Erasmus Information Package
Information on degree programmes General description –
Department of Geography
1. Aims and Structure of the Program of Undergraduate Studies
The Program of Undergraduate Studies of the Department of Geography aspires to meet
the challenges of modern and interdisciplinary Geography by offering a broad range of
knowledge and skills. The Program of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of
Geography has three principal goals. The first goal is to educate professional geographers
who will be employed in the public or the private sector and will be involved in
geographic applications. The second goal is to educate academic geographers who will
contribute to geographic research – the study and analysis of the diverse social,
economic, cultural and environmental phenomena that take place and shape spaces and
places of human life and activity. Thee third goal is to educate geographers who will
teach contemporary Geography at all educational levels – from the primary to the postsecondary. The Program of Undergraduate Studies is revised every year in order to keep
updated and be adapted to broader scientific, technological and socio-economic
developments occurring in the field of Geography.
The undergraduate studies last four years (eight semesters). To obtain a degree in
Geography, students are required to complete successfully a number of courses and
prepare an undergraduate thesis. The courses offered are divided into required and
optional courses. Required courses deal with the main thematic areas of Geography and
the basic methodological tools necessary for the education of geographers independent of
specialization whereas optional courses focus on more specialized thematic areas as well
as methods and tools in Geography.
Undergraduate courses are grouped into four broad categories:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Support Courses
Methods and Skills courses
Physical and Environmental Geography courses
Human Geography courses
Spatial planning and development
A sixth category – Special topics in Geography – includes the required course “Degree
thesis” and the two optional courses “Lecture in Geography” and “Summer Internship”.
Support courses offer general knowledge of topics that are necessary in order to develop
a sound scientific basis for the geographic courses proper. Physical and Environmental
Geography courses offer introductory and specialized knowledge of Physical Geography
and the Environmental Sciences. Human Geography courses offer a broad range of
knowledge of the main and the more specialized thematic areas of Human Geography.
Methods and Skills courses familiarize the students with the basic methods and
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techniques used and help students develop the skills required in modern geographic
analysis. Courses on spatial planning and development aim at issues of urban and
regional planning and development. Finally, Special Topics in Geography offer students
the opportunity to bring together the knowledge they acquired during their undergraduate
studies by conducting an integrated study on a topic of their choice.
Required and optional courses are presented in the following pages. The
Indicative Program of Undergraduate Studies for the academic year 2003-2004 is
presented next. It is worth noting that the number of optional courses changes
periodically with the revision of existing courses and the addition of new courses.
2. Qualification awarded
BA/BSc in Geography
3. Admission requirements
General Exams
4. Undergraduate Courses
Compulsory Courses
I. Support Courses
Microeconomics
Interpretation and representation of space
Sociology and Political Theory
English I
English II
English III
English IV
Course Code
CΕ1ΥP01
CE1YP02
CE1YP03
CE1YP04
CE1YP05
CE1YP06
CE1YP07
II. Physical Geography and Environment Courses
Physical Geography I
Physical Geography II
Environment and Ecology
Greek and Mediterranean Environment
CE1FP01
CΕ1FP02
CΕ2FP03
CΕ3FP04
III. Human Geography Courses
Contemporary Human Geography
History of Geography
CE1AC01
CΕ1AC02
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Urban Geography
Social Geography
Economic Geography
Population Geography
Cultural Geography
Political Geography and Geopolitics
Geography of the European Union
CΕ1AC03
CE2AC04
CΕ2AC05
CΕ2AC06
CE2AC07
CΕ2AC08
CE2AC09
IV. Skills and Methods Courses
Introduction to Informatics
Introduction to Cartography
Introduction to Social Statistics
Multivariate Analysis
Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
Spatial Statistics I
Thematic Cartography
Applications of Geographical Information Systems
Applied Research Planning in Human Geography
Applied Research Design in Geography
Qualitative Research Methods
CE1DM01
CE1DM02
CE1DM03
CE1DM04
CE2DM05
CΕ2DM06
CE2DM07
CE3DM08
CE3DM09
CE3DM09
CE3DM10
V. Courses on Development and Planning
Macroeconomics and Political Economy of Space
Introduction to Town Planning
Regional Development and Territorial Planning
CΕ1AS01
CΕ2AS02
CΕ3AS03
VI. Special Issues in Geography
Undergraduate Thesis
CE4ET01
Optional Courses
I. Support Courses
Educational Psychology
General Teaching (Geniki Didaktiki)??
II. Physical Geography and Environment Courses
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CE1YP08
CE1YP09
Introduction to Environmental Geology
Biogeography
Applied Geomorphology - Hydrology and Mapping
Geography of Natural Resources
General Meteorology
Coastal Geomorphology
Paleogeography
Geography of Natural Disasters
Wildfire Ecology and Management
Management of Natural Environment
General Climatology
Planning and Development of Natural Heritage Areas (biotopes geogeotopes)
Physical Geography of Greece
CΕ2FP05
CE2FP06
CΕ2FP07
CΕ3FP08
CE3FP09
CΕ3FP10
CΕ3FP11
CE4FP12
CE2FP13
CE2FP14
CE4FP15
CΕ4FP16
CE3FP17
III. Human Geography Courses
Human Geography of Greece
Rural Geography
Special topics in Economic Geography
Migration in Europe
Landscape perception and analysis
Residential Geography
Political Geography of the Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean area
Historic Geography
Borders and Border Zones
Geographies of Everyday Life
Geography of Labor and of Restructuring
Spatial Economics
Island Geography
CΕ1AC10
CΕ1AC11
CΕ2AC12
CΕ3AC13
CE3AC14
CΕ3AC15
CΕ3AC16
CΕ4AC17
CΕ4AC18
CE4AC19
CΕ4AC20
CΕ4AC21
CΕ4AC22
IV. Skills and Methods Courses
Geographical Databases
Introduction to Computer Programming
Methods of Urban Analysis
Introduction to Remote Sensing
Methods of Demographic Analysis
Methods of Regional Analysis
Spatial Statistics II
Education and Teaching of Geography
CE2DM11
CE2DM12
CΕ2DM13
CE3DM14
CΕ3DM15
CE3DM16
CΕ2DM17
CΕ4DM18
V. Courses on Development and Planning
City and Urban History
CΕ1AC05
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Rural Development and Policy
Development and Planning of Innovation spaces
Globalization and uneven development
Housing Development and Planning
Tourism and Development
Greek Economy: Structure and Policies
CΕ3AC06
CΕ3AS07
CΕ3AC08
CΕ4AC09
CE4AC10
CΕ4AC11
VI. Special Issues in Geography
Lecture
Summer Internship
CE4ET02
CEXET03
6. Course structure diagram with credits (60 per year)
See Appendix B
7. Final test, if any
Dissertation
8. Examination and assessment regulations
9. Summer Internship
In the course of their undergraduate studies, students are offered the opportunity to
participate in summer internship programs. This activity is coordinated by the Summer
Internship Committee of the Department in cooperation with public and private sector
bodies that express their interest and offer openings following an invitation by the
Department of Geography.
Summer internship programs are optional, and students may participate in them at any
point during the course of their studies. These programs are conducted during the months
of July and August each year. When certain conditions are met, a summer internship may
count as an optional course that equals to two academic units. Students may make use of
this option only once during the course of their studies.
10. ECTS Departmental Coordinator
Erasmus Committee: George Korres (Chair)
Sotirios Koukoulas
Nikos Zouros
Emmanuel Marmaras
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11. People of the Geography Department
PROFESSORS
Kanaroglou P.
Kapetanaki-Briasouli H.
Kourliouros E.
Marmaras Em.,
Head of the Department
Spatial Analysis
Regional Analysis
Economic Geography
Urban Development & Planning
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Petanidou T., Deputy Head
Environmental Geography
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Kalabokidis K.
Korres G.
Soulakellis N.
Terkenli T.
Zouros N.
Geography of Natural Disasters
Spatial Economics
Thematic Cartography
Cultural Geography
Physical Geography
LECTURERS
Feidas H.
Iosifidis T.
Koukoulas S.
Vaitis M.
Petrakou E.
Physical Geography
Methods of Social Sciences
Geographical Information Systems
Informatics & Geographical Data Bases
Political Geography
INSTRUCTORS
Nikolarea K. (English)
Papaioannou C (Landscape Perception)
Klonari A. (General Teaching)
Horianopoulos I. (Social Geography)
Kizos Ath. (Rural Geography)
Dalaka A. (Biogeography)
Tsampra M.(Geography of Labour,
Kontis E. (Environmental Geology)
Globalisation, Social Geography)
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Support Staff
Departmental Administrators
Gournelou H.,
[email protected] / +30-2251-036400
Computer Officers and Technicians
Varkaraki C.,
[email protected] / +30-2251-036432
Hiotellis G.,
[email protected] / +30-2251-036408
Dimou J., (to be appointed)
Anomeritou S.,
Evangelinides N.,
[email protected] / +30-2251-036402 [email protected] / +30-2251-036408
12. Student Association of the Department of Geography "Pittakos"
The Student Association of the Department of Geography, called “Pittakos”, was
established by the first students of the Department in November 1994. It is a first order
collective student administrative body managed by an Administrative Council and its
General Assembly. The Student Association elects its legal representatives in the
administrative bodies of the University of the Aegean.
The Student Association has recently been involved in a number of activities related to
the field of Geography. It has organized two Scientific Meetings. The first meeting with
the topic: “Dimensions of Modern Geography: Studies and Career Opportunities.
Interdisciplinarity and Applications” took place in Mytilene, Lesbos, in June 1999. The
second meeting with the topic: “Greek City and Geography: New Paradigms in
Interpretation and Planning” took place in Mytilene, Lesbos, in October 2000.
Moreover, the Student Association of the Department of Geography has participated in
the organization of field trips and other programs of the Department of Geography, such
as the Summer Internship. The application by the Student Association to become member
of the European Geography Association of Geography Students and Young Geographers
(EGEA) has been pending for approval.
Apart from its administrative and educational activities, the Students’ Association of the
Department of Geography has been organizing and developing a variety of cultural
activities both alone and in cooperation with the Student Associations of the other
departments of the School of Social Sciences of the University of the Aegean. In parallel,
the Student Association provides financial assistance to student cultural groups in
Mytilene, Lesbos.
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13. Description of individual course units (Geography)
See appendix A
14. Access to further studies: Postgraduate Studies at the Department of
Geography
Beginning in the academic year 2001-2002 the Department of Geography introduced a
Postgraduate Studies Programme (PSP) entitled “Geography and Planning in Europe
and the Mediterranean”.
Aims and Objectives
The PSP offers specialisation in Geography and Planning, with emphasis on the wider
European and Mediteranean area. More specifically, the PSP aims to produce specialised
scientists and researchers that will contribute to the development of Greece and will
support the country’s participation to an integrated Europe. The Programme is designed
to:
¾ promote advanced scientific knowledge and research in Geography and Planning;
¾ offer knowledge of the highest international and European standards; and to
¾ produce researchers having competitive advantage in the European labour market.
Postgraduate Degrees
The PSP leads to:
¾ Master of Arts (MA) or a Master of Science (MSc) degree in “Geography and
Planning in Europe and the Mediterranean”; and
¾ a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in “Geography”.
Usually, the postgraduate students are initially registered to read for a Master’s degree
and, eventually, they can:
¾ be awarded a Master’s degree, after they have completed the coursework in the first
three semesters of their study and have successfully defended their Master Thesis;
and
¾ apply for a PhD degree, after they have been awarded the Master’s degree.
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Those who hold a Master’s degree from a Greek or a foreign University in the same or
related specialisation are eligible to apply for a PhD degree in “Geography.” A
candidate usually submits an application for the PSP to the Department of Geography
when responding to a Call of Interest in the PSP.
The Master’s Degree
The selection of candidates is based on procedures described in the “Internal Regulation”
of the PSP. One of the requirements in this selection procedure is that candidates have to
be examined on and pass two subjects.
During the first two (2) semesters, attendance of the students is mandatory for an
intensive course work. A minimum of eight (8) courses is required out of a total number
of thirty-two (32) offered, which are distributed to the following fields of study:
¾ Geo-Informatics and Planning;
¾ Local Development, Economic Networks and Planning;
¾ Cartography and Management of the Natural Environment; and
¾ Social Policy and Cultural Dimensions.
During the third semester, the postgraduate students work on their Master Thesis. After
they have been awarded a Master’s degree, students may continue their studies and obtain
a PhD degree in “Geography.” The total amount of tuition fees is € 1,500, due during the
first two semesters of studies.
Eligible candidates to apply for a Master’s degree to the Department of Geography are
graduates from the following categories of Departments and Institutions:
¾ Departments of Geography;
¾
Departments of scientific, technological and socio-economic orientation, provided
that the applicants have completed successfully a significant number of Geography or
Geography-related courses (modules); Geography compatible and accredited foreign
Higher Education Institution;
¾ Geography compatible and accredited foreign Higher Education Institution;
¾ Departments of Technological Educational Institutions (TEI); and
¾
Military Schools, provided that the applicants fulfill the requirements as described
above.
Graduates specified above include students who have just graduated from the preceding
Departments and Institutions. These students can submit an application for the PSP to the
Department of Geography, as long as they submit a Certificate of Graduation of their
Undergraduate Studies in their application.
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APPENDIX A
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Description of individual courses (Geography)
Compulsory Courses
I. Support Courses
Course Title:
Microeconomics
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate course
Course Code:
CΕ1ΥP01
Hours/Week:
Three
Year of study:
First
Semester: Winter
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Assistant Professor Dr. George M. Korres,
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
(a). To introduce in the basic concept of Microeconomics.
(b). To examine the main issues of applied Microeconomic fields.
(c). To build the “necessary background” in economic and social fields.
(d). To combine theory, practice & empirical estimations on these issues.
(e). To upgrade the knowledge in the relevant subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Basic concepts and theories of Microeconomics. Consumer behaviour: individual and
household decisions for the distribution of their income to consumption and savings.
Producer behaviour: decisions concerning the types and quantities of products to be
produced as well as for the combinations of the factors of production that will be used.
Price theory: formation of prices of products, services and factors of production
depending on the characteristics of the market. Allocation of production factors among
competing activities.
Recommended reading:
Nicholson “Microeconomics”, Volume I and II
Varian “Microeconomics”, Volume I and II
Drandakis, Baltas, Bitros, “Microeconomics”, Volume I and II
Korres George, “Notes in Microeconomics”.
Teaching methods:
Lecture, Exercises
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Assessment methods:
Written Exams
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Course Title:
Interpretation and representation of
space
Course Type: Lecture and field
work
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CE1YP02
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Year of study: 1
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Harry Papaioannou
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
The student should be able to comprehend and represent the spatial characteristics in a
number of ways.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
In order to represent the spatial characteristics in the best suitable way the student learns
how to compose :
1. landscape descriptions (continuous text and sets of adjectives – SD method)
2. free hand drawings (quick sketches) combined with short text
3. perceptual diagrams demonstrating spatial attributes
4. picture-based free hand sketches
Recommended reading:
Notes composed by the lecturer for the purpose of the specific course
Lynch, K., The image of the city, Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1960.
McHarg, I., Design with nature, The Natural History Press, New York, 1969.
Laurie, M., An introduction to landscape architecture, Pitman publishing Limited,
London, 1975
Teaching methods:
Lectures
Field work
Assessment methods:
6 exercises conducted during the course schedule
Final written examination: theory matters and drawing exercises
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Course Title:
Sociology and Political Theory
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE1YP03
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Spring
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: First
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits: 3
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Theodoros Iosifides
Objective of the course: Basic knowledge on central aspects of sociological and political
thought.
Prerequisites:
Course contents: Introduction to the social and political philosophy of the classics of
modernism: Marx, Weber, Parsons. Three schools – three different outlooks for society,
technology, politics with a common denominator: the role of “science” as a tool for the
interpretation of the social phenomena and of social change.
Recommended reading:
Giddens, A. (1984) The Constitution of Society. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Mills, C.W. (1970) The Sociological Imagination. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Teaching methods: Lectures
Assessment methods: Final written exams (70%), project (30%)
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Course Title: English I
Course Code: CE1YP04
Semester: Winter
Course Type:
Eclectic Approach of
Teaching (Lecture, in-class
activities, pair/group works,
use of IT and the Internet)
Hours/Week:
3hrs/week (6hrs/week,
when the Course has a
mixed ability students)
Number of credits: 2
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
First; first semester
Language of instruction:
English (and Modern
Greek, when required)
Name of Instructor: Dr Ekaterini Nikolarea,
ELT Teacher for the School of Social Sciences
Objectives of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities and pair/group works, this
course seeks to help students:
• Develop reading and writing skills in general and specialist English;
• Learn how to understand and handle short and relatively difficult passages on
Geography written in English by English and/or international scholars in physical
and/or electronic form;
• Carry out research on Geography in English in printed and electronic form (in the
Library and the Internet respectively);
• Find and use general and specialist monolingual and bilingual dictionaries in printed
and electronic form;
• Construct and maintain a personal bilingual Terminological Data Bank and, thus,
learn how to handle difficult terminology;
• Blend EFL and ESP; ie use general and specialist English with relative ease;
• Summarise in English short specialist texts with relative ease.
• Learn how to render relatively difficult specialist English passages into Modern
Greek, since they need to transfer the information and knowledge they acquire to their
respective subject classes (other Courses) which are conducted in Modern Greek.
Prerequisites: None. A Placement Test is given so that the students may be divided in
two different groups if their linguistic level of English is substantially different.
Course contents:
• EFL materials (from intermediate to advanced level, depending on the students’ level
of English), which are available in the Greek and a wider English market;
• A collection of ESP materials (ie materials on various topics and issues of
Geography). These materials are taken from international bibliography written in
English; ie books available in the University Library, the Internet, e-journals.
Recommended reading:
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A variety of EFL and ESP materials (as described in “Course Contents” above) which are
made available by the Instructor.
Teaching methods: Lecture; in-class activities; pair/group work; and the use of IT and
the Internet.
Assessment methods: Students are given the opportunity to pass this English Course:
either by participating in the in-class activities, pair/group works, oral presentations and
the final assignment or by taking the final examinations or both (if students have not got
enough points to pass the class or if they wish to improve their final grade).
Abbreviations
EFL: English as a Foreign Language
ELT: English Language Teaching
ESP: English for Specific Purposes
IT: Information Technology
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Course Title: English II
Course Code: CE1YP05
Semester: Spring
Course Type:
Eclectic Approach of
Teaching (Lecture, in-class
activities, pair/group works,
use of IT and the Internet)
Hours/Week:
3hrs/week (6hrs/week,
when the Course has a
mixed ability students)
Number of credits: 2
Year of study:
Level of course:
Intermediate-Advanced
First; second semester
(depending on the students’
level of English)
Language of instruction:
English (and Modern
Greek, when required)
Name of Instructor:
Dr Ekaterini Nikolarea,
ELT Teacher for the School of Social Sciences
University of the Aegean.
Objectives of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities and pair/group works, this
course seeks to help students:
• Enhance reading and writing skills in general and specialist English;
• Learn how to handle long and relatively difficult passages on Geography written in
English by English and/or international scholars in physical and/or electronic form;
• Enrich their personal bilingual Terminological Data Bank, thus, handling relatively
difficult terminology becomes a routine for them;
• Enhance their research skills;
• Give briefings on the research they carry out (short oral presentations) in English on
given (by the instructor) or pre-selected (by the student[s]) texts;
• Summarise in English long specialist texts with relative ease.
• Enhance their abilities to render relatively long relatively difficult specialist English
passages into Modern Greek, since they need to transfer the information and
knowledge they acquire to their respective subject classes (other Courses) which are
conducted in Modern Greek.
Prerequisites: None.
Course contents:
• EFL materials (from intermediate to advanced level, depending on the students’ level
of English), which are available in the Greek and a wider English market;
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•
A collection of ESP materials (ie materials on various topics and issues of
Geography). These materials are taken from international bibliography written in
English; ie books available in the University Library, the Internet, e-journals.
Recommended reading:
A variety of EFL and ESP materials (as described in “Course contents” above) are made
available by the Instructor.
Teaching methods: Lecture; in-class activities; pair/group work; and the use of IT and
the Internet.
Assessment methods: Students are given the opportunity to pass this English Course:
either by participating in the in-class activities, pair/group works, oral presentations and
the final assignment or by taking the final examinations or both (if students have not got
enough points to pass the class or if they wish to improve their final grade).
Abbreviations
EFL: English as a Foreign Language
ELT: English Language Teaching
ESP: English for Specific Purposes
IT: Information Technology
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Course Title: English III
(Academic English and
Beyond: Part I)
Course Code: CE1YP06
Semester: Winter
Course Type:
Eclectic Approach of
Teaching (Lecture, in-class
activities, pair/group works,
use of IT and the Internet)
Hours/Week:
3hrs/week (6hrs/week,
when the Course has a
mixed ability students)
Number of credits: 3
Year of study:
Level of course:
Upper
–intermediate
- Second; third semester
Advanced (depending on the
students’ level of English)
Language of instruction:
English (and Modern
Greek, when required)
Name of Instructor:
Dr Ekaterini Nikolarea,
ELT Teacher for the School of Social Sciences
University of the Aegean.
Objectives of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities and pair/group works, this
course seeks to help students:
• Develop and enhance advanced reading and writing skills in:
o extensive and very difficult passages on Geography in physical and/or electronic
form, since they have learned how to handle very difficult terminology;
o summarise in English and in Modern Greek extensive specialist texts with ease
(development of interlinguistic, “inter-scientific” and intercultural competence);
• Develop advanced listening, writing and speaking skills when they listen to short
University Lectures delivered by a variety of English nationals:
o Note-taking in English;
o Speaking about what they (the students) have listened to;
o Writing a summary of the University Lecture(s) in English.
Prerequisites: None.
Course contents:
• EFL materials (of advanced level), which are available in the Greek and a wider
English market;
• A collection of ESP written and audiovisual materials
Recommended reading:
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A variety of EFL and ESP materials (as described in “Course contents” above) which are
made available by the Instructor as well as by the students (with the Instructor’s aid).
Teaching methods: Lecture; in-class activities; pair/group work; the use of IT and the
Internet; and the use of audiovisual materials (ie a tape recorder, a TV, DVD etc).
Assessment methods: Students are given the opportunity to pass this English Course:
either by participating in the in-class activities, pair/group works, oral presentations and
the final assignment or by taking the final examinations or both (if students have not got
enough points to pass the class or if they wish to improve their final grade).
Abbreviations
EFL: English as a Foreign Language
ELT: English Language Teaching
ESP: English for Specific Purposes
IT: Information Technology
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Course Title: English IV
(Academic English and
Beyond: Part II)
Course Code: CE1YP07
Semester: Spring
Course Type:
Eclectic Approach of
Teaching (Lecture, in-class
activities, pair/group works,
use of IT and the Internet
and Seminars)
Hours/Week:
3hrs/week (6hrs/week,
when the Course has a
mixed ability students)
Number of credits: 3
Level of course:
Advanced –
Academic English
Year of study:
Second; fourth semester
Language of instruction:
English (and Modern
Greek, when required)
Name of Instructor:
Dr Ekaterini Nikolarea,
ELT Teacher for the School of Social Sciences
University of the Aegean.
Objectives of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities and pair/group works and
seminars, this course seeks to help students develop their study/academic and
professional skills required for Geography students and graduates as described below.
• Academic Skills in English (EAP) and in Modern Greek, when necessary.
o Advanced Search in the Library and the Internet for bibliographical references;
assessment of the materials found;
o Advanced Search for electronic dictionaries and engines of machine translation,
so that problems with difficult terminology will be overcome;
o Advanced Writing and Presentation Skills:
ƒ Oral presentations
ƒ Essay Writing;
ƒ Proof-reading and editing of essays (of past examinations);
ƒ Letter Writing;
ƒ CV writing;
ƒ Technical reports.
1. Different styles of writing and presentation in English (ie British and American
English) so that the students can develop intercultural competence English and
World English.
2. Possible comparison of academic and professional skills in English and Modern
Greek so that the students enhance (and maximise) their interlinguistic, “interscientific” and intercultural awareness.
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Prerequisites: None.
Course contents:
EAP materials that are available in the Greek and a wider English market and in the
Internet.
Recommended reading:
• A variety of EAP materials (as described in “Course contents” above) which are
made available by the Instructor as well as by the students.
• Kneele, Pauline. 2003. Study Skills for Geography Students: A Practical Guide. 2nd
ed. London, UK: Arnold.
Teaching methods: Lecture; in-class activities; pair/group work; the use of IT and the
Internet; and seminars.
Assessment methods: Students are given the opportunity to pass this English Course:
either by participating in the in-class activities, pair/group works, oral presentations and
the final assignment or by taking the final examinations or both (if students have not got
enough points to pass the class or if they wish to improve their final grade).
Abbreviations
EAP: English for Academic Purposes
EFL: English as a Foreign Language
ELT: English Language Teaching
ESP: English for Specific Purposes
IT: Information Technology
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II. Physical Geography and Environment Courses
Course Title: Physical Geography I Course Code:
CE1FP01
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week: 4
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 1
Semester: Winter
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Haralambos Feidas
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
The course aims at offering knowledge on the parameters (solar and terrestrial radiation,
atmospheric pressure, temperature, precipitation, wind etc) and the physical processes
(atmospheric and ocean circulation) that form weather and climate, the description of
their spatial distribution, their interaction with other elements of the physical environment
such as geomorphology, water resources, oceans etc. The interaction of climate and
human activities is also examined.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Earth and its atmosphere
Solar radiation
Green house effect and ozone layer depletion
Air temperature
Air humidity
Atmospheric pressure
Wind
Atmospheric disturbances
Climate classification
Recommended reading:
McKnight, T.L, 1999, Physical Geography - a landscape appreciation. Prentice Hall,
New Jersey
Strahler, A.H., 1994, Introducing physical geography, New York :John Wiley and Sons
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McIntyre, M.P., H.P. Eilers, J.W. Mairs, 1991, Physical geography, New York :John
Wiley and Sons
Barry, R.G., 1998, Atmosphere, weather and climate, London :Routledge
Teaching methods:
12 lectures (3 hours/week)
10 lab exercises (1 hour/week)
Assessment methods:
The final grade results from the grade obtained in the final exams (80%) and the lab
exercises (20%).
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Course Title: Physical Geography
II
Course Code:
CΕ1FP02
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Hours/Week: 6
Number of credits:
Year of study: 1st
Language of instruction:
Greek
Level of course: Undergraduate
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Ass. Prof Nickolas Zouros
Objective of the course Basic knowledge on central aspects of contemporary physical
geography
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
This course is a continuation of the previous course – Physical Geography I – that
examines the lithosphere and the causes of landforms. In particular, it examines the
creation and dynamics of geo-physical, geomorphological, soil, hydrological systems and
formations on earth within the historical frame of reference since the creation of planet
earth, the appearance of life and the related human induced changes on earth’s surface.
INTRODUCTION. The earth system and its processes. Earth’s structure and geologic
time. Earth’s interior, Earth’s crust and Plate Tectonics. Composition of the crust Rocks and Minerals. GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES. Internal and external geomorphic
processes. The geomorphic cycle. LANDFORMS and TECTONIC PROCESSES.
Orogenesis. Volcanoes, Crust deformation, Earthquakes. Morphotectonics.
WEATHERING, MASS MOVEMENT and EROSION. Physical and Chemical
Weathering. WATER and LANDSCAPES. Hydrologic cycle. Water distribution. Surface
and underground water. Stream system, Fluvial landforms, Fluvial deposition, Solution
processes and karst geomorphology. GLACIAL SYSTEMS. Glacier formation. Types of
Glaciers. Glaciation features - erosional and depositional. EOLIAN LANDFORMS.
Wind erosion . Wind deposition. THE GLOBAL OCEAN. Introduction to the Oceans –
Ocean margins – the Ocean floor – Tides and Waves. COSTAL PROCESSES and
LANDFORMS. Coastal erosional landforms – Coastal deposition . Types of coasts.
Recommended reading: University notes – Various book chapters and papers
Teaching methods: 12 Lectures, 12 Laboratory exercises, Seminars, 1day field
excursion, Rock collection
Assessment methods: Written exams 60% , Laboratory exercises 40%
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Course Title: Environment and
Ecology
Course Code:
CΕ2FP03
Semester: Winter
Course Type: Lectures –
Laboratory and field exercises
Hours/Week: 3
lectures, 3 exercises
Number of credits: 4
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 2nd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Theodora Petanidou
Objective of the course: After the course, the students are expected to have acquired
basics on environment and general ecology, to carry out and report from small field
ecology projects.
Prerequisites: course on Physical Geography I
Course contents:
Ecology: science, policy principles, and politics. Environmental and ecological crisis
(pollution, climate change, ecosystem degradation, human impacts, sustainability):
symptoms, causes, and geographical dimensions. Human ecology: natural, social, cultural
and political dimensions.
Organization of life in the ecological space and time: structure, function and dynamics of
organisms, of biological communities, and of ecosystems. Ecological factors (solar
radiation, temperature, light, water, and soil). Biogeochemical cycles. Flow of energy and
materials through the ecosystems – universal considerations.
The lectures are coupled with 10 practical exercises carried out in the field, laboratory
and classroom. These are: 1. Ecological research indoors and outdoors – setting up an
ecological experiment 2. Basics of ecological sampling 3. Data analysis and presentation
4. Writing a scientific essay 5. Monitoring abiotic parameters: air temperature and
humidity, soil humidity, rainfall 6. Monitoring the rhythm of biomass growth –
Measuring competition 7. Organization of marine ecosystems 8. Spatial patterns of a
species distribution 9. Spatial relations between species 10. Species richness –
biodiversity.
Recommended reading:
Begon, M., Harper, J. L., Townsend, C. R., 1996, Ecology : individuals, populations, and
communities, 3rd ed. Victoria :Blackwell Science
Southwick, Charles H. ,1996, Global ecology in human perspective Oxford University
Press.
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Remmert, Hermann, 1980, Ecology : a textbook, Berlin :Springer-Verlag, 289 p., ill.
Odum, Eugene Pleasants, 1971, Fundamentals of ecology, 3rd ed. Philadelphia :Saunders
College
Teaching methods: Lectures, field and laboratory exercises
Assessment methods: Exercise reports, written exams
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Course Title: Greek and
Mediterranean Environment
Course Code:
CΕ3FP04
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lectures –
Laboratory and field exercises
Hours/Week: 3
lectures, 3 exercises
Number of credits: 4
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Theodora Petanidou
Objective of the course: After the course, the students are expected to have acquired
elaborate knowledge on the Mediterranean environment (geological history, climate,
biogeography and human geography).
Prerequisites: Environment and Ecology course
Course contents:
The physical and natural context: Geological history of the area: geomorphology,
archipelagos, high mountains. Mediterranean climate. Biological, climatic, and
bioclimatic delimitation of the Basin. Evolution of life: palaeobiogeography,
contemporary biodiversity, future predictions. The ecosystem patchwork. The divergent
character of mediterranean ecosystems. Natural resources: ecosystems, wildlife, soil,
water as a limiting factor, cultivations, sea as a resource, foodstuffs.
The manmade and human environment: The Mediterranean-cradle, ecosystems for yield
(agro-ecosystems, terraces for agriculture, saltworks), livestock (grazing, transhumance),
trade, residences, cities (city-states, bastions, castles, acropolis). Mediterranean people
(settlement, migration, aging) and religions. Mediterranean diet: the role of natural
resources, religions, and customs. Mediterranean landscape: the natural characteristics;
man as sculptor (terraces, dehesas and montados).
Problems and hazards: soil erosion, fires, water drought, climate change, urbanization,
pollution, exotic species, species extinction, ecosystem disturbance. Tourism in the
Mediterranean. Towards a sustainable use of natural resources and development: natural
and cultural resources, and the existing legislative frame.
The lectures are coupled with the following 10 practical exercises carried out in the field,
laboratory and classroom: 1. Decomposition under Mediterranean conditions 2. Age
structure of a Mediterranean forest 3. Distribution of Mediterranean ecosystems in
Greece 4. Climatic diagrams 5. Mapping walking trails in Mediterranean landscapes 6.
Post fire succession in Mediterranean ecosystems.
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Recommended reading:
Blondel J, Aronson J (1999). Biology and wildlife of the Mediterranean region. Oxford
University Press, Oxford; New York.
Braudel F. (1979). La Méditerranée et la monde méditerranéen à l’époque de Philippe II.
Librairie Armand Colin, Paris.
Grove AT, Rackham O. (2001). The nature of the Mediterranean EuropeYale University
Press, New Haven and London.
Rackham O, Moody JA (1999). The making of the Cretan landscape.Manchester
University Press, Manchester.
Rundel P. W., G. Montenegro and F. M. Jaksic (eds.) (1998). Landscape disturbance and
biodiversity in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Springer, Berlin, New York.
Teaching methods: Lectures, field and laboratory exercises.
Assessment methods: Exercise reports, written exams.
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III. Human Geography Courses
Course Title:
Contemporary Human Geography
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE1AC01
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Winter
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: First
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits: 3
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Theodoros Iosifides
Objective of the course: Basic knowledge on central aspects of contemporary human
geography and development of spatial thinking by the students.
Prerequisites:
Course contents: The evolution of Human Geography from the fragmentation to the
interdisciplinary and systematic analysis. The passage from the inert space of
distributions to critical approaches where space becomes autonomous and, thus, obtains
meaning and substance. Uneven development, restructuring and space. Social
segregation, socio-spatial differentiation and the city. National identity, globalization,
information society and geography. Central issues and in geography in the context of
four geographically and technologically differentiated academic environments and the
crystallization of the corresponding professional spaces. The beginning g of Greek
Geography in the context of the European integration. Students deal with the Human
Geography of Greece on the basis of the concepts and analyses offered in this course.
Recommended reading:
Johnston, R.J., Taylor, P.J., Watts, M.J. (1995) Geographies of Global Change.
Remapping the World in the Late Twentieth Century. Oxford: Blackwell.
Johnston, R.J., Gregory, D., Pratt, G., Watts, M. (2000) The Dictionary of Human
Geography. 4th Edition. Oxford: Blackwell.
Teaching methods: Lectures
Assessment methods: Final written exams
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Course Title: History of
Geography
Course Code:
CΕ1AC02
Semester: Winter
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 1st
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Dr E. Pantazis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
This course aims to introduce students to the history of Geography.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
This course deals with the gradual formation of human knowledge about earth’s surface
through the processes of exploration, understanding and systematic recording. More
specifically, it examines the perception about Geography within a historical perspective,
starting from the Ancient World, passing through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
up to our modern times when geography became organized as a formal academic
discipline.
Recommended reading:
Pantazis E., 1989. Maps and Ideologies, Kalvos Pub.
Teaching methods:
Lectures
Assessment methods:
Written exams
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Course Title:
Urban Geography
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CΕ1AC03
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week:
3
Year of study:
1st
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Professor Dr. Emmanuel Marmaras,
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
• (a). To introduce in the basic concept of Urban Geography.
• (b). To examine the main issues of Urban Geography fields.
• (c). To build the “necessary background” in the fields of geography.
• (d). To combine theory, practice & empirical estimations on these issues.
• (e). To upgrade the knowledge in the relevant subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to Urban Geography – conceptual background, scientific terms, critical
presentation and examination of basic theories and analytical approaches. Basic sources
and ways of forming the necessary information basis as regards residential development,
basic tolls and data analysis techniques. Population mobility, migration, urbanization.
The shape and structure of geographic development – concentration, uneven
development. Conceptual and empirical background for the analysis of the relationship
city-hinterland. Determination of spatial boundaries (administrative goundaries,
jurisdictions, areas of influences), regionalization. The size and meaning of the
settlement. The labour market- distribution of employment in space. The system of
settlements. Efforts to rank settlements hierarchically. The search for centrality (evolution
of ideas, past and contemporary approaches). Analytical and policy extensions (Greece
and Europe).
Recommended reading:
• Marmaras Emm. “Urban Geography”, Notes
Teaching methods:
Lectures, Empirical Applications, Case-Studies and Exercises
Assessment methods:
Written exams, exercises
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Course Title:
Social Geography
Course Type:
Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CE2AC04
Hours/Week:
Three
Year of study:
Second
Semester:
Winter
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Ioannis Chorianopoulos
Objective of the course
The course examines the spatial expressions of institutions as witnessed by the incidence
of uneven development, inequality, poverty, racism and social exclusion. Students will
work on and explore the methodological line that distinguishes the operation of aspatial
processes and the role of space in influencing such social structures.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
The relationship of the conceptual categories “society” and “geography” (or, “man” and
“space”) as it was: i) formulated by the human-ecological and positivist school of
thought; ii) modified by the political-economic approach and the theories for the “social
division of labour”; and, iii) crystallized by the contemporary cultural shift. The
introduction of sociological concepts in Geography: social classes and labour in space,
nation and ethnicity, geography of the minorities, poverty, social exclusion. Cutting-edge
phenomena in contemporary socio-geographic thought: urbanism, city, social exclusion.
Movements, migration, mental maps. Virtual reality and space. Students will deal with
the increasing role of technology in shaping alternative spaces and approaches.
Recommended reading:
Leontidou, L. (2001) Cities of Silence: Working-class Colonization of the Urban Space,
Athens and Piraeus 1909-1940. Athens: ETBA.
Maloutas, T. Economou, D. (1992) Social Structure and Land Allocation in Athens.
Thessalonica: Paratiritis.
Massey, D. (1995) Spatial Divisions of Labour. London: Macmillan.
Matsaganis, M. (1999) The Prospects of the Welfare State in Southern Europe. Athens:
Ellinika Grammata.
Pain, R. (et al) (2001) Introducing Social Geographies. London: Arnold.
Teaching methods:
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Lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods:
Student essays and seminar presentations. 3hour final exam.
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Course Title: Economic
Geography
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course: Undergraduate
Course Code:
CΕ2AC05
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits: 3
Year of study: 2
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Professor E. Kourliouros
Objective of the course:
The objective of the course is the examination of the multiple and complex interrelations
between economic change and geographical space in capitalist societies. The course aims
not simply at an examination of how and in what sense economic change and industrial
restructuring affect the geographical configuration of population and activities, but, also,
at an examination of the role that spatial structures play in framing economic processes.
Prerequisites:
Macroeconomics & Political Economy of Space
Course contents:
The subject of economic geography: definitions and related questions. Method and
historical evolution of economic geography. The structure of economic activity.
Industrialization, mass production and coordinative institutions. The problem of
industrial location. The uneven spatial development. The crisis of mass production and its
spatial implications. Restructuring of capital and urban dynamics. Deducing the “region”
from international capitalist development: economic dependence and geographical
inequalities. The accumulation of capital and the production of geographical uneveness.
Labour and spatial restructuring. Geographical industrialization and restructuring. The
geographies of flexible accumulation and its limitations. Business networks (clusters) and
neo-Marshallian industrial districts. Technology and spatio-economic restructuring. The
new economic geography of services.
Recommended reading:
a. Compulsory
Κourliouros E. (2001) Routes in SpatialTtheories: Economic Geographies of Production
and Development. Athens: Ellinika Grammata (in Greek).
Labrianidis L. (2001) Economic Geography: Elements of Theory and Empirical
Examples. Athens: Patakis (in Greek).
b. Optional
Barnes T.J., Gertler M.S. (2002) The New Industrial Geography: Regions, Regulation
and Institutions. London: Routledge.
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Clark G., Feldman M., Gertler M.S. eds., (2000) The Oxford Handbook of Economic
Geography. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Conti, S., Malecki, E.J., Oinas, P. eds., (1995) The Industrial Enterprise and its
Environment: Spatial Perspectives. Aldershot: Avebury.
Healey, M.J., Ilbery, B.W. (1990) Location and Change: Perspectives on Economic
Geography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Peet, R., Thrift, N. eds., (1989) New Models in Geography: The Political-Economy
Perspective. (Vol. Α, Β). London: Unwin Hyman.
Sheppard E., Barnes T.J. eds., (2003) A Companion to Economic Geography. Oxford:
Blackwell.
Storper, M., Scott, A.J. eds., (1992) Pathways to idustrialization and regional
development. London: Routledge.
Storper, M., Walker, R. (1989) The Capitalist Imperative: Territory, Technology and
Industrial Growth. Oxford: Blackwell.
Watts, H.D. (1992) Industrial Geography. Essex: Longman.
Teaching methods:
Lectures by the tutor combined with seminar presentations of selected topics by student
groups in class.
Assessment methods:
Written exams: 70%
Written essay: 30%
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Course Title:
Population Geography
Course Code:
CΕ2AC06
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 2nd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: to be appointed
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Analysis and interpretation of the spatial differentiations of the qualitative and
quantitative characteristics of human populations and of their changes in space and time.
Differentiating Population Geography – that emphasizes the spatial dimension of the
population factor – from Demography and the related disciplines. Determination and
interpretation of the trends of the basic demographic components in Europe and
worldwide: natality, fertility, mortality and migration.
Recommended reading:
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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Course Title: Cultural Geography
Course Code:
CE2AC07
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week:
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Theano S. Terkenli
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
An introduction to basic themes and questions of contemporary cultural geography; an
examination and application of theoretical and methodological approaches to the cultural
articulation of space; an in-depth negotiation of issues of cultural identity, with an
emphasis on Greek cultural identity.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Culture, civilization, cultural system: a comprehensive theoretical examination.
Geographical methods and approaches to cultural analysis. Value systems, ideology and
culture. Subjectivity and objectivity. “Tradition”, modernization and globalization.
“High” and “low” culture. Scientific origins, historical evolution and perspectives of the
subdiscipline of cultural geography. Basic geographical issues and concepts from a
cultural geographical perspective. The new cultural geography and the cultural turn in
the social sciences. Geographical conceptualisation and approaches to the study of
cultural identity. Culture and the politics of representation. The physiognomy of modern
Greek culture. Hellenism: concept and reality. Culture’s world maps and the evolution
and development of cultural systems and subsystems. Theories of diffusion.
Recommended reading:
Gizelis, Grigoris, To Politismiko Systema: O Semeiotikos kai Epikoinoniakos
Charactiras Tou, 1980, Athens: Grigoropoulos
Leonti, Artemis, Topografies Ellinismou: Chartografontas tin Patrida, 1998, Athens:
Scripta
Tsaousis, Dimitris, Ellinismos-Ellinikotita: Ideologikoi kai Viomatikoi Aksones tis
Neoellinikis Koinonias, 1983, Athens: Estia
Karapostolis, Vassilis, I Katanalotiki Symberifora stin Elliniki Koinonia 1960-1975,
1983, Athens: EKKE
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Also, a package of materials prepared by the instructor
Teaching methods:
12 lectures (including guest lectures), an in-class exercise (2 sessions) and group
assignments.
Assessment methods:
Class participation (5%), final examination (60%), in-class exercise (10%) and group
assignment (25%)
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Course Title:
Political Geography and
Geopolitics
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CΕ2AC08
Semester: Spring
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 2nd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer: Electra Petracou
Objective of the course
Political geography provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the tools,
concepts, methods, principles and models of geographic thought appropriate for
analyzing political relations. This course enables students to use geography to facilitate
an understanding of global political actions, related military, ethnic, or religious conflicts,
cultural practices, economic relationships, and resource use decisions with interregional
or international implications.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
Analysis of the competition between social and/or national-cultural groups in space, for
space, and, lastly, using space on the local, national and international level. International
relations, geopolitics and its various schools of thought. International coalitions and
competition, geography and war, uneven development, imperialism, colonization and decolonization and the fall of the empires. The political organization of modern societies:
state, nation and national state, types of states. Boundaries and borders, sovereignty,
administrative division. Political institutions and electoral politics. Refutation of the
principle of the nation-state, immigration, diaspora and minorities. High and low culture
and political structures of “belonging”: identity, otherness, multi-culturalism. Use of the
indigenous, religion, language, education, national and cultural difference in state and
group strategies. International law and political geography of the sea. Supra-national
military and political organizations, economic integration and reduction of national
sovereignty. Non-governmental organizations, pressure groups and urban social
movements.
Recommended reading:
1. Glassner, M., (1996), Political Geography, London: Wiley
2. Taylor, P. J. and C. Flint, (2000) ‘Political Geography – World Economy, Nation-State
and Locality’, London: Longman
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Teaching methods:
Lectures: 10-13 x 3 hours. Discussion of articles, films and literature related to issues of
political geography.
Assessment methods:
A final exam. It is optional for students to prepare a 10-12 page term paper on a topic of
her/his choice within the broad confines of political geography. Before submission of the
essay, student can also make a 10-minute oral presentation (5%) to the class on the
subject of her/his term paper (30%)
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Course Title:
Geography of the European Union
Course Type:
Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CE2AC09
Hours/Week:
Three
Year of study:
Semester:
Spring
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Ioannis Chorianopoulos
Objective of the course
The course explores the EU in spatial terms from a thematic perspective. The aim is to
examine the evolution and current characteristics of the economic, social and political
challenges to the EU and bring into surface the ways in which they are interrelated.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Geomorphology and climatic characteristics. Demography: situation and trends. The
organizational, institutional and political makeup of the EU (from the Treaty of Rome to
current structures). Location of economic activities: primary sector, industry (processing,
energy, water supply) and the service sector. Spatial characteristics of economic restructuring:
the ‘old’ and ‘new’ locations of economic activity in Europe. Transportation and
telecommunications, Trans-European Networks (TEN). Social environment and social
policies. The emerging European urban network and its relationship with rural areas: Global
cities, Metropolitan areas and small and medium sized towns and cities. A typology of
European rural areas. Regional development and disparities, convergence and cohesion
policies. Environmental issues, policies and sustainable development.
Recommended reading:
Andrikopoulou, E. Kafkalas, G. (2000) The New European Space: Enlargement and the
Geography of European Development. Athens: Themelio.
CEC (1999) ESDP-European Spatial Development Perspective: Towards Balanced and
Sustainable Development of the Territory of the European Union. Luxembourg: Office
for Official Publications of the European Communities.
CEC (2001) Unity, Solidarity, Diversity for Europe, its People and its Territory: Second Report
on Economic and Social Cohesion. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.
Teaching methods:
Lectures and seminars
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Assessment methods:
Student essays and seminar presentations. 3hour final exam.
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IV. Skills and Methods Courses
Course Title: Introduction to
Informatics
Course Type: Lecture, Lab
Course Code:
CE1DM01
Hours/Week: 4
Semester: Winter
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 1st
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Michail Vaitis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Computer science basics, Usage of computers and main office automation software,
Introduction to algorithms and computer programming using pseudo-code.
Prerequisites:
None
Course contents:
The subject of Computer Science, Binary Number System, Arithmetic and Logical
Operations, Digital Data Representation and Coding, Computer Architecture, Hardware
and Software, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Using Computers (office
automation, internet navigation, e-mail), Algorithms, Computer Programming, Computer
Applications for Geographers.
Recommended reading:
“Introduction to Computers” by N. Avouris, O. Koufopavlou, D. Serpanos. Typorama
2002 (in Greek)
Lecture Notes by the instructor (in Greek)
Teaching methods:
Lectures and laboratory exercises
Assessment methods:
Laboratory exercises: 40%, Exams: 60%
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Course Title:
Introduction to Cartography
Course Type: Lectures and
Laboratory exercises
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CE1DM02
Hours/Week:
Three
Year of study:
Semester:
Srping
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Nikolaos Soulakellis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
An introduction to the theory and practice of cartography, emphasizing the basics that
should be understood by all Geographers as both map-users and map-makers.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
The history of cartography, The shape of the earth ,Map projections, The nature of
cartography, Cartography in multidisciplinary environment ,Cartographic Generalization,
Visualization of Geographical Data, Topographic mapping, Digital Cartography, WebCartography, GIS and Cartography, Remote Sensing and Cartography
Recommended reading:
Robinson A. H., J.L. Morrison, P. C. Muehrcke, A. J. Kimerling, S. C. Guptill, 1995,
Elements of Cartography, 6th Edition, Wiley.
Teaching methods:
Lectures and Laboratory exercises
Assessment methods:
Written examination
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Course Title:
Introduction to Social Statistics
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE1DM03
Hours/Week: 4
Semester:
Spring
Number of credits: 4
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
1st
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: HELEN BRIASSOULIS
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Introductory knowledge of basic techniques of univariate statistical analysis
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Descriptive Statistics, Elements of Combinatorial Analysis, Elements of probability
Theory, Probability Distributions, Estimation, Hypothesis Testing.
Recommended reading: A. Kalamatianou (1997) SOCIAL STATISTICS (in Greek)
Teaching methods: Lecture
Assessment methods: One final written exam
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Course Title:
Multivariate Analysis
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE1DM04
Hours/Week: 6
Semester: Winter
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
2nd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits: 4
Name of Lecturer/Professor: HELEN BRIASSOULIS
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Introductory knowledge of methods and techniques of multivariate and time series
analysis
Prerequisites: Introduction to Social Statistics
Course contents:
Analysis of Variance, Non-parametric Hypothesis Testing (chi-square test),
Regression Analysis (simple and multiple), Time Series Analysis, Index Numbers.
Recommended reading:
• Kalamatianou, A. (1997) Social Statistics, Athens, ‘To Oikonomiko’.
• Dimitriadis, E. (2002) Descriptive Statistics. Athens, Kritiki.
Instructors notes
Teaching methods: Lecture plus laboratory exercises (statistical package SPSS)
Assessment methods: Mid-term exam, final exam, exercises with SPSS
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Course Title:
Introduction to Geographical
Information Systems
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CE2DM05
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 4
Number of credits:
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 2nd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Sotirios Koukoulas
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
The main aim of this course is to introduce students to basic concepts of GIS and their
utility to geographical studies.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Cartography, Introduction to Informatics
Course contents:
This course has three main sections:
1) Data Input and Management
2) Data visualisation
3) Data Analysis
The first section includes basic GIS concepts regarding the type of data used, data input,
data editing, data conversions (Vector to Raster and Raster to Vector), data filtering using
logical queries, data coding, coordinates transformation and projection systems.
In the second section students are learning how to compose a map and present their data.
In the last section students become familiar with data analysis and how can they use a
GIS to deal with real world problems. Specifically a land suitability analysis is carried
out based on Boolean overlay techniques (such as buffer, clip, union) and map algebra.
Recommended reading:
- Longley P., Goodchild M., Maguire D. and Rhind D. 2002. Geographical Information
Systems and Science, Wiley pub., 454 p.
- Burrough P.A. and R.A. McDonnell, 1998, Principles of Geographical Information
Systems, Oxford University Press, 333 p.
- Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists: Modelling with GIS Graeme
Bonham-Carter / Elsevier / 1994
- Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems Robert Laurini and Derek Thompson /
Academic Press / 1992
Teaching methods: 13 x 2hr Lectures; 13 x 2hr Practicals
Assessment methods: Total Marks 10/10: 2 Assignments (50%), written exams (50%).
Pass Standard: 5/10
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Course Title:
Spatial Statistics I
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CΕ2DM06
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Spring
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Pavlos Kanaroglou
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
This course aims to introduce the students to the basic concepts of Spatial Statistics.
Prerequisites: Multivariate Analysis
Course contents:
Basic concepts of Spatial Statistics. Methods of visual presentation and detection in the
point pattern analysis, continuous change data and polygon data.
Recommended reading:
Bailey T.C. and A.C. Gatrell, 1995. Interactive Spatial Data Analysis, LONGMAN
Teaching methods: Lectures, Laboratory exercises
Assessment methods: Written Exams
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Course Title:
Thematic Cartography
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CE2DM07
Hours/Week: 4
Semester: Spring
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor: N. Soulakellis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
This course introduces concepts that are integral to any thematic map production
Prerequisites: Introduction of Cartography
Course contents:
Topics such as appropriate selection of data, projections and methods of symbolization
and visualization are covered.
This advanced course is designed to provide the Geographer students with the skills to
research, design, analyze and produce computer-assisted maps using GIS software.
Recommended reading:
Slocum T.A., 1998, Thematic Cartography and Visualization, US Imports & PHIPEs
Teaching methods:
Lectures and Laboratory exercises
Assessment methods:
Written examination
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Course Title:
Applications of Geographical
Information Systems
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CE3DM08
Semester: Spring
Hours/Week: 4
Number of credits:
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Sotirios Koukoulas
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
The main aim of this course is to enable students to use their knowledge in GIS to deal
with real world problems.
Prerequisites: Introduction to GIS
Course contents:
In this course students complement their knowledge in GIS by applying GIS techniques
on a series of issues related with real world problems. Main topics covered in this course
include: Spatial Interpolation and their applications, 3-D Data Analysis, Methods of
Multicriteria Analysis, Network Analysis (Allocation, Optimum path, and salesman
route), Principles and applications of Global Positioning System (GPS).
Recommended reading:
Longley P., Goodchild M., Maguire D. and Rhind D. (eds). 1999. Geographical
Information Systems : Management Issues and Applications, Vol 2., 2nd Edition, Wiley
pub., 431 p.
Malczewski Jacek, 1999, GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis. Wiley pub., 392 p.
Teaching methods: 13 x 2hr Lectures; 13 x 2hr Practicals
Assessment methods: Total Marks 10/10: Assignment (60%), written exams (40%). Pass
Standard: 5/10
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Course Title:
Applied Research Design in
Geography
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE3DM09
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 4
Number of credits: 4
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: HELEN BRIASSOULIS
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Comprehensive introduction to methods of Applied Research Design with emphasis on
applications in Geography
Prerequisites: Introduction to Social Statistics
Course contents:
Importance and role of research in the Natural and the Social Sciences in general and in
Geography in particular. Positivist and alternative epistemological approaches to
research. Basic principles of applied research in Geography. The process of research –
main stages. Designing the analytical framework of the research project. Selected
research strategies. Data collection techniques. Representative data analysis techniques
(quantitative and qualitative). Wrapping up and writing the research report.
Recommended reading:
Kyriazi, N. (1998) The Sociological research: Review of methods and Techniques.
Athens, Ellinikes Epistimonikes Ekdoseis.
Daoutopoulos, G. (2002) Social Research Methodology. Thessaloniki, Zygos.
Teaching methods: Lecture and participatory exercises
Assessment methods: Final exam and term paper
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Course Title:
Qualitative Research Methods
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE3DM10
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Spring
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits: 3
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Theodoros Iosifides
Objective of the course: Advanced knowledge of qualitative research methods with an
emphasis on qualitative data analysis.
Prerequisites:
Course contents: Introduction to the new epistemological, theoretical and
methodological trends of geographic analysis. Presentation of the dominant methods and
techniques in the context of corresponding post-positivist epistemologies that combine
quantitative with qualitative research and are inspired by the later. Deepening into those
epistemological currents and schools of thought that constitute the background of
contemporary geographic theory and method, with an emphasis on the emancipation from
the positivist-quantitative approach and the so-called “scientific method”. Contribution of
the post-positivist methodological trends/approaches to the understanding and analysis of
the spatial phenomena. Students will deal with the contribution of selected
epistemological currents to the understanding and analysis of the ways in which forms of
social organization construct, deconstruct and reconstruct the spatial phenomena.
Recommended reading:
Hay, I. (2000) (Ed.) Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography. South
Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Robson, C. (2002) Real World Research. Second Edition. Oxford: Blackwell.
Teaching methods: Lectures
Assessment methods: Final written exams (70%), project (30%)
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V. Courses on Development and Planning
Course Code:
Course Title: Macroeconomics and CΕ1AS01
Political Economy of Space
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week: 3
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
1st
Semester: Spring
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Assistant Professor Dr. George M. Korres,
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
(a). To introduce in the basic concept of Macroeconomics.
(b). To examine the main issues of applied Macroeconomic fields.
(c). To build the “necessary background” in economic and social fields.
(d). To combine theory, practice & empirical estimations on these issues.
(e). To upgrade the knowledge in the relevant subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
The economic system – behavior and problems. Relationship between consumption and
income, savings and income, interest rate and investment . Determination of the national
income. Factors affecting the level of employment and of inflation. The dialectic
relationship between economic and social dynamics. Introduction to the labor theory of
value. Production, value and surplus value. Cyclical movements and capital
accumulation. The theory of land rent. Accumulation, economic crises and the role of the
state. The socio-spatial dynamics. Urban land, urban land rent and urban land policies in
developed capitalistic societies. The urbanization of capital and the production of the
built environment. Collective consumption and spatial structure. Labor, capital and class
struggles in relation to the built environment. Capital accumulation and uneven spatial
development. The dialectic differentiation/equilibrium in the spatial development of
capital. From the political economy of space to post-modern approaches.
Recommended reading:
Mankiwe “Macroeconomics”, Volume I and II
Palaiologos “Macroeconomics”, Volume I and II
Mpenos Th., and Liannos, “Macroeconomics”, Volume I and II
Korres George, “Notes in Macroeconomics”.
Teaching methods:
Lecture, Exercises
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Assessment methods: Written exams
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Course Title: Introduction to
Town Planning
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CΕ2AS02
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Year of study: 1st
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Professor Dr. Emmanuel Marmaras,
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
• (a). To introduce in the basic concept of Town Planning.
• (b). To examine the main issues of Town Planning fields.
• (c). To build the “necessary background” in the fields of geography.
• (d). To combine theory, practice & empirical estimations on these issues.
• (e). To upgrade the knowledge in the relevant subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Approaches to the concept of the “city” – the city as physical space, as economic system,
as social system, as a legal system. The political economy of urban space – production,
consumption, reproduction, social conflicts and urban space. Internal structure of
settlements and cities. Theories of urban spatial structure. The city center, the suburban
areas. Urban functions and activities. Uses of land – housing, industry, services, trade,
transportation infrastructure, social and technical infrastructure, other uses. The concept
of the “standard”. The intensity of development. The concept of “density” (housing,
population, activity densities, etc.). Planning – definitions, types of planning, levels of
planning, the notion of the plan, the notion of the program, content, implementation
procedures and planning agencies. Great turning points in the urban planning history of
European cities. The intervention in space – development control, land use policy,
employment policy, infrastructure works. The Greek experience – legal framework, types
of regulations and plans. The European experience. Formulation of an intervention
framework – concepts and policy tools.
Recommended reading:
• Marmaras Emm. “Town Planning”, Notes
Teaching methods:
Lecture, Empirical Applications, Case-Studies and Exercises
Assessment methods:
Written exams and Exercises
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Course Title:
Regional Development and
Territorial Planning
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ3AS03
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits: 3
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Prpfessor E. Kourliouros
Objective of the course:
The course aims at: (1) the examination of all major theoretical approaches to regional
development and territorial planning; (2) the examination of methodology,
implementation mechanisms and institutional framework of regional development and
planning policies; (3) the examination of the basic policy orientations and priorities for
sustainable development and territorial planning in both contemporary Greece and the
European Union.
Prerequisites:
Economic geography
Course contents:
Basic concepts of socio-economic development. The development of regional space:
basic (old and new) theoretical approaches. Development planning. Regional planning:
ends, means, dilemmas. Regional planning from below (bottom-up model): local
development. Territorial planning: types of planning, devolution of power and levels of
governance, planning agencies, partnership/subsidiarity principles in planning, planning
methodology. European Union and Greece: uneven regional development and cohesion
policies. The territorial dimension of European integration: from “Europe 2000” to the
European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP). Planning systems in the EU
member-states. The historical evolution of territorial planning in Greece. The existing
legislative framework for territorial planning and sustainable development in Greece. The
General Framework Plan: srategic guidelines and orientations of territorial policies.
Recommended reading:
a. Compulsory
Κourliouros E. (2003). Development, Regions and Territorial Planning. Mytilene:
University of the Aegean (provided in electronic form in the Department’s server).
Αgelidis M. (2000). Territorial Planning and Sustainable Development. Athens:
Symmetria.
Papadaskalopoulos A., Christofakis M. (2002). Regional Planning. Athens: Papazisis.
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b. Optional
Αndrikopoulou Ε. (1995). Regions in the European Union: The Evolution of Regional
Policy from the Treaty of Rome to Maastricht. Athens: Themelio.
Andrikopoulou E., Kafkalas Gr. (eds.) (2000). The New European Territory: The
Enlargement and the Geography of European Development. Athens: Themelio.
Bailly, A., Jensen-Butler, C., Leontidou, L. (1996). Changing cities: Restructuring,
marginality and policies in urban Europe. European Urban and Regional Studies,
3/2.
Balchin, P., Sykora, . & Bull, G. (1999). Regional policy and planning in Europe.
London, Routledge.
CEC (1992). Europe 2000. Luxembourg.
CEC (1994) Europe 2000+. Luxembourg.
CEC 1997. The EU Compendium of Spatial Planning Systems and Policies. Luxembourg.
CEC (1999) European Spatial Development Perspective. Luxembourg.
Getimis P. et al. eds. (1994). Urban and Regional Development : Theory –Analysis and
Policy. Athens: Themelio.
Georgoulis D. ed. (1995) Essays on the Theory and Implementation of Urban and
Regional Planning. Athens: Papazisis.
Giannakourou G. (1996). European integration, competitiveness and spatial justice:
institutional dilemmas and challenges for European territorial policies. Τopos, 11, pp.
23-35.
Hudson, R., Williams, A.M. (eds.) 1999 Divided Europe: Society and Territory. London:
Sage publications.
Christofakis Μ.Σ. (2001) Local Development and Regional Policy. Athens: Papazisis.
Christofilopoulos D. (2002) Cultural Environment, Territorial Planning and Sustainable
Development. Athens: Sakkoulas.
Law 2742/1999 on territorial planning and sustainable development (Government
Gazette 207Α/ 7-10-1999). Ministry of Environment, Planning and Public Works
(http://www.minenv.gr)
Ministry of Environment, Planning and Public Works (2000) General Framework Plan.
(http://www.minenv.gr)
Teaching methods:
Lectures by the tutor combined with seminar presentations of selected topics by student
groups in class.
Assessment methods:
Written exams: 70%
Individual planning project: 30%
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Optional Courses
I. Support Courses
Course Title:
Educational Psychology
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE1YP08
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Winter
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
1st
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Recommended reading:
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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Course Title:
General Teaching? (Geniki
Didaktiki)
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CE1YP09
Semester: Summer/Winter
Hours/Week:
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Year of study:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Recommended reading:
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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II. Physical Geography and Environment Courses
Course Title: Introduction to
Environmental Geology
Course Code:
CΕ2FP05
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Year of study: 1st
Language of instruction:
Greek
Level of course: Undergraduate
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Dr Evangelos Kontis
Objective of the course Basic knowledge on central aspects of contemporary
Environmental geology
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Introduction to Geology. Geologic systems. Natural materials and processes. Rocks and
minerals. Structure of rock bodies. Geologic time. Soils and environment. Soil forming
factors. Soil classification. Soil mapping. Soil pollution. Soil erosion. Desertification.
Water resourses. Hydrologic cycle. The Ground water. Aquifers. Water use. Springs,
wells and dams. Water quality. Groundwater contamination and pollution. Water
management. Toxic wastes and Agricultural poisons. Waste management. Earth’s
resources and environment. Processes that form mineral deposits. Energy resources.
Fossil fuels. Nuclear energy. Geothermal energy. Renewable energy sources. Geoconservation and land use. Geo-environmental mapping. Environmental studies.
Landscape and geological monument management.
Recommended reading: University notes – Various book chapters and papers
Teaching methods: 12 Lectures, 6 Laboratory exercises, 1 day field excursion,
Assessment methods: Written exams 60%, Laboratory exercises 40%
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Course Title: Biogeography
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course:
Undegraduate
Course Code:
CE2FP06
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Spring
Year of study: 2nd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits: 3
Name of Lecturer: Dr Anastasia Dalaka
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
It is a general synthesis of biogeography, zoogeography and phytogeography. The course
seeks to explain mainly the relationships between the patterns of plant and animal
distributions and the mechanistic processes that have produced them.
Prerequisites: Course contents:
What biogeography is. The History of Biogeography. Distributions of species and
communities, in space and time. Biomes. Earth's tectonic history. Glaciations (extent and
causes and effects of glaciations - biogeographic responses to glaciations). Speciation and
extinction. Dispersal and range expansion. Endemism, provincialism, and disjunction.
Island biogeography (patterns in species richness - patterns in assembly and evolution of
insular communities). Evolutionary trends on islands.
Recommended reading:
• Brown J. H. and Limolino M. V. (1998). Biogeography (second edition). Sinauer
Associates, INC. Sunderland, Massachusetts.
• Myers A. A. and Giller P. S. (1988) Analytical biogeography : an integrated
approach to the study of animal and plant distributions. Chapman and Hall, London
• Pielou E. C. (1979) Biogeography. Wiley New York
• Whittaker Robert (1998) Island biogeography: ecology, evolution, and conservation.
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Teaching methods: lectures
Assessment methods: written exams
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Course Title:
Applied Geomorphology Hydrology and Mapping
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course: Undergraduate
Course Code:
CΕ2FP07
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Ass. Prof. Nickolas Zouros
Objective of the course Advanced knowledge on several aspects and applications on
applied geomorphology, hydrology and mapping
Prerequisites: Physical Geography II
Course contents:
Introduction. Reconnaissance of geomorphological structures and ways of cartographic
rendering. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of hydrographic networks. Enumeration
systems of hydrographic networks. Recognition and mapping of rivers-streams.
Quantitative analysis of valleys. Types of deltas. Mapping of hydrographic systems.
Reconnaissance and mapping of surface and underground karstic structures. Horizontal
layers. Domes and basins. Folds – anticlines – syncline. Faults. Terraces. Reconnaissance
and mapping of forms of tectonic origin. Reconnaissance and classification of forms of
Aeolian origin. Classification and napping of sand dunes. Types of volcanic forms and
structures. Reconnaissance and mapping of volcanic structures.
Recommended reading: University notes – Various book chapters and papers
Teaching methods: 12 Lectures, 9 Laboratory exercises, Seminars, 1day field excursion
Assessment methods: Written exams 60% , Laboratory exercises 40%
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Course Title: Geography
Natural Resources
Course Type: Lectures, one
research project
Level of course: Undergraduate
of Course Code:
CΕ3FP08
Hours/Week: 3
Year of study: 3rd
Semester: Winter
Number of credits: 3
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Theodora Petanidou
Objective of the course: Specific knowledge on the type of natural resources of the
world, their nature, distribution, ways of use and management, as well as their cultural
history.
Prerequisites: Course contents:
Concept, perception and rationale of classification of natural resources. Assessment of
natural resources and reserves. Historical background of the use of natural resources by
humans. Water resources, soil, other materials: world distribution, availability, methods
of use and management of natural resources and related problems (environmental, social,
political). Food as a resource (agriculture, animal products, fisheries). Traditional,
dominant (conventional) and alternative food production mode (organic farming).
Biotechnology and genetic engineering. Harvesting nature (oceans, forests, wetlands,
other ecosystems). Energy: classic (conventional: mineral fuels, nuclear) and alternative
forms of energy (e.g. renewable, hydrogen). World strategy for the management of
natural resources – sustainability.
Recommended reading:
Grant WE., Pedersen E K, Marin SL (1997). Ecology and natural resource management:
systems analysis and simulation. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Oliver S. Owen; Daniel D. Chiras; John P. Reganold (1998). Natural resource
conservation : management for a sustainable future. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
Simmons IG (1986). The ecology of natural resources. Edward Arnold, London.
Smith LG (1993). Impact assessment and sustainable resource management. Longman,
Harlow.
Tietenberg TH (1998). Οικονοµική του περιβάλλοντος και των φυσικών πόρων.
Gutenberg, Αθήνα.
Zohary D, Hopf M (2000). Domestication of plants in the Old world. Oxford UP, Oxford.
Teaching methods: Lectures.
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Assessment methods: Written exams, written project.
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Course Title: General Meteorology
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE3FP09
Hours/Week: 3
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits: 3
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Haralambos Feidas
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
The objective of the course is the examination of the meteorological phenomena, their
causes and their interrelations, aiming ultimately to the weather analysis and forecasting
using meteorological maps.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Air temperature and humidity - Statics of the atmosphere
Atmospheric pressure and wind
Clouds - Precipitation
Meteorological instruments
Atmospheric disturbances at the surface (air masses, front surfaces and fronts,
depressions, anticyclones, tropical cyclones, siphons, storms)
Upper level atmospheric disturbances (basic isobaric surfaces, height contours, upper
level weather maps, upper level general circulation)
Weather analysis and forecasting
Recommended reading:
Donn W.L., 1975, Meteorology., New York :McGraw-Hill
Moran J.M., Morgan M.D., Pauley P.M., 1997, Meteorology : the atmosphere and the
science of weather. Upper Saddle River :Prentice Hall.
Chaston P.R., 2002, Weather maps : how to read and interpret all the basic weather
charts. Kearney, MO :Chaston Scientific, Inc.
Teaching methods:
12 lectures (3 hours/week)
Assessment methods:
The final grade results from the grade obtained in the final exams.
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Course Title:
Coastal Geomorphology
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ3FP10
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Winter
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Ass. Prof. Nickolas Zouros
Objective of the course: Advanced knowledge on several aspects and applications on
coastal geomophology
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Introduction. The littoral system. Coasts. The length of coasts. Costal morphology. Costal
processes. Shore shaping forces. Changes in water level. Tides. Waves. Stream outflow.
Ice push. Organic secretions. Costal erosion. Costal sediment transport. Costal
deposition. Significance of recent sea-level fluctuations. Costal landforms. Cliffs,
benches, terraces. Marine arches, sea caves, stacks. Beaches. Barrier islands, lagoons.
Spits. Costal types. Passive and active margin coasts. Coastlines of submergence and
coastlines of emergence. Primary and secondary coast lines. Special types of coasts.
Coastal rock types. Coast types in Greece. Coastal management.
Recommended reading: University notes – Various book chapters and papers
Teaching methods: 12 Lectures, Seminars, 1day field excursion
Assessment methods: Written exams 70%, Project 30%
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Course Title:
Paleogeography
Course Code:
CΕ3FP11
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study:3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: to be appointed
Objective of the course Advanced knowledge on several aspects and applications on
Paleogeography
Prerequisites: none
Course contents: Knowledge about the distant (geologic) past: Geology, Paleobotany,
Paleozoology, Paleontology, Paleoclimatology. Research methods of the past
(παλαιοχρονολόγηση). Excavations in the Aegean. Paleo-environment and paleo-ecology
in the Aegean during the Tertiary and the Quaternary. Biogeography and evolution in the
Aegean with an emphasis on the Biogeography of the Pleistocene, after the establishment
of the Mediterranean climate. The Garden of Eden of the Aegean: Geography of the
paleontological and paleobotanical findings of the Aegean – existing material, museums
and related research in Greece and abroad. Reconstruction of the past: Paleogeographical
Atlases and their development.
Recommended reading: University notes – Various book chapters and papers
Teaching methods: 12 Lectures,
Assessment methods: Written exams 70%, Project 30%
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Course Title:
Geography of Natural Disasters
Course Code:
CE4FP12
Semester: Winter
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week:3
Number of credits:
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study:
3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: K. Kalabokidis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Geography of Natural Disasters is an introductory course aimed at developing an
awareness of the principles underlying natural disasters and hazards management, as
related to civil protection planning and the responsibilities facing today’s geographers.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Natural hazards and the anthropology of catastrophes. Atmospheric and hydrological
hazards. Biophysical and geological hazards. Technological accidents. Information
systems and disasters. Disasters and socio-economic systems. Civil protection and
emergency management planning.
Recommended reading:
1. Alexander, D. 1993. Natural Disasters. Chapman & Hall, New York.
2. Bryant, E.A. 1991. Natural Hazards. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
3. Freedman, B. 1995. Environmental Ecology. The Ecological Effects of Pollution,
Disturbance, and Other Stresses, 2nd edition. Academic Press, San Diego.
4. Oliver-Smith, A., and S.M. Hoffman. 1999. The Angry Earth: Disaster in
Anthropological Perspective. Routledge, New York.
5. Smith, K. 1998. Environmental Hazards. Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, 2nd
edition. Routledge, London.
Teaching methods:
The course consists of lectures, laboratory problems, required readings, written
assignments, and examinations.
Assessment methods:
The grade is determined according to the following criteria:
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Class participation
Lab problems and written assignments
Midterm exam
Final exam
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10%
20%
35%
35%
Course Title:
Wildfire Ecology and Management
Course Code:
CE2FP13
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 2nd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: K. Kalabokidis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Wildfire Ecology and Management is a middle-level course aimed at developing an
understanding of the concepts and systems underlying prevention and control of wildland
fires, as related to overall land management planning and to responsibilities facing
today’s geographer.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Wildfire hazard and risk management. Prevention and pre-suppression planning. Fire
suppression strategies. Post-fire effects and rehabilitation. Human perspectives. Linkage
between fire behavior and fire ecology on biotic and abiotic ecosystem components.
Application of fire behavior knowledge to resource management planning processes.
Integration of fire information systems and remote sensing.
Recommended reading:
1. Biswell, H.H. 1989. Prescribed Burning in California Wildlands Vegetation
Management. University of California Press, Berkeley-Los Angeles.
2. Cheney, P., and A. Sullivan. 1997. Grassfires: Fuel, Weather and Fire Behaviour.
CSIRO Publishing, Australia.
3. Pyne, S.J., P.L. Andrews, and R.D. Laven. 1996. Introduction to Wildland Fire, 2nd
edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
4. Schroeder, M.J., and C.C. Buck. 1970. Fire Weather. USDA Forest Service,
Agriculture Handbook 360.
5. Wright, H.A., and A.W. Bailey. 1982. Fire Ecology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New
York.
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Teaching methods:
The course consists of lectures, laboratory and field problems, required readings, written
assignments, and examinations
Assessment methods:
The grade is determined according to the following criteria:
-
Class participation
Lab problems and written assignments
Midterm exam
Final exam
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10%
30%
30%
30%
Course Title: Management of
Natural Environment
Course Code:
CE2FP14
Semester: Winter
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undegraduate
Year of study:
4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: K. Kalabokidis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Management of Natural Environment is a senior-level course aimed at identifying the
basic problems underlying the human use, misuse and conservation of planet Earth, as
related to resource management planning and geo-sciences.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Analysis of basic principles and problems associated with the use, misuse and
conservation of the natural environment in time and space. Political, socio-economic and
cultural perspectives in environmental management. Human impact processes on the
Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere. Field techniques in the geography of ecosystems.
Recommended reading:
1. Forman, R.T.T., and M. Godron. 1986. Landscape Ecology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
New York.
2. Goudie, A. 1997. The human impact reader: readings and case studies. Blackwell
Publishers, Oxford.
3. Jensen, M.E., and P.S. Bourgeron (eds). 1994. Ecosystem management: principles
and applications, vol. II. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW-GTR318.
4. Mairota, P., J.B. Thornes, and N. Geeson. 1998. Atlas of Mediterranean environments
in Europe. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., West Sussex, England
5. Miller, T.G., Jr. 1993. Environmental science: sustaining the Earth, 4th edition.
Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California.
6. Southwick, C.H. 1996. Global ecology in human perspective. Oxford University
Press, New York.
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Teaching methods:
The course consists of lectures, seminars, laboratory and field exercises, readings, and
class assignments.
Assessment methods:
The grade is determined according to class participation, oral presentation and written
assignment of a semester-term case study.
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Course Title: General Climatology
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE4FP15
Hours/Week: 3
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 2nd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits: 3
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Haralambos Feidas
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
This course aims at presenting the climate classification methods and examining the
climate in national (Greece) and local scale (urban microclimate, forest microclimate
etc). Global and regional climate changes, the effect of climate in human activities (as
agriculture, industry, etc) and human health are also examined.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Climatic factors – Climatic elements (definition, spatial and temporal distribution and
estimation methods), Climatic indices (Indices of continentality, oceanity,
desertification-comfort, climograms, bioclimatic indices), Climatic classification and
climate types, The climate of Greece (Meteorological and climatic elements,
classification of the climate of Greece), Microclimate (urban microclimate,
microclimate of forest, field), Applied climatology (agriculture, industry, aviation,
bioclimatology, palaioclimatology), Climatic changes.
Recommended reading:
Thompson R.D., Perry A., 1997, Applied climatology : principles and practice. London:
Routledge.
Critchfield, H.J. 1998, General Climatology. Pearson Education POD.
Morgan M.D., Moran J.M., 1996, Weather and People, Prentice Hall
Teaching methods:
12 lectures (3 hours/week)
Assessment methods:
The final grade results from the grade obtained in the final exams.
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Course Title:
Planning and Development of
Natural Heritage Areas (biotopes geogeotopes)
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ4FP16
Semester: Summer
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Ass. Prof. Nickolas Zouros
Objective of the course Advanced knowledge on several aspects and applications on
natural heritage areas
Prerequisites: none
Course contents: General concept; the ecological problem and its effects. The earth
environmental systems. Areas of special biological interest: Biotopes; definition, types
and examples. Areas of special geological interest: Geotopes; definition, types and
examples. Environmental policy: why we need protected areas. The meaning of natural
heritage. National and International legal and institutional frame. Classification of
protected areas according to international and national rules. Planning of project research
related to areas of biological-geological interest: limits and prospects. Eco-tourism, Geotourism. Application.
Recommended reading: University notes – Various book chapters and papers
Teaching methods: 12 Lectures, Seminars, 1day field excursion
Assessment methods: Written exams 70% , Project 30%
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Course Title:
Physical Geography of Greece
Course Type: Lecture – Field trip
Course Code:
CE3FP17
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Spring
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Ass. Prof. Nickolas Zouros - Asoc. Prof . Th. Petanidou
Objective of the course Advanced knowledge on several aspects on physical geography
of Greece
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
Part A : The natural physical environment.Geomorphology of Greece. Mountain ranges,
basins, rivers, lakes, wetlands, islands, carstic forms, water resources. Geological
structure and geotectonic evolution of Greece. Geological zones, rock types, minerals and
ore deposits, mineral energy resources. Volcanoes - geothermal fields - hot springs.
Active faults, earthquakes and major natural hazards. Biogeography of Greece. Flora,
fauna and ecosystems of Greece.
Part B. Field trip and field work during a 10day excursion in areas with special interest in
physical geography.
Recommended reading: University notes – Various book chapters and papers
Teaching methods: 10 lectures and 10 days field work
Assessment methods: Written exams 50%, Field work and report 50%
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III. Human Geography Courses
Course Title:
Human Geography of Greece
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CΕ1AC10
Hours/Week:
Semester: Summer/Winter
Level of course:
Undegraduate
Year of study:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Socio-economic transformations and contemporary characteristics of Greece: phenomena
and dynamics. Demographic changes, migration and population geographic mobility. The
Greek cities and the particularities of urbanization in Greece – Athens. Historical
overview of the development of land relations: from the question of the national lands,
large land ownership and the agricultural reform up to the postwar modernization of
Greek agriculture. Postwar development of the economy: policies, indicators of
development, regional distributions. Politicaql geography and geopolitics of Greece.
Recommended reading:
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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Course Title:
Rural Geography
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ1AC11
Hours/Week: 3
Level of course:
Undegraduate
Year of study: 2nd
Semester: Winter
Number of credits: 3
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Kizos Thanasis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Students should be able to:
ƒ Handle different historic definitions and uses of rural space.
ƒ Understand the basic concepts of agricultural landscape formation and the
different landscapes that result from different rural societies.
ƒ Understand different rural societies and the economic basis of their differences.
ƒ Understand the transformations of Greek space rural societies in historical
perspective and landscape transformations.
ƒ Estimate the future of rural societies in Greece and Europe.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Introductory concepts and methods of Rural Geography. Evolution of the rural systems in
Europe, the Mediterranean and the World. The emergence of agriculture and animal
husbandry. Ancient rural societies and productive systems. Rural societies and economies
in the world. Rural settlements in the New World. The model of socialist agriculture.
Modern functions of rural space and concerns with the environment in the context of
sustainable development. Issues of Greek rural areas: evolution of land relationships,
socio-economic characteristics, development dynamics.
Recommended reading:
Durreau M. (1987) Human Geography, National Bank Publishing, Athens (in Greek).
Hoggart K. Buller H. Black R. (1995) Rural Europe: Identity and Change, Arnold, London,
New York, Sydney, Auckland.
Damianakos S. (2002) From Peasant to Farmer: Greek Rural Society Towards Globalization,
Exantas Publishing – ΕΚΚΕ, Athens (in Greek).
Teaching methods:
Lectures, exercises, paper writing, field trips.
Assessment methods:
Writing exams, paper submitting (optional).
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Course Title:
Special topics in Economic
Geography
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ2AC12
Semester: Spring
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course: undergraduate
Year of study: 4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Dr Maria Tsampra
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired):
To develop critical knowledge on the issues of Information Society, New Economy and
the changing geographical patterns of economic activities.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
Aspects of the Information Society and the socio-economic impact of New Technology.
Theoretical approaches to the new geography of innovation – Kondratiev long waves,
product and profit cycles, information capitalism and the new geography of flows. The
critical discourse on the spatial restructuring of production, labour and growth, on the
basis of Information and Knowledge. National and regional systems of innovation:
learning economies, regions and enterprises. Emphasis on the spatial organization of
learning and innovative activities: clusters, technopoles, science parks – networking and
the socio-economic embeddedness of knowledge. The agglomeration and organization of
the new service sector in the urban environment. International aspects of restructuring
and uneven development on the basis of knowledge advantages.
Recommended reading:
Komninos N. (1993) Technopolises and Development Strategies in Europe. Athens:
Gutenberg.
Castells, M., Hall, P. (1994) Technopoles of the world: The making of 21st century
industrial complexes. London, Routledge
Teaching methods:
Lectures
Assessment methods:
Written exercises and compulsory presentations 40% (optional)
Written exams 60% (compulsory)
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Course Title:
Migration in Europe
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ3AC13
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Winter
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer:
Electra Petracou
Objective of the course:
Migration in Europe offers an overview of basic concepts, terminology and theories. .
Students should recognize the significance of movement as it pertains to countries,
people and environment. Students should understand global trends and causes of
migration, asylum and immigration policies of member states and the EU. This course
also provides students with in-depth study of some critical problems and dilemmas
associated with migration in the 21st century such as security, control borders,
membership in a national state, racism and environmental. Finally, it gives them the
opportunity to examine a range of policy options for management of migration and to
employ a comparative and multidimensional perspective.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
Mass migration flows in Europe during the second half of the 20th century: causes and
the geography of departures and of the destinations, criteria, terminology and typology.
Migration theories and policies since 1945. New characteristics of migration. Migrants,
refugees, repatriates. Policies of integration. Citizenship, nationalism, racism and
discrimination. National and European Union migration policy. Foreigners in the city,
foreigners in the countryside. Gender, family and education. Migrant minority groups and
marginalization. Social class and migration. The right wing vote in Europe. Diaspora and
transnationalism.
Recommended reading:
1. Al-Ali, N. and. Koser, K., (eds.), (2002), ‘New Approaches to Migration?
Transnational Communities and the Transformation of Home’, New York:
Routledge
2. Appleyard, R., (2001), ‘International Migration Policies: 1950-2000’,
International Migration, Vol. 39 (6), pp. 7-20.
3. Jordan, B. and Düvell, F. (2003), ‘Migration: The Boundaries of Equality and
Justice’, Cambridge: Polity Press
4. Zolberg, A.R., and. Benda, P.M., (2001), ‘Global Migrants, Global Refugees’,
New York: Berghahn Books.
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Teaching methods: Lectures: 10-13 x 3 hours. Presentation of the main issues of
migration and discussion on them.
Assessment methods: A final exam. It is optional for students to prepare a 10-12 page
term paper on a topic of her/his choice within the broad confines of boundaries and
border relations. Before submission of the essay, students can also make a 10-minute oral
presentation (5%) to the class on the subject of her/his term paper (30%).
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Course Title:
Landscape perception and analysis
Course Type: Lectures
Course Code:
CE3AC14
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Winter
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Harry Papaioannou
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
The student should be able to comprehend the landscape attributes and analyse its
characteristics using a range of different methodologies.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
Defining the landscape, cultural and natural characteristics, Ethics and aesthetics,
Analysis as a procedure, Analysis as a part of the landscape design, Geographical
analysis, Ecological analysis, Visual analysis, Aesthetical analysis, Semantic
differentiation method, Case study : SBE Model
Recommended reading:
Notes composed by the lecturer for the purpose of the specific course
Bourassa, S., The aesthetics of landscape, Belhaven Press, London, 1991.
Daniel,T.,& Boster,R., Measuring landscape Aesthetics : The scenic beauty estimation
method, USDA Forest Service, Research paper RM-167, Rocky Mountain Forest and
ramge experiment station, 1976.
Lothian, A., Landscape and the philosophy of aesthetics : is landscape quality inherent in
the landscape or in the eye of the beholder ?, Landscape and Urban Planning 44(1999)
177-198
Lynch, K., The image of the city, Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1960.
McHarg, I., Design with nature, The Natural History Press, New York, 1969
Τerkenli, T., Towards a theory of the landscape : the Aegean landscape as a cultural
image, Landscape and Urban Planning 57 (2001) 197-208
Teaching methods:
Lectures
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Assessment methods:
1 project conducted during the course schedule
Final written examination : theory matters and analysis representation
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Course Title:
Residential Geography
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CΕ3AC15
Hours/Week:
Semester: Summer/Winter
Level of course:
Year of study:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Definitions. The spatial framework of housing. The housing market. The context of
housing supply. The context of housing demand. Housing production processes in
Greece. Changes in the model of housing and future perspectives. The institution of
Planned Housing Development and DEPOS.
Recommended reading:
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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Course Title:
Political Geography of the Balkan
and Southeastern Europe
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CΕ3AC16
Semester: Spring
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer:
Electra Petracou
Objective of the course:
Students will become familiar with the countries of South-eastern Europe and their
history since the 1790s until today. Students will be able to comprehend the history,
politics and ideologies of the Balkan area. They should recognize the different ways that
states have been established and develop their relations with neighbouring states in the
region. Students will be also able to relate a range of national issues with regional ones
and realise cooperation and conflict in the region through a historical and spatial
perspective.
Prerequisites:
Political Geography. Attendance is expected at lecture and participation in discussion on
associated issues.
Course contents:
This course is a continuation and specialization of the course of Political Geography.
Political organization of the Modern Greek state, historical evolution of the Greek
territory and of the borderline. The evolution of the northern terrestrial border of the
country since 1913 and its successive institutional constructions. National state and Greek
national identity. Analysis and comparison with the Balkan countries and Turkey.
Refutation of the principle of the nation-state: the role of repatriation, migration,
diaspora and minorities. State strategies in relation to religion, language and the nationalcultural difference. Strategies of the national-cultural groups. The role of education in the
construction of the national state. The material bases of the national conflicts in the
Balkans and the land issue. The national-cultural division of labor and of space. State
policies on minorities. Balkan countries and international political and military
organizations. The role of the Non-governmental organizations. Greece as Balkan,
Mediterranean and European country: bilateral and international relations, tendencies,
tensions and inflection issues.
Recommended reading:
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1. Koliopoulos, J.S. and Veremis, T. M., (2002), ‘Greece. The Modern Sequel.
From 1831 to the Present’, New York: New York University Press
2. Mazower, M., (2000), ‘The Balkans’, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
3. Petrakos, G., (1995), The new geography of the Balkans: impacts and prospects
for cooperation between Greece, Albania and Bulgaria, in Topos, Review of
Urban and Regional Studies, 10/95: 3-41 (in Greek).
4. Stavrianos, L.S., (1958), ‘The Balkans since 1452’, New York
5. Todorova, M., (1997), ‘Imagining the Balkans’, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Teaching methods:
Lectures: 10-13 x 3 hours, discussion of articles, films and literature on issues of the
South Eastern Europe.
Assessment methods:
A final exam. It is optional for students to prepare a 10-12 page term paper on a topic of
her/his choice within the broad confines of political geography of the South Eastern
Europe. Before submission of the essay, students can also make a 15-minute oral
presentation (5%) to the class on the subject of her/his term paper (30%).
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Course Title:
Historic Geography
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ4AC17
Hours/Week: 3
Semester:Winter
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Dr E. Pantazis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
To introduce students to the concept of Historic Geography and the physiognomy of
European space in critical historic periods.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
The concept of Historic Geography. The physiognomy of European space in critical
historic periods. Emphasis on the Greek classical period (5th century b.C.), the Roman
Empire (2nd century a.C.), the Byzantine Empire and the appearance of the German race
(4th-6th century a.C.), the creation of the French Empire (9th century a.C.), the
strengthening of the Christian West (14th-15th century a.C.), Renaissance Europe and the
creation of the first national states (16th century a.C.) on Europe of the great economic
development as a result of Colonialism and the Industrial Revolution (19th century) and,
finally, Europe in the new age (20th century)
Recommended reading:
Lecturer’s Notes
Teaching methods:
Lecture, Case studies and Exercises
Assessment methods:
Written Exams
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Course Title:
Borders and Border Zones or
Boundary and Border Relations ???
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ4AC18
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer:
Electra Petracou
Objective of the course
The primary objective of the course is to provide students with a substantive
knowledge of boundaries and borders, including concepts, theories, perspectives,
themes, tools, and vocabulary. Students should be able to employ these concepts
to identify, organize, and analyze similar (and dissimilar) relations on a local,
state, national, and global scale. It provides a methodological framework for
exploring the varied kinds of boundaries in a spatial and historical context. The
students will be able to understand that the boundaries between countries are not
permanent and there are multiple definitions of boundaries. They can also analyze
current crisis and changes of borders and boundaries as examples of cooperation
and conflict.
Prerequisites:
Political Geography
Course contents:
This course is a continuation and specialization of the course of Political Geography. In
the political geography of the post-cold war world, the study of boundaries and border
issues become a cutting edge theme, while borders are legally restructured and obtain
new content. Border zones as new political entities, beyond or in parallel with nations,
claim to participate in the resolution of international issues. Local problems, such as, the
environmental problems or migration increasingly demand local transborder cooperation,
while the exploitation of differences in legislation of neighboring countries obtains
special interest. This course examines, on a multidisciplinary basis, the political, national,
cultural, economic and environmental components of boundaries, but especially, of
border zones such as the issues of transborder cooperation and security. The examples
studied concern Europe and the USA as well as concrete cases from the rest of the world.
Recommended reading:
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1. Anderson, J., (ed), (2002) ‘Transnational Democracy: Political Spaces and Border
Crossings’, London: Routledge
2. Paasi, A. (1998) ‘Boundaries as Social Processes: Territoriality in the World of
Flows’, Geopolitics 2 (1), pp. 69-88
3. Prescott, J., (1990), ‘Political frontiers and boundaries’, London: Unwin Hyman,
4. Wilson, T. M. and Donnan, H., (eds), (1998), ‘Border Identities: Nation and State
at International Frontiers’, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Teaching methods:
Lectures: 10-13 x 3 hours, discussion of articles, films and literature in regard to issues of
boundaries and border relations.
Assessment methods:
A final exam. It is optional for students to prepare a 10-12 page term paper on a topic of
her/his choice within the broad confines of boundaries and border relations. Before
submission of the essay, students can also make a 10-minute oral presentation (5%) to the
class on the subject of her/his term paper (30%).
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Course Title:
Geographies of Everyday Life
Course Code:
CE4AC19
Semester: Spring
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: T.S. Terkenli
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
The in-depth negotiation of selected themes and areas of new cultural geography, both
from an ontological and an epistemological perspective in the context of contemporary
societies; the analysis, interpretation, critique and synthesis of complex, variable and
fluid interrelationships among space, society and culture in a changing world.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
An in-depth negotiation of personal and collective geographies in the context of cultural,
social and historic geography. The new cultural geography and the cultural turn in the
social sciences. New geographies of the lifeworld, social relations, and structures of
spatial identity. Human agency and social structure in geographic analysis. Space and
time conceptualizations in geography. The sense of place and environmental psychology.
Time geography and behavioral methodologies in geography. The “private” and the
“public” over space and time. The concepts of home and homelessness in the modern
Western world. Gender, kin and identity: the case of Greece. Concepts, structures and
functions of place and community in the Western world and in the geographical
discipline. Nationalism, localism, topophilia, patriotism and the sense of belonging.
Identity, multiculturalism, “globalisation” and differentiation of the context of everyday
life. Geographic representations of personal and collective geographies and mental maps.
Recommended reading:
1) Stefanou, Joseph and Aliki Hatzopoulou, Anthropologia tou Chorou, 1995,
Athens: E.M.P.
2) Syngollitou, Effie, Perivallontiki Psychologia, 1997, Athens: Ellinika Grammata
Also, class notes written and provided by the instructor
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Teaching methods:
12 lectures (including guest lectures) and individual assignments
Assessment methods:
Class participation (10%), final examination (60%) and individual assignment (30%)
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Course Title:
The Geography of Labour and
Rectructuring
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ4AC20
Semester: Spring
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course: undergraduate
Year of study: 4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Dr Maria Tsampra
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
To obtain an insight of production and labour restructuring and its geographical aspects
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
Geographic and socio-economic analysis of labour markets and relations. Theoretical
framework and empirical studies on employment and unemployment, on the basis of the
new international division of labour. Fordist and post-fordist landscapes of production.
The geographical impact of production and labour restructuring. Flexibility and new
forms of employment (informal labour, part-time and temporary employment, piecework, subcontracting, self-employment, tele-work): spatial and economic impacts. The
international and European framework; emphasis on the Greek experience.
Recommended reading:
Beck, U., The brave new world of work, Malden, Mass.: Polity Press, 2000.
Λυµπερακη, Α. και Μουρίκη, Α., Η αθόρυβη επανασταση :νέες µορφές οργανωσης της
παραγωγής και της εργασίας, Αθήνα:Guteberg, 1996
Teaching methods:
Lectures
Assessment methods:
Written exercises and compulsory presentations 40% (optional)
Written exams 60% (compulsory)
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Course Title:
Spatial Economics
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CΕ4AC21
Semester: Spring
Hours/Week:
3
Year of study:
1st
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Assistant Professor Dr. George M. Korres,
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
(a). To introduce in the basic concept of Spatial Economics.
(b). To examine the main issues of applied Spatial Economic fields.
(c). To build the “necessary background” in economic and social fields.
(d). To combine theory, practice & empirical estimations on these issues.
(e). To upgrade the knowledge in the relevant subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Concept and definitions of Spatial Economics. Microeconomic analysis of facility
location. Models of facility location based on transportation cost and cost minimization .
Facility location analysis for manufacturing and commercial services. Market areas and
supply centres. Spatial interdependence and spatial equilibrium analysis. The role and
aims of regional policy. Analysis of the formation of the system of settlements:
Weaknesses of the Facility location theories. Economic analysis of the formation of the
system of settlements: problems of regional policy. Regional and spatial econometric
analysis. Programming and industrial and urban analysis. Spatial and interregional
models. New techniques of interregional analysis: statistical, quantitative and
econometric approaches. Input-Output analysis.
Recommended reading:
Skountzos Th. and Livas Petros: “Spatial-Economics”.
Skountzos Th. and Livas Petros: “Regional Economic Growth”, Volume I and II
Korres George, “Notes in Spatial Economics”.
Teaching methods:
Lecture and Exercises
Assessment methods:
Written exams
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Course Title:
Island Geography
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ4AC22
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Spring
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits: 3
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Kizos Thanasis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Students should be able to:
ƒ Handle different definitions and uses of islands.
ƒ Understand the different symbolic representations of islands.
ƒ Understand modern island problems and seasonal geographies.
ƒ Estimate the future of islands.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Definitions of islands, insularity and attractiveness. History of economic and
demographic changes of islands with particular emphasis in the Mediterranean and
Greece. The ‘island problem’: why islands are considered today as less favored areas and
non attractive places in winter and places for holidays in summer and the implications in
symbolic island representations, seasonal geographies, island development and everyday
practices in islands. Future island prospects.
Recommended reading:
EURISLES (1997), Statistical Indicators of regional inequalities related to insularity and
peripherality, EURISLES, Corse (in Greek).
Brigand L. (1991) Les iles en Mediterranee, Plan Blue, Paris.
Clarke T. (2002) Islomania, Abacus, London.
Teaching methods:
Lectures, exercises, paper writing,
Assessment methods:
Writing exams, paper submitting (optional)
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IV. Skills and Methods Courses
Course Title: Geographical
Databases
Course Type: Lecture, Lab
Course Code:
CE2DM11
Hours/Week: 4
Semester: Spring
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Michail Vaitis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Database systems basics, The relational and object-oriented data models, Design and
implementation of geographical database applications
Prerequisites:
None
Course contents:
Introduction to Databases, Architecture of Geographic Databases, Entity-Relationship
Model, Relational Data Model, Relational Algebra, Relational Database Management
Systems, SQL Query Language, Indexing and Searching, Object-oriented Data Model,
Design and implementation of Geographical Applications.
Recommended reading:
“Fundamentals of Database Systems” by R. Elmasri, S. Navathe (Greek translation by M.
Hatzopoulos), Diavlos 2001.
Lecture Notes by the instructor (in Greek)
Teaching methods:
Lectures and Laboratory exercises
Assessment methods:
Laboratory exercises: 40%, Exams: 60%
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Course Title: Introduction to
Computer Programming
Course Type: Lecture, Lab
Course Code:
CE2DM12
Hours/Week: 4
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 2nd
Semester: Spring
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Michail Vaitis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Computer programming basics, Usage of the Visual Basic programming language,
Software development for geographical applications
Prerequisites:
None
Course contents:
Software Life Cycle, Basics on Software Development, Fundamentals of Programming
Languages, Object-oriented Programming, The Visual Basic Language (naming, data
types, classes and objects, events, user interface controls, subroutines, functions,
program-flow control, data structures), Programming Algorithms for Geographical
Applications.
Recommended reading:
• Visual Basic Guide (in Greek)
• Lecture Notes by the instructor (in Greek)
Teaching methods:
Lectures and laboratory exercises
Assessment methods:
Laboratory exercises: 40%, Exams: 60%
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Course Title:
Methods of Urban Analysis
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CΕ2DM13
Hours/Week:
Semester: Summer/Winter
Level of course:
Year of study:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Process (or process) of plan and program making. Urban analysis: comprehensive and
partial approaches. Problem formulaiton. Intervention in urban and peri-urban space –
methodologies and implementation systems. Analysis of housing conditions. The
households. The housing reserve. Land supply – availability and distribution.
Intervention in the housing sector. The planned development. Other forms of
intervention. Industry and cottage industry in the city. The nature of the secondary
sector. The location behavior of the economic sectors. Theories of activity location.
Theories – traditional and modern economic sectors. Interventions in the commercial
sector and in the service sector. Commercial centers and groups of services. Recreation in
the city. The structure of demand and its determining factors. Planning. Process and
implementation systems. Evaluation techniques of plans and programs.
Recommended reading:
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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Course Title:
Introduction to Remote Sensing
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CE3DM14
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Spring
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Sotirios Koukoulas
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
This course aims to introduce students to basic principles of Remote Sensing and image
analysis.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
This course deals with the following issues: Principles of Remote Sensing, Satellite and
airborne sensors, Qualitative and quantitative analysis of Aerial photographs, thermal
remote sensing, Imaging Radars, Radiometric and geometric enhancement of digital
images, Image Algebra, Vegetation Indices, Multispectral classification of satellite
imagery and Assessment of Classification Accuracy. Satellite imagery includes
(depending on the exercise) Landsat TM, SPOT, AVHRR, MODIS.
Recommended reading:
Mather P., 1999, Computer Processing of Remotely Sensed Images: An Introduction
(Inc. CD-ROM), Wiley pub. London. 306 p.
Campbell J.B., 2002, Introduction to Remote Sensing, 3rd Edition, The Guilford Press,
New York, 620 p.
Mertikas S.P., 1999, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis, ION Press, Athens,
449 p. (In Greek)
Teaching methods: 13 x 2hr Lectures; 3 x 2hr Practicals
Assessment methods: Total Marks 10/10: 2 Assignments (50%), Written exams (50%) .
Pass Standard: 5/10
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Course Title:
Methods of Demographic Analysis
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ3DM15
Hours/Week:
Semester: Summer/Winter
Level of course:
Year of study:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Introduction to the basic concepts and analytical techniques of demographic analysis and
the use of demographic research. Methods of analysis and interpretation of the qualitative
and quantitative characteristics of human populations (size and composition) and of their
changes over space and time. Demographic analyses of various characteristics of the
population of Greece.
Recommended reading:
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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Course Title:
Methods of Regional Analysis
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CE3DM16
Hours/Week: 4
Semester:
Spring
Number of credits: 3
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: HELEN BRIASSOULIS
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Introduction to basic concepts and techniques of quantitative regional analysis
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
•
•
•
Economic methods of regional analysis
Selected methods of demographic analysis
Methods and techniques of evaluation
Recommended reading:
Papadascalopoulos, A. (2000) Methods of Regional Analysis, Athens, Papazissis.
Teaching methods: Lecture
Assessment methods: Mid-term and final exam
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Course Title:
Spatial Statistics II
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CΕ2DM17
Hours/Week: 3
Semester: Spring
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Number of credits:
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Pavlos Kanaroglou
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
This course aims to introduce the students to modelling techniques in Spatial Statistics.
Prerequisites: Spatial Statistics I
Course contents:
Modeling techniques in point pattern analysis, continuous change data and
polygon data
Recommended reading:
Bailey T.C. and A.C. Gatrell, 1995. Interactive Spatial Data Analysis, LONGMAN
Teaching methods: Lectures, Laboratory exercises
Assessment methods: Written Exams
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Course Title:
Education and Teaching of
Geography
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory
Course Code:
CΕ4AC20
Semester: Summer/Winter
Hours/Week:
Number of credits:
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Object and objectives of Teaching of Geography. Teaching of Geography and the
Science of Geography. Teaching of Geography and the Sciences of Education. Teaching
of Geography and school geography. Subjects, object, aims and methodology of teaching.
Evaluation and comparison of analytical school programs. Evaluation and comparison of
teaching material. Selection and application of teaching material. Production of teaching
material.
Recommended reading:
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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V. Courses on Development and Planning
Course Title:
City and Urban History
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CΕ1AC05
Semester:
Winter
Hours/Week:
3
Year of study:
1st
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Professor Dr. Emmanuel Marmaras,
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
• (a). To introduce in the basic concept of Urban History.
• (b). To examine the main issues of Urban History fields.
• (c). To build the “necessary background” in the fields of geography.
• (d). To combine theory, practice & empirical estimations on these issues.
• (e). To upgrade the knowledge in the relevant subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents: Urban History (CΕ1AC11)
The course deals with the process of the evolution of the urban phenomenon and of urban
planning thought. Emphasis is placed on the formation of the early settlements of
Mesopotamia, the phenomenon of the Greece “polis”, the structure of the Medieval city
in the European and the Arabic world, the model of the city of the Renaissance and,
lastly, to the formation of the early industrial town.
Recommended reading:
• Marmaras Emm. “Urban History”, Notes
Teaching methods:
Lectures, Empirical Applications, Case-Studies and Exercises
Assessment methods:
Written exams and Exercises
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Course Title:
Rural Development and Policy
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ3AC06
Hours/Week: 3
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Semester: Winter
Number of credits: 3
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Kizos Thanasis
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
Students should be able to:
ƒ Handle different definitions and uses of rural space and especially urban oriented
rural consumption uses.
ƒ Understand different policy initiatives at EU and national level and estimate their
results at local level
ƒ Access rural development problems and plan consistent with EU and Greek
broader framework policy initiatives at local level.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
Study of the organization of modern rural space and management of local resources –
main developments in production systems and management institutions. Definitions and
typology of rural space on the basis of rural development geographies and practices.
Interconnections and interdependencies between rural and urban space and the
construction of uran-oriented rural spaces. Spatial inequalities and environmental impacts
of the application of rural policies and market competition. New forms of economic
activities and exploitation systems of rural space (agrotourism, short food supply chains,
local quality products, agro-industries and handicrafts). European Union rural
development policy framework, local development initiatives and the role of new legal
instruments for the implementation of development and agri-environmental policies at
local level.
Recommended reading:
Anthopoulou T. Moisidis A. (2002) (eds.) From Agricultural Space to Rural Country:
Transformations and modern facts of the Greek rural world, Tipothito Publishng, Athens
(in Greek).
Hoggart K. Buller H. Black R. (1995) Rural Europe: Identity and Change, Arnold, London,
New York, Sydney, Auckland.
Van der Ploeg J.D.; Renting H.; Brunori G.; Knickel K.; Mannion J.; Marsden T.; de Roest K.;
Sevilla-Guzmán E.; Ventura F. (2000), ‘Rural Development: From Practices and Policies
towards Theory’ Sociologia Ruralis, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 391-408.
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Renting H. Marsden T. and Banks J. (2003), ‘Understanding Alternative Food Networks:
Exploring The Role Of Short Supply Chains In Rural Development, Environment And
Planning A, Vol. 35, pp. 393-411.
Goussios D. (1999) “Rural Space, Agricultural Space and Small Cities: Grom
Agriculturalization to Local Development” in Economou D. Petrakos G. (eds.) Greek Cities
Development: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Analysis and Policy, Thessalia
University Publishing and Gutenberg Publishing, Volos (in Greek).
Damianakos S. (2002) From Peasant to Farmer: Greek Rural Society Towards Globalization,
Exantas Publishing – ΕΚΚΕ, Athens (in Greek).
Teaching methods:
Lectures, exercises, paper writing,
Assessment methods:
Writing exams, paper submitting (optional)
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Course Title:
Development and Planning of
Innovation spaces
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ3AS07
Semester:
Spring
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits: 3
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 3rd
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor:
Professor E.Kourliouros
Objective of the course:
The course aims (1) at examining in depth the role of innovation and innovation policies
in spatial development and change and (2) at providing basic guidelines for organization
and planning of innovation spaces.
Prerequisites:
None
Course contents:
The notion of innovation: from the linear-evolutionary Schumpeterian model of
innovation to the “system of innovations” model. The geography of innovation: Local
embeddedness, codified and tacit knowledge, interactive learning and businesses cluster
development. The learning economy, the learning firm and the learning region. National
and regional systems of innovations: principles, ends, orientations. Innovations and
innovation policies in the EU. The uneven geographies of innovation: theoretical
frameworks. The spaces of innovation: technopolises, scientific/technology parks,
business incubators, innovation centres, RTP, RIS, RITTS programmes. Principles of
organization and planning of innovation spaces. Innovation spaces in Greece: problems
and procpects.
Recommended reading:
a. Compulsory
Komninos N. (1993) Technopolises and Development Strategies in Europe. Athens:
Gutenberg.
Komninos N. (1998) The Innovative Region. Athens: Gutenberg.
b. Optional
Amin, A., Thrift, N., (1992) Neo-Marshallian modes in global networks. International
Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 16.
Asheim, B. (1997) Industrial Districts as “Learning Regions”. A Condition for
Prosperity? European Planning Studies, 4(4).
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Asheim, B.T., Isaksen, A. (1997) Location, agglomeration and innovation: towards
regional innovation systems in Norway? European Planning Studies, 5(3).
Beaudry, C., Breschi, S. (2000) Does clustering really help firms’ innovative activities?
CESPRI (Centro Studi sui Processi di Internazionalizzazione), WP n. 111. (D5)
Belussi, F. (1996) Local systems, industrial districts and institutional networks: towards a
new evolutionary paradigm of industrial economics. European Planning Studies, 4.
Bergman, E.M., Feser, E.J. (1999) Industrial and regional clusters: concepts and
comparative applications. West Virginia University, Regional Research Institute,
the Webbook of Regional Science (www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook)
Bergman, E.M., Feser, E.J. (2001) Innovation system effects on technological adoption in
a regional value chain. European Planning Studies, Vol. 9, No. 5. (D12)
Braczyk, H.-J., et al. eds. (1998) Regional Innovation Systems. London, UCL Press.
Castells, M. (1985) High technology, space and society. Beverly Hills, Sage publications.
Castells, M. (1989) The informational city: Information technology, economic
restructuring and the urban—regional process. Oxford, Blackwell.
Castells, M., Hall, P. (1994) Technopoles of the world: The making of 21st century
industrial complexes. London, Routledge
Feldman, M.P. (1994) The geography of innovation. Dortrecht, Kluwer Academic
Publishers.
Gertler, M., Wolfe, D., eds., (2001) Innovation and social learning: institutional
adaptation in an era of technological change. www.utoronto.ca/progris/
recentpub.htm
Hassink, R. (1993) Regional innovation policies compared. Urban Studies, 30(6).
Lundvall, B-A., ed. (1992) National Systems of Innovation: Towards a Theory of
Innovative and Interactive Learning. London, Pinter Publishers.
Maskell, P., Malmberg, A. (1995) Localized learning and industrial competitiveness.
Berkeley Round Table on International Economy (BRIE) working paper No. 60
(http://brie.berkeley.edu/ ~briewww/pubs/wp/wp80.html).
Maskell, P., et al. (1998) Competitiveness, Localized Learning and Regional
Development – specialization and prosperity in small local economies. London,
Routledge.
Swyngedouw, E. (1999) Territories of innovation: innovation as a collective process and
the globalization of competition. In Lawton-Smith, H., ed., (1999) Technology
transfer and industrial change in Europe: the case of the electronic component and
the flow measuring industries in the UK, France and Belgium. London, Macmillan.
Wolfe, D.A., (2000) Social capital and cluster development in learning regions. XVIII
World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Quebec,
Canada, August 5, 2000.
Teaching methods:
Lectures by the tutor combined with seminar presentations of selected topics by student
groups in class.
Assessment methods:
Written exams: 70%, Written essay: 30%
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Course Title:
Globalization and Uneven
Development
Course Type: Lecture
Course Code:
CΕ3AC08
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course: undergraduate
Year of study: 3
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Dr Maria Tsampra
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
To develop a critical view on all aspects of globalisation and their impact on the
geography of development
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
The discourse on globalization as a result or a cause of new processes on the sociocultural and economic sphere. Aspects of globalization: social and cultural changes,
cohesion and exclusion, population mobility and migration; economic global forces,
multinational and global enterprises, international economic organizations, production
restructuring and new division of labour, new markets and consumerism; global
governance and the role of the national state, welfare policy, NGOs. The impact of
globalization processes on: development and underdevelopment on a world scale,
political organizations and governance, social modernization and national identities. The
role of the “local” in the “global”. Myths and contradictions concerning the concept of
globalization.
Recommended reading:
Giddens, A., Runaway world: how globalisation is reshaping our lives, London: Profile,
1999
Beck, U., What is globalization?, Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2000.
Γκρεϊ, Τζ., Απατηλή αυγή : οι αυταπατες του παγκοσµίου καπιταλισµού, Αθήνα:Πόλις ,
1998
Teaching methods:
Lectures
Assessment methods:
Written exercises and compulsory presentations 40% (optional)
Written exams 60% (compulsory)
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Course Title: Housing
Course Code:
Development and Planning ??? or CΕ4AC09
Urban Development and
Planning
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Hours/Week:
3
Year of study:
1st
Semester: Winter
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Professor Dr. Emmanuel Marmaras,
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
• (a). To introduce in the basic concept of Urban Development and Planning.
• (b). To examine the main issues of Urban Development fields.
• (c). To build the “necessary background” in the fields of geography.
• (d). To combine theory, practice & empirical estimations on these issues.
• (e). To upgrade the knowledge in the relevant subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents: Urban Development and Planning
Introduction to Urban Geography – conceptual background, scientific terms, critical
presentation and examination of basic theories and analytical approaches. Basic sources
and ways of forming the necessary information basis as regards residential development,
basic tolls and data analysis techniques. Population mobility, migration, urbanization.
Planning – definitions, types of planning, levels of planning, the notion of the plan, the
notion of the program, content, implementation procedures and planning agencies.
Recommended reading:
• Marmaras Emm. “Urban Development and Planning”, Notes
Teaching methods:
Lectures, Empirical Applications, Case-Studies and Exercises
Assessment methods:
Written exams and Exercises
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Course Title: Tourism and
Development
Course Code:
CE4AS10
Semester: Winter
Course Type: Lecture
Hours/Week: 3
Number of credits:
Level of course: Undergraduate
Year of study: 4th
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: T.S. Terkenli
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
The examination and understanding of the complex interrelationships between the social
phenomenon of tourism and that of development; the negotiation of and familiarization
with theoretical, methodological and practical dimensions and approaches to
interconnections between tourism and development in the context of the geographical
discipline and of “the real world”.
Prerequisites:
Course contents:
An examination of the multiple facets of the relationship between tourism and
development. The importance of geographic analyses of tourism. Theories and realities
of “development” and their relationship with tourism. The geography of tourist demand
and supply. Theories and models of spatial development of tourism. Geographic
particularities, characteristics and determinants of tourist flows. Development and trends
of contemporary geographical tourism patterns, with reference to traditional, alternative
and (post-)modern forms of tourism. Contemporary structures of host areas. The
intermediaries of the tourist circuit. The role of the local government: organizational
structures, infrastructure and tourism planning and policy. Global and local economic
costs and benefits of tourism. Social, environmental and cultural impacts and
consequences of tourism. Spatial impacts of tourism development and their relationship
to broader “development” in destination areas of the “third” and “first” worlds. Tourism
and the globalization of human relationships.
Recommended reading:
1) Varvaressos, Stelios, Tourismos, Ennoies, Megethi, Domes: I Elliniki
Pragmatikotita, 1998, Athens: Propombos
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2) Tsartas, Paris, Touristes, Taksidia, Topoi: Koinoniologikes Proseggiseis ston
Tourismo, 1996, Athens: Eksantas
3) Porter, Philip W. and Eric S. Sheppard, A World of Difference: Society, Nature,
Development, 1998, London: The Guilford Press
Also, additional notes written and provided by the instructor
Teaching methods:
12 lectures (including guest lectures), an in-class exercise and individual assignments
Assessment methods:
Class participation (10%), final examination (60%), in-class exercise (10%) and
individual assignment (20%)
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Course Title: Greek Economy:
Structure and Policies
Course Type: Lecture
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
CΕ4AC11
Semester: Winter
Hours/Week:
3
Year of study:
1st
Number of credits:
Language of instruction:
Greek
Name of Lecturer/Professor: Assistant Professor Dr. George M. Korres,
Objective of the course (expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired)
(a). To introduce in the basic concept of Greek Economy.
(b). To examine the main issues of applied Greek Economic fields.
(c). To build the “necessary background” in economic and social fields.
(d). To combine theory, practice & empirical estimations on these issues.
(e). To upgrade the knowledge in the relevant subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Structure and basic magnitudes of the Greek Economy. Fiscal and monetary
policy. Greek manufacturing (Dutch disease and de-industrialization). Investments.
Technological policy and development. Real economy, informal economy, and income
distribution. Bank and stock exchange sectors. Tourism and economic development.
Inflation and unemployment. The Greek economy in the 1990’s: the path towards EMU.
Social state and public administration: social and state policy. Full employment economic
policy: the Increase of the Gross National product and the battle against unemployment.
Taxation and education policy. European Union and the Greek economy. Planning and
perspectives of the Greek economy.
Recommended reading:
Korres G. and Chionis D. “Greek Economy: Structure and Policies”.
Karagiannis An., “Greek Economy”
Pelgaidis Th., “Greek Economy”
Korres George, “Notes in Greek Economy”.
Teaching methods:
Lecture and Exercises
Assessment methods:
Written Exams
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APPENDIX B
114
1st YEAR
1st SEMESTER
ECTS Credit
Units
2nd SEMESTER
ECTS
Credit Units
INTERPRETATION
AND
REPRESENTATION
OF SPACE ?
MICROECONOMICS
Educational
Psychology
4
SOCIOLOGY AND
POLITICAL THEORY
4
General Teaching?
ENGLISH Ι
FRENCH Ι
3
3
ENGLISH ΙΙ
FRENCH ΙΙ
3
Skill and
Methods
Courses
INTRODUCTION TO
INFORMATICS
4
INTRODUCTION TO
CARTOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIAL STATISTICS
4
Human
Geography
Courses
CURRENT TRENDS
IN HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY
4
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Human Geography of
Greece
4
3
HISTORY OF
GEOGRAPHY
4
MACROECONOMIC
THEORY AND
POLITICAL ECONOMY
OF SPACE
City and Urban History?
4
PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY II
Introduction to
Environmental Geology
4
Support
courses
4
3
Spatial
Planning and
Development
Courses
Physical
Geography
and
Environment
TOTAL
ECTS units
PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY I
4
30
1 Optional
course
Total 8 courses
115
4
3
3
30
1 Optional
Total 8
courses
2nd YEAR
3rd SEMESTER
ECTS Credit
Units
4th SEMESTER
ECTS Credit
ENGLISH ΙΙΙ
FRENCH ΙΙΙ
3
ENGLISH ΙV
FRENCH IV
3
INTRODUCTION TO G.I.S.
MULTIVARIATE
ANALYSIS
4
4
THEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY
Spatial Statistics I
Introduction to Computer
Programming
Methods of Urban Analysis
4
3
3
Units
3
SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Historical Geography
Rural Geography
4
4
3
3
INTRODUCTION TO
TOWN PLANNING
4
ENVIRONMENT AND
ECOLOGY
4
TOTAL ECTS units
POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND
GEOPOLITICS
30
1 Optional course
Total 8 courses
116
4
4
4
4
Special Issues in Economic
Geography
3
SPATIAL ECONOMICS
4
General Climatology
Biogeography
Fire Management and Ecology
3
3
3
30
2 Optional
courses
Total 8 courses
3rd YEAR
5th SEMESTER
ECTS
6th SEMESTER
ECTS
APPLIED
RESEARCH DESIGN
IN GEOGRAPHY
4,5
APPLICATIONS OF
G.I.S.
QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH METHODS
4
Geographical databases
Introduction to Remote
Sensing
Methods of Regional
Analysis
3,5
3,5
Residential Geography
Political Geography of
Balkans and East
Mediterranean Area
3,5
Special Issues
in Geography
V
Skill &
Methods
Human
Geography
Spatial
Planning and
Development
Physical
Geography
and
Environment
TOTAL
ECTS
Methods of
Demographic Analysis
3,5
Landscape Perception
and Analysis
Migration in Europe
3,5
Globalisation and
Uneven Development
3,5
Rural Development
and Policies
REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
AND TERRITORIAL
PLANNING
3,5
Geography of Natural
Resourses
3,5
Geography of Natural
Hazards
Applied
Geomorphology Hydrology and
Mapping
3,5
Development and
Planning of Innovation
Spaces
4
3,5
3,5
3,5
4,5
4,5
3,5
GREEK AND
MEDITERRANEAN
ENVIRONMENT
Paleogeography
3,5
General Metereology
3,5
Physical Geography of
Greece
3,5
30
6 Optional
courses
Total 8 courses
117
3,5
30
5 Optional courses
Total 8 courses
4th YEAR
7th SEMESTER
Special Issues in Geography
(Lecture)
8th SEMESTER
5,5
THESIS
Summer Internship
Spatial Statistics ΙΙ
Education and Teaching of
Geography
9
3
3
3,5
Borders and Border Zones
3,5
Greek Economy: Structure and
Policies
Housing Development and
Planning
Tourism and Development
3,5
Coastal Geomorphology
3,5
Management of Natural
Environment
3,5
3,5
Geography of Labour and
Restructuring
3
Geographies of Everyday Life
Island Geography
3
3
Special Issues in Geography
3
Planning and development of
natural heritage areas (biotopes and
geotopes)
3
3,5
30
8 Optional courses
Total 8 courses
118
30
7 Optional
courses
Total 8 courses