Specialization Courses
Specialization Courses
A student must successfully attend a number of postgraduate specialization courses selected by the Postgraduate Program of Studies of the interdepartmental program that will ensure the minimum number of ECTS credits according to the requirements of each program. Cited below there is a list of specialization courses that is typically offered over time (not all courses are available in the same semester or in the same year). An indicative timetable of the present semester is posted on the ETSD Program web site. Note that because of the wide and varied offering of courses within the interdepartmental program, part-time students should have in mind that a limited number of courses are offered during the morning and midday hours.
List of Specialization Courses (Compulsory)
- ARCH 538 :Environmental Building Design (8 ECTS)
- ECE 687:Building Integration of Photovoltaic (PV) (8 ECTS)*
- MME 516Technologies of Renewable Energy (8 ECTS)*
- CEE 536: Energy Efficiency of Buildings (8 ECTS)
- POL 800: Research Methodologies (8 ECTS)*
(Only for M.Sc. Students) - POL 700: Εμπλοκή με την Επαγγελματική Πρακτική και Βιομηχανία (1 ECTS)
- POL 604: Advanced Project: Capstone Design & Research Project I (8 ΕCTS)
- POL 704Advanced Project: Capstone Design & Research Project II (8 ΕCTS)
- POL 804: Advanced Project: Capstone Design & Research Project III (8 ΕCTS)
- POL 601: Μεταπτυχιακό Σεμινάριο (1 ECTS)
- POL 500: Basic Principles of Interdisciplinary Engineering (1 ECTS)- Prerequisite
Detailed Description of Specialized Graduate Courses
* The course is taught in English.
This section includes detailed descriptions of specialization courses with course code POL. It is clarified that for some courses it is expected in the future to make some changes in the program and in the description of the courses in order to further improve them.
POL 601 – Graduate Seminar (1 ΕCTS)
Seminar series (comprising at least 6 lectures-seminars) during the 1st semester. The seminars can be either from the student’s Department of enrolment or from other departments of the Faculty of Engineering that are recognized as «relevant to the interdepartmental program». Students can also attend any seminar within their Department of enrolment to complete the required number of seminars for the semester in case that the required number of seminars «relevant to the interdepartmental program» is not adequate.
POL 700 - Engagement with practice and industry (1 ΕCTS)
Educational visits (4) during one academic year, to sites / organizations related to the subject of energy. thorough the visits will be provided thoroughly information on current practices, challenges, prospects and also problems in the energy industry (indicative visits include wind & photovoltaic parks, bioclimatic buildings, air quality monitoring stations of the department of labour inspection etc).
POL 500 – Basic Principles of Interdisciplinary Engineering (1 ECTS)
Prerequisite
Introduction to basic engineering principles and notions in order to create a basic common starting interdisciplinary background in Engineering, so that students from the different Engineering School Departments are able to take/select classes from the ETSD postgraduate program across different Departments and get introduced to the interdisciplinarity of the program. The course will be offered before the academic year starts. Duration of the course 12 hours.
POL 800 - Research Methodologies
The course introduces students to the qualitative and quantitative methodology of research, its simulation of principles and the application of basic methods of data collection, statistical analysis, and organising. Introduction to experimental laboratory and field methodology. Introduction to computational methodology. Basic analysis of error and uncertainty. Acquisition of tools for efficient execution and presentation of completed master thesis, academic journal publication, poster presentation at conference etc
