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Faculty	Sciences
School	Geology
Qualification Awarded	Palaeontology-Geobiology
Programme of Study	DiPMS PALAIONTOLOGIA-GEŌVIOLOGIA (2023-sīmera)
Cycle / Level / NQF	2nd / Postgraduate / 7
Academic Year	2022 - 2023
Status	Active
Website	https://geo.auth.gr/postgrad_paleo/
Contact email	info@geo.auth.gr
ECTS / Workload	One ECTS unit corresponds to hours of workload.

Courses of the 1st semester

Macropalaeontology
1st semester

4


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
C02	Statistical Analysis of Palaeontological Data	6	COR
C03	Scientific Terminology & Communication	6	COR
P03	Mediterranean Cenozoic Biostratigraphy	4	COR
PS2	Geoheritage-Palaeontological Geotopes – Museum promotion and Education	3	ELC

Micropalaeontology-Biostratigraphy
1st semester

5


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
C02	Statistical Analysis of Palaeontological Data	6	COR
C03	Scientific Terminology & Communication	6	COR
M01	Calcareous nannoplankton: systematics-biostratigraphy	5	COR
M02	Planktonic foraminifera: systematics-biostratigraphy	5	COR
M03	Benthic foraminifera: systematics-biostratigraphy	5	COR

Courses of the 2nd semester

Macropalaeontology
2nd semester

7


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
P01	Comparative Anatomy – Taxonomy – Biometry of Vertebrates	6	COR
P02	Invertebrate Fyla – Taxοnomy - Biometry	6	COR
P05	Field and Lab Practice	6	COR
PS3	Advanced Macropalaeontology	3	ELC
PS4	Invertebrate communities: palaeoecological and palaeogeographic approaches	3	ELC
PS5	Palaeoanthropological Issues	3	ELC
PS6	Palaeoecology of Vertebrates – Biomechanics- Morphofunctional Ecology	3	ELC

Micropalaeontology-Biostratigraphy
2nd semester

4


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
M04	Palaeoecology-Ecostratigraphy	4	COR
M05	Ostracoda-siliceous microfossils	6	COR
MS1	Palaeoclimatic proxies	3	ELC
MS2	Environmental Micropalaeontology	3	ELC

Courses of the 3rd semester

Macropalaeontology
3rd semester

1


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
C05	Master Thesis	30	COR

Micropalaeontology-Biostratigraphy
3rd semester

1


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
C05	Master Thesis	30	COR