General characteristics of the graduate
The graduate of the doctoral study program Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures will acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills that create the prerequisites for his/her successful application in practice, in particular: at universities and colleges; in research institutes; mass media and publishing houses; in cultural and social institutions, non-governmental organisations and in the third sector; in the state administration and international institutions. The graduate is able to develop scientifically and through continuous professional education.
The graduate, who masters the methodology and research methods in the field of Slavic and non-Slavic languages and literatures, is prepared for work at universities and research institutes (especially at the Slovak Academy of Sciences) where he/she can conduct independent research and bring own original solutions not only in the field of Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures, but also in related fields of science. He/She mastered methodological skills for research work, gained experience in presenting results at scientific conferences and in publishing them in domestic and foreign publications.
Regarding its content, the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures is consistently based on the description of the given field of study at the third degree of university study. The content of the study programme envisages the achievement of the parameters set by the description of the field of study in the professional profile of the study programme graduate (for more details, see the attached study plan).
Theoretical knowledge
Following the concept of the scientific paradigm, the graduate of the doctoral study program Theory of Literature and the History of Concrete National Literatures:
- masters standard and specific research methods and scientific methodologies of literary science;
- is familiar with related fields of science and disciplines;
- is an erudite and creative literary expert (particularly in the special research segment);
- is able to research and interpret literary phenomena using complex literary-theoretical and literary-historical concepts and can analyse them in relevant interdisciplinary, broad cultural and media contexts;
- is familiar with the methodological directions, schools and approaches of Slovak and world literary science, its latest trends and also interdisciplinary overlaps of literary research;
- can select and productively link the key methodological pillars relevant for the gradual formation of his/her own original point of view on the researched problem;
- is able to comprehensively, in-depth and stimulatingly analyse and interpret literary texts or literary activities (production, distribution, reception and further processing of literary texts);
- is thoroughly acquainted with the theories of literary communication, with the theory of literary types and genres, with poetics, with versology and with the essential directions of literary comparative studies.
Practical skills
The graduate of the doctoral study program Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures:
- masters and uses the terminological, methodological and knowledge base of literary schools and makes meaningful use of information and communication technologies;
- can acquire new knowledge and information, analyse, re-evaluate and use it in the literary scientific research process;
- is able to develop literary scientific theories and research processes, in forming own judgment he/she is able to critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise new and complex ideas;
- is able to interpret and scientifically process research issues accepting the diversity of research approaches;
- can communicate constructively with regard to cultural diversity;
- is able to carry out research at the appropriate level - is competent not only to design and conduct projects, but also to manage them;
- foreign language competences will enable him/her to work in an international context;
- is able to create an original scientific text with new and complex ideas on the basis of mastering the methodological concepts of selected literary schools and through an analytical-synthetic, comparative and synthesising approach;
- in the following academic or professional career, he/she can actively contribute to the further development of the scientific field.
Additional knowledge and skills
The graduate of the doctoral study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures:
- has independent thinking;
- is erudite in the field of science;
- can communicate in a cultured and functional way and function at the national and international level (project activity, publishing activity, scientific presentations in public);
- can work with modern digital technologies - use them to collect data, information, but also to disseminate and publish his/her own scientific findings and knowledge;
- has pedagogical, expertise and assessment experience in this field of science with interdisciplinary overlaps.
During their studies, students acquire and develop research and presentation skills under the professional guidance of their supervisors (and other members of the Board of Specialists).
The necessary competences in the fields concerned are achieved by means of conducting scientific projects, presenting at scientific conferences, seminars, colloquia, etc., and publishing papers, articles and other publications in proceedings, journals or books. Students acquire and develop organisational skills when coordinating scientific and professional events. They acquire pedagogical skills and abilities within various educational activities.
Graduates of doctoral studies in the field of Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures gain the latest theoretical knowledge in the field with an emphasis on the history of philology, literary science, comparative studies and related disciplines. They are motivated to continue their education and to systematically monitor the development of the scientific field on a domestic and international scale. They are comprehensively prepared to work in the academic environment as independent researchers, university teachers or professional analysts in scientific institutions. They have a high degree and ability to critically analyse scientific problems and master specific methods of their analysis. They can be used in all areas of social work that require a high degree of independent critical thinking, work with source literature as well as work with new technologies necessary for the development of their own professional growth. As an individuals or team members, they carry on a research mainly in the field of literary science and bring original solutions to the analysed problems in the form of scientific projects. Graduates of doctoral studies may continue their postdoctoral studies at foreign universities.
Institute of Slovak Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
(see atachement)
The graduate of the doctoral study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures will acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills that create the prerequisites for his/her successful application in practice, in particular in the position of lecturer, assistant, assistant professor, literary scientist, editor, editorial staff or historian, critic and theoretician of art, literature, namely:
- at specialised workplaces focused on literary research (Institute of Slovak Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, scientific research workplaces at Matica slovenská, etc.);
- as a teacher at university and college (including secondary schools);
- in the mass media and publishing houses;
- in cultural and social institutions, non-governmental organisations and the third sector;
- in the state administration and international institutions;
- as an employee (redactor, editor) in publishing houses;
- in print and audio-visual media, in cultural and social institutions.
A solid preparation in the field of theory and history of literature and literary criticism, as a result of his/her studies, determines the graduate to work in scientific institutions. Moreover, a completed professional preparation along with a teacher-training practice makes him/her to become a university or secondary school teacher. He/She mastered methodological skills for research work, gained experience in presenting results at scientific conferences and in publishing them in domestic and foreign publications. Due to the overall level of education and scope of knowledge in the field of literature, art, culture and social relations, as well as the ability to create texts, he/she has the prerequisites for job opportunities also in other areas than those already mentioned.
Mgr. Martin Navrátil, Ph.D. - researcher; Institute of World Literature SAS (statement provided by the director of IWL SAS Mgr. Ivana Taranenková, PhD).
PhDr. Lenka Racíková, PhD. - secondary school teacher; Ľudovít Winter Hotel Academy, Piešťany (statement provided by the Academy Director Ing. Ladislav Blaškovič)
doc. PhDr. Zuzana Vargová, PhD. - Associate Professor; Institute of Central European Languages and Cultures of the Faculty Central European Studies, CPU in Nitra (statement provided by Dean of the Faculty, Dr. habil. PaedDr. Žofia Bárciová, PhD.)
The study programme reflects the requirements of potential employers, institutions and organisations, as proved by the statements of graduates’ employers. The addressed scientific and educational institutions represent a sample of professions for which the graduate is qualified upon successful completion of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures. Graduates successfully get employed in the indicated professions.
The study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the formalised processes of the internal quality assurance system in education of CPU and in accordance with the rules defined in the document Quality Assurance System of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra which are in more detail specified in the following documents: Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra
(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: Assessment of study programmes and eligibility of habilitation proceedings and inaugural proceedings at CPU
(https://www.ukf.sk/73-moja-ukf/4838-27-2021-smernica-posudzovanie-studijnych-programov-a%20posudzovanie-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 Internal Regulation no. 31/2021: Methodology of Study Programme 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 of Arts which determine responsibilities for each quality management process (documents mentioned above). 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 the 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 educational textbooks, which serve as study literature for students of the study programme. The results of their scientific research and publication activities are presented and promoted in scientific and professional events aimed at the professional community and students. The Faculty receives feedback on the graduates’ employability success rate from employers or graduates by means of surveys initiated at the level of Faculty management and its departments/institutes.
The study plan of the study programme with all required information and course information sheets are available in AIS in the section Study programmes in Summary reports from study programmes (VSST178) at the following link
https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web upon specifying requirements (degree and form of study) to display a specific study programme.
Profile courses:
Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences
Methodology of Literary Scholarship
Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies
Literary and Non-Literary Text Analysis
Selected Chapters on Comparative Literature
European and Slovak Literary Context
The study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures is delivered at the Department of Slovak Language and Literature.
The profile courses of the study programme provide knowledge of the theory of literature as a part of the science of literature (origin, development, external connections) with an emphasis on the theory of literary work and the theory of the literary process.
Individual courses include:
1) general knowledge in the humanities (Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences, Methodology of Literary Scholarship) necessary for the 3rd degree of university studies;
2) specialised courses focused on various aspects of research in the theory of literature Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies, Selected Chapters on Comparative Literature, Literary and Non-Literary Text Analysis);
3) subjects on the history of concrete national literatures (European and Slovak Literary Context).
The co-guarantors of the study programme are associate professors and professors from the Department of Romance Languages and the Department of Russian Studies, while the study program is designed so that the individual language environments (Slovak Studies, Romance Studies, Russian Studies) allow the widest possible professional scope of doctoral students. The doctoral student participates (professionally and pedagogically) not only at the home department of the supervisor, but has the opportunity to make intensive use of the possibilities of all departments, in particular consultations, library collections and last but not least international contacts that are specific to each department.
Pedagogical activities (16 different disciplines for summer and winter semesters) provide the doctoral student with a very active participation in the teaching process - co-creation of study texts, supervision and assessment of final theses, as well as direct teaching.
The scientific part of the study programme guarantees a quality publishing activity of the doctoral student (publications are credit-differentiated) and the project activity ensures participation in conducting projects of national and international character.
-number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: 25 ECTS credits, Dissertation Proposal 13 ECTS credits
-number of credits for compulsory optional courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: 30 ECTS credits
-number of credits for optional courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: 74 ECTS credits
-number of credits required for completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for the common foundations and for the relevant specialisation, in the case of a teacher training programme in combination or a study programme in translation studies in combination:
-number of credits for the final thesis and the defence of the final thesis required for proper completion of studies:
State examination section: 38 ECTS credits
(Dissertation Defence 30 ECTS credits + Defence of Initial Chapters of Dissertation 2 ECTS credits dissertation exam + exams from the following courses European Literary Context and Slovak Literature 2 ECTS credits, Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies 2 ECTS credits, Literary Theory and History of National Literatures 2 ECTS credits)
-number of credits for practice/internship required for proper completion of studies / completion of part of studies:
The study programme has clear and transparently published rules, criteria and methods of evaluation of study results in information sheets for individual courses that are accessible through AIS to all students. Course information sheets are accessible via AIS to all students. Students also get feedback in the form of continuous assessment. The results of the continuous and final assessment of courses are recorded in the AIS and archived in accordance with legislation in force.
The rules for the 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.
The conditions for the recognition of studies or part of studies in the event of a change of study programme, enrolment of a student from another university and completion of mobility are governed by the Study Regulations of CPU.
(https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf) and Procedure for submitting an application for recognition of examinations https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/denne_studium/formulare /postup_uznavanie_skusok.pdf.).
Access to the list at AIS is available at Study Evidence - Final Theses - VSE057 Evidence of final theses (link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.es.VSES057App&kodAplikacie=VSES057&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) upon entering specifications (academic year of assignment, workplace, type of work).
- 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 the theses are regulated by the Study Regulation 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 mobility 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 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:
Rule for adherence to academic ethics and rules for drawing consequences are governed by the Code of Ethics of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex and the Disciplinary Rules for students of the Faculty of Arts: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-disciplinarny-poriadok-ff.pdf.
- procedures applicable to students with special needs:
In regard to providing services to students with special needs, the Faculty is governed by the Internal Regulation no. 28/2015 on providing generally accessible academic workplace for students with special needs and cooperates with the Student Centre of CPU that provides counselling to students with special needs (https://www.ukf.sk/sc/poradenstvo-a-podpora-pre-studentov-so-specifickymi-potrebami?highlight=WyJzbyIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSIsInBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNvIFx1MDE2MXBlY2lmaWNrXHUwMGZkbWkiLCJzbyBcdTAxNjFwZWNpZmlja1x1MDBmZG1pIHBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSBwb3RyZWJhbWkiXQ==).
- procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students.
Procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students are governed by the Act no. 9/2010 Coll. on complaints and the amending Act. no. 94/2017 Coll.: https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2010/9/ and other recommended procedures that can be found on the faculty website in the Study section https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/interne-formy-studia. Tuition fee appeal is governed by the Internal Regulation of CPU (32/2019): https://www.ukf.sk/studium/vysokoskolske-studium/skolne-a-poplatky?highlight=WyJcdTAxNjFrb2xuXHUwMGU5Il0=.
The course information sheets are in the structure according to Decree no. 614/2002 Coll. available in AIS section Study programmes, in Summary reports of study programmes (VSST178) at the link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer= web upon specifying requirements (degree and form of study) to display a specific study programme.
Academic year schedule:
https://www.ukf.sk/studium/organizacia-studia/harmonogram-akademickeho-roka.
The current schedule of the study programme is published in AIS in the menu Schedule - Summary reports of schedule - VSRH009 Schedule for (link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.rh.VSRH009App&kodAplikacie= VSRH009 & uiLang = SK & viewer = web) upon specifying the academic year, semester, study programme (or other).
Prof. Natália Muránska, PhD., Position: Professor, contact: nmuranska@ukf.sk
Prof. Natália Muránska, PhD. (nmuranska@ukf.sk)
profile courses of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Literary and Non-Literary Text Analysis, Methodology of Literary Scholarship, Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies, European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10319
Doc. Mgr. Magda Kučerková, PhD.
profile courses of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Methodology of Literary Scholarship, Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies, Literary and Non-Literary Text Analysis, Selected Chapters on Comparative Literature, Imagology and Intercultural Studies, European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10373
Doc. PhDr. Jozef Brunclík, PhD.
profile courses of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Literary-Historical Continuity in Slovak Literature, European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10408
Doc. Dr. Mirko Lampis, PhD. / extraord. Prof.
profile curses of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures Methodology of Literary Scholarship, Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies, Literary and Non-Literary Text Analysis, European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10857
Doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Rácová, PhD.
profile courses of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: European and Slovak Literary Context, Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/21302
Prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomaškova, CSc.
profile courses of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8803
Research/art/teacher profile of a person abbrev. as VUPCH are accessible in AIS for the logged in user with assigned competence in the section Human resources - LZ020 Overview of employees and employment at workplaces (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie = LZ020 & uiLang = SK & viewer = web) upon specifying workplace and person.
Prof. Natália Muránska, PhD. (nmuranska@ukf.sk)
courses of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Literary and Non-Literary Text Analysis, Methodology of Literary Scholarship, Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies, European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10319
Doc. Mgr. Magda Kučerková, PhD., mkucerkova@ukf.sk
courses of study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Methodology of Literary Scholarship, Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies, Literary and Non-Literary Text Analysis, Selected Chapters on Comparative Literature, Imagology and Intercultural Studies, European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10373
Doc. PhDr. Jozef Brunclík, PhD., jbrunclik@ukf.sk
courses of study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Literary-Historical Continuity in Slovak Literature, European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10408
Doc. Dr. Mirko Lampis, PhD., / extraord. Prof. mlampis@ukf.sk
courses of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures Methodology of Literary Scholarship, Contemporary Theories of Literary Studies, Literary and Non-Literary Text Analysis, European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10857
Doc. Mgr. Veronika Rácová, PhD., vracova@ukf.sk
courses of study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: European and Slovak Literary Context
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/21302
Prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomašková, CSc., stomaskova@ukf.sk
courses of study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8803
Prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD. (jzozulak@ukf.sk)
courses of study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6613
Doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD., jmaximova@ukf.sk
courses of study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10666
Doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD., pkoreny@ukf.sk
courses of study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10410
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· Mgr. Patrik Lekeš, 1st year, patrik.lekes@ukf.sk
· Mgr. Janka Florková, 1st year, janka.florkova@ukf.sk
· Mgr. Dominik Vančo 2nd year, dominik.vanco@ukf.sk
(all are students of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures)
- Guarantor of the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures: Prof. N. Muránska, PhD., nmuranska@ukf.sk, https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/kontakt/adresar-osob
- Head of the Department of Slovak Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, CPU: Doc. Mgr. Martin Diweg-Pukanec. PhD., Mdpukanec@ukf.sk, https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/kontakt/adresar-osob
Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra: Doc. PhDr. Michaela Malíčková, PhD, mmalickova@ukf.sk,
- assigned study officer: Ing. Monika Václavová, mvaclavova@ukf.sk,
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/kontakt/adresar-osob
- assigned study officer: Monika Szabóová, mszaboova@ukf.sk,
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/kontakt/adresar-osob
Department administrator: Mgr. Stanislava Vykoukalová, svykoukalova@ukf.sk
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/kontakt/adresar-osob
Accommodation Office - Halls of Residence accommodation centre: Simona Gutová, sgutova@ukf.sk,
https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy
Due to the number of students (1 or 2 doctoral students per year of study), the study programme is delivered primarily in the form of consultations with a particular teacher. In pursue of pedagogical activities, the doctoral student uses the equipment of a specific department, whose guarantors participate in the delivery of the study programme.
The study programme in question is delivered in lecture and 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 and webcam, a data projector, a projector screen, a white and interactive boards and a lectern. In addition, large lecture rooms are also equipped with a sound system with fixed/wireless microphone, as well as 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 specific educational activities among students and Faculty staff. 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 web camera and a data projector. The maintenance and continuous upgrading and replacement of the material and technical equipment is financed mainly from structural funds and research projects.
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
In addition to the library collection of the University Library and the study room at Hodžova 1, which is part of the University Library of CPU in Nitra, students of the doctoral study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures have at their disposal local libraries at the departments whose guarantors participate in the study programme:
The Department of Slovak Language and Literature has a departmental library comprising almost 1,500 titles, but the collection expands, as new titles proposed by the department staff are regularly added, which allows students to follow the latest knowledge and trends in the field. The categorisation of the publications into the linguistic and literary sections facilitates the orientation of students and staff in the book collection. Funds for the purchase of books are gained primarily from project grants. The following periodicals are available to students Jazykovedný časopis, Slavica slovaca, Slovenská reč, Slavia, Kultúra slova, Slovo a slovesnosť and Litikon. There are also scientific works and publications of employees and doctoral students of the department.
The Department of Romance Studies, section of the Spanish language, has its local library. It contains more than 500 items, but the collection expands, as new titles proposed by the department staff are regularly added, which allows students to follow the latest knowledge and trends in the field. Funds for the purchase of books are gained primarily from project grants. Various books of scientific and professional nature from domestic and foreign authors are available: Spanish textbooks, linguistic, explanatory and specialised dictionaries, specialised magazines, literary works (fiction, poetry, plays in Spanish) and many others. There are also final theses, works by students presented in student competition ŠVOUČ and also scientific theses and publications of department members (monographs, textbooks, scripts, proceedings, etc.), which demonstrate the professional and student public the current focus of educational and scientific activities of the department staff and also colleagues from cooperating domestic and foreign workplaces.
In the department library of the Department of Russian Studies, 493 print items (academic and partly also artistic literature in Russian and Slovak + dictionaries of foreign terms, translation, monolingual, explanatory, etymological and phraseological dictionaries (Russian-Slovak phraseological dictionary, dictionaries of synonyms of the Russian language, technical, pocket dictionaries, etc.) are available to the staff and students of the Department. Upon suggestion, new books and other resources are gradually purchased and added to the collection. Funds for the purchase of new book titles are obtained from the faculty budget and from the KEGA and VEGA grant projects.
Since 2012, the Department of Russian Studies has been publishing its own international scientific journal SLAVICA NITRIENSIA which demonstrates the professional and student public the current focus of educational and scientific activities of the department staff and also colleagues from cooperating domestic and foreign workplaces.
Information technologies and systems
Eduroam WiFi network is available to students on all university premises. All information and installation procedures 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
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 added value 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 of 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. University Information System (REG) - https://uis.ukf.sk/
6. Catering Portal - https://www.stravovanie.ukf.sk/
7. Order Management System (oSYS) - https://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 staff 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 employment.
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.
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 features sophisticated online testing options.
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 doctoral study programme Theory of Literature and the History of Concrete National Literatures is mainly delivered individually in the form of consultation with the supervisor and other teachers of the Board of Specialists. In addition to personal consultations, the Meet platform is mainly used.
The doctoral study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures is delivered by the Department of Slovak Language and Literature, while the co-guarantors are from the Department of Romance Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU and the Department of Russian Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU. Doctoral students are provided with a broad platform for obtaining information not only from the supervisor's workplace, but also via participation in an international mobility in a broader context.
The Department of Russian Studies and the Department of Slovak Language and Literature of the Faculty of Arts are in a partnership with domestic and foreign academic departments and institutions. The most important foreign scientific and pedagogical collaborations include the University of Michigan (USA), Max Planck Institute - Nijmegen (NL), the International Committee of Slavists, the University of Silesia in Katowice (PL), Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin (PL), the University of Warsaw (PL), the University of Novi Sad (RS), the University in Bucharest (BG), Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (CZ), the University of Ostrava (CZ) and Palacký University in Olomouc (CZ). Regarding lectures, trainings or opponent assessments, the Department of Slovak Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra cooperates with the Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics in Bratislava, the Ján Stanislav Institute of Slavistics in Bratislava, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Comenius University in Bratislava, Trnava University in Trnava, as well as the Slovak Linguistic Society at the Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Within the Erasmus+ programme, the Department of Slovak Language and Literature of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra has signed agreements on bilateral cooperation with the St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo (BG), the University of Cologne (DE), the University of Zagreb (HR), Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa (PL) and Palacký University in Olomouc (CZ).
The Spanish section of the Department of Romance Studies develops cooperation with domestic and foreign academic workplaces and institutions. From domestic institutions, it is mainly the Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. As a result of this cooperation, the Department has presented the latest research in the field of linguistics and literary science (e.g. the lecture "The concept of text in a semiotic and systemic perspective" on June 20, 2018); has been engaged in scientific research projects (APVV-20-0179 "Interactive hypertext lexicon of literary science with a corpus of key literary texts") or has edited thematic issues of World Literature Studies (journal published by the Institute of World Literature of SAS (e.g. issue no. 3/2020 "The Language of transcendent experience in literary-phenomenological interpretation”); colleagues from the mentioned institution are members of the Board of Specialists for doctoral studies in the National Literature as a Part of Interliterary Communities, as well as supervisors and opponents of dissertations of doctoral students of the Department of Romance Studies.
A well-established cooperation with the Department of Hispanic Literatures and Bibliography, Complutense University of Madrid has resulted in organising an international online conference on "The Figurativeness of the Language of Mystical Experience" on June 29-30, 2021. A valuable exchange of knowledge and experience in teaching Spanish as a foreign language is a result of participation of some members of the department in the CORADE project (Corpus oral de aprendientes de español), conducted at the Department of Hispanic and Classical Philology of the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain. Some teachers develop professional cooperation with universities/institutions in Mexico and Cuba. Within the Erasmus+ programme, the department cooperates with the following universities in Spain: University of the Illes Balears, University of Oviedo, University of Santiago de Compostela, University of Pablo de Olavide (Seville), University of Málaga, University of Almería, University of Salamanca. Within the Erasmus+ KA107 programme, the department cooperates with the Cuban Universidad de la Habana.
The Department of Russian Studies comprehensively supports international mobility and activities of students and teachers in accordance with the Internationalization Strategy of CPU in Nitra for the years 2019 - 2025.
The Department of Russian Studies builds cooperation with domestic and foreign academic institutions and institutions. From domestic institutions, the main partner is the Ján Stanislav Institute of Slavistics SAS, however, as for lecture stays, expertise and assessment activities, the Department cooperates with many other institutions in Slovakia engaged in Russian Studies (Bratislava, Trnava, Banská Bystrica, Ružomberok, Prešov). Regarding foreign institutions, such cooperation is primarily based on the bilateral agreements on education between the Slovak Republic and the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus. In particular, a boosting cooperation is with the following institutions focused on Russian studies and linguistics: Russian Federation - Pushkin State Russian Language Institute in Moscow, Kuban State University in Krasnodar, Kemerovo State University, Novokuznetsk Institute of Kemerovo State University; Belarus - Maksim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University in Minsk, P. M. Masherov Vitebsk State University; Czech Republic - Institute of Slavic Studies, Faculty of Arts MU in Brno, University of Hradec Kralove; Poland - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Based on bilateral agreements with the Slovak Academic Information Agency (SAIA), students regularly take part in a two-month (or five-month) language course at the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute in Moscow. Within the Erasmus+ K107 programme in 2019, PhD students and staff participated in study and teaching mobilities in Minsk and Vitebsk. Due to current epidemiological situation in the world, mobilities are limited, but some take place in a remote form (e.g. language courses at the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute in Moscow). The essence of national and international collaboration is the exchange of scientific, study and lecture stays, support for publishing activities, expertise and assessment activities.
The Department of Russian Studies works closely with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Slovakia and the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Bratislava, especially in organising lectures by recognised experts from various fields - writers, scientists, academics and cultural actors. These activities (in average 2-3 lectures per semester) have a popularising and scientific character, help maintain and activate Russian-Slovak cultural and social relations, actively and realistically help to develop international cooperation.
Teachers of the Department of Russian Studies are also members of the editorial boards of foreign journals: Linguistica Brunensia, Brno; OPERA SLAVICA. Slavistické rozhledy, Brno; Rossica Olomucensia, Olomouc; Research Result - series: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Belgorod; Kultury Włodniosłowiańske - Oblicza i Dialog, Poznan; Acta Neophilologica, Olsztyn; Vestnik RUDN, Moscow.
Constantine the Philosopher University supports cultural and sports activities of students within its possibilities. The student activities revolve 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.
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.
The 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.
Many events, extracurricular activities and social initiatives are also offered by the Department itself, such as regularly organised educational events (11 editions of the event for translation Creative translation reflections, 4 years of Summer School of Audiovisual Translation, Summer School of Interpretation), as well as informal meetings (e.g. Christmas meeting of the Department with students).
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, 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 centralised 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).
Internal Regulation 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 academic recognition are regulated by the CPU Study Regulations: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf .
The Faculty Erasmus+ Coordinator, as well as the contact person for students interested in other types of mobility and internships, is the Vice-Dean for International Relations and Development prof. PaedDr.Bernard Garaj, CSc.:bgaraj@ukf.sk
The departments participating in the doctoral study programme Theory of Literature and the History of Concrete
National Literatures comprehensively support domestic and international mobility and various student activities in accordance with the CPU Internationalization Strategy in Nitra for the years 2019 - 2025. Within the Erasmus+, Erasmus + K107 programme and bilateral agreements, the departments cooperate with many workplaces within Europe and outside the EEC.
More details: ERASMUS + bilateral agreements - Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (ukf.sk)
The basic requirement for admission to doctoral studies is an MA degree in Slavonic, Russian or Romance Studies. Graduates of MA studies in the fields of philology, teaching and pedagogical sciences can apply to the study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures. Admission to study takes place solely by means of an admission procedure organised in a transparent manner, in accordance with applicable legislation and according to pre-established criteria. The examination board is appointed by the dean of the faculty upon the proposal of the chairman of the Board of Scientists. The examination board comprises: chairman, 4 members, recorder. It consists of members of the Board of Specialists in the field of study Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures. The teacher whose topic of the dissertation has been chosen by a prospective student is always a member of the examination board. The date, venue and admission requirements are always published well in advance on the faculty and department websites. The proposal for admission of specific candidates for the appropriate form of study (full-time or part-time) according to the order of success (enumerative score) is submitted to the dean of the faculty by the chair of the examination board. However, due to the lack of places, the applicant will be offered the possibility of part-time study if the point limit is reached.
Criteria and requirements for applicants (according to § 57 (5) of Act no. 131/2002 on Higher Education Institutions and Amending Certain Acts, as amended) are always published in a transparent manner on the website of the faculty: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie .
The basic requirement for admission to study is a completed MA/2nd degree.
Applicants to a PhD study must be graduates of a second-degree study programme or a study programme pursuant to § 53 (3) Act no. 131/2002 on Higher Education Institutions and Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended.
The form of the entrance examination is oral and written. The examination comprises: the presentation and defence of a framework project of dissertation thesis, theoretical knowledge corresponding to the relevant study programme, personal presupposition of the applicant for study, motivation of the applicant and his/her overall results of university studies of second degree or study programme pursuant to § 53 (3) Act 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended. The entrance examination also tests the applicant's ability to communicate professionally in the context of the chosen topic and active knowledge of at least one foreign language in the form of a test.
The entrance exam board is composed of at least 4 members of the Board of Specialists for the given field of study and is appointed by the Dean of the Faculty. The entrance exam board evaluates the fulfilment of all the required criteria, the quality of the elaboration and presentation of the dissertation project and the applicant's prerequisites for the study of the relevant study programme, on the basis of which the commission determines the ranking of the applicants in terms of their success.
The Dean of the Faculty decides on the admission of the applicant on the basis of the recommendation of the entrance exam board on the success rate of individual applicants and on the basis of the financial possibilities of the faculty. Further information on the admission requirements for doctoral study programmes is published on the faculty's website.
Admission procedures are governed by the principles of the Faculty of Arts admission process and are published on the Faculty website: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie
Results of the admission process over the last period are available in AIS:
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/vysledky-prijimacieho-konania
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 quality of the study programme 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.
Results of student feedback and related measures to improve the study programme quality.
Students’ feedback results are analysed at several levels of the faculty (Dean’s Advisory Board, Scientific Council, Academic Senate and others), are communicated with stakeholders and published on the faculty’s website, including the faculty’s annual report (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/o-fakulte/vyrocne-spravy)
and in the report from the evaluation of teaching and teachers of the faculty (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/hodnotenie-vyucby-a-pedagogov-studentmi).
The results of the feedback are a crucial information for improving the study programme.
The study programme Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures represents the third degree of university education, with an estimated number of students of 1, max. 2 in a full-time form (delivered mainly by individual consultations). Therefore, the content of teaching, individual methods and procedures within the functionality and efficiency of the study programme are immediately communicated with students and flexibly adapted to the circumstances and needs of specific students.