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Food Packaging

  1. COURSE OUTLINE
    1. GENERAL
    SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
    DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
    LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
    COURSE CODE FOOD0018 SEMESTER 6th
    COURSE TITLE Food Packaging
    TEACHING ACTIVITIES
    If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.    		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
    Lectures and laboratory course 5 5
     
     
    Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
    COURSE TYPE

    Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

    		 Scientific area
    PREREQUISITES:

     

    		 –
    TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
    COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: No
    COURSE URL: http://www.agro.duth.gr/undergraduate/record/FOOD0018.shtml
    1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
    Learning Outcomes
    Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
    ·          Understand the importance of packaging in food production, preservation and distribution.

    ·         Familiarize with the various packaging materials.

    ·         Comprehend the methods used to study the interactions between the packaging materials and food content.

    ·         To be aware for the environmental impact from food packaging
    General Skills
    Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
    Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

    ICT Use

    Adaptation to new situations

    Decision making

    Autonomous work

    Teamwork

    Working in an international environment

    Working in an interdisciplinary environment

    Production of new research ideas

    		 Project design and management

    Equity and Inclusion

    Respect for the natural environment

    Sustainability

    Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

    Critical thinking

    Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
    ·         Independent and team work

    ·         Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use

    ·         Development of inductive reasoning

    ·         Critical thinking

     

     
    1. COURSE CONTENT
    1.  Introduction in food packaging (History, purpose)

    2. Properties of materials used in food packaging

    3. Glass

    4. Metal

    5. Paper

    6. Plastic

    7. Aseptic packaging

    8. Safety, durability

    9. Interaction of food packaging materials with the food

    10. Methods of food packaging

    11. Active & intelligent packaging

    12. Environmental perspectives

    13.  Trends and innovation in food packaging

     
    1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
    TEACHING METHOD
    Face to face, Distance learning, etc.    		 Face to face (distance learning in emergency situations)

     
    USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
    Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students    		 MS Power point

    MS Excel

    Statistical and Curve fitting software

    Duth e-class

    MS Teams for distance learning
    TEACHING ORGANIZATION

    The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

    Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

     

    The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
    Activity Workload/semester
    Lectures 39
    Laboratory courses 26
    Individual written assignments 15
    Independent study 45
    Course total 125
    Student Evaluation

    Description of the evaluation process

     

    Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

     

    Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

    		·         Submitted weekly assignments 20% of the final score

    ·         Written exams at the end of the semester (multiple- choice questions) 80% of the final score

     

    Students are aware of the process from the start of the semester and are constantly informed via the e-class platform.
    1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
    1. Food packaging, Bloukas I, Stamoulis Publ. (In Greek)

    2. Food packaging, Papadakis S, Tziola Publ. (In Greek)

    3. Food Packaging Technology. R. Coles, D. McDowell, M. Kirwan. Blackwell Publishing.

     

     

     

     

    ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

     

    Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

     

    Teacher (full name): Athanasios Alexopoulos
    Contact details: alexopo@agro.duth.gr, 2552041169, e-class
    Supervisors: (1) No
    Evaluation methods: (2) Written assignments and final exercises
    Implementation Instructions: (3) Written assignments should be uploaded in e-class platform until the day of the final exams.

    Final exams (multiple choice questions) will be accessible via e-class platform at the specific date and time.

    In the case of difficulties with the platform, please contact Prof. Alexopoulos as soon as possible.

     

    • Please write YES or NO
    • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
    • written assignment or/and exercises
    • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
    • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

     

    1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
    2. b) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.
    3. c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

    There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of students eligible to participate in the examination.

Economics of the European Integration

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDY LEVEL 7
COURSE CODE ECO1009 SEMESTER 8th
COURSE TITLE Economics of the European Integration
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS
Lectures 4 5
COURSE TYPE Specialization
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S): –
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS Yes (in English)
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) http://www.agro.duth.gr/undergraduate/program/ECO1009.shtml

 

  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching outcomes
After having attended the course, the student is expected to be familiar with the basic concepts regarding:

  • The structure and organisation of the European Union
  • The principles, function and implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy and more specifically,
  • The principles and concepts of CMO’s (common market organisations) of agricultural products
  • The reforms of the CAP along with the current state and applicable schemes.
General capabilities
  • Independent work
  • Literature search, data analysis and synthesis
  • Development of inductive reasoning

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
European Union, Common Agricultural Policy, Common Market Organizations (CMO) Common measures of CMO’s, CMO of agricultural and animal products, CMO of the fisheries sector, Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy, Pillar I and II, Decoupled payments scheme, Agricultural Development.

 

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In classroom
IT USE
  • Power point, videos
  • e-class

 
TEACHING ORGANIZATION Activity Semester workload

 
Lectures 39
Laboratory courses 0
Written assignement 15
Independent study 71
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

  

125
STUDENT ASSESSMENT Written exams at the end of the semester both on theoretical and practical courses.

 

  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE
  • “Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και Κοινή Αγροτική Πολιτική”, Σέμος Α, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ, Θεσσαλονίκη.
  • “Νέα Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, Οργάνωση και Πολιτικές”, Μαραβέγιας Ν, Τσινισιζέλης Μ, Εκδόσεις Θεμέλιο, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2007.

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Christos Karelakis
Contact details: chkarel@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods:(2) Written examination with distance through e-class and Microsoft Teams, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examination will be carried out via multiple choice questions in e-class and Microsoft Teams on the scheduled date.

A. Microsoft Teams

The Microsoft Teams link is created on the course page on the platform and exclusively in the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance education.

Students must log in to the Microsoft Teams room through their institutional account, otherwise they will NOT be able to participate. They will be identified using their institutional account.

B. e-class

At the same time, they must log in to the e-class using their institutional account and go to the course page (prerequisite to have registered for the course)

https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01144/

The exam lasts 20 minutes and each student must answer 10 multiple choice questions, without a negative grade, which are graded with 0.5. In addition, two questions to be developed (free text) graded 2.5.

 

Financial Management

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL ACTICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE ECO0013 SEMESTER 6th
COURSE TITLE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
INTEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case that the ECTS credits are awarded in distinctive parts of the class, etc: lectures, laboratorial exercises. When the credit units are awarded for the total class, write the weekly teaching hours and the total ECTS credits		 WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS ECTS CREDITS
Lectures and Laboratory Exercises / Practice Exercises 4 5
 
 
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 SCIENTIFIC AREA / DIRECTION
PREREQUISITES:

 

 –
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: NO
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01246/

 

  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
 

The aim of the course is to equip students with the basic concepts of financial management and in particular financial institutions, financial statement analysis, as well as costs, risk and capital management.

 

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

 

• Know and understand the basic concepts of financial management
• Apply the basic principles of financial management to agricultural enterprises
• Have understood and appreciated the importance of risk analysis in decision making
• Combine their knowledge and examine branches of the agri-food sector
• Analyze and interpret financial statements
• Compile / analyze ratios and balance sheets of companies mainly in the agri-food sector

 
General Skills
 

• Individual work
• Team project
• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Decision making
• Working in an international environment
• Production of new research ideas
• Exercise criticism and self – criticism

 

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
Week            Thematic Lecture Unit

 

1. Basic concepts and definitions
2. Principles and methods of financial management
3. Analysis of net cash flows
4. Dead spot analysis
5. Sensitivity analysis
6. Basic financial statements
7. Analysis and evaluation of indicators
8. Analysis of financial status
9. Valuation of bonds. Stocks. Stock valuation models.
10. Leverage – Profitability
11. Financial institutions, organizations and tools.
12. Management of invested funds for maximum return and sufficient liquidity
13. Cost, risk and return on capital

 

Week            Thematic Lab Unit

 

1. Time value of money
2. Risk measurement – Scenarios
3. Analysis of net cash flows
4. Dead spot analysis
5. Sensitivity analysis
6. Basic financial statements
7. Analysis and evaluation of indicators
8. Analysis of financial statements
9. Bonds. Stocks.  Stock valuation models.
10. Leverage – Profitability
11. Financial institutions, organizations and related tools
12. Risk analysis with decision trees
13. Case studies

 

 

 

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD In classroom face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) E-class,  e-Media, power point
TEACHING ORGANIZATION
Activity Semester workload
Lectures 65
Literature analysis and in class presentation 10
Laboratory courses 15
Team projects in case studies 15
Independent study 20
Course total 125

 

 
STUDENT ASSESSMENT Written exams at the end of the semester (in Greek)

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods

Students have access to their essay at any time
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
– Suggested bibliography :

1. Noulas A. 2019. Financial management. Tziolas editions. Thessaloniki.

2. Vasileiou D., Ereiotis N. 2018. Financial management: Theory and Practice. Rosili editions. Athens.

 

– Related scientific journals :

Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

 

 ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Department: Agricultural Development
Course: Financial Management
Course code: ECO0010
Teacher: Garyfallos Arabatzis
Contact details: garamp@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) –
Semester: 6th
Study level: (2) Undergraduate
Exams: (3) Written assignment and oral examination with distance learning methods (Microsoft Teams)
Exam implementation instructions: (4) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department

The total core of examinations include a) a 70% written assignment and b) 30% oral examination Microsoft Teams.

The examination in the course will be oral carried out using Microsoft Teams. The oral examination in the course will be carried out in groups of 5 people (30 minutes per group) according to the order in which the Number of Student Record of the participants appear in the attached list (examination program).

The link of the Microsoft Teams meeting will be sent to students via e-class, exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance teaching

Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account, otherwise they will not be able to participate. They will also participate in the examination with a camera which they will have opened during the examination. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity card to the camera, so that they can be identified

Each student should answer in 4 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 0.75 credits

Special and Alternative Forms of Tourism

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL ACTICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE ECO1006 SEMESTER 7th, 9th
COURSE TITLE SPECIAL AND ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF TOURISM
INTEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case that the credit units are awarded in distinctive parts of the class, etc: lectures, laboratorial exercises. When the credit units are awarded for the total class, write the weekly teaching hours and the total ECTS credits		 WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS ECTS CREDITS
Lectures and Laboratory Exercises / Practice Exercises 4 5
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 SCIENTIFIC AREA / DIRECTION
PREREQUISITES:

 

 –
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: NO
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/eclass/courses/OPE02114/

 

  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the concepts of tourism and tourism development and deepen in the special and alternative forms of tourism and their social, economic, development, cultural and environmental impact on local and regional development

 

At the end of the course students will be able to:

 

• Understand the concepts of tourism and in particular the special and alternative forms of tourism that develop mainly in rural and mountainous areas
• They use the available technology to gather data related to tourism development, process them, analyze them and draw conclusions for the integrated development of various areas
• They have understood and appreciated the importance of special and alternative forms of tourism in tourism development
• Combine their knowledge and examine the possibilities of tourism development, especially in the mountainous area, so that it can offer in a balanced way all its services to the community
• They are conducting research for this special tourist market
• They prepare plans for the tourist development and development of rural and mountainous areas

 

 
  General Skills
 

• Decision making
• Work in interdisciplinary environment
• Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Working in an international environment
• Production of new research ideas
• Exercise criticism and self – criticism

 

 

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
 

Week            Thematic Lecture Unit

 

1. Introduction – Basic definitions
2. The main models of tourism development
3. Supply and demand of tourist product
4. Sustainable tourism development. Impacts of tourism development with special emphasis on special and alternative forms of tourism
5. The development of special and alternative forms of tourism
6. Mountainous tourism, Agrotourism
7. Tourism planning, strategies and evaluation methods
8. Working and leisure time, sociology of leisure time.
9. The “journey” as a product. Motivation and behavior of the tourist as a traveler and as a consumer
10. Methodology of analysis, market research and “industry” of travel and tourism with particular emphasis on specific alternative forms of tourism
11. Public relations in tourism
12. Tourist advertising in private companies and National Tourism Organizations
13. Tourism and communication at local, regional and national level

 

 

Week            Thematic Lab Unit

 

1. The economic impact of tourism
2. The use of indicators in tourism
3. Supply and demand of tourism product
4. Evaluation methods in tourism
5. Evaluation methods in tourism
6. Preparation of a tourism development plan with emphasis on agro-tourism
7. Evaluation of tourism development programs and plans
8. Case studies
9. Tourism market research methodologies
10. Tourism market research methodologies
11. Public relations in tourism
12. Tourist advertising
13. Tourism and communication

 

 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face In classroom
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) Support of the teaching procedure using e-class platform, e-Media, power point presentations

 
TEACHING ORGANIZATION
Activity Semester workload
Lectures 65
Literature analysis and in class presentation 10
Laboratory courses 15
Team projects in case studies 15
Independent study 20
Course total

(25 – hour workload per credit unit)

 125

 

 
STUDENT ASSESSMENT Written exams at the end of the semester (in Greek)

Individual or team project

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods.

Students have access to their essay at any time
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
– Suggested bibliography :

Kokkosis Ch., Tsartas P., Gkirmpa E. 2011. Special and alternative forms of tourism. Kritiki editions.

Kokkosis Ch., Tsartas P. 2019. Sustainable tourism development and the environment. Kritiki editions.

 

Vanhove Norbert, Agiomirgianakis G., Menegaki A (ed.) 2019. The economics of tourism destinations. G. Dardanos – K. Dardanos. Athens.

 

Varvaresos S. 2013. Economics of tourism. Propombos editions.

 

 

– Related scientific journals:

Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Annals of Tourism Research

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Department: Agricultural Development
Course: Special and Alternative Forms of Tourism
Course code: ECO1006
Teacher: Garyfallos Arabatzis
Contact details: garamp@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) –
Semester: 7th
Study level: (2) Undergraduate
Exams: (3) Written assignment and oral examination with distance learning methods (Microsoft Teams)
Exam implementation instructions: (4) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department

The total core of examinations include a) a 20% written assignment and b) 80% oral examination using Microsoft Teams.

The oral examination in the course will be carried out in groups of 5 people (30 minutes per group) according to the order in which the Number of Student Record of the participants appear in the attached list (examination program)

The link of the Microsoft Teams meeting will be sent to students via e-class, exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance teaching

Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account, otherwise they will not be able to participate. They will also participate in the examination with a camera which they will have opened during the examination. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity card to the camera, so that they can be identified

Each student should answer in 4 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 2.5 credits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Evaluation and Agricultural Financing

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL ACTICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE ECO0010 SEMESTER 7th/9th
COURSE TITLE Investment Evaluation and Agricultural Financing
INTEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case that the credit units are awarded in distinctive parts of the class, etc: lectures, laboratorial exercises. When the credit units are awarded for the total class, write the weekly tutorial hours and the total credit units		 WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS CREDIT UNITS
Lectures and Laboratory Exercises / Practice Exercises 4 5
COURSE TYPE SCIENTIFIC AREA/DIRECTION
PRECODITION COURSES: –
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS): GREEK
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS NO
RSE WEBSITE (URL) https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/GEO130/
  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching Outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students with the knowledge of the basic concepts of investments and their evaluation techniques, as well as the financing and evaluation of projects and programs related to the primary sector and rural development.

 

Upon the completion of the course the students should be able to:

 

· Understand the concept of investment, investment evaluation, projects and development programs.
· Prepare investment plans related to rural development
· The students apply basic principles of evaluation to it and recognize the complexity of evaluation
· Identify the main elements of an evaluation project and choose the most appropriate methodology
· Use the available technology to gather data on the investments, projects and development programs of an area, process them, analyze them and draw conclusions for the integrated development of those areas.
· They have understood and appreciated the importance of investment in the country’s rural development
· Combine their knowledge and examine the possibilities of utilizing financial tools in the development of a region and / or the country
  General Skills
 

· Decision making
· Work in an interdisciplinary environment
· Promote free, creative and inductive thinking
· Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
· Work in an international environment
· Production of new research ideas
· Exercise criticism and self – criticism
  1. COURSE CONTENT
Week            Thematic Lecture Unit

 

1. Basic concepts, public spending and investments
2. Market limits and state interventions. Efficiency and prosperity
3. Investment plans and valuation methods
4. Investment plans and valuation methods
5. Risk and uncertainty. Social discount rate
6. Evaluation techniques and contribution of European programs, regulations and initiatives in rural development
7. Social and economic implications of investment and development plans
8. Planning, analysis, management and evaluation of development projects and development programs
9. Cost – benefit analysis
10. Rural, mountainous and less favoured areas
11. Financial instruments of European Union
12. Economics and policy of agricultural financing
13. Agricultural credit in Greece

 

 

Week            Thematic Lab Unit

 

1. Investment criteria for independent projects
2. Investment criteria for independent projects
3. Cost – benefit analysis
4. Cost – benefit analysis
5. Risk and uncertainty
6. Preparation and evaluation of an investment plan
7. Preparation and evaluation of an investment plan
8. Drafting a development plan at local and regional level. Emphasis on the primary sector, natural resources and the environment
9. Preparation of a strategic development plan in the primary sector
10. Criteria for prioritization of investments and resources
11. Multicriteria methods
12. Case studies
13. Case studies
  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In classroom
IT USE E – class platform. E-Media use. Power Point presentations
TEACHING ORGANIZATION
Activity Semester workload
Lectures 65
Literature analysis and presentation in classroom 10
 

Practice exercises with application of methodologies in individual topics

 15
Team projects in case studies 15
Individual study 20
Total number of hours for the course

(25 workload hours per ECTS credit)

 125
STUDENT ASSESSMENT Written exams at the end of the semester

Individual or team projects

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods

Students have access to their essay at any time

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
– Proposed literature :

1. Mergos G. 2007. Socio – economic evaluation of investments and policies. Vol A’. E. Mpenou editions. Athens.

2. Vasileiou D., Eriotis N. 2018. Investments analysis and portfolio management. Rosili. Athens.

 

– Proposed scientific journals:

Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Finance, Regional Studies

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Department: Agricultural Development
Course: Investment Evaluation and Agricultural Financing
Course code: ECO0010
Teacher: Garyfallos Arabatzis
Contact details: garamp@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1)  
Semester: 7th/9th
Study level: (2) Undergraduate
Exams: (3) Written assignment and oral examination with distance learning methods (Microsoft Teams)
Exam implementation instructions: (4) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department

The examination in the course will be oral carried out using Microsoft Teams. The oral examination in the course will be carried out in groups of 5 people (30 minutes per group) according to the order in which the Number of Student Record of the participants appear in the attached list (examination program).

The link of the Microsoft Teams meeting will be sent to students via e-class, exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance teaching

Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account, otherwise they will not be able to participate. They will also participate in the examination with a camera which they will have opened during the examination. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity card to the camera, so that they can be identified

Each student should answer in 4 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 2.5 credits

 

 

Agricultural Economic Development: Theory and Policy

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDY LEVEL 7
COURSE CODE ECO0018 SEMESTER 9th
COURSE TITLE Agricultural Economic Development (Theory and Policy)
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS
Lectures 4 5
COURSE TYPE Specialization
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S): –
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS Yes (in English)
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) http://www.agro.duth.gr/undergraduate/program/ECO0018.shtml

 

  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching outcomes
  • After having completed this course the student is expected to be familiar and able to comprehend:
  • Basic principles of economic development and agricultural development in specific.
  • Theories related to economic and agricultural development subjects.
  • Application and results with indices, research, measurement, programming and implementation of the agricultural development.
General capabilities
  • Independent work
  • Literature search, data analysis and synthesis
  • Development of inductive reasoning

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
 Theories of economic development, Objectives, forms and factors of economic development, Agriculture and the rural economic development, Aims,  objectives and theories of rural development, stages and factors of rural development, Measurement of rural development, Agriculture’s contribution to rural development, Technology and rural development, Rural development policy and programming.
  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In classroom
IT USE
  • Power point, videos
  • e-class

 
TEACHING ORGANIZATION Activity Semester workload

 
Lectures 39
Laboratory courses 0
Written assignment 15
Independent study 71
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

  

125
STUDENT ASSESSMENT Written exams at the end of the semester both on theoretical and practical courses.

 

  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE
  • Χ. Ζιωγάνας «Γεωργική Οικονομική Ανάπτυξη», Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2003

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Christos Karelakis
Contact details: chkarel@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods:(2) Written examination with distance through e-class and Microsoft Teams, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examination will be carried out via multiple choice questions in e-class and Microsoft Teams on the scheduled date.

A. Microsoft Teams

The Microsoft Teams link is created on the course page on the platform and exclusively in the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance education.

Students must log in to the Microsoft Teams room through their institutional account, otherwise they will NOT be able to participate. They will be identified using their institutional account.

B. e-class

At the same time, they must log in to the e-class using their institutional account and go to the course page (prerequisite to have registered for the course)

https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01139/

The exam lasts 30 minutes and each student must answer 20 multiple choice questions, without a negative grade. Each of the questions is scored with 0.5.

 

 

Consumer Behavior

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE ECO0017 SEMESTER 9th  
COURSE TITLE Consumer behavior
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures and Practice Exercises 4 5
 
 
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific area, skill development
PREREQUISITES:

 

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TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: –
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01223/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The aim of the course if to provide students with knowledge of the basic concepts of consumer behavior. In particular, upon the completion of the course, students should be able to:

(a) Apprehend and model consumer decision process, and be aware of the factors affecting purchase decision process.

(b) Have an integrated view of market characteristics and how these characteristics interact with consumer characteristics and purchase behavior.

(c) Conceptualize the factors that influence consumer attitudes and consumption patterns.

(d)  Study the environmental influence and group reference and how they affect consumer behavior.

 
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
  • Market and consumer behavior – Market characteristics.
  • Market segmentation – Consumer needs – Consumer decision process – Modeling decision process.
  • Need recognition and search – Pre-purchase alternative evaluation – Purchase decision making process.
  • Consumption of products and services – Post purchase alternative evaluation.
  • Investigation of factors affecting consumer’s decision process.
  • Consumer Attitudes
  • Multi-attribute attitude models for exploring consumer attitudes – Prediction of consumer behavior.
  • Product knowledge, purchase knowledge and usage knowledge.
  • The motivation process.
  • Personality values and lifestyle.
  • Information processing – Learning and environmental influence.
  • Special topics in consumer behavior (food acceptance and consumption, food evaluation, food promotion)
  • Case studies in consumption of foods and agricultural products.

 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 In classroom (face to face)
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 e-class platform, e-media use, power point presentations
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 52
Team or individual projects in the classroom 33
Individual study 40
Course total 125
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

Written exams at the end of the semester

Individual or team projects

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods

Students have access to their essay at any time

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
·           Siomkos GI. Consumer Behaviour and Marketing  Strategy. Stamouli Publications, 2011.

·         · Baltas G., Papastathopoulou P. Consumer Behaviour. Rosili Publications, 2013.

·         Darby D. Consumer Behavior. Propobos Editions, 2014

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Teacher (full name): Elena Raptou
Contact details: elenra@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods: (2) Written examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.

 
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department

The examination in the course will be written and carried out using e-class.

First, students will have to join Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business in order to be identified. The link of the Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business meeting will be sent to students via e-class, exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance teaching. Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account; otherwise they will not be able to participate. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity card to the camera, so that they can be identified

Then, students will join e-class for their examination. Students will have to answer 20 questions (True of False). Each of the questions is scored with 0.5 credits.

Sky

  • Please write YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

 

  1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
  2. b) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.
  3. c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of students eligible to participate in the examination.