Table B and the remaining 42 ECTS credits from a combination of elective courses of Tables B, C and D and/or Diploma Thesis and/or Work Placement. Only one of the two courses numbered 405 (Environmental Physics) and 408 (Introduction to Astrophysics) can be considered as a core course. In case less than 8 students register for an elective course, the course is offered only if the corresponding Section has the necessary teaching resources.

The allocation of ECTS credits per semester and course is presented in Table A.

Table Α: Indicative Program of Studies of the Department of Physics and ECTS credits
Semester	Course Number	Title	ECTS
1	11	MECHANICS	7
	12	DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS	7
	13	LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ELEMENTS OF ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY	6
	14	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS	5
	15	ELEMENTS OF PROBABILITIES AND STATISTICS	5
	Total		30
2	21	ELECTROMAGNETISM	7
	22	FOREIGN LANGUAGE	4
	23	LABORATORY COURSES IN MECHANICS AND HEAT	6
	24	VECTOR CALCULUS	6
	25	PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES	5
	Total		28
3	31	WAVES	6
	32	MODERN PHYSICS I	6
	33	CLASSICAL MECHANICS I	6
	34	COMPLEX NUMBERS CALCULUS AND INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS	6
	35	LABORATORY COURSES IN ELECTROMAGNETISM	6
	Total		30
4	41	THERMODYNAMICS	7
	42	MODERN PHYSICS II	7
	43	CLASSICAL MECHANICS II	6
	44	LABORATORY COURSES IN WAVE PHYSICS AND OPTICS	6
	45	DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS	6
	Total		32
5	51	QUANTUM THEORY I	7
	52	CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS I	7
	53	ANALOG ELECTRONICS	6
	54	GENERAL CHEMISTRY	5
	405/408	ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS / INTRODUCTION TO ASTROPHYSICS	5
	Total		30
6	61	QUANTUM THEORY II	7
	62	CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS II	7
		OPTIONAL COURSES OF TABLES Β,Γ,Δ/Practice	16
	Total		30
7	71	STATISTICAL PHYSICS I	7
	72	SOLID STATE PHYSICS I	7
		OPTIONAL COURSES OF TABLES Β,C,D / DIPLOMA THESIS / Practice	16
	Total		30
8		OPTIONAL COURSES OF TABLES Β,C,D / DIPLOMA THESIS / Practice	30
8	Total		30

Categories of Courses

During their studies, the students attend courses, which are divided into the following categories:

Category A: Core Courses

In this category belong 30 core courses (the Foreign Language is also included) that are the most fundamental courses of the Department and from which the students must accumulate 178 ECTS units. These courses are offered by the Department every academic year during the winter or spring semester. The students must successfully attend 29 from these courses (choosing one of the courses: Environmental Physics or Introduction to Astrophysics).

Category B: Elective Courses – General Directions

In this category belong 13 elective courses from which the students must select, during their studies, at least four, which correspond to at least 20 credit units. The above four courses do not include one of the courses Environmental Physics or Introduction to Astrophysics which has been selected as a core course.

Category C: Elective Courses – Special Topics in Physics

In this category belong the elective courses, which correspond to 4 credit units each.

Category D: Elective Courses – Various Topics

In this category belong the elective courses which belong to the field of didactics in Physics, as well as courses from other Departments to which no credit units have been attributed.

Category E: Elective Courses – Diploma Thesis

Students who are at least in the 7^th semester of their studies and have successfully completed their examinations, until the last examination period before the registration for the course, in courses that correspond to at least 120 ECTS units may choose the course “Diploma Thesis” which has duration of two semesters and corresponds to 10 ECTS units.

Category F: Work Placement

From the 6^th semester onwards, a student may be engaged, for a specific period of time (3-6 months), in Greek or international organisations and companies of the public and private sector having as an objective his/her Work Placement and specialisation in subjects related to the area of Physics. In case of a positive assessment, 3 ECTS units are awarded to the student’s record. These units are admeasured to the total of 240 that are necessary for a degree to be awarded but no grade is registered.

In the framework of European Exchange Programmes (ERASMUS), the students are given the possibility to carry out part of their studies (up to two academic semesters) abroad, with the courses at which they are successfully examined being recognised by the home institute. In addition, it is possible for the students, in the framework of the same Programme, to carry out their Work Placement abroad, definitely prior to receiving their degree.

Appendix
The following appendix enlists Tables showing the distribution of courses in the categories Α, Β, C, D and the corresponding ECTS credits for each course. For further information about the courses the student is reffered to the Studies Guide of the Department. The courses numbers are those used in the Studies Guide of the Department.

Table B : Optional Courses – General Topics
Α/Α	Course Number	Title	ECTS
1	103	ELEMENTARY PARTICLES	5
2	104	INTRODUCTION TO FIELD THEORY	5
3	105	COSMOLOGY	5
4	201	ATOMIC PHYSICS	5
5	202	MOLECULAR PHYSICS	5
6	203	NUCLEAR PHYSICS I	5
7	205	SOLID STATE PHYSICS II	5
8	209	LABORATORY COURSES IN MODERN PHYSICS	6
9	211	MATERIALS SCIENCE	5
10	401	GENERAL METEOROLOGY	5
11	405	ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS	5
12	408	INTRODUCTION TO ASTROPHYSICS	5
13	111	PLASMA PHYSICS	5

Table C : Optional Courses – Special Topics
Α/Α	Course Number	Title	ECTS
		FIELD OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
1	101	STATISTICAL PHYSICS II	4
2	106	GRAVITY AND GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY	4
3	107	GROUP THEORY	4
4	108	DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY	4
5	109	COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN PHYSICS	4
6	110	QUANTUM THEORY OF INFORMATION	4
7	112	MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF PHYSICS	4
8	113	MATHEMATICS FOR PHYCISISTS	4
		FIELD OF EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED PHYSICS
9	204	NUCLEAR PHYSICS II	4
10	206	SEMICONDUCTORS PHYSICS	4
11	207	EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN PHYSICS	4
12	212	STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS	4
13	213	LASER PHYSICS	4
14	214	PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Ι	4
15	215	PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY ΙI	4
16	217	APPLICATIONS IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS	4
17	218	POLYMER SOLIDS	4
		FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL, ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE PHYSICS
18	402	PHYSICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE	4
19	403	DYNAMICAL METEOROLOGY	4
20	404	FLUID MECHANICS	4
21	406	PHYSICAL CLIMATOLOGY	4
22	407	NATURAL ENERGY SOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT	4
23	409	SPACE WEATHER	4
24	410	GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY	4
25	411	OBSERVATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS	4
26	413	SOLAR PHYSICS	4
		FIELD OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
27	502	DIGITAL ELECTRONICS	4
28	504	INTRODUCTION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS	4
29	506	OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES	4
30	507	INTERNET APPLICATIONS	4
31	508	ADNANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS	4
32	509	COMPUTER MEASUREMENTS AND AUTOMATICS	4
33	510	MODERN PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONICS	4

Table D: Optional Courses (Field of didactics in Physics) – Varius Topics
Α/Α	Course Number	Title	ECTS
34	301	HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES	4
35	304	DIDACTICS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES	4
36	305	CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN PHYSICS	5
37	306	INTRODUCTION TO PEDAGOGICS	4
38	307	DIDACTIC METHODOLOGY	4
39	308	NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TEACHING OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES	4
40	309	EDUCATIONAL PHYCHOLOGY	4
41	310	EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY	4
42	219	MEDICAL PHYSIC – RADIOPHYSICS	3
43	220	BIOPHYSICS	3

Table E: Diploma Thesis

Table F: Work Placement

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