Study Program 2023-2024

1st Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
3630 Inorganic Chemistry 3+2 DAS 5
0565 Physics 3+2 ΒΙΟ 5
0380 Genetics 3+2 ΒΙΟ 5
3695 Agricultural Zoology – Entomology 3+2 DCS 5
3635 Principles of Cellular and Molecular Biology 3+3 DAS 5
3675 Principles of Animal Production 3+2 DAS 5
0044 English Ι 2 T – –
Total ECTS of 1st Semester= 30

[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; DCS: Department of Crop Science; ΒΙΟ: Department of Biotechnology)]

2nd Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
3640 Principles of Organic Chemistry 4+2 DAS 5
3645 Biometry 5 T DCS 5
3680 Microbiology 3+2 DAS 5
3485 Principles of Economics Theory 4 T AERD 5
3330 Introduction to Informatics 2+3 AERD 5
3685 Botany 3+2 DCS 5
0045 English ΙΙ 2 T – –
Total ECTS of 2nd Semester= 30

[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; DCS: Department of Crop Science; AERD: Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development)]

3rd Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
0011 Animal Anatomy and Histology 3+3 DAS 6
0012 Hydrobiology – Planktology 3+3 DAS 6
0024 Grasslands Management 3+2 DAS 5
0016 Principles of Animal Breeding 2+3 DAS 5
0504 Introduction in the Biochemistry of Animal Organisms 2+2 DAS 4
0046 English ΙΙΙ 2 T – –
Electives (2 out of 3)
3525 Pests in Stored Agricultural Products & Foods 3+2 DCS 2
0501 History of Agricultural Science 2 T AERD 2
0960 Agricultural Extension 3 T AERD 2
Total ECTS of 3rd Semester= 30

[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; DCS: Department of Crop Science; AERD: Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development)]

4th Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
0004 Nutritional Physiology of Animals 4+2 DAS 6
1500 Apiculture – Sericulture 3+2 DCS 5
2855 Rural Economics and Policy 5 T AERD 5
0235 Physiology of Farm Animals 3+3 DAS 6
3655 Agriculture 2+2 DCS 4
0047 English IV 2 T – –
Electives (2 out of 3)
0310 Immunology 2+1 DAS 2
3615 Didactics-Agricultural Education 3 T AERD 2
0503 Climatology 2 T DCS 2
Total ECTS of 4th Semester= 30

[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; DCS: Department of Crop Science; AERD: Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development)]

5th Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
0625 Feedstuffs & Feedstuffs Technology 3+3 DAS 6
0375 Methods of Animal Breeding 4+2 DAS 6
0166 The Physiological Bases of Farm Animal Reproduction and Lactation 2+2 DAS 5
0161 Quality and Safety of Animal Food Products 4 T DAS+FSHN 4
0996 Marketing of Animal Products 5 T AERD 5
0048 English V 2 T – –
Electives (2 out of 3)
0162 Companion Animals Breeding 3 T DAS 2
0163 Management of Specialized Farms 3 T DAS 2
0296 Fisheries Biology and Management 2+1 DAS 2
Total ECTS of 5th Semester= 30

[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; FSHN: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; AERD: Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development)]

6th Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
0039 Ruminants Nutrition 4+2 DAS 5
0159 The Physiological Bases of Farm Animal Growth 2+2 DAS 3
0168 Ichthyology – Benthology 3+3 DAS 5
0033 Farming of Domestic Non-Ruminants 5+1 DAS 5
0006 Applications of Biotechnology in Animal Science 2+2 DAS 3
0048 English VI 2 T – –
6100 Practical Training – – 5
Electives (1 out of 3)
0237 Analytical Toxicology – Xenobiotics 2+2 DAS 4
3390 Food Chemistry 3+2 FSHN 4
0208 e-Commerce 2+2 AERD 4
Total ECTS of 6th Semester= 30

[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; FSHN: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; AERD: Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development)]

7th Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
2995 Farming of Domestic Ruminants 3+3 DAS 6
0181 Milk and Meat Technology 3+2 FSHN 6
0169 Ethology and Welfare of Farm Animals 3 T DAS 3
2980 Pharmacology 3 T DAS 3
0041 Aquaculture 3+3 DAS 6
Electives (2 out of 3)
0227 Introduction to Technical Design (AutoCAD) 2 T NRDAE 3
0998 Quality and Certification Systems for Agricultural Products 3 T DAS 3
Νέο 0316 Environmental Pollution 3 T DCS 3
Total ECTS of 7th Semester= 30

[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; DCS: Department of Crop Science; FSHN: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; NRDAE: Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering)]

8th Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
0034 Monogastrics Nutrition 3+3 DAS 6
0019 Diseases of Farm Animals 3+3 DAS 6
1510 Design and Organization of Livestock Facilities 4 T NRDAE 3
0036 Production of Aquatic Organisms 3+3 DAS 6
6200 Practical Training – – 5
Electives (2 out of 3)
0171 Feed Manufacturing Technology 2 T DAS 2
0630 Rural Sociology 4 T AERD 2
New 0318 Icthyopathology 2+1 DAS 2
3401 Milk Technology ΙΙ – Cheeses 3+2 FSHN 2
Total ECTS of 8th Semester= 30

p>[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; FSHN: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; NRDAE: Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering; AERD: Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development)]

9th Semester

Code Course Title Hours Dept ECTS
1690 Health of Farm Animals 3+2 DAS 5
3725 Strategic Business Planning 5 T AERD 5
0495 Economics in Animal Production 4 T AERD 3
0018 Animal Production – Environment 4 T DAS 4
0167 Nutrition of Aquatic Organisms 2+2 DAS 4
0226 Precision Technologies in Agriculture 3+2 NRDAE 5
Electives (2 out of 5)
0238 Animal Production and Public Health 2 T DAS 2
1440 Livestock Production Systems 2 T DAS 2
2915 Principles of Human Nutrition 2 T DAS 2
0268 Principles of Animal Embryology 1+1 DAS 2
0239 Intelligent Systems and Data Mining in Animal Science 1+1 AERD 2
Total ECTS of 9th Semester= 30

p>[Hours= teaching hours/week (theory and lab practicals), Dept= Department that offers the course (DAS: Department of Animal Science; NRDAE: Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering; AERD: Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development)]

10th Semester

1 ECTS from PRACTICAL TRAINING 10
(5 ECTS at the 6th and 5 ECTS at the 8th Semester)
2 ECTS from DIPLOMA DISSERTATION 30
(ECTS at the 10th Semester)
Total ECTS in 5 years 300
(260 ECTS from courses +10 ECTS from practical training +30 ECTS from diploma dissertation)

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