General
Culture enables and facilitates the possibility of multiple connections both at the theoretical and applied level. This explains the flexibility in the absorption of trainees, as shown by evidence from international experience in undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
With this Master’s Degree, the HOU contributes to the cultivation, empowerment and national and local development at this critical juncture, by utilizing and being aware of international experience. This is both for educational and theoretical deepening in an innovative way, as a reaction to the levelling dynamics of globalization, and for promotional purposes.
Object – Purpose
The objectives of the programme are:
- The aesthetically aware, interdisciplinary and critical consideration of the art, cultural and architectural heritage of Greece and Greek culture in general, which includes urban and regional environments rich in natural and man-made beauty, as well as cultural and aesthetic assets.
- The promotion of the Greek urban and regional landscape as a palimpsest of history, nature and art to be protected and enhanced.
- The cultivation of methods of theoretical, aesthetic and technological enhancement, as well as spatial planning qualitatively appropriate for the Greek landscape as an intellectual fact and as a material substance.
- The approach to the developmental dimension of Greek art and cultural heritage.
The Programme aims to make an educational and research contribution to:
- A comparative review of Greek art and creation of all periods in relation to the international environment during the more recent historical periods. Contemporary issues of interpretation.
- Multifaceted evaluation and promotion of art and cultural heritage. Cultivation of an environmentally sensitive compositional and creative attitude towards the Greek stratigraphy (monuments, artworks, cultural landscapes, architectural elements or ensembles) inscribed in the current urban fabric and peripheral space.
- Linking theory and practice for the realization of new artistic, architectural and urbanistic creation in harmonious dialogue with urban palimpsests of different eras and styles.
- Museum promotion of art and cultural heritage through corresponding education and promotion.
- Development-oriented exploitation of cultural heritage through well-planned cultural tourism.
- Helping to reconcile the tensions between large-scale construction activity on the one hand and the protection of art and cultural heritage on the other.
- Developing a public dialogue with the ultimate aim of defending and perpetuating important elements and characteristics of Greek art and cultural heritage
In particular
The MSc ACU (Government Gazette 710/24.02.2021, issue Bʹ) aims to train its students so that:
- Firstly, to delve into the rare physical and spiritual characteristics of Greek culture and space, and more generally, for foreign students, of historical space-time.
- Second, highlight these features in an appropriate manner. To this highlighting they contribute:
- The monument and museum national policy.
- The cultural, creative and sustainable tourism activity.
- Targeted promotion of cultural and natural beauty networks.
- The spatial and urban integration of national ‘corridors’ of monumentality and cultural forms.
- Thirdly, to create new artistic forms with a deep awareness of the past.
- Fourthly, to make a constant contribution with their knowledge and work to the international recognition of the image of the country, which, although it has a surprisingly great spatial and artistic wealth, and has produced a great deal of work to protect this wealth, has not always claimed the corresponding recognition at international level, which is particularly important at the present time.
The MSc includes with uniqueness and originality aspects, dimensions and aesthetics of the creative and spatial tradition and perspective in the Greek space, in a comparative perspective with respect to the West as a whole and the Mediterranean in particular.
In order to achieve the above objectives, the MSc combines, whenever and wherever possible, theoretical with applied and experiential education. With regard to the latter, more specifically, this includes, whenever possible, organised visits of students to important sites and places relevant to the nature of the MSc.
In more detail
The aims and objectives of the Master of Arts-Cultural Heritage-Development Policies (ACU) are the interdisciplinary education of students in the following areas:
- Comparative review of Greek art and creation in relation to the current reality and the international environment.
- The emergence and management of physical, artistic and intellectual characteristics of the Greek historical stratigraphy, i.e. the traces of historical space inscribed within the present-day urban fabric and peripheral space.
- New artistic, architectural and urban planning creation in harmonious dialogue with the urban palimpsests of different eras and styles. Indicatively: Included in the MSc TEP is the theoretically informed treatment of the design and aesthetic problems at the level of architecture and urban planning in the old Latin dominated versus the old Ottoman dominated regions of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean.
- Exploiting the rich cultural heritage with development outcomes, such as well-planned cultural and creative tourism.
- Preparing to reconcile the tensions between large-scale construction activity on the one hand and the need to protect and enhance art and cultural heritage on the other.
- Developing public dialogue through publications, with a view to contributing to a deeper understanding of the social field in relation to the above dimensions and priorities, with a view to defending them.
Students will acquire, in addition to theoretical and applied training:
- The multifaceted evaluation and promotion of art and cultural heritage, including urban and regional environments rich in natural beauty, cultural as well as aesthetic assets.
- Cultural and creative tourism.
- • Museum education and promotion.
To summarise, the programme objects are:
- The aesthetically aware, interdisciplinary and critical consideration of the art, cultural and architectural heritage of Greece and Greek culture in general, which includes urban and regional environments rich in natural and man-made beauty, as well as cultural and aesthetic assets.
- The promotion of the Greek urban and regional landscape as a palimpsest of history, nature and art to be protected and enhanced.
- The cultivation of methods of theoretical, aesthetic and technological enhancement, as well as spatial planning qualitatively appropriate for the Greek landscape as an intellectual fact and as a material substance.
- The approach to the developmental dimension of Greek art and cultural heritage.
In more detail, the MSc ACU aims to contribute educationally and research-wise to the following:
- Comparative review of Greek art and creation of all periods in relation to the international environment during the more recent historical periods. Contemporary issues of interpretation.
- Multifaceted evaluation and promotion of art and cultural heritage. Cultivation of an environmentally sensitive compositional and creative attitude towards the Greek stratigraphy (monuments, artworks, cultural landscapes, architectural elements or ensembles) inscribed in the current urban fabric and peripheral space.
- Linking theory and practice for the realization of new artistic, architectural and urbanistic creation in harmonious dialogue with the urban palimpsests of the country and the wider region from different eras and styles.
- Museum promotion of art and cultural heritage through corresponding education and promotion using new technologies.
- Exploitation of cultural heritage with a developmental focus through well-planned cultural and creative tourism.
- Helping to reconcile the tensions between, on the one hand, large-scale construction activity and, on the other, the protection of art and cultural heritage.
- Developing a public dialogue with the ultimate aim of defending and perpetuating important elements and characteristics of Greek art and cultural heritage.
Classification according to ISCED-2011 of UNESCO
Based on the level of Education: 7
Classification according to ISCED-2013 of UNESCO
Based on the field of Education: 0288 – Inter-disciplinary programs and qualifications involving arts and humanities in the following sectors:
- 0211 Audio-Visual Techniques and Media Production, Film and Video Production, Photography
- 0213 Fine Arts and Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art, Art Theory, Painting, Sculpture
- 0222 History and Archaeology, Cultural History, Restoration and Preservation of Artistic Heritage, History of Literature, History of Political, Social and Economic Development
- 0314 Sociology and Cultural Studies, Human Geography, Cultural Geography, Regional Cultures
- 0322 Museum Studies, Museology
- 0522 Natural Environments and Wildlife
- 0714 Electronics and Automation, Digital Technology
- 0731 Architecture and Town Planning, Landscape Architecture, Town and Country Planning, Structural Architecture, Building Design
- 0732 Building and Civil Engineering, Road Building
- 0812 Horticulture, Laying Out and Construction of Urban and Domestic Parks and Gardens
- 1015 Travel, Tourism and Leisure
QUALITY POLICY
QUALITY TARGET 2023
The desired learning outcomes for students of the Master’s Programme “Art-Cultural Heritage-Development Policies” are the following:
- Recognize the current Greek dynamics and innovative creative expressions of the country. To readily mobilize their comparative supervision in the examination and exploration of related issues.
- To develop skills in writing articles and texts on the public role of art, cultural heritage and related development policies.
- Develop skills in communicating the results of research to and with the general public.
- Transition fluently from theory to experience.
- Have a critical overview of fundamental concepts of art, cultural landscape and cultural heritage and document the relationship between domestic cultural heritage and its international acquisitions.
- To critically monitor the ways in which the Greek state manages/promotes domestic cultural heritage and to propose its developmental use.
- To document the relationship between international political developments and the perception of cultural heritage over time.
- 8. To handle theoretical concepts relating to museums, monuments and their management, developing original and fruitful reflection on theoperation of museums and archaeological sites at national and international level. Critically monitor the ways in which the Greek state manages the country’s cultural capital through the establishment/management/certification and evaluation of museums, monuments and archaeological sites.
- To approach the rich architectural heritage of the country familiar with its aesthetic vision and its management, both design and cultural.
- To understand critically key features of art in its journey through the national and European levels, and the cultural dialogue underlying the development of the arts.
- To possess and recognize similarities and differences between the visual perception relationship between Greece and the West, decisive for the constitution of the cultural space, art and the creative process. Also, to understand the importance of visual experience in design.
- To grasp the relationship between vision and spatial social organization. To discern the articulations and connections between philosophical thought, cultural geography, literature and archaeology.
- Have a broad understanding of the main trajectories of thought around aesthetic experience and understand the differences between aesthetic and historiographical approaches.
- Identify deeply and critically important landmarks and features of urban space.
- To use this knowledge in various capacities.
- Understand the multiple historical, aesthetic, social, economic and geographical parameters, which are intensified during the periods under consideration, and be aware of the conditions under which crisis phenomena arise.
- Recognise the multiple dimensions of the tourism phenomenon, both national and global, as well as the historical and fluid nature of this phenomenon, so as to be able to orientate their planning and choices appropriately.
- Know the stakeholders and their responsibilities at local and global level. Also, to decide on the current situation and to plan appropriately and with awareness relevant cultural tourism actions in different regions of the country.
- Make use of new audiovisual technologies in the recording and promotion of urban, monumental and museum sites.
ECTS Programme of StudiesCredits
The total number of credits (ECTS) required for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma of Specialisation (M.Sc.) is 120 ECTS.
MSc characterisation
Master of Arts (MA)
Classification according to the UNESCO ISCED-2011 code
By level of study: 7
Duration of studies
The minimum duration for the completion of the programme is two (2) years, i.e. four (4) semesters.
The Post-graduate programme accepts graduates or higher institution diplomas of related disciplines. The programme is offered in Greek.
The knowledge of a foreign language and good computer-Internet skills would be useful for the successful participation in the programme.
Note:
Holders of a degree or diploma of higher education means graduates of Greek Universities or Polytechnics or Higher School of Fine Arts or Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education or Higher Technological Educational Institutions (ATEI) or those who hold academically equivalent first cycle degrees from recognized foreign educational institutions with the degrees awarded by the Greek Higher Educational Institutions, in accordance with the provisions of article 304 of Law No. 4957/2022 (Government Gazette 141/21.07.2022, vol.)
Marking:
For the evaluation of the application to the Postgraduate Studies Programme, it will be examined whether the candidate’s institution of study is or may be included in the National Register of Recognised Higher Education Institutions of Foreign Countries and whether the candidate’s degree is or may be included in the National Register of Types of Degrees of Recognised Institutions of Foreign Countries.
The Hellenic Open University, if the degree is included in the list of article 307 of Law No. 4957/2022, must request a “Certificate of Place of Study”, which is issued and sent by the foreign university. If the place of study or part of the studies is confirmed as the Greek territory, the degree is not recognized, unless the part of the studies that took place in the Greek territory is in a public higher education institution or in a recognized foreign educational institution within the meaning of paragraph b) of article 299 of Law No. 4957/2022.
The Postgraduate Programme “Art-Cultural Heritage-Development Policies” is structured in four (4) academic semesters. For the award of the Postgraduate Diploma of Specialization, the successful completion of nine (9) Thematic Units, the preparation and presentation of a Postgraduate Diploma Thesis is required.
The total number of credits (ECTS) required for the award of the Master’s Degree is 120 ECTS (30 ECTS per semester). In detail, the structure of the MA is as follows:
Instructions for the selection of the Thematic Units
Students can choose from one (1) to three (3) Units per semester (30 ECTS per semester maximum).
The selection of units is made in the order of the Programme structure.
For example, in the first semester, if you choose one (1) unit, you are required to register TEP50. If you wish to register a second unit, you may choose TEP51. As well, if you wish to register three (3) units, you may choose TEP50, TEP51 and TEP52.
In the process of declaring a Th.U., you must first exhaust the previous semester’s Th.U. and then declare the next semester’s Th.U.
The presentation of the Postgraduate Diploma Thesis requires the successful completion of all modules of the programme.
For the award of the Postgraduate Diploma of Specialisation (MA), the successful completion of nine (9) units is mandatory, as well as the successful completion and presentation of the Postgraduate Diploma Thesis.
Academic Supervision Committee
Argyro Loukaki, Professor at the Hellenic Open University
Vasilia Hadjinikita, Professor, Hellenic Open University
Dimitris Plantsos, Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
| TEP50 |
PANTZOU PANAGIOTA |
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| TEP51 |
PLANTZOS DIMITRIOS |
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| TEP52 |
PLANTZOS DIMITRIOS |
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| TEP53 |
CHAMALIDI ELENI |
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| TEP54 |
PLANTZOS DIMITRIOS |
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| TEP55 |
MOULIOU MARIA |
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| TEP60 |
CHAMALIDI ELENI |
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| TEP61 |
CHAMALIDI ELENI |
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| TEP62 |
PLANTZOS DIMITRIOS |
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The financial participation of students in this Programme is calculated in relation to the number of ECTS credits, i.e. one (1) ECTS credit corresponds to 30€. Therefore, each Thematic Unit corresponds to 300€ and the Postgraduate Thesis to 900€. The total financial participation of students corresponds to 3.600€.
Student Registry Department
Tel.: 2610367318
E-mail: tep@eap.gr
Students’ Service Office
Tel.: 2610 367600
E-mail: info@eap.gr
