By the end of this course the student will be able to:

1. Students  Improve English reading skills ,making feasible the reading of  various text types related to their discipline, including  textbook extracts,  popularized  articles and scientific articles.
2. students develop a number of language and cognitive skills (most of which are transferable) necessary for participating in the academic discourse community,
3. students develop further their language skills using the technology available in addition to classroom training. In other words they are prepared for autonomous learning.  

By the end of this course the student will, furthermore, have developed the following skills (general abilities):

1. At the end of the course students should be able to comprehend advanced level  related  texts and determine the meaning of academic vocabulary in context.
2. Students  expand /enrich  Geology English Terminology
3. Improve  all  four language skills - reading ,listening ,speaking ,writing  to a satisfactory level.

• Final exam (90%)
• Attendance and participation (10%)

1. A Dictionary of Earth Sciences (3rd ed.) (2008), OUP.
2. A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (4th ed), (2013) OUP.
3. The Penguin Dictionary of Geology by Philip Kearey.

By the end of this course the student will, furthermore, have developed the following skills (general abilities):

1. Ability to comprehend and respect the “different” and the multicultural.
2. Ability to adapt to new conditions
3. Ability to demonstrate social, professional and ethical responsibilities with regards to issues of gender.

SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (SOC)

1. Dowling, J., & Osborne, E. (Επιμ.) (2000). Η οικογένεια και το σχολείο: Μια συστημική προσέγγιση από κοινού σε παιδιά με προβλήματα (μτφ. Ι. Μπίμπου-Νάκου). Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
2. Μπίμπου-Νάκου, Ι. και Στογιαννίδου, Α. (2006). Πλαίσιο συνεργασίας ψυχολόγων και εκπαιδευτικών για την οικογένεια και το σχολείο. Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
3. Χατζηχρήστου, Χ. (2011). Εισαγωγή στη Σχολική Ψυχολογία. Αθήνα: Γ. Δαρδανός – Κ. Δαρδανός.
4. Χατζηχρήστου, Χ. (2011). Πρόγραμμα Κοινωνικής και Συναισθηματικής Αγωγής στο Σχολείο. Αθήνα: Γ. Δαρδανός – Κ. Δαρδανός
5. In addition, a selected list of articles from leading scientific journals is provided to Erasmus students attending the class.

This seminar course is compulsory and is considered a prerequisite for the student to be able to participate and attend safely the lab exercises and fieldtrips. The aim of the seminar is to enable the student:

• To get acquainted with the different topics of Geology and especially those covered by the Department of Geology of Patras
• To be aware of the activities, the organization and operation of the Department and all issues related to the educational process
• To learn about the Erasmus program mobility actions
• To learn about potential vocational training
• To be informed about the safety and hazard rules in the premises of the Department
• To be informed about the Laboratories of the Department, their equipment and its safe use, the practical exercises, the instruments to be used (eg. Microscopes) and their proper and safe use, as well as the corresponding safety and hazard rules
• To be informed about fieldtrips, an essential learning tool for the proper and complete training of a geologist, as well as to learn the respective safety and hazard rules.

• Learn about the geology topics offered by the Department of Geology, as well as the activities, the organization and operation of the Department and all issues related to the educational process
• Understand and use safety and hazard when using laboratory units and during fieldtrips
• Working safely during practicals, using instruments and equipment as well as during fieldtrips

1. The scientific field of Geology
2. The different topics of Geology
3. The Department of Geology: actions, organization and operation
4. Laboratories, equipment and geology topics covered in our Department
5. Erasmus: Mobility Opportunities
6. Vocational training
7. Safety and hazard rules on the premises of the Department
8. Proper and safe use of instruments and equipment during practical exercises. Safety and hazard rules
9. Fieldtrips. Safety and hazard rules 

Suggested bibliography mainly  in Greek:

The aim of the course is to provide to the students of the Department of Geology all the necessary knowledge of Applied Mathematics and Statistics that are needed to their science in the areas of Differential and Integral Calculus of one variable and many variables, Differential Equations and  Statistics. During the course students will get familiar with mathematical applications in Geology and Environmental Sciences. This knowledge is necessary for many subsequent specialty courses of the Department of Geology.

At the end of the course the students will have acquired the following skills:

1. To be able to effectively use Differential and Integral Calculus of one variable and many variables and basic notions of Statistics during their studies at the Department of Geology.
2.  To be able to competent in mathematical modeling of problems in geology.

Generally, by the end of this course the students will, furthermore, have develop the following general abilities (from the list above):

• Searching, analysis and synthesis of facts and information
• Decision making
• Adaptation to new situations
• Production of new research ideas
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment

1. Differential Calculus of functions of one variable  (Limit, Continuity and Derivative function, Study of functions)
2. Integral Calculus of functions of one variable (Indefinite integrals, definite integrals,  Improper Integrals)
3. Sequences - Series
4. Differential Equations (An Introduction to Differential Equations, First order Linear Differential Equations, Differential Equations of Separate Variables, Mathematic models)
5. Linear Algebra (Determinants, Matrices, Linear Systems)
6. Elements of Statistics (Combinatorics, Presentation of statistical data, Position and distribution measures, Linear regression)
7. 6. Applications in topics of Geology and Environmental Sciences. Mathematic modeling in issues of Geology.

• Language: Greek (English for erasmus)
• Written final examination after the end of the semester (100%):
• Including 2 questions on theory and 3 questions on applications of mathematics in Geology

1. Dimitrios Georgiou, Stavros Iliadis and Athanasios Megaritis, Real Analysis, Tziolas 2017.
2. Vasilios Zafiropoulos, Mathematical Analysis and its applications, Patra 2012.
3. 3. John Ferguson, Mathematics in Geology, Springer 1988.