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Programme Profile and Academic Rationale
The new Undergraduate Programme in “Social Policy” is designed as a coherent, contemporary and scientifically grounded programme that examines social policy at all levels of governance and across its contemporary fields of application. A central feature of the programme is the connection between two interrelated dimensions: the institutional and regulatory dimension, which concerns the design and evaluation of policies, and the applied and organisational dimension, which concerns the implementation and management of social interventions.
Through this approach, graduates acquire a comprehensive understanding of social protection models and develop skills in policy analysis, evaluation and implementation, enabling them to respond to the needs of public administration, local government, international organisations and organisations in the social economy.
The programme’s fields of study include social insurance, social welfare and care, health protection, education and employment, housing, criminal policy, migration policy, gender equality, the social economy and the broader protection of vulnerable population groups. Its frame of reference extends from international organisations and the European Union to national and local policies, and from the macro-level of social protection systems to the micro-level of social service providers.
The programme is organised over eight (8) semesters and comprises 240 ECTS credits. It follows a clear progression from general background courses to subject-specific courses, specialisation courses and skills-development courses. Its structure supports the gradual deepening of knowledge: in the first semesters, the conceptual and institutional framework is established; subsequently, students’ training in quantitative and qualitative research approaches is strengthened; and in the advanced semesters, applied fields, specialisation options and connections with practice are developed.
The programme design is structured around thematic strands covering Background Courses; Social Policy and Institutions; Health Policy and Economics; Social Security, Employment and Social Entrepreneurship; Governance and Policies for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups; and Methodology and Skills for Social Research. These strands ensure internal coherence, interdisciplinarity and a clear programme identity.
A critical element of the programme is the balance between theoretical education and practical application. Laboratory and/or tutorial components are included where pedagogically necessary. The programme also includes a three-month Practical Training component (18 ECTS) in the final semester, which strengthens links with real-world learning environments and professional practice. In addition, the compulsory Undergraduate Thesis (12 ECTS) provides a pathway for deeper academic engagement and familiarises students with the research process and the specific field of knowledge in which the thesis topic is situated.
Table 1. Courses and Instructors by Semester
|
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Category |
Code |
ECTS |
Lecture |
Lab |
Tutorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Semester |
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|
Introduction to Sociology |
Fotopoulos |
GΥ |
YP-Υ2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
History of Greece in the 20th Century |
Gazi |
GΥ |
YP-Υ1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Social Policy |
Venieris |
GΥ |
YP-Υ4 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Introduction to Law |
Fefes |
GΥ |
YP-Υ3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
English for Social Scientists I |
Spyropoulou |
GΥ |
YP-Υ1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Total |
30 |
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|
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Category |
Code |
ECTS |
Lecture |
Lab |
Tutorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2nd Semester |
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|
Institutions and Functioning of the European Union |
Fefes |
GΥ |
YP-Υ7 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Modern History: Europe and the World in the 20th Century |
Gazi |
GΥ |
YP-Υ6 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Introduction to Economics |
Koutsampelas |
GΥ |
YP-Υ5 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Criminology |
Papatheodorou |
ΕΥ |
YP-Υ9 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
English for Social Scientists II |
Spyropoulou |
GΥ |
ΚΕ-Υ2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Total |
30 |
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|
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Category |
Code |
ECTS |
Lecture |
Lab |
Tutorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3rd Semester |
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|
Introduction to Political Science |
Angelaki |
GΥ |
YP-Υ8 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Organisation of the State |
Faculty member – appointed lecturer |
ΕΥ |
YP-Υ10 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Economic Analysis of Social Policies |
Chantzaras |
ΕΥ |
KP-Υ1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Quantitative Research Methodology |
Katsis Koutsampelas |
ΕΥ |
ΚΕ-Υ3 |
6 |
1,5 |
1,5 |
|
|
Health Policy |
Souliotis |
ΕΥ |
POU-Υ1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Total |
30 |
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|
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Category |
Code |
ECTS |
Lecture |
Lab |
Tutorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Semester |
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|
Health Services |
Souliotis |
ΕΥ |
POU-Υ2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
European Social Policy |
Venieris |
ΕΥ |
KP-Υ2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Employment Policies |
Feronas |
ΕΥ |
ΚΑΕ-Υ1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Criminal Policy |
Papatheodorou |
ΕΥ |
DEO-Υ1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Individual and Social Rights |
Faculty member – appointed lecturer |
ΕΥ |
YP-Υ11 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Total |
30 |
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|
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Category |
Code |
ECTS |
Lecture |
Lab |
Tutorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5th Semester |
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|
Social Policy Design and Evaluation |
Venieris |
ΕΥ |
KP-Υ3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Law on Foreign Nationals and Migration Policy |
Papatheodorou |
Ε |
DEO-Υ2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Social Economy |
Fefes |
ΕΥ |
ΚΑΕ-Υ2 |
6 |
1,5 |
1,5 |
|
|
Social Exclusion and Social Integration Policies |
Feronas |
ΕΥ |
KP-Υ4 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Free Elective Course (to be selected from the following) |
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|
Patient Empowerment and Rights |
Souliotis |
Ε |
POU-Ε1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
History of Racism |
Gazi |
Ε |
DEO-Ε1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
European Refugee Policy and Asylum Law |
Papatheodorou |
Ε |
DEO-Ε2 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Vulnerable Groups and Social Protection |
Papatheodorou |
Ε |
DEO-Ε3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Advanced Communication Skills for Social Scientists |
Spyropoulou |
D |
ΚΕ-Ε1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Total |
30 |
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|
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Category |
Code |
ECTS |
Lecture |
Lab |
Tutorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6th Semester |
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Society and Politics in the 20th Century: Special Topics in History |
Gazi |
E |
KP-Υ5 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Social Policies for Ageing Societies |
Angelaki |
E |
KP-Υ6 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Health Economics |
Chantzaras |
EY |
POU-Υ3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Analysis of Health Policies and Reforms |
Souliotis |
E |
POU-Υ4 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Free Elective Course (to be selected from the following) |
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|
Social Policy in Greece |
Venieris |
EY |
KP-Ε1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Social Entrepreneurship Policies |
Fefes |
E |
ΚΑΕ-Ε1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Gender and Social Policy |
Angelaki |
E |
DEO-Ε4 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Climate Change and Social Policy |
Feronas |
E |
DEO-Ε5 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
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|
Organisation and Administration of Education (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Dimopoulos |
Ε |
EP-Ε2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Critical and Institutional Pedagogy (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Karakatsani Nikolopoulou |
Ε |
EP-E3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
21st-Century Education and Educational Innovations (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Tzimogiannis Sifakakis |
ΕΥ |
PTK-E2 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Education and Socio-economic Inequalities (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Koutsampelas |
ΕΥ |
ΕΚ-E1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Higher Education and Employability (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Boura |
Ε |
ΕΑΕ-Ε3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Intercultural Education (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Karakatsani |
Ε |
ΕΚ-Ε2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Student-centred and Learner-centred Learning, Human Resource Education and Dimensions of Quality (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Papadiamantaki |
Ε |
ΕΚ-Ε2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Learning Technologies and Human Resource Development (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Tsiotakis |
Ε |
ΕΚ-Ε2 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
|
Total |
30 |
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|
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Category |
Code |
ECTS |
Lecture |
Lab |
Tutorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7th Semester |
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|
Institutions and Public Policy |
Faculty member – appointed lecturer |
ΕΥ |
KP-Υ7 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Health Services Management |
Chantzaras |
Ε |
POU-Υ5 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Comparative Social Policy |
Feronas |
Ε |
KP-Υ8 |
6 |
1,5 |
1,5 |
|
|
Social Security Policies and Pension Schemes |
Angelaki |
Ε |
ΚΑΕ-Υ3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Free Elective Course (to be selected from the following) |
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|
Elements of Philosophy and Theories of Social Justice |
Faculty member – appointed lecturer |
Ε |
KP-Ε2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Institutions and Policies for the Protection of Children’s Rights |
Papatheodorou |
Ε |
DEO-Ε6 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Health Technology Assessment |
Chantzaras |
Ε |
POU-Ε2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Academic Writing in the Social Sciences |
Chantzaras |
D |
ΚΕ-Ε2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
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|
Higher Education Policies (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Papadiamantaki |
ΕΥ |
EP-E4 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Evaluation of Educational Units and Educational Systems as Dimensions of Educational Policies (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Tsakiri |
ΕΥ |
EP-Ε5 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Entrepreneurial and Technological Ethics (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Boura |
Ε |
ΕΚ-E3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Labour Economics and Human Resources (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Koutsampelas |
Ε |
ΕΑΕ-Ε4 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
Citizenship and Education (Free Elective from the Undergraduate Programme in “Education Sciences and Lifelong Learning”) |
Karakatsani |
Ε |
ΕΚ-E4 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Total |
30 |
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|
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Category |
Code |
ECTS |
Lecture |
Lab |
Tutorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8th Semester |
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|
Practical Training (3-month duration) |
Compulsory |
D |
PA |
18 |
|
|
|
|
Undergraduate Thesis |
Optional |
Ε |
PE |
12 |
|
|
|
Total |
30 |
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Πίνακας 2. Course Coding
Course Categories |
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GY: General Background |
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ΕΥ: Subject-specific Background |
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Ε: Specialisation |
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D: Skills Development |
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Thematic Strand Codes |
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ΥP: Background Courses |
|
ΚP: Social Policy and Institutions |
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PΟU: Health Policy and Economics |
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ΚΑΕ: Social Security, Employment and Social Entrepreneurship |
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DΕΟ: Governance and Policies for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups |
|
ΚΕ: Methodology and Skills for Social Research |
|
Course Status Codes |
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Υ: Compulsory |
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Ε: Free Elective |
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