General characteristics of the graduate profile:
The graduate of the study programme is prepared for independent scientific and research activities in the field of ethics (general, applied or ethical education). The graduate of this specialized study, which has a largely individualized character, has in-depth theoretical and methodological knowledge of ethics disciplines within the area of their academic focus. He/she has the expertise at a level that corresponds to the current level of development of knowledge in the relevant profile area of his/her academic interest. He/she is able to independently monitor and evaluate social, scientific, ethical aspects and current trends in the relevant field, contribute to their development, create original solutions and bring new results in the field of research, development or practice. He/she is able to apply, modify and innovate theoretical-methodological procedures and methods of ethics, design original academic projects and carry out research in accordance with methodological standards and ethics of academic work. He/she works constructively with other experts in an interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary way and stimulates professional discourse by presenting and publishing the results of their own research work.
Knowledge:
The graduate:
- has extensive professional and methodological knowledge in the field of ethics (general, applied or ethical education) specified within the field of his/her scientific interest, which corresponds to the current level of knowledge,
- deeply masters the theoretical and methodological basis of various types of ethical theories and their forms of argumentation, critically evaluates current trends, theoretical and methodological approaches in ethics research and critically reflects the fundamental problems and topics of ethics (general, applied or ethical education), and their broader interdisciplinary context, within the framework of their academic research focus,
- has mastered the principles and procedures of analysis of ethics texts and is able to critically analyze, reconstruct and apply them in their academic research activities and in wider social contexts,
- knows the process of research design and procedures for the creation of research projects, can prepare them taking into account the qualitative criteria of academic work and implement them autonomously,
- masters and follows methodological standards and ethical principles of academic work, knows the sources of ethical problems in academic work and professional ethics of academic scholars.
Skills:
The graduate:
- carries out academic research activities autonomously and delivers original results and methodological procedures which contribute to the development of knowledge in the relevant field at the level of research, development or practice,
- extensively masters and applies scholarly methods and research tools in the field of ethics, selects an adequate methodological approach, innovates and creates new research methods and procedures,
- is able to identify current problems in the field of their scientific interests scientifically, autonomously and precisely and to propose original solutions on the basis of their own research or theoretical analysis,
- is able to create and justify validity and relevance of new research projects and theoretical tasks in the field of ethics,
- is inventive, has a high degree of independent, critical and analytical thinking in solving problems in various areas of ethical research and social practice,
- applies the results of their theoretical analysis and scientific research on solving problems in the field, taking into account broader social, academic, ethical contexts and trends in terms of theory, practice and methodology,
- is able to conduct research, manage organizational and technical support of its specific implementation, and solve specific research tasks.
Competencies:
The graduate:
- carries out research as a mature and independent scholar and brings their own solutions of (theoretical, research and practical) issues in the relevant field of general ethics, applied ethics or ethical education,
- is competent to direct research, to take responsibility over coordinating teamwork, research team or research task, to act as a member in international research teams and national research projects,
- cooperates constructively with experts from other academic disciplines at national and international level,
- presents the results of their scientific activities to the professional community (domestic and international), discusses the results of their research activities at professional forums and publishes relevant professional publications,
- has a high level of academic writing and adheres to the principles of publishing ethics,
- supports the development of the field of study effectively and comprehensively and seeks opportunities to connect it with practice.
The graduate of this doctoral study programme can be employed in independent research work in the field of ethics (general, applied or ethical education) in various areas of professional and social practice. They can work in the field of education, especially at university as university teachers - assistant professors, or in the field of science, basic and applied research as researchers (independent and team research), at the institutions of Slovak Academy of Sciences and in other research institutes. They can also work as leaders in the field of research and development. Due to their advanced professional and methodological knowledge and competencies in the field of ethics, they can work in state and public administration, in private companies, in ethical expertise, consulting and scientific research activities and their management. In addition to institutionalizing ethics in practice, they are able to design ethical policies and programs, create ethical visions, evaluate moral conflicts and risks in various areas of practice, decision-making processes, problems and groups or individuals in changing conditions. They can work successfully as ethical experts - analysts in the media, in political, trade union and interest organizations, in independent institutes and non-governmental organizations from the third sector focusing on issues of human needs, quality of life, civil society, corruption, urbanization, migration, refugees, etc.
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):
Wellness hotel Diplomat, Rajecke Teplice
Institutions and people from the academic environment:
prof. PhDr. Ing. Blanka Kudláčová, PhD.
Head of the Department of Educational Studies
Faculty of Education
Trnava University in Trnava
Priemyselná 4
918 43 Trnava
PhDr. Miroslav Procházka, Ph.D.
Department of Pedagogy and Psychology
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Faculty of Education
Jeronýmova 10
371 15 České Budějovice
Czech Republic
Employability of the graduate of this doctoral study programme is diverse due to the wide range of possibilities of ethical-expertise and academic-research activity in various spheres of research, development or practice. Graduates have the latest theoretical knowledge in the field of ethics, they systematically monitor recent trends in their field on an international scale, actively participate in ethical expertise, academic, research and publishing activities and are able to manage and coordinate it. They master methodological procedures and research methods in ethics, including the use of information technology, which they apply creatively in basic and applied research. They have a high degree of independent, critical and analytical thinking, which they can flexibly apply in theoretical and empirical research, as well as in solving a wide range of ethical issues in social and professional practice. They are able to design, manage and monitor research, educational and professional projects in the private and public spheres independently, present their results, conduct research and bring their own solutions to ethical issues in various fields of science, research and practice. Graduates are able to formulate a scientific problem and determine the focus of research in the field of ethics, develop a research project and lead a research team, coordinate research, conceptual and analytical work of experts, work in international academic, research and expert teams and national research, educational and professional projects. It is expected that several doctoral graduates will continue their postdoctoral studies at foreign universities or as teaching and research staff.
Some of the successful graduates of this study programme are:
Katarína Kolárová - tourism, position Front office assistant
Jana Bartal - educator at the college
Simona Šlosárová- teacher at the grammar school in Nitra
Zuzana Sládečková- Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family Nitra
The doctoral study programme adapts the content and form of the offered courses to the current trends and strategic direction of relevant disciplines at home and abroad. The teachers of the department maintain contacts through the implementation of professional and scientific outputs at conferences and seminars, academic projects and events in cooperation with similarly oriented academic workplaces and with employers. The Department of General and Applied Ethics obtains feedback from employers through direct contact, taking into account, as far as possible, their authentic interest which creates a fruitful basis for discussion. Feedback is also obtained through graduates who are employed in various job positions and organizations (including academic and research organizations). In today's electronic age, feedback is standardly provided via e-mail communication and various social networks.
Study programme has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the required processes of quality assurance at CPU and the Faculty of Arts in Nitra which are specified in the following documents: Internal system for the quality assurance at CPU in Nitra (https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/vnutorne-predpisy-univerzity/14-univerzita/4997-vnutorny-system-zabezpecovania-kvality), System of quality assurance 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 the Internal Quality Verification of Higher Education at the CPU in Nitra (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/%C5%A0tat%C3%BAt_RKFF.pdf), Internal Regulation no. 27/2021: Quality assessment of study programmes and assessment of eligibility of habilitation proceedings and inaugural proceedings 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 the Internal Regulation no. 31/2021: Methodology for creating study programmes at CPU in Nitra (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: (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 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 courses 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: https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web
The study plan of the study programme with all the required information and course information sheets is available in the AIS (VSST178) after specifying the requirements for the display of a specific study programme and its plan in its specific form and degree of study: https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web
The study plan includes the following courses in the structure of compulsory, compulsory optional and optional courses (of which the profile courses are marked in bold):
Compulsory courses: Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, Research Projects, Seminar on Theory and Methodology in Ethics 1, Seminar on Theory and Methodology in Ethics 2.
Compulsory optional courses (part Ethics): Academic Skills, Selected Problems of General Ethics, Selected Problems of Applied Ethics, Selected Problems of Ethics Education, Analysis of Selected Texts in Ethics 1, Analysis of Selected Texts in Ethics 2.
Compulsory optional courses (part Educational activities): Final Thesis Supervision, Final Thesis Reviewing, Professional Practice, Lecture for Target Audience, Designing Learning Materials, E-Learning Course Design, Teaching.
Optional courses (part Ethics): International Internships, Publication in Web of Science or Scopus Database, Scientific and Research Articles in Reviewed Publications, Scientific and Research Articles in Non-Reviewed Publications, Other Publications, Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad, Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event, Organisation of Academic Event, Participation in International Project, Participation in Domestic Project.
The composition of the doctoral study plan is determined by the intention to achieve relevant educational results as they are specified in the general characteristics of the profile of the graduate. The basic philosophy of the study plan compiled in this way lies in its focus on developing a high culture of rational ethical argumentation of doctoral students and their ability to critically reconstruct and interpret scholarly texts. An integral part of this effort is both the inculcation and acquisition of high standards of ethics of academic work and the cultivation of the rhetorical, discursive and socio-cultural competencies of doctoral students.
Thanks to them, they are able to participate in consolidating and developing the principles of good scientific practice in various sectors of academic activity (including the good functioning of academic research communities, or specific domestic or international research teams). The study plan also places increased emphasis on the quality of academic writing of doctoral students, which would meet high standards for transparency and logical coherence of academic texts. In addition to the group of compulsory and optional courses, it is primarily the scientific part of the study plan (optional courses in the Ethics part) that serves to fulfill this intention. Participation in domestic or foreign scientific and professional events in turn becomes an opportunity for doctoral students to develop their ability to actively engage in enriching scientific or public policy discourses and to defend their position in a pluralistic environment of competitive positions and argumentation strategies.
- number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies: 25 credits,
- number of credits for compulsory optional courses required for the proper completion of studies: 16 credits,
- number of credits for optional courses required for the proper completion of studies: 58 credits,
- number of credits required for the preparation of the final thesis required for the proper completion of studies: 13 credits
- number of credits required for the pedagogical and consulting activity required for the proper completion of studies: 30 credits
- number of credits for the final thesis and the defense of the final thesis required for the proper completion of studies: 30 credits,
- number of credits for the courses of state examination required for the proper completion of studies: 8 credits
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 courses are recorded in the AIS and archived in accordance with legislation in force.
Internal quality assurance system of higher education UKF in Nitra in Art. 5 Student-oriented learning, teaching and assessment defines all the policies of the structure and processes applied in the verification of learning outcomes, student assessment and also regulates the possibilities of corrective procedures. The framework rules for the verification of educational outcomes, the evaluation of students and the possibilities of corrective procedures concerning the evaluation are regulated by the CPU Study Regulations (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf).
The conditions for recognition of study or part of study in the event of a change in the study program, enrolment of a student from another university and participation in mobility are regulated by the Study Regulations of CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf) and Procedures for submitting an application for recognition of examinations https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/denne_studium/formulare/postup_uznavanie_skusok.pdf.
The topics of the final theses of the study programme are available in the AIS. Access to the list at the AIS is available at Register of Studies - Final theses - VSES057 Register of final theses (link: https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.es.VSES057App&kodAplikacie=VSES057&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) and after entering the specifications (academic year, department, type of work).
The topics of the current final theses in the study programme are listed in section 7e) "List of supervisors of final theses with assignment to topics (with contacts)".
- rules for the assignment, processing, opposition, defense and evaluation of final theses in the study programme,
The rules for assigning, processing, opposing, defending and evaluating final theses are regulated 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==).
The Department of General and Applied Ethics of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra has also developed its own guidelines for the creation and structure of final theses, which reflect the specific features of the study programme and the division of works into theoretical, empirical and works of practical application. The guidelines are available on the department's website: http://kvae.web2v.ukf.sk/dokumenty/.
- opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobility,
The opportunities and procedures of participation in student mobility are regulated by the Study Regulations of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf,
Directive no. 12/2021 on the implementation of mobility under the Erasmus + program, other scholarship programs 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,
According to Article 3, paragraph 2.6 e of the Internal Quality System of Higher Education CPU in Nitra, the requirement of maintaining scientific integrity and adherence to academic ethics as well as inference of consequences is ensured by the Statute of 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 the Disciplinary Code for students of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-disciplinarny-poriadok-ff.pdf.
- procedures applicable to students with special needs,
In the area of providing services to students with special needs, the Faculty follows the Internal Regulations to ensure a generally accessible academic environment for students with special needs (IR 28/2015) and cooperates with the University Centre for the Support of 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.
The university ensures that the principles in pedagogical activities (defined by the Code of Ethics in Article 2 https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex) are fulfilled, which ensure fair application of evaluation criteria for all students (specified in an information sheet of each course). According to the Directive 8/2018 Principles of evaluation of education and teachers by university students, students comment on the evaluation processes through the questionnaire survey. The survey also allows expressing dissatisfaction with the specific subject or teacher.
The procedures for filing complaints and appeals by the student are regulated by the Complaints Act no. 9/2010 Coll. and its amendment no. 94/2017 Coll.: https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2010/9/ and the recommended procedure available on the faculty's website in the Study section (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/interne-formy-studia).
Procedures for filing and investigating complaints are regulated by Internal Regulation 12/2007 Directive on Complaints and Petitions at CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/100-vnutorne-predpisy-2017/3072-vnutorne-predpisy-2017) and investigation of complaints and appeals of students and applicants is done at the level of the Rectorate by the Control Department.
Appeals against tuition fees are regulated by the university's internal regulation (32/2019): https://www.ukf.sk/studium/vysokoskolske-studium/skolne-a-poplatky?highlight=WyJcdTAxNjFrb2xuXHUwMGU5Il0=.
The information sheets of the courses are in the structure according to Decree no. 614/2002 Coll. available in the AIS section Study Programs, in the Output Reports from Study Programs (VSST178) at the link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web after the requirements for displaying a specific study programme and its plan in a specific form and level of study are specified.
Academic calendar: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/organizacia-studia/harmonogram-akademickeho-roka.
The current schedule of the study programme is available in the AIS at: Schedule - Output reports from the schedule - VSRH009 Schedule for ... (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.rh.VSRH009App&kodAplikacie=VSRH009&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after entering specifications for the academic year, semester, study programme (or other).
Prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD, Professor, contact: jzozulak@ukf.sk
Prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD.
- profile courses: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, Seminar on Theory and Methodology in Ethics 1, Selected Problems of General Ethics, Analysis of Selected Texts in Ethics 2
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6613
- e-mail: jzozulak@ukf.sk
Prof. PhDr. Dagmar Marková, PhD.
- profile courses: Research Projects, Seminar on Theory and Methodology in Ethics 1, Seminar on Theory and Methodology in Ethics 2, Selected Problems of Ethics
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10600
- email: dmarkova@ukf.sk
Doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD.
- profile courses: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, Selected Problems of General Ethics, Selected Problems of Applied Ethics, Analysis of Selected Texts in Ethics 1
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10666
- e-mail: jmaximova@ukf.sk
Doc. PaedDr. Igor Lomnický, PhD.
- profile courses: Selected Problems of Ethics, Analysis of Selected Texts in Ethics 2
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10343
- email: ilomnicky@ukf.sk
Mgr. Ciprian Turčan, PhD. (functional position associate professor)
- profile courses: Research Projects, Selected Problems of Applied Ethics, Analysis of Selected Texts in Ethics 1
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10842
- email: cturcan@ukf.sk
Prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomašková, CSc.
- profile courses: Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8803
- email: stomaskova@ukf.sk
Doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD.
- profile courses: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, Seminar on Theory and Methodology in Ethics 1, Seminar on Theory and Methodology in Ethics 2, Analysis of Selected Texts in Ethics 1, Analysis of Selected Texts in Ethics 2
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10410
- email: pkoreny@ukf.sk
The complete list of persons responsible for the delivery of the study programme is specified in the study plan.
Academic profiles of teachers are accessible in the AIS for the logged in users with assigned competence in the section Human resources - LZ020 Register of employees and working conditions at the centers (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie=LZ020&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after entering the specifications for department and person.
Prof. Mgr. Katarína Fichnová, PhD.
- other courses: Academic Skills
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10381
- email: kfichnova@ukf.sk
The doctoral study also includes other courses from the parts: "educational activities", which are coordinated by the head of the department in cooperation with the guarantor of the study programme and the supervisor, and "scientific part", which is coordinated by the supervisors in cooperation with the guarantor of the study program. This part also includes foreign internships and stays, publishing activities, participation in scientific events, project and other scientific research activities which are specified in the study plans. Links to Central Register of University Stuff and contacts of supervisors of the doctoral study program:
Prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD.
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6613
- e-mail: jzozulak@ukf.sk
Prof. PhDr. Dagmar Marková, PhD.
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10600
- email: dmarkova@ukf.sk
Doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD.
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10666
- e-mail: jmaximova@ukf.sk
Doc. PaedDr. Igor Lomnický, PhD.
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10343
- email: ilomnicky@ukf.sk
Doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD.
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10410
- email: pkoreny@ukf.sk
Mgr. Ciprian Turčan, PhD. (functional position associate professor)
- Central Register of University Staff: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10842
- email: cturcan@ukf.sk
The complete list of persons responsible for the delivery of the study programme is specified in the study plan.
Within the part-time study program, the current supervisors of dissertations are:
Prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD. (jzozulak@ukf.sk):
- The Specifics and Significance of St. Cyril's and Methodius' Mission in the Context of their Ministry among Slavs in the Balkan Countries
Doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD. (jmaximova@ukf.sk)
- Application of Experiential Methods in the Teaching of Ethical Education in Lower Secondary Education
Doc. PaedDr. Igor Lomnický, PhD. (ilomnicky@ukf.sk):
- The role of motivation in leading of people in organizations
Within this full-time study program, the current supervisors of dissertations are:
Prof. PhDr. Dagmar Marková, PhD. (dmarkova@ukf.sk)
- Attitudes to Maternity and Paternity in Ethical Contexts, Moral Constructions of Fidelity and Infidelity
Doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD. (pkoreny@ukf.sk):
- Disputes about Tolerance in the Conditions of Modern Pluralist Societies
Doc. PaedDr. Igor Lomnický, PhD. (ilomnicky@ukf.sk):
- Inovative teaching of ethics through fantasy
Academic profiles of teachers are accessible in the AIS for the logged in users with assigned competence in the section Human resources - LZ020 Register of employees and working conditions at the centers (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie=LZ020&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after entering the specifications for department and person.
Mgr. Štefan Mikla, email: stefan.mikla@ukf.sk
- tutor of the study programme: Mgr. Lívia Šebíková, PhD., lsebikova@ukf.sk, http://kvae.web2v.ukf.sk/pracovnici/asistenti/sebikova-2/
- Deputy Head of the Department for Pedagogical Activities: Mgr. Ciprian Turčan, PhD. (functional position associate professor),
cturcan@ukf.sk, http://kvae.web2v.ukf.sk/pracovnici/asistenti/turcan/
- Vice Dean for Education, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra: doc. PhDr. Michaela Malíčková, PhD, mmalickova@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/vedenie-fakulty
- Vice Dean for Science, Research and Postgraduate Study Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra: doc. PhDr. Martin Hetényi, PhD., mhetenyi@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/vedenie-fakulty
- assigned study assistant: Ing. Monika Václavová,
mvaclavova@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/studium-na-fakulte/studijne-oddelenie
- administrative assistant at the Department: Monika Raučinová, mraucinova@ukf.sk, http://kvae.web2v.ukf.sk/pracovnici/sekretariat/raucinova/
- accommodation department – accommodation centre: 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 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.
Department of General and Applied Ethics of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra is located in the building of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra on Hodžova street no. 1 on the second floor. The secretary’s office and the staff of the department have at their disposal 6 office rooms, 16 desktop PCs, 30 laptops, 5 tablets, 5 data projectors, 2 pieces of statistical and analytical software, 1 conference recording system, 3 dictaphones, 1 transcription set, 1 external burner, 9 external hard disks, 5 multifunctional devices (printer, copier, scanner), 17 printers, 3 scanners, 1 binder, 2 cutters, 3 shredders, 1 laminator, 1 book reader. All rooms have a telephone connection and all computers in the department are connected to the Internet, which allows mutual communication and communication with students and the public at a level corresponding to the current standard. Communication with students and the public also takes place through the department's website: (http://kvae.web2v.ukf.sk/), the fanpage of the department created on the social network Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/kvaeUKF) and through lectures, recordings of discussions and other activities or events, which are also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr8NQ4kcp1iVN2l4n0Po2yQ.
The following facilities are available for the students of the study program: Lecture and seminar rooms, which are located in the building on Hodžova Street. no. 1 in Nitra, B. Slančíkova street no. 1 in Nitra, Drážovská road no. 2 in Nitra, Štefánikova street no. 67 in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinka no. 1 in Nitra and are used with regard to the specific needs of teaching, the number of students in the relevant lecture/ seminar group and the specifics of the subject of the study programme (training, lecture, etc.). The lectures take place mostly in the rooms in the building on Hodžova Street. no. 1 (room H 307 (Acropolis), capacity 80 seats, fixed desks and folding seats, 157 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer, data projector and interactive whiteboard, room H 204, capacity 28 seats, desks and chairs, 33.93 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector), in the building on B. Slančíkova street no. 1 (room B 107, capacity 84 seats, desks and chairs, 158.1 m2 - the room is equipped with a data projector, room B 110, capacity 42 seats, desks and chairs, 81 m2 - the room is equipped with a data projector, room B 130, capacity 30 seats, desks and chairs, 42.49 m2 - the room is equipped with a data projector, room B 109, capacity 42 seats, desks and chairs, 80 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector), in the building on Drážovská road no. 2 (room ŠD 207, capacity 18 seats, desks and chairs, 33.80 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector), in the building on Štefánikova street no. 67 (room ŠT 115, capacity 57 seats, lopar, 20.27 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector, room ŠT 127, capacity 26 seats, desks and chairs, 26.69 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector, room ŠT 325, capacity 24 seats, desks and chairs, 34.36 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector), in the building on Tr. A. Hlinka no. 1 (room P6, capacity 200 seats, desks and chairs, 174 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector).
All lecture rooms are equipped with data projectors, which are connected to computers and sound system. The seminars take place mostly in the seminar rooms in the building on Hodžova Street. no. 1 (room H 204, capacity 28 seats, desks and chairs, 33.93 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector), in the building on B. Slančíkova street no. 1 (room B 107, capacity 84 seats, desks and chairs, 158.1 m2 - the room is equipped with a data projector, room B 110, capacity 42 seats, desks and chairs, 81 m2 - the room is equipped with a data projector, room B 106, capacity 98 seats, desks and chairs, 210 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector, room B 130, capacity 30 seats, desks and chairs, 42.49 m2 - the room is equipped with a data projector), in the building on Drážovská road no. 2 (room ŠD 207, capacity 18 seats, desks and chairs, 33.80 m2 - the room is equipped with a computer and data projector). Distance from the department's headquarters to the Faculty of Arts building on Štefánikova street is 230 m, to B. Slančíkova street it is 1500 m, to Tr. A. Hlinka it is 1000 m, and to the Drážovska road it is 2600 m.
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
Departmental library and a study room at the Faculty of Arts
In addition to the central library collection of the University Library, the Department of General and Applied Ethics has a study room at Hodžova Street 1, where more than 20,000 titles are available. WiFi connection and copying services on self-service copiers are available. The study room is part of the extensive CPU University Library. In addition, the Department of General and Applied Ethics has its own departmental library, which contains more than 1000 specialized domestic and foreign titles, specifically focused on general and applied ethics, history of ethics, human management ethics, ethical expertise and counseling, ethical education, methodological procedures and research methods, professional ethics, etc. and, of course, their various interdisciplinary overlaps. New publications are regularly added and allow students to follow current trends in the field. Funds for the purchase of books for the partial departmental library are obtained mainly from scientific, educational and other grants. Students also have access to foreign periodicals in German and English. There are also academic works and publications of members of the department, diploma and bachelor's theses, and students’ works presented at the Students’ Scientific, Professional and Artistic Activity (ŠVOUČ), which is a joint discussion forum of students and teachers.
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 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 Lnformation System (KIS) - https://edu.ukf.sk/
5. University Information System (UIS) - 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 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.
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. E-learning courses of the Department of General and Applied Ethics are accessible at: https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=91&browse=courses&perpage=20&page=0
E-learning user guidelines in the form of tutorial videos are available 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 General and Applied Ethics of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra, in providing educational activities, develops cooperation with domestic and foreign academic institutions, as well as with experts from practice. Of the domestic institutions, it is mainly a long-term cooperation with the Institute for Research in Social Communication of the Slovak Academy of Sciences at the level of lectures, research and publications, many of which are the basis for study in the study program, and also with the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Further expert cooperation with workplaces within the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Education of Trnava University in Trnava, Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education at the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica is within the scope of scientific research, educational or assessment activities. There is a significant cooperation with the State Pedagogical Institute in Bratislava, especially with the Central Commission for Pre-primary and Primary Education for the educational area of Man and Society.
An important part of the education was also the participation of students in (co) organized academic conferences: For example, the conference Parallels between ethical values in Byzantium and the current European value context, co-organized by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Patriarchal Foundation for Patristic Studies in Thessaloniki, Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice, Centre of Aristotle Studies and Research of the Ancient Stagira, Historical and Folklore Organization of Halkidiki. Together with the University of Toronto, the department organized the conference Kierkegaard in a Central European Context. The conference Physics, Technology, Ethics was held in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Žilina in Žilina and focused on ethical aspects of development and application of new technologies in the context of globalization processes (the conference was related to the previous conference series Physics Ethics organised in cooperation with the University of Hradec Králové, the Slovak Physical Society, the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists and the Slovak Philosophical Association). The Department also organised, together with the Institute for Research in Social Communication of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Department of School Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education, Trnava University, an international transdisciplinary academic conference Do We Need to Think, Feel and Act Positively?.
The Department regularly organizes in cooperation with the SAS (Institute for Research in Social Communication) an international conference Sexuality / Sexualities, held in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, in co-organization with other domestic and foreign institutions (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, The Robert Gordon University (UK), Charles University in Prague, Palacký University in Olomouc, Silesian University in Opava, University of Hradec Králové, Comenius University in Bratislava, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Trnava University in Trnava, etc.).
The Student Scientific and Professional Conference ETHICS (general ethics, applied ethics, ethical education) is important from the point of view of student education - as a joint discussion forum of students and teachers. The Department of General and Applied Ethics Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra is its founding institution and organized the first all-Slovak round of the Student Scientific and Professional Conference ETHICS together with the following co-organizers: Institute of Ethics and Bioethics at the Faculty of Arts, Prešov University in Prešov, Department of Ethics and Moral Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, Trnava University in Trnava, Department of Applied of Ethics at the Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Department of Ethics and Applied Ethics at the Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. Doctoral students actively participate in its organization.
The department is also engaged in popularization activities, its staff and students organize, host and publicly discuss current issues in the project Evening Debates in Trafačka, which take place in the Trafačka Gallery in Nitra. Debates thematically focus on controversial and current topics of social, scientific and educational practice and connect the experts from practice, but also from the field of science and research: For example, the event focused on the topic Two Worlds (2020) was organised together with the director of the Research Institute of Child Psychology and Pathopsychology Janette Motlová and concerned coexistence with the Roma minority.
In 2020, other thematic areas were also represented: Do we enjoy pornography? (Lívia Halmkan - Tlakový hrniec, n.o., Veronika Valkovičová - Comenius University in Bratislava); COVID-19 (Marek Hattas - Mayor of Nitra, Miloslav Špoták - Deputy Mayor of Nitra, Marcela Jahnová - Director, Piarist United School of St. Joseph Kalazanský, Miroslava Bírová - Center for Pedagogical and Psychological Counseling and Prevention in Nitra, Andrea Árendášová – Office of Labor Social Affairs and Family Nitra, Branislav Ivan - physician at the Faculty Hospital Nitra) and others. The discussions organised in 2019 were, for example: Fear in the Name of Gender (Patrik Daniška - Institute for Human Rights and Family Policy, Petr Kocina - Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); A tolerant society? (Samuel Javornický - Comenius University in Bratislava, Peter Korený - Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Marx forever alive (František Novosád - SAS, Bisla, Michal Lipták - SAS); Refugees in Slovakia (Petra Achbergerová - Migration Office of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic, Miroslav Janák – Peace and Goodness – Helping Those in Need); Our everyday education (Juraj Draxler - former Minister of Education, Juraj Hipš - Comenius Institute, Ján Papuga - primary school teacher), Illegality, decriminalization, legalization? (Ľubomír Okruhlica - director of Centre for Treatment of Drug Dependencies, Martin Poliačik - member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Jindřich Vobořil - former anti-drug coordinator in the Czech Republic, Daniel Cerulík - student at the Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra) and others.
The members of the department also publish in opinion-forming print and internet media, for example Denník N, Sme, they provide interviews for Hospodárske noviny, Health magazine, for the television programme for the hearing impaired Television Club of the Deaf, From the floor, they appear in programs aimed at preventing social pathological and discriminatory behaviour, for example in the PrevenTV programme in connection with the issue of bullying in the workplace, etc. The department also carries out education in the form of lectures intended for high school students, where doctoral students have a significant role in their implementation and organization.
In terms of other foreign cooperation, the staff of the Department are members of several international organizations and associations, e.g. ILPAN International Law and Policy Network in Africa, which provides students with access to current data and analysis of the migration situation, North American Society of Adlerian Psychology in the USA, whose grant enabled the publication of Adlerian Ethics, which is used for educational purposes of the study programme and many other professional institutions. Among foreign institutions, there is intensive cooperation with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, with several institutions in Poland (e.g. within the VEGA project with Kierownik Katedry Filozofii Spolecznej i Polityki in Krakow), or in the Czech Republic (Charles University in Prague, Jan Amos Komenský University Prague, the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice and others. Academic cooperation also takes place with the Universidad de la Habana in Cuba at the level of lectures and practical exchange of experiences with projects in the field of prevention of domestic and gender-based violence - Casiguaya, Rompiendo el silencio or Evoluciona.
In addition to lectures by foreign experts in the framework of Erasmus + mobility for students of the study program, the department also organizes other lectures and lecture series in the thematic areas of the courses of the study programme, e.g. on ethical dilemmas in the field of sexuality, church-state relations, etc.
Other activities include thematic discussions organized by the department with experts from practice or science and research, which are directly intended primarily for students of the study program, e.g. Should we be afraid of refugees? (2017) etc.
Student life
https://www.ukf.sk/studium/studentsky-zivot
Constantine the Philosopher University promotes student cultural and sports activities. 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.
CPU Student Parliament
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/studentske-kluby-a-zdruzenia
It organizes 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).
Student club at the Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra - ETICECH
https://www.facebook.com/groups/374023683401911
The Eticech Student Club is a voluntary association of students (and friends) of ethics and ethical education. Its goal is to develop student life, departmental culture and good interpersonal relationships at the Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra and beyond. The programme focuses on organizing cultural (meetings, parties, concerts), sports, academic (lectures, discussions, seminars, workshops) and charitable events. During its operation since 2018, Eticech regularly organizes a "Katedrovica" twice a year, which is an informal meeting of students and teachers. Eticech also participated in the organization of concerts during the Nitra University Days, it supports individual and group sports activities of the students of the Faculty, it participated in the establishment of CPU E-sport and co-organized the Interuniversity Tournament in e-sport. Eticech also focuses on the support of academic activities and discussions; Eticech also supported the initiative of its member, a student at the Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts at CPU in Nitra, who on October 21, 2019 organized and was also a guest in the Discussion: Illegality, Decriminalization, Legalization?.
In the field of eco-ethics and environmental topics, on November 16-19, 2020, in cooperation with the Student Parliament of the Faculty of Arts, CPU, Eticech Student Club co-organized "Climate Students". Eticech as a student club regularly participates in the organization of the Open Day at the Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra. Members of Eticech are also active outside the academic field, and they voluntarily, in groups or individually, engage in various socially responsible or charitable activities. On June 19, 2020, the project "I give what I got" was launched, which is a charity event in the form of a fundraiser to support children from socially disadvantaged families. Eticech was also active during the coronavirus pandemic - members of Eticech individually engaged in various socially beneficial activities, such as sewing face masks.
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 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 Department of General and Applied Ethics of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra strongly supports domestic and international mobility and various student activities in accordance with the CPU Internationalization Strategy for 2019 - 2025. Within the framework of the Erasmus + programme and bilateral agreements, the Department cooperates with universities in the Czech Republic (Charles University in Prague, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Palacký University in Olomouc, etc.), Poland (Jan Pawel II University in Krakow, Slaski University in Katowice), Turkey (Mehmet Akif Ersoy University), USA (Arizona State University, Piedmont College), China (Beijing International Studies University), Romania (Universitatea "Ovidius" Din Constanta) and others. The departmental coordinator of Erasmus + mobilities is Mgr. Petr Kocina, PhD., LL.M., pkocina@ukf.sk.
Criteria and requirements for student 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.
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 the faculty updates annually on the website of the faculty and the university and on the Central Register of Universities after discussion with the dean's board of the Faculty of Arts. The applicant 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 in connection with the admission procedure will be answered by the person authorized by the student (Vice-Dean for Education, Vice-Dean for International Relations) at the e-mail contact prijimacky@ffukf.sk.
The 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 .
The Department of General and Applied Ethics strives to continuously develop the quality of the study programme also through the feedback obtained from students. Monitoring and evaluation of the study programme by students is carried out at several levels: at the faculty / university level through AIS, at the department level through google forms and other forms in cooperation with the department management and guarantors, and at the level of the specific teacher of the study programme in various individualized ways.
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. Periodic evaluation of teaching and teachers by students is accessible through AIS.
In addition to faculty monitoring of students' views through the AIS system, the Department of General and Applied Ethics also uses its own monitoring through anonymous questionnaires through the Google Forms system (relevant link on the department's website: http://kvae.web2v.ukf.sk/2021/11/02/hodnotenie-vzdelavania-ucitelovuciteliek-studentmistudentkami/). This allows students to give feedback at any time anonymously and they can freely express and reflect on the level of education provided in this study program. The questionnaire uses scaled and open-ended questions to comment on the quality of the study programme in general, its individual courses, the implementation of education, professional and didactic competencies of the teacher, the method of evaluating students and the use of information resources and material and technical support. Students are regularly invited to express their feedback and evaluate the study programme in each academic year and semester of study.
Furthermore, the Department also provides in-depth feedback from students in cooperation with guarantors, focused on the analysis of teaching and content of individual courses of the study programme and strengths and weaknesses of each teacher involved in the implementation of the study program, with a special focus on expertise, preparations for classes, comprehensibility of their oral presentation, approach to students, usability of acquired knowledge and skills, etc.
Students are instructed and encouraged, if necessary, to express feedback at any time and to reflect on individual aspects associated with the implementation of the study programme through tutors, department management and guarantors, depending on the nature of the problem.
In addition to departmental monitoring, individual teachers also receive individual feedback from students on the teaching of individual courses, which they provide within the study program. These feedbacks are usually given at the end of the lecture period, either in writing or orally. They focus directly on the content, methodology and personality of a particular teacher, satisfaction with lectures and seminar management. Students have the space to express their own suggestions, which according to them would contribute to the improvement of the teaching process and specific courses of the study program.
All methods of monitoring and evaluation of the study programme by students are based on informed consent and maintain the principle of anonymity and voluntariness, and in their implementation and processing of results the ethical standards related to it and the legislation of the GDPR are observed. Only authorized persons have access to the obtained data and the results are available according to their purpose and method of acquisition (individually by teachers, at the department level - for the overall evaluation of the study program, specific courses or teachers, etc., or within the faculty or university), with which the students are acquainted in advance.
The results of student feedback are analyzed at several levels of the faculty (Dean's Board, Scientific Council at the Faculty of Arts, Academic Senate at the Faculty of Arts, etc.), and they are communicated with 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 on the evaluation of teaching and faculty teachers (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/hodnotenie-vyucby-a-pedagogov-studentmi).
At the level of the department in cooperation with the guarantors, these results are analysed together with those obtained through the department's own survey or a specific teacher and subsequently applied in order to increase the quality of the study program.
The results of the feedback are an important basis for improving the study program. Therefore, regular evaluation and revision of study programs is carried out not only by quality assurance bodies at the faculty and university level, but also by reflecting the evaluation of students in a specific study programme by the person responsible for the study programme - guarantors and co-guarantors, department management and department staff - study programme teachers.
The questionnaire survey of feedback within the department is regularly monitored and evaluated, and this also applies to other forms of mapping feedback from students of the study programme at the level of the department or teacher or subject of the study program. The results of the feedback are analysed and discussed, strengths and weaknesses are evaluated at meetings of the department and other working meetings of guarantors, management of the department and teachers of the study programme with recommended proposals for the implementation of modifications in the study program. Depending on their nature, they are either directly implemented in the study programme (changes in optional courses, content enrichment of courses, addition of new current literature, etc.) or after approval by the competent authorities (e.g. changes in compulsory and optional courses, etc.).
In relation to whether the feedback relates to the level of education provided as a whole within the study programme or to the teacher of the relevant study discipline, its results are directed to the relevant employee. At the level of teachers, personal interviews are conducted, where individualized feedback is given to the teacher. In cooperation with the management of the department, the guarantor and a specific teacher, measures to increase the quality of employees in the educational process as well as in the area of their systematic academic training are implemented on the basis of feedback from the department. The outputs of these meetings also serve teachers in their preparation for teaching in the next semester. Long-term feedback on individual teachers also provides the management of the department and the guarantor with materials for employee selection process.
Finding out the feedback is also carried out by the teachers themselves in relation to their teaching of individual courses. Individual feedback is evaluated by individual teachers independently and they also take special measures in their own teaching. The measures mainly concern the course of lectures and seminars.
At department meetings or other business meetings, the space is also dedicated to sharing teachers' teaching experiences and - as mentioned above - student feedback. The discussions mainly concern the approach to students and the way of incorporating the latest knowledge into the teaching process. Teachers evaluate the qualitative parameters of the implemented courses and, reflecting the opinions of students, there is a possible modification of the content of the subject or its further updating. Among other measures, teachers involved in the implementation of the study programme regularly update the content of courses, methodically innovate them and create study texts and other publications that serve as study literature for students of the study program.
The Department of General and Applied Ethics obtains feedback from graduates of the study programme through contact with graduates, its own research and, if possible, through graduates’ employers. In the case of doctoral graduates, there are also specific opportunities through scientific and professional events (conferences, seminars, trainings, etc.), also within the application in the university environment or in other educational and research institutions, etc.
The department uses an anonymous survey via the Google Forms system (the relevant publicly accessible link on the department's website: http://kvae.web2v.ukf.sk/2021/11/02/dotaznik-pre-absolventovabsolventky/) to monitor the feedback of graduates of the study program. The results of the feedback thus obtained from the graduates are continuously and regularly evaluated.
Feedback from graduates who work in practice often comes spontaneously. Through e-mail communication, graduates contact individual teachers in order to give them feedback, share their experiences, or ask for advice in their beginning practice, occasionally consult a professional problem, cooperate (e.g. in training courses), etc.
The methods of evaluating feedback and measures related to the results of feedback from graduates are similar to the feedback from students (evaluation at the level of management and guarantors and together with teachers at department meetings and other working meetings), with the difference that unlike feedback from students, graduates provide feedback directly from practice. Therefore, their suggestions and recommendations are valuable due to the practical application of the acquired knowledge and competencies in the study program. From this perspective, the relevant recommendations are discussed at the meetings of the department or other working meetings of teachers, management of the department and guarantors and they are subsequently incorporated into the study program. In particular, the implementation of current trends in the field into education, the current state of science and research in the relevant field, including methodological procedures, as well as the link to the requirements of practice are monitored.