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FYE10 MATHEMATICS I

Module code: FYE10

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 1st

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of the Module FYE10 Mathematics I the students will have the opportunity to develop the following skills:

  • apply the converge criteria for real number sequences and series
  • apply the basic theorems (Darboux, Existence of Minimum & Maximum Value, Mean Value, Rolle) to the solution of various problems, such as the description of the behaviour of real valued functions of a single real variable, approximation of roots of equations, optimization, etc
  • use polynomial approximations (Taylor & Maclauren Series) for algebraic and transcendental functions, determine approximation errors and intervals of validity
  • use integration techniques for the determination of antiderivatives, the evaluation of areas of plane regions, areas and volumes of solids of revolution, etc
  • determine the Fourier Series expansion of periodic functions
  • apply the basic theorems (Continuity, Differentiability, Mean Value, Existence of Local Minima & Maxima, Implicit and Inverse Function) to the solution of various problems, such as the description of the behaviour of real multivalued real functions, optimization, Taylor Series approximation, etc
  • use Vector Algebra techniques to the solution of geometrical problems
  • apply vector functions techniques to the description curves and surfaces, in three dimensions
  • use Vector Calculus techniques and the Theorems of Green, Gauss, Stokes and Helmholtz for the description of Vector Fields

General outcomes:

On successful completion of the module the student will be able to

  • to organize and use the knowledge acquired for solving a specific problem
  • to be able to understand and present up to date scientific briefs in related areas of Mathematics

Subjects covered:

  • Calculus of one variable
  • Calculus of many variables
  • Introductory Mathematics

Teaching Method: Distance education with six Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

FYE12: GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Module code: FYE12

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 1st

Language: Greek

Unit outline

Learning Outcomes: After successful completing the module «General and Inorganic Chemistry» (FYE 12), students will be expected to be able to:

  • Describe the properties of electrons, protons, and neutrons (the atomic structure)
  • Describe isotopes and their composition
  • Calculate atomic weights from isotopic abundance and isotopic masses
  • Name and write formulas for common binary and ternary inorganic compounds
  • Use chemical formulas to solve various kinds of chemical problems
  • Relate names to formulas and charges of simple ion
  • Combine simple ions to write formulas and names of some ionic compounds
  • Recognize and use formula weights and mole relationships
  • Interconvert masses, moles, and formulas
  • Determine percent compositions in compounds
  • Determine formulas from composition
  • Write balanced chemical equations to describe chemical reactions
  • Interpret balanced chemical equations to calculate the moles or masses of reactants and products involved in each of the reactions
  • Determine the percent yield of a reaction
  • Calculate concentrations of solutions when they are diluted
  • Carry out calculations related to the use of solutions in chemical reactions
  • Describe the wave properties of light and how wavelength, frequency, and speed are related
  • Use the particle description of light, and explain how it is related to the wave description
  • Relate atomic emission and absorption spectra to important advances in atomic theory
  • Describe the main features of the quantum mechanical picture of the atom
  • Describe the four quantum numbers, and give possible combinations of their values for specific atomic orbitals
  • Describe the shapes of orbitals and recall the usual order of their relative energies
  • Write the electron configurations of atoms
  • Relate the electron configuration of an atom to its position in the periodic table
  • Describe the periodic table and some of the relationships that it summarizes
  • Discuss chemical periodicity of the following physical properties: Atomic radii, Ionization energy, Electron affinity, Ionic radii, Electronegativity
  • Write Lewis dot representations of atoms
  • Predict whether bonding between specified elements will be primarily ionic, covalent, or polar covalent
  • Compare and contrast characteristics of ionic and covalent compounds
  • Describe how the elements bond by electron transfer (ionic bonding)
  • Describe energy relationships in ionic compounds
  • Predict the formulas of ionic compounds
  • Describe how elements bond by sharing electrons (covalent bonding)
  • Write Lewis dot and dash formulas for molecules and polyatomic ions
  • Recognize exceptions to the octet rule
  • Write formal charges for atoms in covalent structures
  • Describe resonance, and know when to write resonance structures and how to do so
  • Describe the basic ideas of the valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory
  • Use the VSEPR theory to predict the molecular geometry of polyatomic molecules and ions
  • Describe the relationships between molecular shapes and molecular polarities
  • Predict whether a molecule is polar or nonpolar
  • Describe the basic ideas of the valence bond (VB) theory
  • Analyze the hybrid orbitals used in bonding in polyatomic molecules and ions
  • Use hybrid orbitals to describe the bonding in double and triple bonds
  • Describe the basic concepts of molecular orbital theory
  • Draw a molecular orbital diagram of a diatomic molecule from the relating atomic orbitals
  • Distinguish among bonding, antibonding, and nonbonding orbitals
  • Find the bond order in diatomic molecules and ions
  • Relate bond order to bond stability
  • Use the MO concept of delocalization for molecules in which valence bond theory would postulate resonance
  • Recognize and describe nonelectrolytes, strong electrolytes, and weak electrolytes
  • Describe the Arrhenius theory of acids and bases
  • Describe the Brοnsted-Lowry theory of acids and base
  • List properties of aqueous solutions of acids and bases
  • Arrange binary acids in order of increasing strength
  • Arrange ternary acids in order of increasing strength
  • Describe the Lewis theory of acids and bases
  • Complete and balance equations for acid base reaction
  • Define acidic and basic oxides and salts
  • Explain amphoterism
  • Balance oxidation-reduction equations
  • Explain the common ion effect and give illustrations of its operation- Recognize buffer solutions and describe their chemistry
  • Describe how to prepare a buffer solution of a specified pH- Explain what acid-base indicators are and how they function
  • Describe what species are present at various stages of titration curves for (a) strong acids and strong bases, (b) weak acids and strong bases, and (c) polyprotic acids and strong bases- Carry out calculations based on titration curves for (a) strong acids and strong bases and (b) polyprotic acids and strong bases- Write solubility product constant expressions
  • Use Ksps in chemical calculations
  • Recognize some common, slightly soluble compounds
  • Describe fractional precipitation and how it can be used to separate ions
  • Describe the occurrence and use of the main-group elements – Describe compounds of the main-group elements, their reactions, properties, and uses
  • Describe major sources of metals
  • Describe some pretreatment techniques for ores
  • Describe some reduction processes that produce free metals
  • Describe some techniques for refining (purifying) metals
  • Identify the d-transition metals and describe some of their important properties Describe typical oxidation states of the transition metals
  • Describe the specific metallurgies of three metals: titanium, iron, and copper
    Recognize coordination compounds
  • Use the terminology that describes coordination compounds
  • Apply the rules for naming coordination compounds
  • Recognize common structures of coordination compounds
  • Describe various kinds of structural (constitutional) isomerism and distinguish among structural isomers
  • Recognize stereoisomers
  • Describe the valence bond theory and the crystal field theory of bonding in coordination compounds
  • Explain the origin of color in complex species
  • Use the spectrochemical series to explain colors of a series of complexes
  • Give some examples of applications of complexes in our daily life

Subjects covered:

  • Atomic structure – The periodic system – Properties of the atoms
  • Chemistry of Coordination and Organometallic Compounds
  • Current Trends and Applications in Inorganic Chemistry

 

Teaching Method: Distance education with six Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

 

FYE14: INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL SCIENCES

Module code: FYE14

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 1st

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Describe using the kinematical equations the motion of a body in 1,2 and 3 dimensions, the Newton’s laws and the laws for rotation, as well as the conservation laws of momentum, angular momentum and mechanical energy. To explain the pseudo forces in non-inertial frames of reference, and to perceive the concept of conservative forces and potential energy. To examine the motion in the gravitational field, the static equilibrium of a body, the two-body collision, the kinematics of variable-mass systems, the precession and the general motion of a rigid body. To solve complex problems using the free body diagram, to analyze the body’s motion in independent coordinates, to combine the Newton laws to describe the general motion of a rigid body.
  • Describe the simple harmonic motion, the general solution and the physical meaning of the parameters and constants of this solution, the functional form of the position, velocity and acceleration as well as the kinetic and potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator system. To examine the harmonic motion of the simple, physical and torsional pendulum as well as of the double pendulum, to describe the oscillation motion with dumping and the forced oscillations with dumping.
  • Describe the quantities of pressure and density of a fluid, the variation of pressure in a static fluid, the Pascal’s and Archimedes’ principles, the effects of surface tension of a fluid, to apply the continuity equation and the Bernoulli equation.
  • Determine the electric potential and the electric field from a static charge distribution, to formulate the Gauss’s law, the Ohm’s law, the Kirchhoff rules, the Ampere’s law, the Biot-Savart law, the Faraday law and the Lenz rule. To explain the motion of charges in electric and magnetic fields and the sources of the magnetic field. To solve circuit problems with resistors and capacitors, to explain the functionality of: the capacitor, the solenoid, the transformer and the electric generator, and to describe the main devices that are used in electrical measurements. To infer the completeness of Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetism problems solving.

Subjects covered:

  • Introduction to mathematics
  • Introductory physics

Teaching Method: Distance education with six Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

 

FYE20: MATHEMATICS ΙΙ

Module code: FYE20

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 2nd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Learning Outcomes: After completing this module, students will be expected to be able to:

  • Understand the basic theory of Linear Algebra and Ordinary Differential Equations.
  • Combine basic mathematical notions with those of Linear Algebra and Differential Equations.
  • Solve problems of Linear Algebra using Matrices, Determinants, Linear Systems, Linear Transformations and Eigenvalues-Eigenvectors.
  • Solve Ordinary Differential Equations of first and higher order, as well as Linear Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations.
  • Apply Linear Algebra and Ordinary Differential Equations to describe and model the behavior of some physical systems or phenomena in mathematical terms.

Subjects covered:

  • Linear algebra
  • Differential equations I

Teaching Method: Distance education with six Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

 

FYE22: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Module code: FYE22

ECTS Credit Points: 14

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 2nd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Learning Outcomes: After successful completing the module «Physical Chemistry» (FYE 22), students will be expected to be able to:

  • describe the definitions and fundamental concepts and develop the three basic laws of thermodynamics
  • define the basic thermodynamic functions, the concept of chemical potential and the perfect (ideal) gas
  • derive the equation of state of the perfect gases
  • describe the ideal mixture of gases
  • describe the deviation of the behavior of gases from the ideal behavior and give examples of equation of the state for real gases
  • define the reaction stoichiometry and describe the meaning of the progress of a reaction
  • write and understand the general chemical reaction equilibrium condition
  • define the chemical equilibrium constant, the standard Gibbs free energy of reaction and the standard thermodynamic formation functions
  • describe the temperature dependence of the chemical equilibrium constant and the effect of the pressure and temperature conditions to the yield of a chemical reaction
  • formulate the phases equilibrium condition through the chemical potentials and to describe qualitatively the dependence of the chemical potential of the three phases of a substance on the temperature and pressure
  • derive and write the Clausius–Clapeyron equation
  • draw the boundary lines between the three phases in the diagram (p, T) and describe the equilibrium between two or three phases
  • define the ideal solution based on the chemical potential
  • write the Raoult and Henry laws
  • describe the possible configurations of a system of molecules
  • define the partition function and the canonical partition function
  • calculate the statistical weight of a possible configuration of a system of molecules, the canonical partition function and the thermal de Broglie wavelength
  • calculate the thermodynamic functions of a system from the canonical partition function
  • mention and calculate the four contributions to the partition function of a substance due to the four different modes of its molecules motion
  • describe the kinetic model of gases and calculate, on the basis of this model, thermodynamic and transport properties of a perfect gas
  • describe the main characteristics and quantities of electromagnetic radiation
  • describe the basic principles of rotational or microwave spectroscopy, infrared or vibration of diatomic molecules, spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy
  • describe the magnetic properties of nuclei of atoms that make up molecules and the basic principles and concepts of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR)
  • describe the modern technique for taking NMR spectra of high resolution and interpret the two-dimensional NMR spectra
  • define basic concepts of chemical kinetics, such as the chemical reaction rate, the kinetic equation and the order of reaction
  • apply the following methods for determining the kinetic equation of a reaction: the differential method, the method of initial rates, the isolation technique, the integral method and the half-life method
  • write and apply the Arrhenius equation
  • describe the search path of the mechanism of a chemical reaction
  • describe the basic mechanisms of reversible reactions, consecutive reactions, parallel reactions and of chain reactions, as well as the main kinetic study methods of them
  • describe the two main theories of chemical reactions: the collision theory and the transition state theory
  • explain the following terms: electrochemical cell, electrode, electrolyte, anode, cathode, half-cell, half-reaction, electrolysis
  • describe the function of an electrochemical cell and write the overall reaction taking place at this
  • mention the various types of ionic conductors (electrolytes)
  • describe how the ions behave in the presence of other ions due to their interaction
  • explain the way of the ions movement within the ionic conductors
  • describe the structure of the electrode-electrolyte interface
  • explain the way of the representation of electrochemical cells and the sign of the electromotive force
  • provide for the spontaneous direction of a redox system from measurements of electrode potentials
  • describe the electrochemical equilibrium for an interface and an electrochemical reaction
  • explain the dependence of the equilibrium potential on the activities of the electroactive species
  • write and apply the Nernst equation
  • explain the relationship between the rate of an electrochemical reaction and the potential difference in the electrical interface

Subjects covered:

  • Chemical thermodynamics
  • Chemical kinetics
  • Electrochemistry
  • Statistical thermodynamics
  • Spectroscopy

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the five (5) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the five (5) written assignments have been submitted.

 

FYE24: PHYSICS Ι:CLASSICAL MECHANICS , ELECTROMAGNETICS, THERMODYNAMICS

Module code: FYE24

ECTS Credit Points: 14

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 2nd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Module general description: The module FYE 24 includes three courses: Classical Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Electromagnetism. Knowledge of derivative and integral calculus is required for all three courses. Knowledge of ordinary differential equations or concurrent registration in FYE 20 is desirable. Especially for Electromagnetism, the knowledge and use of vectors is required. Knowledge of line and surface integrals is desirable.

Learning Outcomes: With the successful completion of the module the students:

  • Will know the beauty of Classical Mechanics, namely that all its results can be derived from Newton’s laws.
  • Will be in a position to study one-dimensional and three-dimensional motions of point masses either through the solution of the differential equation of motion or with the use of the energy method, when it is appropriate.
  • Will be in a position to study the rotation of solid bodies around a fixed axis.
  • Will be in a position to write the equations of motion of point masses in coupled harmonic oscillators independent of their number or their configuration.
  • Will know the fundamental concepts of Thermodynamics (such as heat, work, internal energy, entropy) and will be able to use the laws of Thermodynamics to solve simple problems.
  • Will know the four laws of Electromagnetism.
  • Will be able to compute the electric field that is produced by a distribution of stationary electric charges and the magnetic field that is produced by a constant electric current.
  • Will be able to compute the electric field produced by a variable magnetic flux.9) Will be able to compute the magnetic field produced by a variable electric flux.

Subjects covered:

  • Classical mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Electromagnetism

Teaching Method: Distance education with six Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

PHYSICS LABORATORY COURSE Ι

ECTS Credit Points: 6

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 2nd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Subjects covered:

  • Classical Physics
  • Modern Physics

Laboratory Module general description: The purpose of ETHEF is the laboratory training of the program students in the principles, the experimental methods, the scientific instruments and the applications of Classical and Modern Physics.

It aims at the significant hands on familiarity with the laboratory and experimental equipment related to the above covered subjects, at its correct and effective use, as well as at the application of experimental data processing and analysis methods. Also, it aims at understanding the basic principles, concepts and phenomena of Physics through the experimental process, as well as to highlight the experimental methodology as the means to verify or reject theories and hypotheses.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the ETHEF, students will be able to:

  • conduct experiments related to knowledge subjects of Physics, namely: Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics, Optics, Fluid Mechanics, Wave, Quantum Physics, Atomic and Nuclear Physics
  • operate laboratory equipment, such as voltage and current power supplies, digital oscilloscopes, laser devices, photosensors and photomultipliers, microscopes, etc.
  • operate modern data collection systems and apply statistical data analysis and signal processing methods
  • evaluate the effect of statistical and systematic errors in the measurement of natural quantities
  • evaluate experimental results and compare with theoretical predictions and corresponding experimental measurements.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) educational activities during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) educational activities, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. Students’ grade in each of the laboratory exercises should be ≥5.0 (five), in order to successfully complete their experimental exercise in the laboratory cycle.

The grade of the second phase (laboratory examination) will be taken into account to the extent of 70% for the final grade. Students should practice all the exercises of the laboratory cycle.

 

CHEMISTRY LABORATORY COURSE Ι

ECTS Credit Points: 6

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 2nd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Subjects covered:

  • General and Inorganic Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

Laboratory Module general description: The purpose of ETHEX is the laboratory training of the program students in the principles, methods, scientific instruments and applications of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. It aims at the significant hands on familiarization of the student with the laboratory and experimental equipment related to the above covered subjects and at its proper and effective use. It also aims to understand the basic principles, concepts and phenomena of Chemistry through the application of the theoretical knowledge acquired in the implementation of specific experimental protocols.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the ETHEX, students will be able to:

  • report and apply laboratory safety regulations
  • evaluate and statistically process the experimental results
  • handle laboratory equipment, such as glassware, scientific instruments and other laboratory devices related to Chemistry
  • handle chemical substances and chemical reagents
  • conduct experiments related to knowledge subjects of Chemistry, specifically Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry
  • identify various experimental sizes in the above covered subjects.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) educational activities during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) educational activities, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. Students’ grade in each of the laboratory exercises should be ≥5.0 (five), in order to successfully complete their experimental exercise in the laboratory cycle.

The grade of the second phase (laboratory examination) will be taken into account to the extent of 70% for the final grade. Students should practice all the exercises of the laboratory cycle.

 

FYE30: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Module code: FYE30

ECTS Credit Points: 16

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 3rd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course the student will be able to

  • Recognize the structures of molecules and the basic reactions of organic chemistry.
  • Knowledge of main spectroscopic techniques. – Understand the basic principles and rules of stereochemistry.
  • Distinguish the major classes of organic compounds & biomolecules, understand their properties and mechanisms of basic reactions.
  • Apply and combine the main spectroscopic techniques for the structure elucidation of simple molecules.
  • Analyze retro-synthetically the structures of simple organic molecules.
  • Suggest reaction sequences for the synthesis of simple organic molecules, designing the most efficient sequence of chemical reactions.

Subjects covered:

  • Homologous series
  • Stereochemistry and organic reactions mechanisms
  • Spectroscopy of organic compounds
  • Bio-Molecules

Teaching Method: Distance education with six Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

 

FYE31: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Module code: FYE31

ECTS Credit Points: 16

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 3rd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Module general description: The concepts presented during this module are based, in part, on knowledge acquired in FYE12 (General and Inorganic Chemistry) and FYE22 (Physical Chemistry), also supplemented by knowledge acquired during in FYE30 (Organic Chemistry). FYE31 includes three fundamental subjects of Biology (Cellular/Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Animal Physiology), which facilitates the holistic understanding of these distinct subjects and highlights their interconnection.

The main topics presented in the framework of this module are:

  1. Subject: “Cell molecular approach”:
  • Chemical composition of living cells
  • Organization of eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms, as well as viruses
  • Cell signaling and cell communication
  • The main steps of cellular respiration
  • Nucleus and chromosomes
  • Replication of the genome, transcription and translation, regulation of gene expression
  • Cell Proliferation, Mitosis, Apoptosis
  1. Subject: “Biochemistry-Metabolism”:
  • Structure and function of proteins, enzymes, enzyme kinetics
  • Structure, function, metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, glycogen
  • Cell membrane, transport of substances through membranes and compartmentalization within cell
  • Glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, pentose phosphate pathway
  • Recycling of proteins and nucleic acids
  • Metabolism regulatory mechanisms
  1. Subject: “Animal Physiology”:
  • Basic principles of animal form and function and animal nutrition
  • Circulation and gas exchange in mammals
  • Osmoregulation and excretion in mammals
  • Hormones, the endocrine and reproductive systems in mammals
  • Immune system and immune responses
  • Neurons, nerve signal transmission, types of synapses

Learning outcomes: Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

  • Classify the cell macromolecular complexes and relate cell structures to cell functions
  • Distinguish unique structures and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
  • Explain the genetic information flow in cells and describe the pre- and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms
  • Correspond cellular functions and biochemical reactions with specific subcellular compartments
  • Describe the basic catabolism and anabolism biochemical pathways
  • Describe the basic mechanisms of cellular communication and signaling
  • Explain concepts on animal physiology
  • Describe cellular and tissue organization of mammals
  • Describe tissue-specific functions

Subjects covered:

  • Cell molecular approach
  • Biochemistry-Metabolism
  • Animal Physiology

Teaching Method: Distance education with six Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the five (5) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the five (5) written assignments have been submitted.

FYE34: PHYSICS ΙΙ: VIBRATIONS AND WAVES, RELATIVITY, MODERN PHYSICS

Module code: FYE34

ECTS Credit Points: 16

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 3rd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Description: This module provides basic knowledge on (a) coupled oscillations and waves (b) Special Relativity and the principles of General Relativity (c) the principles of Quantum Mechanics and Nuclear Physics, and their application in the interpretation of natural phenomena.

Learning Outcomes: The module aims to introduce in (a) Vibrations and Waves (b) Theory of Relativity and (c) Modern Physics. On successful completion of this module the student should be able to:

  • Demonstrate understanding of coupled oscillations, utilize the mathematical formalism to compute frequencies and relative amplitudes of normal modes of mechanical systems in related problems.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the basic principles and phenomena related to mechanical and electromagnetic waves as interference, diffraction and geometric optics, and solve related problems.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the principles of the Special Theory of Relativity, its consequences such as time dilation, length contraction and Doppler shift, and state the Lorentz transformation and the relativistic definitions of quantities such as momentum and energy, and apply them in solving related problems. Outline the principles of general relativity.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the experimental results which led to the introduction of quantum mechanics and the basic concepts and principles of quantum formalism such as the wave function and its probability density interpretation, the Schrödinger equation, uncertainty principle, particle-wave duality. Identify and understand the solutions of the Schrodinger equation for both one-dimensional potentials as the infinite well, the step function, the harmonic oscillator, or the three-dimensional Coulomb potential and their consequences such as the quantization of energy and angular momentum, the tunneling and demonstrate ability to interpret relevant phenomena, and solve related simple problems.
  • Describe the statistical laws that govern the behavior of the different particle species (fermions, bosons) and utilize them in interpreting relevant phenomena, and solve related simple problems.
  • Describe the predictions of quantum theory for atoms, molecules and solids, as the periodic table of elements, the emission and absorption spectra and the band theory and the quantum mechanical applications such as the laser and the transistor.
  • Demonstrate understanding the basic concepts and applications of nuclear physics as the nucleus model, α, β and γ decays, radioactivity, radiocarbon dating, nuclear reactions, nuclear fission, fusion and identify the fundamental interactions of nature and elementary particles as fundamental blocks of matter.

 Subjects covered:

  • Relativity
  • Vibrations & Waves
  • Modern Physics

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the five (5) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the five (5) written assignments have been submitted.

CHEMISTRY LABORATORY COURSE ΙΙ

ECTS Credit Points: 6

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 3rd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Subjects covered:

  • General and Inorganic Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

Laboratory Module general description: The purpose of ETHEX is the laboratory training of the program students in the principles, methods, scientific instruments and applications of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. It aims at the significant hands on familiarization of the student with the laboratory and experimental equipment related to the above covered subjects and at its proper and effective use. It also aims to understand the basic principles, concepts and phenomena of Chemistry through the application of the theoretical knowledge acquired in the implementation of specific experimental protocols.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the ETHEX, students will be able to:

  • report and apply laboratory safety regulations
  • evaluate and statistically process the experimental results
  • handle laboratory equipment, such as glassware, scientific instruments and other laboratory devices related to Chemistry
  • handle chemical substances and chemical reagents
  • conduct experiments related to knowledge subjects of Chemistry, specifically Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry
  • identify various experimental sizes in the above covered subjects.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) educational activities during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) educational activities, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. Students’ grade in each of the laboratory exercises should be ≥5.0 (five), in order to successfully complete their experimental exercise in the laboratory cycle.

The grade of the second phase (laboratory examination) will be taken into account to the extent of 70% for the final grade. Students should practice all the exercises of the laboratory cycle.

BIOLOGY LABORATORY COURSE Ι

ECTS Credit Points: 6

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 3rd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Subjects covered:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioinformatics
  • Physiology

Laboratory Module general description: ETHEB aims at the laboratory training of program students in the principles, methods, scientific instruments and applications of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics and Animal Physiology. It aims at the significant hands on familiarization of the student with the laboratory and experimental equipment related to the above covered subjects and at its proper and effective use. It also aims to understand the basic principles, concepts and phenomena of Biology through the application of the theoretical knowledge it has acquired in the implementation of specific experimental protocols.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the ETHEB, students will be able to:

  • state and apply laboratory safety regulations regarding the use of biological samples and corresponding laboratory equipment
  • operate laboratory equipment, such as centrifuges, incubation chambers, photometer, micropipettes, thermal cycler, photonic microscopes, etc.
  • handle microbial cultures, analyze biological samples, perform enzymic reactions, etc
  • conduct experiments related to subjects of biology, namely Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics and Animal Physiology
  • browse databases of biological interest
  • retrieve and process nucleotide and amino acid sequences from databases
  • evaluate and process experimental results.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) educational activities during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) educational activities, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. Students’ grade in each of the laboratory exercises should be ≥5.0 (five), in order to successfully complete their experimental exercise in the laboratory cycle.

The grade of the second phase (laboratory examination) will be taken into account to the extent of 70% for the final grade. Students should practice all the exercises of the laboratory cycle.

FYE40: QUANTUM PHYSICS

Module code: FYE40

ECTS Credit Points: 14

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course the student is able to:

  • Understand the fundamental principles of quantum physics.
  • Apply the general theory to a variety of problems involving bound states and simple scattering processes.3. Characterize and analyze the behavior of nuclei.
  • Compare the theoretical results to the experimental data.
  • Comprehend the basic principles of elementary particles (physical properties, classification and interactions).
  • Understand and evaluate modern results published in some scientific journals.

Subjects covered:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Introduction to nuclear physics
  • Introduction to elementary particle physics

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

 

FYE43: GENETICS

Module code: FYE43

ECTS Credit Points: 14

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Language: Greek

Module general description: The aim of this module is to deliver knowledge on the basic principles of Genetics, and Evolution, as well as the relationships in between. During this module, general patterns of how genetic traits are passed through generations are discussed, as well as the creation of diversity among living organisms and the evolutionary mechanisms.

The main topics presented in this module are:

  1. Subject: “Mendelian inheritance patterns”:
  • Genetic analysis according to Mendel
  • Extensions to monogenic and multifactorial inheritance
  • Linking, mapping and genetic recombination mechanisms
  • Gene expression and regulation in eukaryotes
  • Genetics of prokaryotic organisms and regulation of gene expression
  • Population diversity
  1. Subject: “Chromosomal rearrangements and mutations”:
  • Chromosomal rearrangements
  • Genome sequence rearrangements and transposable elements
  • Mutations and effects on gene structure and function
  • Mutations as tools of genetic analysis
  • Genetic diversity of genomes
  • Short length polymorphisms (SNPs, deletions, duplications)
  1. Subject: “Evolution”:
  • Population evolution
  • The origin of species
  • The history of life on earth
  • Phylogeny trees

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe the Mendelian hereditary rules
  • Distinguish the complex molecular interactions that contribute to the inheritance of characters in daughter cells
  • Explain the flow of genetic information in cells and describe the relevance of inheritance patterns in all organisms
  • Describe the relationship between phenotype and genotype
  • Describe the fundamental concepts of gene linkage and mapping
  • Explain the basic principles of mutagenesis
  • Describe the basic principles of developmental genetics
  • Discuss the basic principles of genetic engineering
  • Describe the basic principles and theories of evolution
  • Explain the processes and mechanisms of evolution

Subjects covered:

  • Mendelian Inheritance Patterns
  • Chromosomal Rearrangements and Mutations
  • Evolution

Teaching Method: Distance education with six Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

 

PHYSICS LABORATORY COURSE II

ECTS Credit Points: 6

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 4rd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Subjects covered:

  • Classical Physics
  • Modern Physics

Laboratory Module general description: The purpose of ETHEF is the laboratory training of the program students in the principles, the experimental methods, the scientific instruments and the applications of Classical and Modern Physics.

It aims at the significant hands on familiarity with the laboratory and experimental equipment related to the above covered subjects, at its correct and effective use, as well as at the application of experimental data processing and analysis methods. Also, it aims at understanding the basic principles, concepts and phenomena of Physics through the experimental process, as well as to highlight the experimental methodology as the means to verify or reject theories and hypotheses.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the ETHEF, students will be able to:

  • conduct experiments related to knowledge subjects of Physics, namely: Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics, Optics, Fluid Mechanics, Wave, Quantum Physics, Atomic and Nuclear Physics
  • operate laboratory equipment, such as voltage and current power supplies, digital oscilloscopes, laser devices, photosensors and photomultipliers, microscopes, etc.
  • operate modern data collection systems and apply statistical data analysis and signal processing methods
  • evaluate the effect of statistical and systematic errors in the measurement of natural quantities
  • evaluate experimental results and compare with theoretical predictions and corresponding experimental measurements.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) educational activities during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) educational activities, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. Students’ grade in each of the laboratory exercises should be ≥5.0 (five), in order to successfully complete their experimental exercise in the laboratory cycle.

The grade of the second phase (laboratory examination) will be taken into account to the extent of 70% for the final grade. Students should practice all the exercises of the laboratory cycle.

 

BIOLOGY LABORATORY COURSE ΙΙ

ECTS Credit Points: 6

Module Type: Compulsory

Year: 4rd

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Subjects covered:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioinformatics
  • Physiology

Laboratory Module general description: ETHEB aims at the laboratory training of program students in the principles, methods, scientific instruments and applications of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics and Animal Physiology. It aims at the significant hands on familiarization of the student with the laboratory and experimental equipment related to the above covered subjects and at its proper and effective use. It also aims to understand the basic principles, concepts and phenomena of Biology through the application of the theoretical knowledge it has acquired in the implementation of specific experimental protocols.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the ETHEB, students will be able to:

  • state and apply laboratory safety regulations regarding the use of biological samples and corresponding laboratory equipment
  • operate laboratory equipment, such as centrifuges, incubation chambers, photometer, micropipettes, thermal cycler, photonic microscopes, etc.
  • handle microbial cultures, analyze biological samples, perform enzymic reactions, etc
  • conduct experiments related to subjects of biology, namely Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics and Animal Physiology
  • browse databases of biological interest
  • retrieve and process nucleotide and amino acid sequences from databases
  • evaluate and process experimental results.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) educational activities during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) educational activities, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. Students’ grade in each of the laboratory exercises should be ≥5.0 (five), in order to successfully complete their experimental exercise in the laboratory cycle.

The grade of the second phase (laboratory examination) will be taken into account to the extent of 70% for the final grade. Students should practice all the exercises of the laboratory cycle.

 

FYE41: EVOLUTION OF IDEAS IN NATURAL SCIENCES

Module code: FYE41

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this thematic module, the student will be aware of the general evolution of ideas in science. He should have realized that, while physical phenomena remain the same, the  human approach and interpretation of them vary through the centuries!

In particular, the student will approach the history of physics, chemistry, biology, characteristic “adventures” and the degree of acceptance of the proposed interpretations of natural phenomena, by the scientific community and structured society.

The students have to realize that the field of scientific research is open to further research which would lead to new concepts, models, theories, surprises!

Competences

Generic Competences:

  • General knowledge of the field of natural sciences.
  • Learning ability, creativity.
  • Criticism and self-criticism capacity.
  • Written and oral communication. Ethics in science. Use of second language.

Subject specific competences:

  • Knowledge and understanding of theories for interpreting natural phenomena. Science culture acquisition (Physics culture)
  • Acquiring skills useful for the teaching of physics.
  • Appreciation of the temporal evolution of theories, models, standards.
  • Familiarity with searching and evaluating information.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of science – conceptual approach.

Course contents

  • History of Physics and Chemistry (with emphasis in ancient times, the Arabs (10th-12th century), the Scientific Revolution (16th & 17th century modern physics).
  • History of Biology (perceptions of the phenomena of life in antiquity and the Middle Ages, Renaissance, modern times).
  • Philosophy of Science (Philosophical currents historical dimension in philosophy of science, modern trends in philosophy of science, Conceptual approach.

Subjects covered:

  • History of physics and chemistry
  • History of biology
  • Philosophy of science

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit six (6) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the six (6) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the six (6) assignments and (b) at least four (4) of the six (6) written assignments have been submitted.

 

FYE42: PLANET EARTH

Module code: FYE42

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

Unit Outline

Learning outcomes: Upon completion of the thematic unit, the student will have acquired the following knowledge:

  • The basic elements of Earth’s crust, the types of rocks, their formation, the formation and classification of volcanoes. He will have learned the mechanisms of earthquakes and their characteristics and a simplified method for estimating their magnitude and their epicenter.
  • The structure and compositions of the oceans and the sea bed, the interactions between oceans – atmosphere and land, the equations describing the ocean dynamics, the types of waves and the mechanisms of their formation and the tides.
  • The general description of the biosphere, the characteristics of the ecosystems, the energy flow and material cycles in the ecosystems and the basic spatial and temporal characteristics of the biocenoses.
  • The structure and chemical composition of Earth’s atmosphere, the greenhouse effect, the mechanisms of production and depletion of the stratospheric ozone, the atmosphere dynamics. Also the basic characteristics and the causes of atmospheric pollution and the simple gaussian dispersion model for estimating air pollution as a function of the weather conditions.
  • The basic principles of magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics, the characteristics of the Sun, the solar wind, the magnetosphere of the Earth and the basic celestial mechanics equations.

Subjects covered:

  • Lithosphere
  • Hydrosphere
  • Biosphere
  • Atmosphere
  • Space physics

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit five (5) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the five (5) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the five (5) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the five (5) written assignments have been submitted.

PLI10: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATICS

Module code: PLI10

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

General Description: The main objective of the module is to acquaint the student with the basic principles of Computer Science and information management, to gain basic knowledge of problem solving, techniques, tools and structured programming languages, as well as program development principles. Also, the aim is to acquaint knowledge in the use of simple and complex data structures and in the management of information systems, in order to be able to follow the evolutionary course of technology, informatics and their application, now and in the future.

Learning Outcomes:

VOLUME 1: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE

a) Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the study of the first volume, students will know:

  • the historic evolution of computers and informatics
  • the basic subjects of Informatics and its applications
  • the computer structure as well as the functionality of its subsystems
  • how to store and represent data and information on a computer
  • the basic numbering systems used in informatics and their arithmetic operations
  • the description of the basic logic gates and circuits
  • the concepts of programming, algorithms and programming languages

    b) Understanding

Upon successful completion of the study of the first volume, students will understand:

  • the ways of storing, transmitting and processing data
  • operations in various arithmetic systems
  • the process of representing logical – digital circuits
  • algorithmic concepts as well as the concepts of application software and systems

    c) Application

Upon successful completion of the study of the first volume, students will be able to:

  • perform value conversions and arithmetic operations on different arithmetic systems
  • design logical (digital) sequential circuits

    d) Analysis

Upon successful completion of the study of the first volume, students will be able to:

  • describe the various computer subsystems and their functionality
  • to categorize the basic subjects of Informatics and its applications

    e) Synthesis

Upon successful completion of the study of the first volume, students will be able to:

  • compose logical circuits from gates

    f) Evaluation

Upon successful completion of the study of the first volume, students will be able to:

  • evaluate the impact of Informatics in respect to technology evolution and its implications in society

VOLUME 2: PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES

a) Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the study of the second volume, students will know:

  • the concept of algorithms, programming practices, program design principles, the criteria of programs’ suitability, as well as structured programming principles and programming structures
  • advanced programming techniques, such as subroutines, recursion and regression
  • software documentation issues and debugging

    b) Understanding

Upon successful completion of the study of the second volume, students will understand:

  • how to solve problems, how to design and develop programs
  • the concepts of variable, data type, data structure, operator, parameter and expression
  • the communication between the main program and its sub-programs
  • how sorting and search algorithms work
  • the range of variable declaration

    c) Application

Upon successful completion of the study of the second volume, students will be able to:

  • describe an algorithm through pseudocode
  • design algorithms using basic programming practices and program design methodologies
  • apply defensive programming

    d) Analysis

Upon successful completion of the study of the second volume, students will be able to:

  • recognize and categorize the main programming languages

    e) Synthesis

  • implement sorting and search algorithms
  • design algorithms using arrays

    f) Evaluation

Upon successful completion of the study of the second volume, students will be able to:

  • select the proper programming structures for algorithmic implementations
  • evaluate the efficiency of an algorithm

VOLUME 3: DATA STRUCTURES

Knowledge

  • Upon successful completion of the study of the third volume, students will know:
  • The concept of basic data structures, their implementation and its difference from an individual data type
  • One-dimensional and two-dimensional arrays (concept, definition, memory representation, import, print, search-sort using various algorithms) have been already described in previous volumes
  • The concept of “Dynamic Data Structure”, and more specifically:
  • Single Linked Lists, Double Linked Lists, Circular Linked Lists, with several operations such as:
  • (Enter-Delete values, Search-Sort by various algorithms)
  • The concepts of Stack and Queue. Static vs Dynamic implementation. Import (enqueue) Export (dequeue)
  • The concept of Tree as dynamic data structure
  • In more detail: The concepts Binary Tree, Complete Binary Tree, Binary Search Tree, Heap Tree

Static vs Dynamic representation. Techniques for accessing a binary tree

NOTE: 

  • The concept of structure (struct) has been described in Volume 4 (Programming languages)
  • The concept of simply linked list and its representation in memory has been described in Volume 4 (Programming languages)

    Understanding

Upon successful completion of the study of the third volume, students will understand:

  • The different ways in which a data structure can be represented in the main memory of the computer
  • How important Data Structures are for the development effective algorithms and programs
  • The appropriate way of selecting Data Structures in solving algorithmic problems
  • Several sorting algorithms and the different ways of data searching using data structures
  • Bubble Sort, Merge Sort, Selection Sort algorithms
  • Linear Search, Binary Search

    Application

Upon successful completion of the study of the third volume, students will be able to:

  • Develop the above data structures in C programming language and implement them into C programs
  • APPLICATIONS: To solve real-world problems-applications by adopting appropriate Data Structures (Dynamic or Static)
  • Develop algorithmic applications with search and sorting techniques using appropriate data structures for each application
  • Design variations and/or combinations of different sorting and search algorithms.
  • Design modifications, extensions, or combinations of basic algorithms of operations in lists, stacks, queues, binary search trees, and heap tree

    Analysis

Upon successful completion of the study of the third volume, students will be able to:

  • Categorize data structures and their various applications
  • Adopt an analytical way of thinking, meaning that:
  • Will be able to analyze real-world problems and select the appropriate data structures for dealing with it
  • Implement programs per use case that require the adoption of the proper data structures (table, list, stack, queue, trees)

    Synthesis

Upon successful completion of the study of the third volume, students will be able to:

  • Implement programs per use case that require the adoption of the proper data structures (table, list, stack, queue, trees)

    Evaluation

  • Upon successful completion of the study of the third volume, students will be able to:
  • Design and implement efficient algorithms in parallel with the ability of selecting the appropriate data structures for real-world problem solving
  • Be able to experiment with a data structure

VOLUME 4: PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES


Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the study of the fourth volume, students will know:

  • The concept and basic principles of Structured Programming
  • The basic types of C programming language variables, their use for data representation, as well as their declaration commands
  • The need to enter comments into a C program
  • The basic libraries of C Programming language
  • The declaration of constants in C Programming language
  • The structure of a C program, (as a case of a structured programming language)
  • The concept “compiler”
  • The concepts of logical and syntactic error
  • The process of identifying logical and syntactic errors (debugging) using debugging or tracing methods
  • The logical operators and logical operations of the C programming language
  • Input and output commands scanf, printf and their use
  • The implementation of all Algorithmic Selection Structures, in C programming language
  • The implementation of all Algorithmic Repetition Structures, in C
  • Static data structures. The concept of One/ Two Dimensional Table data stricture in C programming language
  • The declaration, input and display of a Table’s elements in C
  • The string concept
  • Searching and Sorting Algorithms in C (Divide and conquer methods)
  • Implementation of sorting and searching algorithms on Tables in C
  • Working with memory – The concept of Pointer in C Language
  • The concept of Function in C
  • Developing C programs using functions.
  • The concepts of formal and actual parameters
  • Passing parameters’ values (pass by value)
  • Pass by reference using pointers
  • Development of relative examples-cases in C
  • Use of recursive functions in C
  • The “Struct”
  • Using arrays of structures
  • Understanding how to use structures and pointers to design and develop a simply linked list and to insert values (Conceptual – Theoretic discussion)
  • Design og proper structures (struct) for various cases

    Understanding

Upon successful completion of the study of the fourth volume, students will be able to understand:

  • The differences between the three Algorithmic Repetition Structures in C programming language (for, while, do – while) as well as the selection criteria of each in the development of C programs.
  • How to declare and develop functions in C programming language
  • How to pass variables into functions and return their value in the main program
  • Functions of void type in C
  • The choice between using Static Data Structures (Tables) or Dynamic Data Structures (Simply Linked Lists)
  • Dynamic memory management in C programming language
  • The concept of the recursive functions, as well as the advantages / disadvantages over typical functions performing iterations (with loop execution)

    Application

Upon successful completion of the study of the fourth volume, students will be able to:

  • Develop solutions to real world or computational problems by developing programs in C
  • Describe the operation as well as the results of a simple program in Cprogramming language
  • Use a simple programming environment IDE (the Dev-C++ Integrated Development Environment – in Thematic Unit PLH-10
  • Debug programs with logical and syntactic errors using traces or debuggers (especially in the cases of pointers).
  • Take advantage of dynamic memory capabilities in C programming language to store dynamically changing data structures
  • Pass parameters to functions using pointers

    Analysis

Upon successful completion of the study of the fourth volume, students will be able to:

  • Analyze a complex problem in small structural components, each of which will perform a specific function, based on the principles of structured programming
  • Design and develop functions of appropriate type, based on the previous analysis
  • Select the appropriate algorithmic – programming structures, as well as variables (static or dynamic memory) for the basic functions of their programs

    Synthesis

Upon successful completion of the study of the fourth volume, students will be able to perform:

  • Design a program in C programming language that will implement the solution of a real problem, using structured programming techniques

    Evaluation

Upon successful completion of the study of the fourth volume, students will be able to perform:

  • Provide an estimate of memory and runtime requirements for the functions they implement (either using a recursive or an iterative approach)
  • Optimize their programming skills and techniques

Subjects covered:

  • Introduction to Computer Science
  • Programming Techniques
  • Data Structures
  • Programming Languages

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Group Counseling Meetings (OSS) during the academic year on weekends.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit four (4) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the four (4) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the four (4) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the four (4) written assignments have been submitted.

 

PLI11: PRINCIPLES OF SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY

Module code: PLI11

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

General Description: The main objective of the module is to introduce students to Informatics as an applied engineering science, that provides a set of documented principles, methodologies and techniques, with the help of which one can develop quality software products. Students will first be trained in the basic principles and concepts of Software Engineering, and then they will study specific issues and application areas of the methodologies it includes. Two very important and widespread application areas of Informatics are Operating Systems and Databases. Furthermore, students will study techniques for assessing the complexity and practical application of computer-based problem-solving algorithms. In addition to the transfer of knowledge and the acquisition of skills for the application of Software Engineering methodologies, the module aims at the adoption by students of a positive attitude towards the application of widespread principles and methodologies in software development. The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of software, develop a spirit of collaboration and meet the needs for which the software system was developed.

Learning Outcomes:

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING I

On successful completion of the study of this volume, students will be able to:

  • Describe and explain the basic concepts of software engineering (software, tools, procedures, methodologies, life cycle etc.)
  • Recognize the fundamental role of the basic principles of software engineering in the development of qualitative software and applications
  • Describe the different phases in the development of a software application as well as the basic features of the most significant software life-cycle models.
  • Identify the requirements of a software application and use the principles of structured analysis for their detailed specification.
  • Use effectively the most known diagrammatic software representation models (data-flow diagrams, state transition diagrams etc.) for the requirements analysis of a software application.
  • Design a software application following the principles of structured design (architectural design, interface design, detailed design of modules etc.).
  • Explain and apply suitable fault avoidance techniques during the implementation of a software application in order to produce qualitative code without bugs.
  • Describe the different stages and explain the different strategies followed during the testing process of a software module or system.

DATABASES

On successful completion of the study of this volume, students will be able to:

  • Describe the basic concepts and models of databases as well as the main differences between a database and a database management system.
  • Recognize the fundamental need of using database technology in any application that demands efficient organization and management of large-scale data.
  • Explain the different methods for data organization and data access (records, indexes, b-trees etc.) in modern database systems.
  • Distinguish between the different levels of database analysis and design (conceptual, logical and physical level).
  • Use effectively the entity-relationship model for the conceptual design of a database.
  • Perform the design of a database in the logical level with use of the relational model.
  • Use effectively a theoretical query language (i.e. relational algebra) for data retrieval out of a relational database.
  • Implement a database over a modern relational database management system and practically use a standard query language (i.e. SQL) for efficient data organization, management and retrieval.

OPERATING SYSTEMS I

On successful completion of the study of this volume, students will be able to:

  • Describe the basic functions of an operating system.
  • Recognize the fundamental role of operating systems in the efficiency of modern systems and applications due to their advanced multi-tasking and multi-user capabilities.
  • Describe the different methods used for process scheduling in modern operating systems and explain their differences, advantages and disadvantages. .
  • Explain the mutual exclusion problem and use effectively the basic mechanisms offered by a multitasking operating system for process synchronization and communication (semaphores etc.).
  • Describe the different main-memory organization methods followed in modern computer systems and identify their advantages and disadvantages.
  • Generalize the use of basic memory organization methods (i.e. paging, segmentation) to more complex hybrid memory schemes, which are mainly used in modern computer systems.
  • Explain the function of virtual memory organization and distinguish between the different page replacement algorithms used in modern operating systems.
  • Solve practical problems and exercises with regard to the above concepts and mechanisms of a modern operating system (process management, CPU scheduling, process synchronization and communication, memory management, virtual memory organization).

Subjects covered:

  • Software engineering I
  • Operating systems I
  • Databases

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Group Counseling Meetings (OSS) during the academic year on weekends.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit four (4) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the four (4) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the four (4) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the four (4) written assignments have been submitted.

PLI23: TELEMATICS, INTERNETS AND SOCIETY

Module code: PLI23

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

General description: The main purpose of Module is to acquaint students with the basic conceptual and technological versions of telematics services and internet technologies, to become familiar with the programming languages and to get acquainted with the programming techniques of web applications, as well as to study the social impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The main purpose of the module is to understand the basic concepts of telematics networks, and the estimation of transmitted information, to become familiar with the concepts of data transmission / packets transmission in broadband networks, telematics networks’ performance, with the concepts of information management taking into account the technical characteristics of telematics networks, the IP Addressing, to become familiar with the basic concepts of mobile telecommunication systems, the concepts of the offered traffic and the grade of service (GoS), the frequencies reuse etc. It also aims to become familiar with Internet technologies, HTTP protocol and understand the basics of user interaction with Internet pages, to become familiar with the performance of the HTTP protocol, as well as with Internet protocol analysis tools. Also, the module’s main goal is the development of simple and advanced websites and portals, to be familiar with the programming languages and the programming techniques of web applications: HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL; to acquire the ability to judge and select the appropriate language / technology of web programming, to recognize the importance of authentication and authorized user access to a web application. Understanding and applying World Wide Web programming techniques using XML, DTD, DOM, XSL.

Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of the module, students will be able to,

  • Explain and present the basic concepts of modern telematics networks and services.
  • Analyze and design wireless and mobile (GSM, UMTSetc) networks.
  • Explain the addressing schemes of the Internet.
  • Distinguish the routing algorithms and protocols of the Internet.
  • Associate telematics services with distributed object-oriented technology and service-oriented architecture.
  • Utilize various web programming technologies and develop a web application.
  • Gain the ability to judge and choose the appropriate language / technology of web programming.
  • Recognize the importance of authenticating and authorizing users to access a World Wide Web application.
  • Discuss the architecture of the World Wide Web (WWW).
  • Compose methods of the HTTP protocol.
  • Create simple WWW pages using HTML and CSS.
  • Construct dynamic WWW applications by inserting client-side JavaScript) and server-side (PHP) scripts in HTML code.
  • Integrate server-side scripting (PHP) with Data Bases (MySQL).
  • Design data descriptions in the WWW with XML.
  • Transform XML descriptions by using XSL.
  • Measure and evaluate the performance of Internet and WWW.
  • Analyze caching and proxy techniques in the WWW.
  • Apply web application programming techniques using XML, DTD, DOM, XSL.
  • Explain searching and security mechanisms of the WWW.
  • Discuss the increasing and diversifying social impact of Information and Communication Technologies.

Subjects covered:

  • Telematics
  • Internet – Web
  • Computers and information society

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Group Counseling Meetings (OSS) during the academic year on weekends.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit four (4) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the four (4) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the four (4) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the four (4) written assignments have been submitted.

PLI35: COMPUTER SYSTEMS SECURITY

Module code: PLI35

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

Learning Outcomes:

Computer Security

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Understand the terminology of this area
  • Understand operating system security issues
  • Develop and manage access control methods
  • Protect an information system from malware attacks
  • Understand and utilize risk assessment methods
  • Develop an information system Security Plan
  • Understand the legal aspects of personal data protection

Network Security

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Understand the terminology of this area
  • Understand the OSI network security architecture
  • Manage Internet security issues
  • Develop security methods at the application level
  • Manage selected application security systems
  • Understand the legal aspects of protection of data communications

Cryptography

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Understand the terminology of this area
  • Understand the essential mathematical background
  • To understand the pros and cons of modern cryptosystems
  • Manage a cryptosystem
  • Utilize digital signatures
  • Understand the legal aspects of using cryptosystems

Subjects covered:

  • Computer security
  • Network security
  • Cryptography

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Group Counseling Meetings (OSS) during the academic year on weekends.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit four (4) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the four (4) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the four (4) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the four (4) written assignments have been submitted.

 

PLI37: INFORMATICS AND EDUCATION

Module code: PLI37

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

Module general description: The purpose of this thematic area is to explore the issue of the integration of Information   Communication Technologies in education. The main topics which analyze and discuss this thematic area consist of: computer-assisted learning, learning theories, educational software, open learning environments, computer science in education, teaching computer science, programming as a learning tool in education, educational software, tools for developing educational models, evaluation of educational software, prototyping, and quality control.

Learning Outcomes:

PLI-37–I Didactics of Informatics

a) On successful completion of the study of the first volume students will know:

  • the role of Informatics in Education
  • the role of Informatics in Greek Education
  • advanced concepts of Didactics of Informatics (learning structural and object oriented programming, psychology of programming)
  • the role informatics a sa subject matter in education
  • specific issues relative to the Didactics of Information focused on structural and object oriented programming

b) On successful completion of the study of the first volume students will know:

  • the role of Informatics as a cognitive discipline in alignment with the principles of pedagogy
  • the pedagogical and didactical approaches and principles of Informatics and ICT at all levels of an education system
  1. c) On successful completion of the study of the first volume students will know:
  • design learning activities and educational scenarios in order to teach informatics as a subject matter
  • use appropriate educational software in the teaching of informatics
  • apply and evaluate learning activities and educational scenarios into teach informatics as a subject matter

PLI-37–II Informatics in Education

a) On successful completion of the study of the second volume students will know:

  • the pedagogical models and approaches concerning the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies in Education
  • the evolution of Informatics in Education as different phases
  • the Learning Theories (behaviorism, constructivism, socio-cultural theories activity theory) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
  • the role of Information and Communication Technologies in teaching and learning (teaching machines, computer assisted learning, microworlds, multimedia and hypermedia learning, virtual reality, e-learning, simulations, modelling, Logo, educational robotics, edutainment).
  • the learning theories and instructional strategies integrated with Information and Communication Technologies(ICT)
  • the basic principles of communication and interaction between the humans and the computer
  • the basic principles of design and evaluation of the education software

b) On successful completion of the study of the second volume students will know:

  • the concept of educational software and its usefulness in the educational process
  • the concept of open-ended computing environment and its usefulness in the teaching and learning process
  • theoretical issues and principles of educational software: principles of instructional design and evaluation of educational software

c) On successful completion of the study of the second volume students will know:

  • use appropriate educational software in teaching subjects in various learning areas in primary and secondary education
  • use e-learning and distance learning environments in teaching and learning
  • consider on the educational applications of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
  • design learning activities and educational scenarios for teaching and learning in the curricula of primary and secondary education
  • design learning activities with e–learning environments

PLI-37–III Design of Educational Software

a) On successful completion of the study of the third volume students will know:

  • the principles of design educational software
  • the principles of design interfaces and navigation, content and interaction
  • the models for the development of education software
  • the tools for the development of education software
  • issues related to digitalization of sound, image and video
  • issue related to documentation of software
  • the principles applied for the evaluation of software
  • the principles applied for the pedagogical use of the software
  • the issue related to the technological evaluation of the software
  • the basic principles related to the qualitative assurance of the educational software

b) On successful completion of the study of the third volume students will know:

  • the purpose of designing educational software
  • the purpose of evaluating educational software
  • the purpose of quality control and assurance of educational software

c) On successful completion of the study of the third volume students will know:

  • design multimedia materials for educational use
  • design simple educational applications e–learning
  • use e-learning tools to design distance learning applications
  • develop distance and e-learning applications to teach informatics
  • evaluate educational software
  • evaluate e–learning environments
  • evaluate distance learning applications
  • apply quantitative and qualitative methods, technics and tools for the evaluation of educational software

Subjects covered:

  • Didactics of ICT
  • ICT and Education
  • Design of Educational Software

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit four (4) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the four (4) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the four (4) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the four (4) written assignments have been submitted.

PLI44: SIGNALS AND IMAGE PROCESSING

Module code: PLI44

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

General Description: The main objective of the module is to introduce the students in the fields of signals and their processing, which are fundamental for a large number of areas involving acquisition, processing, storage and transmission of information. In volume A, the notions of signals and systems and the related fundamental mathematical tools are presented (Fourier and Laplace transforms). Volume B focuses on digital signal and image processing, the discrete Fourier transform and the z transform in order to conclude with the design of digital filters. Also, an introduction to digital images is presented. In volume C, the processing of digital images is further described by highlighting image enhancement, segmentation through an introduction to pattern recognition with Bayesian classification.

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand basic principles of signals and systems; of fundamental transforms (Fourier, Laplace and Z); of convolution, sampling, frequency response and of the basic principles of digital filters in one-dimensional signals and images.
  • Interpret one- or multi-dimensional signals (speech, seismic, heart rate, etc), correctly implement the digitization of continuous-time signals, calculate the frequency content of signals and design basic filters for their processing.
  • Apply simple digital image processing techniques, like image enhancement, image segmentation and image description
  • Analyze and design continuous-time and discrete-time signal processing systems.

Subjects covered:

  • Signals and systems
  • Digital signal and image processing
  • Image analysis and pattern recognition

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Group Counseling Meetings (OSS) during the academic year on weekends.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit four (4) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the four (4) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the four (4) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the four (4) written assignments have been submitted.

EKP63: SCIENCE EDUCATION

Module code: EKP63

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

Aim: The module “Science Education” aims to familiarize the students of the Hellenic Open University with:

  • the systematic examination of problems related to the understanding of natural science concepts,
  • the use of existing research data – especially those related to students’ misconceptions – in teaching,
  • corrective intervention in the transformation of the content to be taught,
  • the exploitation of existing learning tools so that they can be effectively integrated into teaching.

In particular, the module addresses the following central questions:

  • What are the factors that determine and define School Science as an autonomous field of knowledge?
  • What are the necessary skills, knowledge, attitudes and values that are deemed necessary for students to develop through the teaching of Science?
  • What are the pupils’ initial ideas regarding concepts and phenomena in science and how can these form the starting point for the construction of school science knowledge?

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the module the student will be able to:

  • identify the main problems that pupils face in understanding basic concepts and phenomena in science,
  • understand and justify the necessity of teaching science,
  • explains how knowledge of pupils’ practical-experiential perceptions of science can help to improve the organisation of teaching,
  • briefly describes the general characteristics of pupils’ perceptions,
  • indicates the main changes introduced in the role of the teacher by the new model of teaching in science,
  • recognises and uses teaching tools such as cognitive conflict, analogical thinking and goal-obstacles,
  • recognises the main features and differences between the different epistemological positions on the nature of scientific knowledge,
  • describe and distinguish the different concepts that students use in order to understand and explain concepts and phenomena in science,
  • recognises the role and character of informal and non-formal forms of science education,
  • recognise the changes that science knowledge undergoes when it is transformed into school knowledge and compare their characteristics,
  • analyse and describe the constitution and organisation of the school version of science in different types of teaching material.

Cognitive Objects of the subject:

  • Necessity of systematic examination of the teaching of science.
  • Basic conceptual framework of science teaching.
  • Modern methods of teaching science such as: general characteristics of teaching, criteria for selection of content, learning processes, pacing and assessment methods, design and development of teaching materials.

Teaching Method: Distance education with five Contact Sessions held at weekends during the academic year.

Evaluation: Students are assigned to submit four (4) written assignments during the academic year. The average grade of the four (4) written assignments, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of written assignments is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams.

The grade of the final or the resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 50% of the potentially excellent grade has been obtained when adding the total of the four (4) assignments and (b) at least three (3) of the four (4) written assignments have been submitted.

LTU_MATH Introduction to Mathematical Modeling and Applications in Natural Sciences

Module code: LTU_MATH

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module general description: The aim of the LTU is to educate the undergraduate students of the program in the contemporary technologies that support the theoretical and laboratory training. In particular, the content of the LTU includes:

  • basic programming knowledge with languages such as Octave, WolframAlpha, Sagemath
  • designing algorithmic procedures for solving mathematical problems
  • basic modeling principles
  • study of mathematical models, study of physical, chemical and biological processes and phenomena
  • methods of solving Partial Differential Equations of the first and second order and Initial Value Problems and Boundary Conditions
  • learning basic elements of the R statistical programming language for data analysis, the representation of data, and how to draw conclusions

For the purposes of the LTU_MATH the laboratory equipment of the Applied Mathematics Laboratory of the HOU will be utilized.

The education of the undergraduate students in this LTU uses and expands the theoretical knowledge acquired in the framework of the FYE program and provides additional theoretical and computational Mathematical and Statistical tools and computational skills to deal with the modern problems of Science and Technology.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of LTU_MATH, the students will be able to:

  • design algorithmic procedures for solving mathematical problems
  • know and apply basic commands in programming languages such as Octave, WolframAlpha, Sagemath and R
  • write code to solve problems
  • model science problems using Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
  • study and solve Initial and Boundary Value problems with analytical and numerical methods
  • experiment in developing mathematical models for natural sciences
  • process results with graphical representations and simulations
  • know basic commands of the statistical programming language R
  • perform statistical analysis on data using the R language.

Subjects covered:

  • Basic programming knowledge
  • Mathematical models of Partial Differential Equations
  • Data analysis

Prerequisites: FYE10, FYE14, FYE20, FYE24

Evaluation: Elaboration of six (6) laboratory exercises and potential final presentation of a project during the academic year. The average grade of them, weighted at 30%, is taken into consideration for the calculation of the final grade. The grade of the laboratory exercises is activated only with a score equal to or above the pass level (≥5) in the final or resit exams. The grade of the final or resit exams shall be weighted at 70 % for the calculation of the final grade.

Students have the right to participate in the final/resit exams if (a) at least 30 points have been obtained from the laboratory exercises and any other activities and (b) at least five (5) of the six (6) laboratory exercises have been submitted.

FYE UT Undergraduate Thesis

Module code: FYE UT

ECTS Credit Points: 20

Module Type: Optional

Year: 4th

Language: Greek/ English

Module Outline

Content:

Subjects pertaining to basic scientific directions of Natural Sciences with either an area-focused or interdisciplinary approach

Learning Outcomes:

Knowledges:

Upon successful completion of the Undergraduate Thesis, students are expected to:

  • comprehend and describe subjects pertaining to basic scientific directions of Natural Sciences
  • show deep comprehension of basic principles, concepts, scientific theories and laws of Physics, Chemistry and Biology as well as of their respective hitherto evolution hitherto
  • comprehend the basic mathematic concepts and usage of algebraic, calculus and vector calculus theorems for solving problems of natural sciences and describe the behavior of physical and biological systems and phenomena in terms of mathematical equations
  • apply analytic as well as approximation techniques for solving differential equations describing phenomena in physics as well as biological and chemical procedures and processes
  • apply the basic laws of physics for solving problems in Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Wave mechanics, Thermodynamics, Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics
  • apply the laws of Chemistry for solving problems of General & Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
  • demonstrate deep knowledge in the principles and mechanisms of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell Operation, Genetics, Physiology and Evolution of living organisms
  • Use experimental procedures and methods for collecting, elaborating and analysing experimental data and laboratory measurements

Skills:

Upon successful completion of the Undergraduate Thesis, students are expected to:

  • Undertake a theoretical or experimental essay by following appropriate methodologies
  • Write up scientific essays
  • Perform oral presentations of scientific work
  • Public defense and discussion on scientific issues

Competences:

Upon successful completion of the Undergraduate Thesis, students are expected to:

  • delve into issues of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
  • organize and make use of the acquired knowledge for solving problems in Natural Sciences
  • make systematic and synthetic use of the knowledge acquired during the studies in FYE
  • undertake Scientific (theoretical or experimental) thesis within the respective disciplines of Natural Sciences by following appropriate methodologies
  • write up scientific test-essay pertaining to Natural Science subjects
  • present and publicly defend his/her thesis in Natural Science subjects

Prerequisites: 3rd year Modules

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