School of Science
Most courses in the Departments of the NKUA are taught in Greek (B2 level needed)
This is also the case for the Department of Biology where all undergraduate courses and most of the post-graduate ones are taught in Greek. Nevertheless, for most undergraduate courses offered (mostly those referred as elective courses from the 3rd or 4th year - semesters 5-8), incoming Erasmus students can be given a syllabus in English and be examined in English. In some cases, the special arrangements made for the Erasmus+/CIVIS students who have only English language knowledge, may include assignment of essays in English, with the use of English bibliography. However, the teaching staff who is responsible for each intended course should be contacted for further information.
For more information on courses available to Greek-non-speaking students, Erasmus incoming students should contact the Departmental Erasmus Program responsibles and CIVIS/Erasmus evaluation Erasmus committee members: Ass. Profs. Charalambos Alexopoulos (halexo[at]biol.uoa[dot]gr, +30 210 727 4548), Ioanna-Katerina Aggeli (ikaggeli[at]biol.uoa[dot]gr, +30 210 727 4948) or Erminta Tsouko (etsouko[at]biol.uoa[dot]gr, +30210 7274636).
For courses available please see: http://en.biol.uoa.gr/erasmus/erasmus-civis-courses.html
The coordinators of the aforementioned list of courses provide teaching support in English for all incoming students and have ensured that an adequate number of copies of academic (in English) textbooks relating to the courses' material, are available in the University's library. The study material for the exams of these courses originates from the textbooks available to the students through the library.
For an indicative calendar of studies please see: http://en.biol.uoa.gr/information/academic-calendar.html
| Course Title | ECTS | Code | Semester | Professors | Project Thesis* | Suggested books, essays, articles, research references | |
| Molecular Microbiology | 4.0 | 13Β019 | 5th | G. Diallinas | YES | Articles, research references | |
| Molecular Ecology | 4.0 | 13Β049 | 7th | A. Parmakelis | NO | An introduction to molecular ecology 3rd edition (ISBN:9780198716990) | |
| Island Biogeography | 4.0 | 13Β052 | 8th | A. Parmakelis | NO | Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation 2nd Edition (ISBN:9780198566120) | |
| Topics in Contemporary Biochemistry | 5.5 | 13Β051 | 8th | C. Vorgias | NO | Research references | |
| Molecular Plant Development | 5.5 | 13Β047 | 7th | K. Haralampidis | NO | Mechanisms in Plant Development (ISBN: 0-86542-742-9) | |
| Plant Biology (Chapter 5: Development) (ISBN: 978-0-8153-4025-6) | |||||||
| Ecosystems of Inland Waters | 4.0 | 13Β048 | 7th | S. Genitsaris | NO | Limnology - Lake and River Ecosystems (ISBN: 0-12-744760-1) | |
| Phycology | 4.0 | 13Β044 | 7th | S. Genitsaris | YES | Algae (2nd edition) (ISBN: 978-0-321-55965-4) | |
| Biological Oceanography | 5.5 | 13B040 | 7th | D. Raitsos | NO | Essentials of Oceanography (13th Edition), Authors: Harold V Thurman, Alan P Trujillo (ISBN: 9780134891521) | |
| Molecular Genetics | 6.5 | 13Β027 | 6th | A.-M. Pappas | NO | Ιntroduction to Genetic Analysis (Griffiths et al), 11th edition [ISBN: 978-1-4641-0948-5 (Hardcover), 978-1-4641-8804-6 (Loose-Leaf)] | |
| Immunology | 5.5 | 13Β021 | 5th | O. Tsitsilonis | NO | Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Ninth Edition, Authors: Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai (ISBN: 978-0323479783) | |
| Kuby Immunology, Eighth Edition, Authors: Jenni Punt, Sharon Stranford, Patricia Jones, Judy Owen (ISBN: 978-1464189784) | |||||||
| Neurobiology - Neurochemistry | 4.0 | 13Β045 | 7th | NO | Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 3rd Edition (ISBN-10 0781760038 - ISBN-13 978-0781760034) | ||
| Neurobiology - Neurochemistry | 4.0 | 13Β045 | 7th | S. Efthimiopoulos | NO | Neuroscience (ISBN: 9781605358413) | |
| Neurobiology - Neurochemistry | 4.0 | 13Β045 | 7th | S. Efthimiopoulos | NO | Basic Neurochemistry: Principles of Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Neurobiology 8th Edition (ISBN-13: 978-0123749475 - ISBN-10: 0125468075) | |
| Physical Anthropology | 5.5 | 13Β024 | 5th | M.-E. Chovalopoulou | NO | Introduction to Physical Anthropology 15th Edition by Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, Russell L. Ciochon (ISBN-13: 978-1337099820) | |
| Plant Physiology | 8.0 | 13Β010 | 3rd | A. Roussis | NO | Plant Physiology and Development (ISBN:9781605352558) | |
| Bioinformatics | 5.5 | 13Β041 | 7th | V. Iconomidou | NO | Introduction to Bioinformatics (A. Lesk) (ISBN:978-0-19-879414-1) | |
| Biophysics | 6.5 | 13B033 | 6th | V. Iconomidou | NO | Introduction to Protein Structure (Branden & Tooze) (ISBN:0-8153-2305-0) | |
| Plant Cell Biology | 5.5 | 13Β020 | 5th | I-D Adamakis | YES | Plant Cell Biology From Astronomy to Zoology (ISBN:978-0-12-374233-9) | |
| Plant Ecoanatomy | 5.5 | 13Β018 | 5th | I-D Adamakis | YES | Plant Anatomy: A Concept-Based Approach to the Structure of Seed Plants (ISBN: 978-3-319-77208-0) | |
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* Project Thesis: 6 weeks: 4 ECTS - 12 weeks: 8 ECTS