Curriculum

The MSc starts in the winter semester of each academic year. A total of 12 x 7,5 = 90 credit points (ECTS) are required for the award of the MSc. During the course of studies, postgraduate students are required to attend and successfully complete postgraduate courses, conduct research and write scientific papers.

In order to obtain the MSc in Political Economy, the successful completion of 12 courses (four per semester) is mandatory. The courses are taught face-to-face. The courses are three-hour courses, organised in semesters and conducted in Greek or English.

The Assembly of the Department at the beginning of each academic year may adjust the curriculum of the courses according to the developments in science, the needs of the students and the availability of teaching staff. It may also include in the course programme optional courses as alternatives to those already offered. The indicative programme of courses is as follows:

 

Semester 1
Courses (Compulsory)	ECTS
Political Economy Ι	7,5
Political Economy ΙΙ	7,5
History of Economic Thought	7,5
Evolution of Macroeconomic Thought	7,5
Total	30

Semester 2
Courses (Compulsory)	ECTS
Political Economy ΙΙΙ	7,5
Political Economy ΙV	7,5
Institutional Economics	7,5
Quantitative Methods	7,5
Total	30

     Selection of four courses from a customised list of recommended courses

Semester 3 (selection of 4 courses)
Courses	ECTS
Modern Monetary Theory	7,5
Greek Economic History	7,5
Political Economy and Political Theory	7,5
Social Policy, Inequality and Poverty	7,5
Political Economy of Labour	7,5
Political Economy of the European Union	7,5
Applied Econometrics	7,5
Applied Quantitative Methods in Economics	7,5
European Economic History	7,5
Political Economy of Development	7,5
Special Topics in Advanced Political Economy	7,5
Financial Analysis	7,5
International Political Economy	7,5
Environmental Economics	7,5
Total	4 x 7.5 = 30

The eight (8) courses in the first two semesters are compulsory and provide primarily an introduction, familiarity and immersion in the various approaches to Political Economy (especially Marxist, Keynesian, post-Keynesian, institutional, and other neo-Marxist and radical schools of thought), the History of Economic Thought, and the quantitative tools commonly used in empirical applications of Political Economy.

In the third semester, a broad set of field courses with content and topics from the broader field of Political Economy is offered, from which four are selected.