INTERINSTITUTIONAL POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM NKUA-HCMR

OCEANOGRAPHY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

1st semester

Code	Hours/Week	ECTS	Compulsory Courses
Α01	4	6	Introduction to Biological Oceanography
Α02	4	6	Introduction to Geological Oceanography
Α03	4	6	Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Α04	4	6	Introduction to Chemical Oceanography
Α05	2	3	Geographical Information Systems
Α06	2	3	Databases and statistical analysis

2nd semester

Code	Hours/Week	ECTS	Elective Courses
Β01	4	6	Plankton: Structure, function and ecology
Β02	4	6	Benthos: Structure, functions and ecology
Β03	4	6	Nekton: Structure, functions and ecology
Β04	2	3	Biomarkers - Ecological Water Quality
Β05	2	3	Fisheries and Stock Assessment
Β06	2	3	Marine Microbiology
Β07	2	3	Biodiversity Estimation and Conservation
Β08	4	6	Coastal Geomorphology, Hydrodynamics & Dynamic Sedimentology
Β09	4	6	Marine Sedimentation Environments
Β10	4	6	Methods of Seabottom Exploration
Β11	4	6	Underwater Geomorphology, Volcanicity and Geodynamics
Β12	4	6	Paleoceanography - Climatic Changes
Β13	6	9	Dynamic Physical Oceanography
Β14	4	6	Marine Meteorology and its interaction with the ocean
Β15	4	6	Marine Optics
Β16	4	6	Introduction to Numerical Modeling in Oceanography
Β17	2	3	Methods of Data Analysis
Β18	4	6	Marine Pollution
Β19	4	6	Analytical Chemical Oceanography
Β20	4	6	Marine Ecotoxicology
Β21	4	6	Specific chapters of Chemical Oceanography
Β22	4	6	Natural products from marine organisms & their use

3rd semester

Code	Hours/Week	ECTS	Compulsory Courses
Γ01	10	15	Management of the Marine Environment
Γ02	10	15	Initiation of master thesis, theoretical chapters (Ι)

4th semester

Code	ECTS	Compulsory Course
Δ01	30	Master thesis, experimental part, writing and presentation (ΙΙ)