{"id":85,"date":"2025-05-12T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soc.uoa.gr\/proptychiakes-spoudes\/kanonismos-kai-odigos-spoudon\/diarthrosi-programmatos-spoudon\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T16:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T16:00:33","slug":"diarthrosis-programmatos-spoudon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.soc.uoa.gr\/en\/proptychiakes-spoudes\/kanonismos-kai-odigos-spoudon\/diarthrosi-programmatos-spoudon\/","title":{"rendered":"Structure of the Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Undergraduate Studies Programme of the Department of Sociology (NKUA)<\/p>

Duration of Studies: 4 years<\/strong><\/p>

Total Courses: 40 (8 semesters x 5 courses\/semester)<\/h2>

Structure: The programme includes: Compulsory Courses (M) and Optional Compulsory Courses (EC). The courses of the 1st year (1st and 2nd semester) are all Compulsory. In the 2nd year (3rd and 4th semesters), 4 Compulsory courses are offered per semester and each semester is given the possibility to choose one optional compulsory course. From the 3rd year onwards, in line with the general orientation of the Department, Applied Sociology in specific fields of investigation, the programme focuses on and delves deeper into issues of employment, technology, entrepreneurship, social inequalities and migration without neglecting or departing from the basic fields of Sociology. Therefore, the 5th, 6th and 7th semesters have 2 Compulsory and 3 elective compulsory courses from the above focus areas of the programme per semester. In the 8th semester, students have one (1) Mandatory course and 4 elective mandatory courses that delve interdisciplinary into Contemporary Issues in Social Research. Finally, there is also the option of a Dissertation which, together with the Dissertation Seminar, corresponds to and replaces two (2) optional compulsory courses.<\/p>

SEMESTER<\/p><\/td>

MANDATORY<\/p><\/td>

OPTIONAL MANDATORY<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

1\u03bf<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

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2\u03bf<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

-<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3\u03bf<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4\u03bf<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5\u03bf<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6\u03bf<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7\u03bf<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8\u03bf<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td>

4 or 2 + Thesis + Thesis Seminar<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

TOTAL<\/p><\/td>

25<\/p><\/td>

15 (or 13 + Thesis + Thesis Seminar)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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