Duration of studies

The studies' duration for awarding the Master’s degree is (3) semesters. In the first two semesters, the courses are taught and in the third semester, the MA research thesis is prepared. SCHER starts in the winter semester of each academic year.

Credit value (ECTS)

Α total of ninety (90) credits (ECTS) are required to obtain the MA. During the first semester of study, students attend four compulsory courses. In the second semester, students attend three compulsory courses and one elective course. Each of the courses (compulsory and elective) corresponds to 7.5 Credit Units (ECTS). In order to obtain SCHER Master degree, each postgraduate student must attend and be successfully examined in all compulsory and in one of the foreseen elective Master courses and prepare a Master's thesis dissertation, accumulating ninety (90) credits.

Official language

Courses are held in English. The Master thesis is written also in English.

Study mode

The whole educational process is conducted in weekly sessions through methods of modern distance education. The timetable will take into consideration possible differences in time-zones due to the international origin of the students. The program withholds the option of organizing hybrid or on-site support events (e.g. in-person field trips), especially during the third semester of the program.

Courses 

1st Semester

• Special Issues: Yellow Tourism, Corruption and Organized Economic Crime (7,5 ECTS)
• Digital Cultural Heritage (7,5 ECTS)
• Return of Cultural Property: Principles, Processes and Actors (7,5 ECTS)
• Cultural diplomacy [Elective course] (7,5 ECTS)

Total 30 ECTS

2nd Semester

• International Cultural Heritage Law (7,5 ECTS)
• European Institutions, Financial Instruments and Cultural Heritage (7,5 ECTS)
• Management and Marketing of Cultural Heritage (7,5 ECTS)
• Threats and Security in Tourism and Cultural Heritage - Hybrid Threats (7,5 ECTS)

Total 30 ECTS

3rd Semester

• Dissertation (30 ECTS)

Total 30 ECTS

Total ECTS 90