11 - Slovakia - Curriculum

country: Slovakia

Curricula, study program - Higher Professional Education

According to the Education Act No. 29/1984 of the Law Code, as amended, by the higher professional education includes general education, special professional training, and artistic and educational-artistic training.

Bachelor's Study, Magister’s Study, Engineer’s Study and Doctor’s Study

Study programme is a set of educational activities as lecture, seminars, exercises, laboratory work, practice, diploma thesis and dissertations, projects etc. After their completion can be obtained higher education. Study programme is specified by: the name of the study programme, field of study, in which the higher education is received, level of study, study form, graduate’s profile, characterization of study units, rules and conditions for creation of study plans, standard duration of study, number of credits, additional conditions, academic degree awarded.

Student study plan is defined by the time and content succession of the study programme units and forms of study results evaluation. Study plan is compiled by student himself or with assistance of tutor within the given rules, except for the forms of evaluation of the student’s results.

Study programme - PhD Study

The study programme of full-time PhD. student contains the most important tasks characterising the content and course of PhD. study. A part of study programme of full-time student is the performance of educational activity (4 hours per week at most) or other professional activity connected with his teaching activities. A PhD student may also complete a period of study in other institution, also abroad.

The PhD study consists of the study part and scientific part. The study plan is compiled by the instructor. The study part of the PhD study consists, especially, of lectures, seminars and individual study of professional literature. The scientific part of PhD study consists of individual or team work of the PhD student, which is bound to the theme of the dissertation. If the PhD student applied for the dissertation theme offered by the external educational institution, he/she carries out the scientific part of the PhD study and the duties of the study part of PhD study in this external educational institution

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Date: 2009
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