General characteristic of professional graduate profile
Graduate obtains third degree university education in the field of English studies. Over the course of the doctoral studies, they qualitatively and quantitatively expand their knowledge in the fields of linguistics, cultural studies, and literature, becoming an expert on the particular research field linked to the topic of their dissertation thesis. They master current theoretical concepts and methodological trends in the fields of contemporary English language, socio-linguistic and pragmatic relations of the open system of the English language, its development and dialectology. The doctoral student can also focus on the culturological and literary topics in Anglophone context.
Theoretical knowledge
The theoretical knowledge obtained in seminars, colloquia, and through individual studies allows the students to become experts capable of independent and creative scientific thinking, finding own solutions to issues in the areas of synchronic and diachronic linguistics, literary science and culturology, and to publish their research results in representative journals, as well as to self-publish.
Practical skills and abilities
The graduate is able to transfer this knowledge into pragmatically oriented research (e.g., linguistic text interpretation) and into practice. The doctoral student internalizes linguistic and literary terminology as a basic working tool of scientific research. They further expand their more general philosophical, theoretical and methodological knowledge in the area of interdisciplinary research, acquire the ability to apply their knowledge in scientific discussions and in the application in linguistic and literary outputs.
Complementary knowledge, skills and abilities
By means of studies of philosophy, textology, methodology, etc., the graduate of doctoral studies introduces linguistics or literary science into the wider interdisciplinary context. The doctoral student is able to publish their own results in foreign journals and to present them at conferences. They can work efficiently as a team member, as well as a leader.
Graduates of the study programme are able to apply themselves in multiple professional fields thanks to the mastery of English language in both written and spoken form, knowledge in the areas of linguistics, cultural studies and literature, and familiarity with the most up-to-date concepts and methodological trends in the area of contemporary English language, including:
- independent researchers or research team members in scientific institutions;
- specifically trained employees in international corporations and companies that require international professional communication skills, knowledge of particular social and cultural environment and mastery of presentational techniques in a foreign language;
- employees in companies focusing on foreign relations (language communication, language culture, intercultural aspects);
- members of international project teams in non-governmental organizations, as well as independent sector organizations, cultural-social institutions and foundations.
The study programme reflects the requirements of potential employers, institutions and organisations. The following relevant external stakeholders have issued a statement or a favourable opinion on the submitted study programme (attached): Department of English language and literature, Charles University (Petr Chalupský, Magdalény Rettigové 4, Prague 1 116 39, P.chalupsky@seznam.cz), the city of Nitra (Ivona Fraňová, Štefánikova tr. 60, Ivona.Franova@msunitra.sk), Language Planet (Miroslav Kršňák, Hviezdoslavova 2490/99, Nána 94360, kariera@languageplanet.sk)
A successful graduate of the doctoral study in English Studies acquires an above-standard overview of the latest theoretical works in the field of (English-speaking) literary science or linguistics, acquires analytical, interpretive and quantitative-qualitative research methods, as well as presentation techniques in written and oral form. They regularly participate in international scientific events and acquire the ability to communicate at an adequate level in culturally and socially specific contexts. With regard to this knowledge, skills and experience, they will apply as an independent or team researchers in professional institutions, or as a specifically trained workers in international companies and firms whose operation requires international professional communication skills, knowledge of specific social and cultural environment, control of appropriate presentation techniques in a foreign language, etc.
Most prominent graduates of this study programme include:
Mgr. Natália Čechová, PhD., currently a lecturer of English language in E-KU Inštitút jazykovej a interkultúrnej komunikácie
Alan Dysktra, PhD., currently employed at The School of Management, City University of Seattle, Trenčín
Mgr. Peter Kleman, PhD., currently the director of a private language school in Nové Zámky
PhDr. Viera Plechová, PhD., currently employed at the Angela Merici Grammar School in Trnava
Mgr. Diana Židová, PhD., currently employed at the Department of English language and culture, Faculty of Education, CPU Nitra
Teachers of the study programme adapt the content and form of the offered courses to the current trends and strategic direction of relevant disciplines at home and abroad. They maintain contacts through the implementation of professional work, participation in professional conferences and seminars, participation in scientific projects and events in cooperation with similarly oriented workplaces in the academic environment and with employers. Feedback from employers is obtained through direct contact or social networks.
English studies study programme is prepared and proposed in accordance with the formalised quality assurance processes of the CPU and the Faculty specified in the documents Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-system-zabezpecenia-kvality.pdf), Status of the Board for Quality Verification at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/%C5%A0tat%C3%BAt_RKFF.pdf), Internal Regulation no. 27/2021: Evaluation of study programmes and of habilitation and inaugural procedures at CPU, https://www.ukf.sk/73-moja-ukf/4838-27-2021-smernica-posudzovanie-studijnych-programov-a-posudzovanie-sposobilosti-habilitacnych-konani-a-inauguracnych-konani-na-ukf; Status of the Board for the Internal Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the CPU in Nitra https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Statut_RK_UKF_V11_schvaleny_vrukf_18032021.pdf and in Internal Regulation no. 31/2021: Methodology of curriculum design at CPU https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/95-vnutorne-predpisy-2021/4945-smernica-c-31-2021-metodika-tvorby-studijnych-programov-na-ukf.
The Faculty of Arts CPU in Nitra has procedures and tools in place to approve, monitor and evaluate the implementation of study programmes, concerning (i) the definition of formal procedures for the approval of study programmes by bodies other than those implementing them; (ii) the development of study programmes carried out at the Faculty; (iii) monitoring the availability of appropriate teaching resources for the implementation of study programmes; (iv) formulating the expected learning outcomes and checking the actual outcomes in relation to the graduate’s profile; (v) monitoring student achievement and educational attainment; (vi) regular evaluation and review of study programmes; (vii) the involvement of students in study programme evaluation activities and ensuring feedback from employers, labour market representatives and other relevant organisations regarding the graduates’ employability.
Curriculum design of a study programme, including its content and form, is based on (i) the description of the fields of study and accreditation criteria/standards; (ii) the professional and qualification potential of creative workers and reflects the interest of applicants and the needs of the labour market. Study programmes are prepared in accordance with the formalised quality assurance processes of the CPU and the Faculty that determine responsibilities for each quality management process: The availability of teaching resources for the implementation of study programmes is ensured by the Faculty in cooperation with its departments and institutes by means of purchases of professional literature, editorial work of the Faculty, as well as establishing e-learning educational courses. The achievement of the expected learning outcomes, as set out in the course information sheets, is evaluated through student assessment questionnaires, in periodic evaluation reports on educational activities and in statistics of success in state exams, as well as analysis of evaluations recorded in AIS. Regular evaluation and review of study programmes is carried out by the person responsible for the study programme, department staff, through student assessment questionnaires and quality assurance bodies at the faculty and university level.
Teachers involved in the implementation of the study programme regularly update the content of their subjects with the knowledge acquired from participating in scientific research projects. They publish the results of their scientific research activities in indexed periodicals, monographs and teaching texts, which serve as study literature for students of the study programme. The results of their scientific research and publication activities are also presented and promoted by creative workers in scientific and professional events for both the professional community and students. Feedback on the success of graduates’ employability is collected by the Faculty from employers via contacts with graduates and surveys carried out and initiated by the Faculty management and its departments/institutes.
The study plan of the study programme with all the required information and course information sheets is available at the following link:
The nature and professional focus of the study programme are expressed by the main and additional topics of the core knowledge of the study field. These are linked to compulsory courses, such as philosophical problems of the humanities and social sciences, research ethics and academic integrity, methodology of linguistics and literary science, theories and concepts of world linguistics and literary scholarship; as well as to compulsory optional courses, such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, literary criticism, non-literary and literary text analysis. Through selected lectures, we offer doctoral students an extension and supplementation of knowledge in the fields of related disciplines, as well as meetings with important personalities in the field. Of note is the scientific part of the doctoral programme, which is directed towards professional development of doctoral students. Emphasis is placed on publications in journals registered in Web of Science or Scopus, scientific and professional treatises in peer-reviewed publications, other scientific texts and citations, active participation in scientific professional events at home and abroad, experience in organizing scientific professional events, as well as the preparation and participation in international and domestic projects of a scientific or educational nature.
The overall focus and structure of the doctoral study programme is on educating a mature scientific personality with a complex of specific skills and knowledge that works effectively in the academic community.
The study plan of the study programme with all the required information and course information sheets is available at the following link: https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web
Profile courses: Methodology of Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis, Literary Criticism, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics
-number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: 27
-number of credits for compulsory optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: 15
-number of credits for optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: 25
-number of credits required for the completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for the common foundations and for the relevant specialization, in the case of a teaching combination study programme or a translation combination study programme,
-number of credits for the final thesis and the defence of the final thesis required for the proper completion of studies: 30
The study programme has clear and transparently published rules, criteria and methods of evaluation of study results in the individual course information sheets that are accessible through AIS to all students. Students also get feedback in the form of continuous assessment. The results of the continuous and final assessment of subjects are recorded in the AIS and archived in accordance with legislation in force.
Internal Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in § 5 Studying, Teaching and student-oriented evaluation defines all structure policies and procedures applied in verification of learning outcomes and student assessment, and governs the possibilities of appealing against assessment. The rules for verification of learning outcomes, students assessment and the possibilities of appealing against the assessment are governed by the Study regulations of CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf).
Conditions for recognition of studies or a part of studies in case of a change in study programme, enrolment of a student from a different institution and mobility participants is governed by the Study regulations of CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf) and the Procedure for submitting applications for recognition of examinations (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/denne_studium/formulare/postup_uznavanie_skusok.pdf).
Access to the list is available in AIS via path Study evidence - Theses - VSES057 Theses (link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.es.VSES057App&kodAplikacie=VSES057&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after filling in search specifications (academic year, department, type of thesis).
The institution describes or refers to:
- rules for the assignment, processing, opposition, defence and evaluation of final theses in the study programme:
The rules for the assignment, processing, opposition, defence and evaluation of final theses in the study programme are governed by the Study regulations of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf,
Internal Regulation no. 13/2020 on final, rigorous and habilitation theses (https://www.ukf.sk/73-moja-ukf/3794-13-2020-smernica-o-zaverecnych-rigoroznych-a-habilitacnych-pracach?highlight=WyJzbWVybmljYSIsIm8iLCJvJ2JyaWVuIiwielx1MDBlMXZlcmVcdTAxMGRuXHUwMGZkY2giLCJwclx1MDBlMWNhY2giLCJzbWVybmljYSBvIiwic21lcm5pY2EgbyB6XHUwMGUxdmVyZVx1MDEwZG5cdTAwZmRjaCIsIm8gelx1MDBlMXZlcmVcdTAxMGRuXHUwMGZkY2giLCJ6XHUwMGUxdmVyZVx1MDEwZG5cdTAwZmRjaCBwclx1MDBlMWNhY2giXQ==)
- opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobility:
Opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobilities are governed by Study regulations of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf,
Directive 12/2021 on the implementation of mobilities within the Erasmus+, other scholarship programmes and bilateral agreements: https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy/73-moja-ukf/4514-12-2021-smernica-o-realizacii-mobilit-v-ramci-programu-erasmus-inych-stipendijnych-programov-a-bilateralnych-dohod
- rules for adherence to academic ethics and rules for drawing consequences:
The requirement of adherence to scientific integrity and academic ethics, as well as the rules for drawing consequences of failing to fulfil this requirement, are, in accordance with §3 point 2.6e of the Internal Quality Assurance System, provided by the Status of the CPU in Nitra (https://www.ukf.sk/ochrana-osobnych-udajov/14-univerzita/2194-statut-ukf), Study regulations (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf), Code of Ethics of CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex), and Disciplinary Rules of Faculty of Arts students (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-disciplinarny-poriadok-ff.pdf).
- procedures applicable to students with special needs:
The area of procedures applicable to students with special needs is governed by the Internal Regulation no. 28/2015 on providing generally accessible academic workplace for students with special needs (IR 28/2015); the Faculty cooperates in this area with the University Centre for support of students with special needs (https://www.ukf.sk/sc/poradenstvo-a-podpora-pre-studentov-so-specifickymi-potrebami?highlight=WyJzbyIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSIsInBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNvIFx1MDE2MXBlY2lmaWNrXHUwMGZkbWkiLCJzbyBcdTAxNjFwZWNpZmlja1x1MDBmZG1pIHBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSBwb3RyZWJhbWkiXQ==https://www.ukf.sk/sc/poradenstvo-a-podpora-pre-studentov-so-specifickymi-potrebami?highlight=WyJzbyIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSIsInBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNvIFx1MDE2MXBlY2lmaWNrXHUwMGZkbWkiLCJzbyBcdTAxNjFwZWNpZmlja1x1MDBmZG1pIHBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSBwb3RyZWJhbWkiXQ==).
- procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students.
The University ensures the fulfilment of principles in pedagogical activities (as defined by the Code of Ethics of CPU in Article 2, https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex), which guarantee just application of evaluation criteria to all students (as specified in course information sheets) – in accordance with the Internal Regulation 8/2018 Principles of evaluation of teaching and teachers by students, students provide feedback on evaluation methods via questionnaires. As a part of this procedure, they have an option to voice dissatisfaction with a specific course or teacher.
Procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students are governed by the Act no. 9/2010 coll. on Complaints and its amendment no. 94/2017 coll.: https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2010/9/and the recommended procedure provided at the webpage of the Faculty in the Study section (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/interne-formy-studia)
The procedures for submitting and reviewing complaints and suggestions are governed by the Internal Regulation 12/2007 on complaints and petitions at CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/100-vnutorne-predpisy-2017/3072-vnutorne-predpisy-2017), with the reviewing of any suggestions and appeals of students and applicants carried out by the control office of the rector.
- Tuition appeals are governed by the Internal Regulation 32/2019: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/vysokoskolske-studium/skolne-a-poplatky?highlight=WyJcdTAxNjFrb2xuXHUwMGU5Il0=.
Course information sheets are available in the AIS in form set out in Decree no. 614/2002 Coll, in the section Study programmes, in Summary reports for study programmes (VSST178) at https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web after specifying the criteria for displaying a specific study programme.
Academic year plan: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/organizacia-studia/harmonogram-akademickeho-roka.
Current schedule of the study programme is available in AIS via pathway Schedule – Summary reports for schedule – VSRH009 Schedule for... (Link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.rh.VSRH009App&kodAplikacie=VSRH009&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after specifying academic year, semester, study programme (and other parameters if necessary).
prof. Mgr. Štefan Beňuš, PhD., function: professor, contact: sbenus@ukf.sk
prof. Mgr. Štefan Beňuš, PhD.
- profile courses: Methodology of Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis, Psycholinguistics
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10425
Doc. PhDr. Mária Hricková, PhD.
- profile courses: Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis, Literary Criticism
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10769
Doc. Mgr. Elena Ciprianová, PhD., M.A.
- profile courses: Methodology of Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Sociolinguistics
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10300
Doc. Mgr. Simona Klimková, PhD.
- profile courses: Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis, Literary Criticism
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10418
prof. PhDr. Gabriela Miššíková, CSc.
- profile courses: Methodology of Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10304
(https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie=LZ020&uiLang=SK&viewer=web), after specifying department and person parameters.
prof. Mgr. Štefan Beňuš, PhD. (sbenus@ukf.sk): Methodology of Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis, Psycholinguistics, International Internships, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, Active participation in scientific event abroad, Active participation in domestic scientific event, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Publication in Web of Science or Scopus Database, Scientific and Research Articles in Non- Reviewed Publications, Participation in Domestic Project, Participation in International Project, UGA Project
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10425
Doc. PhDr. Mária Hricková, PhD. (mhrickova@ukf.sk): Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis, Literary Criticism, International Internships, Active participation in scientific event abroad, Active participation in domestic scientific event, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Publication in Web of Science or Scopus Database, Scientific and Research Articles in Non- Reviewed Publications, Participation in Domestic Project, Participation in International Project, UGA Project
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10769
Doc. Mgr. Elena Ciprianová, PhD., M.A. (eciprianova@ukf.sk): Methodology of Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Sociolinguistics, International Internships, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, Active participation in scientific event abroad, Active participation in domestic scientific event, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Publication in Web of Science or Scopus Database, Scientific and Research Articles in Non- Reviewed Publications, Participation in Domestic Project, Participation in International Project, UGA Project
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10300
Doc. Mgr. Simona Klimková, PhD. (sklimkova@ukf.sk): Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis, Literary Criticism, International Internships, Teaching 1-4, Other pedagogical activity, Active participation in scientific event abroad, Active participation in domestic scientific event, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Publication in Web of Science or Scopus Database, Scientific and Research Articles in Non- Reviewed Publications, Participation in Domestic Project, Participation in International Project, UGA Project
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10418
prof. PhDr. Gabriela Miššíková, CSc. (gmissikova@ukf.sk): Methodology of Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Theories and Concepts of World Linguistics/Literary Scholarship, Non-Literary and Literary Text Analysis, International Internships, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, Active participation in scientific event abroad, Active participation in domestic scientific event, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Publication in Web of Science or Scopus Database, Scientific and Research Articles in Non- Reviewed Publications, Participation in Domestic Project, Participation in International Project, UGA Project
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10304
doc. PhDr. Jana Waldnerová, PhD. (jwaldnerova@ukf.sk): Teaching 1-4, Active participation in scientific event abroad, Active participation in domestic scientific event, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Publication in Web of Science or Scopus Database, Scientific and Research Articles in Non- Reviewed Publications, Participation in Domestic Project, Participation in International Project, UGA Project
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10379
prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomášková, CSc. (stomaskova@ukf.sk): Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8803
prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD. (jzozulak@ukf.sk): Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6613
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD. (jmaximova@ukf.sk): Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10666
doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD. (pkoreny@ukf.sk): Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10410
prof. Mgr. Štefan Beňuš, PhD. (sbenus@ukf.sk): Relationship of task complexity and filled pause use on L1/L2 fluency
Doc. PhDr. Mária Hricková, PhD. (mhrickova@ukf.sk): Voices of women in Anglophone literature of the 19th century: narratives and identities
doc. Mgr. Elena Ciprianová, PhD., M.A. (eciprianova@ukf.sk): English in the linguistic landscape of the Slovak public space
doc. Mgr. Simona Klimková. PhD: (sklimkova@ukf.sk): Literary culture in the digital era
Academic profiles of teachers are available in AIS for logged in users with appropriate permissions in the Human resources section, in Human resources overviews – LZ020 Overview of employees and working conditions (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie=LZ020&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after specifying department and person parameters.
Mgr. Lucia Mareková, lucia.marekova@ukf.sk
- vice-dean for education FA CPU: doc. PhDr. Michaela Malíčková, PhD., mmalickova@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/vedenie-fakulty
- vice-dean for science, research and post-graduate studies FA CPU: prof. PhDr. Martin Hetényi, PhD., mhetenyi@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/vedenie-fakulty
- assigned study administrator: Ing. Monika Václavová - , mvaclavova@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/studium-na-fakulte/studijne-oddelenie
- department administrative personnel: Ing. Monika Čaplová, mcaplova@ukf.sk, https://www.kaa.ff.ukf.sk/kontakt/
- accommodation administrator - accommodation centre of halls of residence: RNDr. Katarína Baťová, PhD, kbatova@ukf.sk; Mgr. Simona Gutová, sgutova@ukf.sk, https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy
The study programme in question is carried out in lecture and (specialized) seminar rooms equipped with computers with installed relevant software and other didactic aids. By default, lecture rooms are equipped with a desktop computer with Internet connection, a data projector, a projector screen, a white and interactive boards and a lectern; large lecture rooms are also equipped with a sound system with fixed or wireless microphone. Key large lecture rooms are also equipped with a system for recording and broadcasting lectures. This technology, apart from promoting an e-learning form of teaching, increases the accessibility of content and increases possibilities for the promotion of activities and communication with general public. For this reason, TV panels are installed in the common areas, displaying recorded individual lectures, leisure time events or live streams from lecture rooms.
Seminar rooms are also equipped with a sound system, a desktop computer connected to the Internet, a data projector, white board, as well as additional specialized didactic tools. The maintenance and continuous upgrading and replacement of the material and technical equipment is financed mainly from structural funds and research projects.
Department of English and American Studies resides at the first floor of the FA CPU building at Štefánikova ulica 67. The department staff and secretariat have at their disposal 5 offices equipped with 13 tabletop computers, 23 laptops, 11 external hard drives, 3 data projectors, 12 multifunction printers, 2 printers, 1 scanner, 2 voice recorders, 1 large screen monitor, 1 copy machine, and 1 DVD player. For scientific work, department is equipped with: 1 interactive robotic communication head, 1 recording equipment set, 12 headphones, 6 microphones, audio device, standalone recording equipment, portable recorder, digital recorder, 2 tablets, camera, video camera and a speaker.
All offices are connected to phone network and Internet, allowing internal and public communication at an appropriate level. Communication with students and general public is also carried out via Department’s webpage: (https://www.kaa.ff.ukf.sk/en/welcome/) and the Department’s social network fanpage (https://www.facebook.com/ Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky FF UKF v Nitre).
The study programme English studies is carried out in lecture and seminar rooms located at Štefánikova ulica 67 or Trieda Andreja Hlinku 1. Lectures at the Trieda Andreja Hlinku are delivered in lecture rooms P6 and P9 (room P6 has a capacity of 200 seats with fixed desks, folding seats, area of 174 m2; room P9 has a capacity of 60 seats with fixed desks, folding seats, area of 102 m2).
All lecture rooms are equipped with computer-connected data projectors and sound systems. Seminars are carried out in seminar rooms at Štefánikova ulica 67, specifically in rooms ST 115 (capacity of 30 seats, area of 36.74 m2; equipped with computer, data projector, and a blackboard), ST 128 (capacity of 24 seats, desks with chairs, area of 29.64 m2; equipped with computer, data projector, and a blackboard), ST 211 (capacity of 32 seats, desks with chairs, area of 40.64 m2; equipped with computer, data projector, and a blackboard). The distance between the seat of the Department and the Rector's office at Trieda Andreja Hlinku, where lecture rooms P6 and P9 are located, is 0.8 km.
Students of the study programme have access to the CPU University library at Drážovská cesta 4, open Mondays through Fridays 9 AM to 8 PM, Saturdays 8 AM to 1 PM. University library focuses primarily on free access to information available via all channel types, meting cultural, information, scientific and educational needs of its clients, supporting lifelong learning and spiritual development. The university library provides librarian services (interlibrary, consultation, referential, bibliographical and research services) to CPU teachers and researchers, students and general public. In addition, it archives and bibliographically registers the qualification theses of university's students, research and pedagogical staff, and their publishing and artistic activities. The CPU Library Fund currently registers approx. 230 thousand titles, with the library fund itself containing approximately 168,960 titles and the rest of the fund located in sub-libraries at individual workplaces of the university. The Library Fund is publicly available. The University Library has access to licensed information resources within the national project NISPEZ (Gale Virtual Reference Library, Knovel Library, ProQuest Central, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Link, Web of Knowledge, Wiley Online Library and EBSCO Publishing). Three study rooms are also a part of the Library, situated at Dražovská cesta 4, Hodžova ulica 1 and Kraskova ulica 1. Compulsory literature, which is freely available, is available in these study rooms. Users are informed about the Library's services and activities via the Library's website www.uk.ukf.sk. The fund is managed by means of the DAWINCI system, with the information accessible via an online catalogue. The Library provides Internet access and sells publications issued by CPU. The Library premises have full wireless Internet connection coverage.
In addition to the library collection of the University Library, the Department of English and American Studies has a study room at Hodžova ulica 1, which is part of the CPU University Library and the departmental sub-library. It contains more than 551 titles, which are regularly supplemented at the suggestion of the department's staff, so as to enable students to follow the latest information and trends in the field. Funds for the purchase of books are obtained mainly from grants. Students also have access to professional linguistic and literary-scientific periodicals published by Sciendo / De Gruyter Poland: Topics in Linguistics (journal registered in the databases WoS, Scopus, EBSCO, ERIH Plus, etc.) and Ars Aeterna (journal registered in the databases Scopus, ERIH Plus, etc.). The editors-in-chief of the Topics in Linguistics are prof. Štefan Beňuš, PhD. and doc. Elena Ciprianová, PhD. The editor-in-chief of Ars Aeterna is doc. Simona Klimková, PhD. Both journals have a six-month periodicity and publish peer-reviewed papers on current knowledge and research results of various domestic and foreign experts in their respective fields.
UKF uses several proven, modernized pre-existing and new information systems providing information to support management in the following areas:
The complete educational agenda at UKF is carried out via the Academic Information System (AIS). This system processes data on the education of individual students from the moment of submitting their applications for university studies, through compiling of study results to the registration and printing of certificates. In addition to study results, it also contains records of final theses, course schedules and system for registering for courses. Data from the AIS are uploaded to the Central Register of Students, the Central Register of Theses and Dissertations and the register of universities - PortalVS.sk. At the management level, the AIS serves as a resource for reporting teaching activities and measuring the educational performance of departments/institutes and their offer of study programmes. The information collected in the AIS is the fundamental source of information for the accreditation and creation of the offer of study programmes.
Document Management (DOC) - (document management system) serves as an authorized zone for employees and students at the university and, along with the intranet section of the website, provides access to current documents (internal regulations of the university and faculty, forms, decisions of the rector, deans, e.g., concerning scholarships, software (licensed and open-source), working materials of management units, etc).
Library Information System (KIS) serves as the platform for activities of the university library. Publication activity registry is a part of Library Information System, allowing each employee the access to personal publication activity records, both for input and output of publication and citation records. The collected data serve as a resource for employee and department evaluation from publication activity point of view, as well as a source for Central Registry of Publications Activity. Study support is provided through study literature, which is provided to students through multiple channels. The primary source is the newly built University Library at the CPU Zobor Campus with study rooms at Hodžova and Kraskova.
E-learning portals serve as a secondary source of study materials. LMS Moodle was implemented in September 2007 as a university-wide e-learning portal in a structure corresponding to the university structure (faculties divided into departments). The edu.ukf.sk portal is intended to support the teaching of accredited courses. The number of users of the EDU system exceeds 13,500 users per year (of which about a third are active), which can be considered as a progressive promotion of e-learning in the university environment. The successful implementation of structural fund projects involving the construction of e-learning courses also positively influenced this development.
Within the NISPEZ UK project, CPU – through Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information – provided access to the following electronic information databases: SCOPUS, SpringerLink, Wiley Online Library, ProQuest Central, ScienceDirect, Knovel Library, Web of Knowledge - Current Contents Connect (CCC), Web of Knowledge - Essential Science Indicators (ESI), Web of Knowledge - Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Web of Knowledge - MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge - Web of Science (WOS), Web of Knowledge - Korean Journal Database, Web of Knowledge - Russian Science Citation Index, Web of Knowledge - SciELO Citation Index.
Thanks to cooperation with the Slovak National Library in Martin, CPU University Library gained access to the databases of the American company EBSCO Publishing: Academic Search Complete, Agricola, AHFS Consumer Medication Information, Business Source Premier, ERIC, GreenFile, Health Source - ConsumerEdition, Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition , Humanities International Complete, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, MasterFILE Premier, MEDLINE with Full Text, Newspaper Source, Regional Business News, Teacher Reference Center.
There is an extensive network of specialized ICT-equipped classrooms at CPU. Additionally, students have freely accessible computer stations at their disposal in corridors in virtually all university buildings. CPU currently has 790 PCs available to students. The construction and renovation of the existing ones were carried out largely in 2010-2012 (with several phases of complete renovation since) as a part of Structural Fund projects (Modernization of infrastructure for improvement of the quality of education and Development of infrastructure with a focus on ICT - a prerequisite for education in the 3rd millennium). Within the scope of these projects, more than 100 workstations connected to data projectors were also installed in classrooms. Specialized classrooms (special language classroom equipped with translation software; 2 classrooms equipped with complete interpreting equipment; specialized audiovisual classroom; research, recording and communication centre and university creative studio) were established and furnished.
An important step in the field of e-learning has been the integration of a system for recording and broadcasting lectures, which is deployed in 5 lecture rooms across faculties. One lecture room arranged in this way is located on the premises of the CPU Faculty of Arts. In addition to increasing content accessibility, this technology also provides space for promotion and communication with the general public.
The basis of the data and telecommunication network technical infrastructure is a 10 Gb/s optical network, built within the framework of Structural Fund projects (Modernization of infrastructure for improvement of the quality of education and Development of infrastructure with a focus on ICT - a prerequisite for education in the 3rd millennium). Thanks to the resources from the structural funds, the coverage of the wireless signal, which is currently available in all university buildings, has also been improved. CPU currently has 113 wireless access points.
The operation of the computer network and the operation of information systems is ensured by several dozen servers, gradually expanded thanks to resources from the structural funds. At present, information systems run on virtual systems in most cases, which saves energy costs and increases the security of systems against intrusions.
As a part of the provision of basic information support for studies, an e-mail system was set up for students maintained by the university, within which each student obtains their own e-mail account for official communication with the institution upon enrolment. In addition to this, students are provided information via websites of workplaces and distribution of messages in the AIS system, as well as via screens integrated into the information system of the university. This technology was implemented as a part of the project Infrastructure Development with a focus on ICT - a prerequisite for education in the 3rd millennium, with a goal to provide current information, multimedia presentations and presentations of individual workplaces in the most frequented places of the university.
Our participation in the Eduroam project represents a significant modernization, as this infrastructure enables students and academic staff to connect to a computer network at another academic institution without having to register or obtain additional credentials. Therefore, connecting to the network requires only the username and password that the user owns from the home institution. This network can be used by both university visitors and our students and staff when at other institutions.
As a part of improving the quality of education and research, an extension of information systems has been carried out in recent years, the aim of which is to map the activity, productivity and results of the university's creative staff. The construction of this managerial superstructure resulted in closer coordination of the individual systems and the construction of an integrative portal simplifying access to the individual university information systems.
The main communication channel presenting and promoting the university is the university website, which has undergone several changes in recent years. In the first phase, the design was changed and clarified, and in the second, a content management tool was deployed, enabling simple and user-friendly content maintenance and updating. Subsequently, the site management system was implemented at the faculties and other parts of the university. A secondary information source intended primarily for students is the presentation of the activities of the university and the faculty on several social networks, which makes the access to information faster and more efficient for the target group.
University Library
As of October 28, 2020, the CPU Library collections comprised 323,751 items. In 2020, the CPU Library subscribed to 195 periodicals, out of which 72 were foreign titles. The University Library has 285,199 library units at disposal for its readers, of which 61,812 are final and qualification theses. https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/kniznicny-fond
CPU remote access
Remote access to electronic information resources results from the CPU long-term plan. Pursuant to priority axis IV-2.1, the role of the library is to provide remote access for its readers, so the library services (access to domestic and foreign databases and electronic periodicals) are accessible from off-campus.
https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/e-zdroje
List of resources:
Discovery Service, Summon, Databases of NISPEZ project, Gale Virtual Reference Library: Art Knovel Library, ProQuest Central + ebrary education collection, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, SpringerLink, Web of Knowledge – Current Contents Connect, Web of Knowledge – Essential Science Indicators, Web of Knowledge – Journal Citation Reports, Web of Knowledge – MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge – Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, EBSCO
National license of EIR
The National license of Electronic Information Resources (NL EIR) is intended for all academic, public, scientific and special libraries in Slovakia. It includes the Gale publishing databases: Academic One File, General One File, InfoTrac Custom Journal
The InfoTrac database provides more than 31,800 titles from various disciplines. For easier orientation, the entire database is divided into sub-databases: AcademicOneFile database with more than 18,000 titles - intended for academic and scientific libraries, GeneralOneFile database with more than 14,000 titles - intended for public and other libraries.
Prepaid databases of NISPEZ 4
Springer eBooks, SpringerLink, WoS – Core Collection, WoS – Journal and Highly Cited Data, Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Proquest Central, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Springer Nature, Web of Science Citation Connection, WoS – Current Contents Connect, Wiley Online Library (HSS Collection)
Overview of library services:
https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/sluzby
https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/studovne
Information technologies and systems
Eduroam WiFi network is available to students on all university premises. All information and installation guidelines are available here:
https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/wifi
Principles for the use of computer network
https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/zasady-pouzivania-pocitacovej-siete
Additionally, on the basis of an agreement between the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and Microsoft, all our students and faculty staff are entitled to a free account in Microsoft Office 365 Education.
https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/office-365-education
Information systems for communication
students and teachers communicate using university e-mail accounts: https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/elektronicka-posta
In accordance with strategic and operational goals, the CPU employs the following systems, including their value added for managing, storing and evaluating information:
1. Academic Information System (AIS2) – is currently used to record complex information about the study programme (study plans, course information sheets, academic profiles of teachers and student records, including their admission procedure, studies, final theses and state exams). The CPU also uses the AIS to prepare academic schedules and conduct student evaluations of programmes, teachers and studies. Data from the AIS are uploaded to the Central Register of Students, the Central Register of Theses and Dissertations and the register of universities - PortalVS.sk. At the management level, the AIS serves as a resource for reporting teaching activities and measuring the educational performance of departments/institutes and their offer of study programmes. The information collected in the AIS is the fundamental source of information for the accreditation and creation of the offer of study programmes.
2. Document Management (DOC) - (document management system) serves as an authorized zone for employees and students at the university and, along with the intranet section of the website, provides access to current documents (internal regulations of the university and faculty, forms, decisions of the rector, deans, e.g., concerning scholarships, software (licensed and open-source), working materials of management units, etc).
3. Education portal (EDU) - https://edu.ukf.sk/
4. Library Information System (KIS) - https://kis.ukf.sk/opacXE
5. Registrature (REG) – https://uis.ukf.sk/
6. Catering portal - https://www.stravovanie.ukf.sk/
7. Order management system (OSYS) - ttps://osys.ukf.sk:4443/osys/users/login/?u=%2Fosys%2F
8. Accommodation system (UIS)- https://uis.ukf.sk/
9. Time and Attendance System (Watt) - https://watt.ukf.sk/
10. Employee Self-service Portal (ESS) - https://portal.ukf.sk/kvalita/index.php?r=site/login
11. Web mail for employees and students- https://posta.ukf.sk/webmail/
12. University website – https://www.ukf.sk/
All information systems communicate with the user through a secured channel. In order to simplify access and minimize the possibility of credential theft, a system of central authentication has been deployed. It stores the access data of employees and students via LDAP and enables their verification upon request from all information systems.
The system is linked to the financial and personnel system (SOFIA), and thus upon termination of employment the employee’s access to the information systems and facilities of the university is automatically denied and, vice-versa, granted upon onboarding.
Our participation in the Eduroam project represents a significant modernization, as this infrastructure enables students and academic staff to connect to a computer network at another academic institution without having to register or obtain additional credentials. Therefore, connecting to the network requires only the username and password that the user owns from the home institution. This network can be used by both university visitors and our students and staff. The main communication channel presenting and promoting the university is the university website.
CPU has built and continues to innovate its own ICT infrastructure and information systems (IS) that are integrated parts of information support processes with a focus on research, education and management. Their implementation and operation are managed by the University CIKT (Centre for ICT), ensuring compliance with the University long-term intentions and strategic goals. Regarding their application, individual technologies and systems are used as follows: project and task management (IS Projects, SAP system, MIS Performance indicators); teaching and improvement activities support provided at the level of knowledge management (KIS, University library databases, some educational materials are provided by faculty staff via e-learning courses); didactic support and improvement activities (available computer classrooms in each faculty); Internet access (all facilities are almost completely covered by wireless connection and all fixed computers provide Internet connection).
Interaction with students is ensured through AIS, e-mail communication, as well as web presentations of the university, its faculties and other organisational units. In selected periods, the University increasingly promotes its activities and study possibilities by means of print media, workshops and open days. Sharing and providing information at the level of educational content (e-learning, library services, and education management) is accessible nonstop through electronic services. All the university information systems are linked to the unified user management (LDAP) system, allowing access to all systems through the same credentials.
An example of minimizing the environmental burden is the electronic monitoring of time and attendance, incapacity for work, business trips and overtime using contactless chip cards or the Time and Attendance Software (WATT). Another example of minimizing the environmental burden is the Order Management System (oSYS), designed for internal procurement of goods and services within CPU through mass collection of information from individual organisational units with the possibility of approving individual orders in accordance with the hierarchical structure of CPU. Employees may access payslip or other information regarding remuneration in the ESS system.
E-learning systems
Education Portal (EDU) - https://edu.ukf.sk/
The CPU e-learning portal provides automatic access to published e-learning courses for all CPU students. Users can monitor the fulfilment of individual tasks and assignments and hold discussions in forums. Moreover, the system provides teachers with sophisticated online testing options.
Department of English and American Studies has prepared e-learning courses for all of its courses, available at https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=18.
E-learning user guidelines in the form of tutorial videos are published on the Faculty of Arts website at: https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=162
Video Conferencing System (meet) - https://meet.ukf.sk/
The system enables distance learning and student evaluation, as well as online state examinations at the time of controlled distance learning. Moreover, it provides online consultation sessions with students and other study and group activities. All communication via the CPU Meet application is fully encrypted.
MS Teams, an application from Office 365 package accessible to all teachers and students alike, is another suitable platform for distance learning.
The Department of English and American Studies actively cooperates with domestic and foreign academic institutions. Within the scope of domestic institutions, the department, represented by prof. PaedDr. Zdenka Gadušová, CSc. cooperates with The National Institute for Education in Bratislava, Slovak Academic Association for International Cooperation – Bratislava, Slovak Academic Information Agency – Bratislava, and with publishing houses Slovak Ventures s.r.o., Nitra, Macmillan Bratislava and Oxico Bratislava.
The cooperation with foreign institutions based in Slovakia - the British Council, the Fulbright Foundation and embassies in Slovakia (of Great Britain, Ireland, USA and Canada) significantly contributes to the quality and successful implementation of studies. Cooperation with the University of Economics in Bratislava and with partner companies connects studies with practice for the English Language for Professional Communication programme, with students working in teams on interdisciplinary project assignments for various partners from business practice. This cooperation is coordinated on behalf of the Department of English and American Studies by doc. Elena Ciprianová, Ph.D.
In terms of international cooperation, the Department cooperates intensively with Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India, specifically with the Department of English & Comparative Literary Studies. This takes place on the basis of a memorandum of understanding, which specifies the various forms of cooperation, including the organization of online lectures, webinars, joint publications, projects and the preparation of online courses for students of both institutions.
Other foreign partner institutions of the Department are Department of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki (Finland), Columbia University (USA), Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary), University Torcuato Di Tella and University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), University Aix-Marseille (France), University of Madeira, Funchal (Portugal), Limerick University (Ireland), Middlesex University (Great Britain), University of Iceland in Reykjavik (Island), University of Mazandaran in Babolsar, (Iran), Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic), University of South Bohemia in České Budejovice (Czech Republic), University of Ostrava (Czech Republic), Prague University of Economics and Business (Czech Republic), Eszterházy Károly University of Applied Sciences in Eger (Hungary), University of Novi Sad (Serbia), University of Bielsko-Biala (Poland), Kazan Federal University (Russia), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages in Almaty (Kazakhstan), Tajik National University in Dushanbe and Khujand State University (Tajikistan), Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut (India), Karshi State University (Uzbekistan).
Social security, sports, cultural, spiritual and social enjoyment of CPU students is a part of the CPU Long-Term Plan for 2019-2025 and the FA CPU Long-Term Plan for 2019-2022. To support the development of society and, in particular, the region in which the university operates, is the third main pillar of its mission. For this purpose, the university also uses feedback from its graduates and other participants in the social and cultural life of the region.
CPU has its own grant scheme to support students' cultural and sporting events. The list of student events is available at https://www.ukf.sk/sc/kulturne-sportove-a-spolocenske-podujatia-2.
Student life
https://www.ukf.sk/studium/studentsky-zivot
Constantine the Philosopher University promotes student cultural and sports activities. The student activities revolve also around the various University Associations and Clubs.
Culture
The Hall of Residence CPU Nitra is home to the University Creative Studio. It is an integral cultural rendezvous point for the University students and their ensembles to rehearse and stage theatrical productions, various scenic projects and cultural events. The Creative Studio is also used for educational purposes (workshops, seminars, trainings) within the artistic and artistic-educational study programmes at the University.
Folk ensemble Ponitran, the oldest folk ensemble at the University, focuses on traditional Slovak folklore with special interest in the Ponitrie Region. The mission of this ensemble is to evolve spare-time activities of the students, follow up on the traditional Slovak culture, interpret it artistically and collect the folklore material from various Slovak regions, but especially from the Nitra and Tekov Regions.
VYDI Student Theatre was founded in 1992. During an academic year, student actors rehearse one production that is staged for a domestic audience in the University Creative Studio of the Faculty. They also take part in various regional shows or thematic festivals. The participation of students in this body is not limited only to theatrical productions, but a diverse range of variable activities also takes place: improligy (improvisation leagues), stand up performances, street parades, Santa's parties, majálesy (student rag in May), cabaret, matriculation, workshops, etc.
The civic association JA a MY organises cultural events, exhibitions, concerts, scientific conferences, seminars, discussion forums, round tables, debates, as well as alternative art projects in the national and international context, with an emphasis on supporting the region's all-round artistic development. The association supports budding artists, publicists and scholars of fine art in order to enable them to make a public presentation of their creative and scientific activities. The best-known event organised under the auspice of this association is The Petr Scherhaufer Festival.
The Hungarian CPU Choir successfully represents the University on domestic and foreign concert stages, choir festivals and competitions. At The Kodályové dni Festival in Galanta, the national qualification competition of choirs, our choir has repeatedly won the Zlaté pásmo award. The members organise regular concerts and its goal is to cultivate and further revive Kodály's traditions, as well as the dissemination of Hungarian choral culture, primarily among the university youth. The manager of the choir is currently the Faculty of Central European Studies, CPU.
Sport
In addition to individual sports, the sports activities of CPU students are focused especially on team sports. The following sports clubs represent the sport life at the CPU: Volley Project, BKM Youth Basketball Club, Taekwondo and hockey team Philosophers Nitra.
CPU Student Parliament
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/studentske-kluby-a-zdruzenia
It organises annual events – Nitrianske univerzitné dni (Nitra University Days), Dni nitrianskych univerzít (Days of Nitra Universities) with the participation of urgent healthcare students who, with the supervision of teachers, provide first aid.
https://www.ukf.sk/verejnost/aktuality/udalosti/4288-studentsky-parlament-chysta-online-podujatia)
As a part of ensuring quality studies and extracurricular life, the CPU provides various services to its students (https://www.ukf.sk/studium/sluzby-studentom).
The University Pastoral Centre of Paul Strauss in Nitra (UPC) was founded in December 2008. Its main aim is to provide pastoral care and spiritual guidance to the students and staff of the Nitra universities, other institutions and university halls of residence. (www.upcnitra.sk).
The Student Centre (SC) offers advice, counselling and other services to support students’ extracurricular activities. This centralized consultancy unit includes spiritual, financial, career, psychological, legal, social and health counselling and support to the students with special educational needs. (https://www.ukf.sk/sc).
The possibilities and conditions of student participation in mobilities and internships are regulated by Directive 12/2021 on the implementation of mobilities within the Erasmus+, other scholarship programmes and bilateral agreements: https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy/73-moja-ukf/4514-12-2021-smernica-o-realizacii-mobilit-v-ramci-programu-erasmus-inych-stipendijnych-programov-a-bilateralnych-dohod.
Instructions for applicants’ registration are published on the university's website: www.ukf.sk. The rules for recognition of this education are governed by the Study regulations of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf.
The contact person for students of CPU study programmes is the Vice-Dean for International Relations and Development prof. PaedDr. Bernard Garaj, CSc.: bgaraj@ukf.sk.
The Department of English and American Studies fully supports domestic and international mobility and various student activities in accordance with the CPU Internationalisation Strategies in 2019 - 2025. Within the Erasmus+ programme, cooperation is taking place with universities in Great Britain (University of Wolverhampton, Middlesex University), Germany (Chemnitz University of Technology), Spain (University of the Balearic Islands), Greece (Ionian University), Croatia (University of Zadar,), Belgium (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Poland (University of Opole), Turkey (Istanbul Gelisim University), Austria (Teacher Training College Carinthia) and the Czech Republic (Charles University, University of South Bohemia, University of Ostrava). The department coordinator of the Erasmus+ programme is Mgr. Zuzana Kozáčiková, PhD.: zkozacikova@ukf.sk.
Criteria and requirements for applicants (pursuant to Section 57 (5) of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on amendments to certain acts) are always published transparently on the Faculty's website: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie.
The basic condition for admission to doctoral studies is successful completion of master's studies.
Admission procedures are governed by the principles of the Faculty of Arts admission process and are published on the Faculty's website: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/zasady-prijimacieho-konania. The applicant responds to the published study offer https://www.ff.ukf.sk/ponuka-studia/, which is updated annually on the website of the faculty and the university and on the Register of Universities after discussion with the Dean's Board of the Faculty of Arts. The applicants can find additional organizational instructions for submitting electronic or paper applications on the faculty's website https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/prihlaska-na-studium. Any questions regarding the admission procedure will be answered by the authorized persons (Vice-Dean for Education, Vice-Dean for International Relations) via e-mail prijimacky@ffukf.sk.
Applicants for doctoral studies participate in the admission interview, the course and evaluation of which are described in detail and published on the website of the department and faculty.
Admission interview is carried out orally. The main topic of the oral interview is a discussion about the applicant's readiness for doctoral studies and the research they would like to carry out within the course of this study. The theoretical knowledge is not directly tested at the interview, but the candidates are expected to have an appropriate degree of knowledge and erudition in the given area and to use adequate terminological apparatus.
The applicant submits a professional CV and a project of the doctoral thesis alongside their application.
In the CV, the applicant is to state in particular the facts that predispose them for a successful completion of doctoral studies, such as research projects and stays, study abroad, etc.
The project of the intended doctoral thesis is to be prepared by the applicant in the range of about 5 pages, including scientific sources. The project can be developed in either Slovak or English, depending on the language in which the applicant plans to write the doctoral thesis. The applicant also presents the project in this language. In the project header, it is necessary to state the applicant's contact details (phone number or e-mail address).
At the admission interview, the candidate will present their project, focusing mainly on clarifying their understanding of the chosen topic (they may state a specific delimitation or specification of the research topic) and the form of preparation for study and subsequent research (e.g., theoretical; sources studied in relation to the topic, partial research related to the topic carried out in the past).
In principle, the project and its presentation are considered successful if they clearly present the assumed hypotheses and research goals, indicate on what theoretical knowledge the hypotheses are based, clarify the choice of language material and the expected method of its analysis and, most notably, how will the expected results of this research contribute to furthering of knowledge on the given topic. The applicant will also state whether they would produce their thesis in Slovak or English and will also briefly justify this decision.
The number of positions for internal and external doctoral students at the Department of English and American Studies is limited.
Evaluation of the admission interview:
Individual committee members express their evaluation of the candidate by a number of points awarded in accordance with the methodology below. Applicants are ranked on the basis of sums of points awarded by committee members.
Applicants who do not achieve at least 65% of the total points will not be nominated by the committee and their participation in the interview will be considered unsuccessful.
Admission interview evaluation methodology:
1. quality and professional grounding of the project - 15 points
2. presentation of the project, general knowledge of the field, use of relevant terminological apparatus during the interview - 10 points
3. overall readiness and (personal, professional, work, etc.) qualifications of the applicant for scientific work and research in the given field of study - 5 points
Total: 30 points*
* maximum number of points awarded by one member of the committee
The results of the admission process over the last period are available in AIS: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/vysledky-prijimacej-konanie and are regularly published in the form of statistics in the annual report of the Faculty: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/o-fakulte/vyrocne-spravy.
Monitoring and evaluation of study programmes by students is carried out each year through student assessment questionnaires. The procedures for monitoring and evaluating students' opinions on the study programme quality are regulated by the Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU.
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-system-zabezpecenia-kvality.pdf.
Periodic evaluation of teaching and teachers by students is accessible through AIS.
The Department of English and American Studies uses anonymous online questionnaires to obtain feedback from students, evaluating them at the end of each academic year. Questionnaires are addressed to students/graduates of the study programme, who thus have the opportunity to comment on the quality of education at the department, the approach of teachers, its material and spatial conditions, and at the same time provide the department with suggestions for improvements.
The results of student feedback are analysed at several levels of the faculty (Dean's Board, FA Scientific Council, FA Academic Senate, etc.), provided to stakeholders and published on the faculty's website, in the faculty's annual report
(https://www.ff.ukf.sk/o-fakulte/vyrocne-spravy), and in the report from the evaluation of teaching and faculty teachers (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/hodnotenie-vyucby-a-pedagogov-studentmi). The results of the feedback are an important resource for refining the study programme.
Feedback from students obtained through anonymous questionnaires is the subject of discussions at regular meetings of the department, where all employees of the department are acquainted with its contents. Evaluations and suggestions from students are the subject of thorough analysis and discussion at the departmental level and lead to eventual adjustments of the study programme – e.g., to the innovation of the lists of recommended literature, to the modifications of the content of individual courses and other changes intended to improve the quality of education at the department.
The Department obtains feedback from graduates through anonymous online questionnaires distributed annually among graduates of the study programme. It is also the subject of discussions of regular meetings of the department, where all employees of the department are acquainted with its contents. Evaluations and suggestions from graduates are the subject of thorough analysis and discussion at the departmental level and are reflected in feasible modifications of the study programme, as well as the content of individual courses and study organization.