{"id":8005,"date":"2026-03-10T12:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecec.ihu.gr\/?p=8005"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:01:22","slug":"incoming-students-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecec.ihu.gr\/en\/incoming-students-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming Students Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coordinator for incoming students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor Eleni Tympa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: eltympa@ihu.gr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tel: +30 2310 013488<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office: 1st<\/sup> floor, building \u201cPreschool Education\u201d, International Hellenic University, Alexandria Campus, Sindos, Thessaloniki<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General information on Study Guide of the School of Early Childhood Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For receiving a Bachelor\u2019 s degree from the School of Early Childhood Education, studies must last, at least, 8 semesters (4 years), and successfully 240 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) should be collected. Specifically, it includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) twenty-six (26) courses that are Compulsory (C), twenty-nine (29) that are Elective Compulsory (EC), twenty-three (23) Elective Compulsory Seminars (with mandatory attendance) thirty-one (31) Elective Compulsory Thesis Seminars (with mandatory attendance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) the Thesis and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) the Internship \u2013 Applied Activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Compulsory Core Courses cover the subjects of all scientific areas of the Department, which are considered necessary for the scientific training of the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The category of Compulsory Elective Courses consists of courses from all scientific disciplines offered by the Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Foreign Language module is included in the Core Compulsory Courses and in the Compulsory Elective Courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, the structure of the courses by semester of study is presented in Table 1 below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table 1. Courses offered per semester of study<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semester<\/u><\/strong><\/td>Categories of courses offered<\/u><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Semester 1                  <\/td>  5<\/strong> Compulsory core courses  <\/td><\/tr>
Semester 2<\/td>5<\/strong> Compulsory core courses<\/td><\/tr>
Semester   3              <\/td>3<\/strong> Compulsory core courses AND 2<\/strong> Compulsory Elective courses from the list of available courses<\/td><\/tr>
Semester   4              <\/td>4 Compulsory core courses AND  1 Compulsory Elective course from a list of available courses<\/td><\/tr>
Semester   5              <\/td>2 Compulsory core courses AND<\/td><\/tr>
Semester   6              <\/td>3 Compulsory core courses AND 1 Compulsory Elective Research Project Seminar1<\/sup><\/strong> AND 1 Compulsory Elective course from a list of available options OR  1 Free- choice Elective course from another IHU department  <\/td><\/tr>
Semester 7              <\/td>2 Compulsory core courses AND 1 Compulsory Elective Dissertation seminar AND   2 Compulsory Elective courses from a list of available electives    OR                                 2 Free-choice Elective courses from another IHU department<\/td><\/tr>
Semester 8              <\/td>Thesis AND 1 Compulsory course AND<\/strong> 1 Compulsory Elective course that can be chosen from a list of available courses; or 1Free Choice Elective course from another IHU department  <\/td><\/tr>
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