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- Introduction to the Discipline of Archaeology (8 ECTS)
- Introduction to Historical Studies (8 ECTS)
- Ancient Greek Literature: an overview (8 ECTS)
- Greek I (6 ECTS)
- Aegean Civilizations: a survey (8 ECTS)
- Ancient Greek Art: an overview (8 ECTS)
- The History of the Greek Polis (8 ECTS)
- Greek II (6 ECTs)
- Prehistoric Crete: Minoan Palatial Society (8 ECTS)
- Ancient Greek Topography and Architecture (8 ECTS)
- Greek Historical Texts: Thucydides (8 ECTS)
- Greek III (6 ECTS)
- Archaeology of the Mycenaean World (8 ECTS)
- Greek Art: Images and Meanings (8 ECTS)
- Studying Greek History through Inscriptions (8 ECTS)
- Greek IV (6 ECTS)
- Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean (8 ECTS)
- Alexander to Cleopatra: History of the Hellenistic Period (8 ECTS)
- Greek Drama: Texts and Images (8 ECTS)
- Greek V (6 ECTS)
- Hellenistic Art (8 ECTS)
- History of the Greek Religion (8 ECTS)
- Greek Historical Texts: Herodotus (8 ECTS)
- Greek VI (6 ECTS)
- Greek Athletics and the History of Sport (8 ECTS)
- Homer and Greek Mythology (8 ECTS)
- Reading Greek Papyri (8 ECTS)
- SEMINAR* (10 ECTS)
- Greece and Rome: a historical survey (8 ECTS)
- Greek Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle (8 ECTS)
- Ancient Greeks at War: Xenophon (8 ECTS)
- SEMINAR* (10 ECTS)
Total ECTS: 248
*At least four seminars available every semester; topics may include:
- Funerary Practices and the Archaeology of Ancestors Household Archaeology: Prehistoric Greece
- Household Archaeology: the Classical World
- Landscape Archaeology
- From Macedonia to Gandhara and beyond: art and archaeology of the Hellenistic East
- Greek Literature of the Hellenistic and the Imperial Period
- Greek Numismatics, Monetary Policies, and the Economy
On-site classes and field trips: most courses include on-site classes and/or hands on instruction at the University Museum of Archaeology and History of Art, as well as many archaeological sites and museums in Athens and its vicinity. Special one- or two-day field trips may also be organized within specific courses and extended field trips to major Greek archaeological sites and museums (Crete; Santorini; Macedonia etc) are also offered as part of the curriculum.
Excavation work: in the course of their studies, students are introduced to archaeological excavation theory and practice at the University Excavation in Marathon or the excavation at the site of Trapeza (Neon Rysion – Kardia) in Northern Greece, undertaken by the International Hellenic University.