(a) The provision of basic philosophical education, which is necessary for the familiarisation of the graduates with philosophical concepts and various aspects of philosophical thinking, and for their preparation for further research in Philosophy. To this effect, emphasis is given to both the study of the history of philosophy (especially ancient Greek philosophy), and to particular domains of contemporary and modern philosophy (philosophy of science, moral and political philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of mind), in cultivation of critical thinking and in the general expansion of the intellectual and scientific horizons of the students.

(b) The philosophical specialisation, which contributes to the development of analytical and critical skills, an element that is necessary for several occupations (e.g. business administration, jurisprudence, journalism, politics, among others), but also for ordinary life. Moreover, it cultivates the skill of critical argument analysis, the skill of examining reasons for and against one’s position, and the expression of ideas in a clear and accurate way in speaking and writing.

(c) The provision of a solid philological background for the graduates, through the offer of an important number of courses in ancient Greek, Latin, history and modern Greek philology. The philological specialisation conduces to the development of good usage of language– verbal and written – which is a prerequisite for several occupations (e.g. journalism, services, public relations, among others).

(d) The programme is conducted in Greek language, but also specialises students in at least a foreign language. Thus, it renders them capable of using foreign bibliography and to move, if they wish, abroad for participating in Erasmus programme or for postgraduate studies.

(e) The programme encourages the cultivation of interdisciplinary interests, while it contains three elective courses from scientific fields outside the Faculty of Philosophy.

(f) Furthermore, the programme encourages exploration and usage of the rich digital educational material regarding Philosophy (e.g. online database, online dictionaries, digital libraries of ancient authors, etc.)

Key Learning Outcomes

(a) they will obtain basic philosophical education,

(b) they will obtain basic knowledge of ancient Greek and Latin language and have an overview of historical progress of classical literature,

(c) they will be acquainted with a big amount of philosophical texts from all basic fields (ethics, logic, ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, among others),

(d) they will have an overview of the history of philosophy, basic philosophical terms and various aspects of philosophical thinking,

(e) they will obtain basic knowledge for further research in Philosophy,

(f) they will have basic knowledge for philosophical language and interpretation, ethics, rationality, argumentation and philosophical thinking in general.

(g) they will be acquainted with fundamental philosophical topics, through a thorough overview of ancient Greek and modern European thinking and their main representatives.

(h) they will be acquainted with main scientific resources of their field, printed and (more and more) online, so that they can refer to them for any particular problem.

(a) the ability to analyse primary sources, by putting them in historical context and by dealing with them in a critical manner.

(b) the ability to associate different topics, given the plurality of subject areas of the programme (includes philosophy, history, literature, language).

(c) the ability to track the political aspect in all the phenomena of social life.

(d) the ability to understand societies that differ from ours and examine them under the light of their data, without the conceptions of the contemporary era.