General characteristics of the professional profile of the graduate
The graduate of the study programme Ethnology (PhD study programme) masters the scientific methods of ethnological research with an orientation on current trends in ethnology, social and cultural anthropology in the wider Central European and European context. He is specialised in a selected narrower field of ethnology and social and cultural anthropology. He can work independently
and use various data sources.
Theoretical knowledge
Graduate of the study programme Ethnology (PhD. study programme):
- masters and applies the latest theoretical and methodological approaches in Ethnology and Cultural and Social Anthropology,
- scientifically researches and brings their own solutions, resp. interpretations of researched problems in the field of Ethnology, Social and Cultural anthropology,
- independently formulates problems, works on solving them.
Practical skills and abilities
Graduate of the study programme Ethnology (PhD. study programme):
- effectively applies his/her expertise in reflecting current social issues
- is able to carry out comprehensive archival research and quantitatively and qualitatively interpret the acquired data from various sources (depositories of memory institutions, online databases, archives)
- is able to apply his/her own theoretical knowledge in an appropriate way in relation to current requirements of practice,
- participates in solving complex projects that bring impact to the social and cultural spheres.
Complementary knowledge, skills, and abilities
Graduate of the study programme Ethnology (PhD. study programme):
- masters the principles of scientific work,
- builds professional contacts at home and abroad through scholarship programs, participation in conferences, cooperation in research projects,
- scientifically formulates problems,
- masters and applies the legal and ethical aspects of scientific work, presentation of results.
Graduates of the study programme Ethnology (PhD. study programme) are qualified to perform professional, scientific, educational, creative, consulting activities and counselling at the national and international level, both in the academic and university environment, in the non-profit sector and in public administration. These activities are related or directly focused on diverse cultural and social processes and phenomena, specific social groups, or areas of regional development.
Graduates are employed in agencies, state institutions (and their advisory bodies and committees) and foundations, or non-profit organisations focused on research, documentation, analysis of social and cultural processes and phenomena, focused on creating, commenting on policies that target marginalised groups, ethnic and religious communities, regional development, the creative industries, the protection of the intangible cultural heritage, the documentation and research of manifestations of traditional folk culture and regional history.
In consulting activities, they can respond to the requirements of domestic and foreign institutions, they work as creators in the mass media, as managers in institutions of hobby arts, cultural and educational spheres, in education and training dealing with the cultural heritage of Slovakia, etc.
Within the meaning of the National System of Occupations (NSO), a graduate of the study programme Ethnology (PhD study programme) can work as a university assistant professor, scientific researcher, scientific and pedagogical worker, manager for cultural and educational activities, museum/gallery pedagogue, a specialist in the field of culture of national minorities, a specialist in public administration in the field of culture, mediator or expert consultant in the strategic and long-term development of the researched community, a specialist in regional and rural development, educator, manager for hobby arts, specialist for traditional folk culture, cultural and educational worker, publicist, event manager, the documentary of collection items in a museum or gallery, cultural agent, museum curator, manager/employee of a cultural institution, and others.
The study programme reflects the requirements of potential employers, institutions, and organisations. Relevant external stakeholders provided a statement or a favourable opinion on the submitted study programme. Statements are also available online:
https://www.ketnoffukf.sk/interne-dokumenty.html password: bibliotek
National Cultural Centre (NOC), (a state-subsidised organisation of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic), general director: Mgr. Erik Kriššák, contact: e-mail: nocka@nocka.sk)
The Union of Museums in Slovakia (professional interest association of museums), Mgr. Františka Marcinová, PhD., contact: predseda@zms.sk, frantiska.marcinova@hradlubovna.sk)
Slovak state traditional dance company (SĽUK) + The Slovak Centre of Traditional Culture (a state-subsidised organisation of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic), director: Doc. Mgr. Juraj Hamar, PhD., contact: sluk@sluk.sk)
Thanks to consulting activities, hosting at educational and artistic events and lectures, and teaching activities, the scientific and pedagogical staff of the department is in constant close contact with current events and employers of our graduates, while gaining targeted feedback and reflections on the needs and expectations of our graduates. We try to address these on an ongoing basis.
The members of the department also, using their social capital and rich practical experience, support PhD students in establishing new contacts, in completing study stays abroad, in maintaining contact with international scientific discourse and in non-academic activities related to their research focus. So that after graduation they are fully prepared to successfully apply in the labour market, whether in academia or the sphere of applied science.
Graduates of the study programme Ethnology (PhD. study programme), on the basis of acquired theoretical knowledge, skills and experience from professional practice, are qualified to continue the development of their scientific and academic careers at university and research institutes. Experts, specialists, curators and managers in research, cultural and memory institutions applying ethnological, social and cultural-anthropological expertise (local and regional museum institutions, ethnically focused museums, research institutions, university and academic workplaces) are employed; as employees of various cultural institutions (district, regional and nationwide - cultural centres and departments of culture, awareness centres, National Cultural Centre (NOC), Radio and Television of Slovakia); as employees of local, regional culture and tourism development agencies; as employees of institutions focused on research, documentation, promotion and presentation of traditional culture (local and regional or nationwide centres of traditional folk culture, ÚĽUV, Centre for Traditional Folk Culture - SĽUK); as performers and teachers of music and dance folklore, arts and crafts techniques (folklore ensembles, artistic bodies, festivals); as professional collaborators and managers of primary art schools, primary schools (folklore ensembles, circles, cross-sectional theme Regional education and traditional folk culture); as employees of civic associations focused on organisational activities, research and documentation of local and regional (traditional) culture and cultural heritage, on the application of elements of traditional culture in education, popularisation and promotional activities.
Most graduates are in close contact with the department through long-standing and established departmental events with a wider public impact and professional cooperation with department staff: Ethnological Days, Ethnological Parties, Folklore Greetings, via social networks (Facebook and Instagram), as well as the department's website. We are constantly updating data on events at the department. Graduates are also regularly invited among students through the mentioned events (also in the role of guests) in order to get acquainted with their experience gained in the various professions in which they have applied.
Organisations/institutions/offices in the founding competence of ministries and cultural and educational institutions with nationwide competence
- Mgr. Katarína Babčáková, PhD. (professional staff, the Department of folklore and Folklorism, National Cultural Centre (NOC), Bratislava)
- Mgr. Martina Hrabovská, PhD. (Project Manager, National Cultural Centre (NOC), Bratislava; Organisational Leader, Interpreter (Artist) Folklore Ensemble Ponitran from Nitra)
- Mgr. Daniela Jurisová, PhD. (a member of the reporting team ČT 24 - Prague, Warsaw, Moskva)
Regional and district cultural and educational institutions
- Mgr. Peter Obuch, PhD. (professional staff, the Centre for Traditional Culture in Myjava)
Education (primary schools, universities)
- doc. Mgr. Katarína Koštialová, PhD. (scientific and pedagogical staff, The Department of Social Studies and Ethnology, the Faculty of Humanities, UMB in Banská Bystrica)
- Mgr. Et Mgr. Dagmar Majerová, PhD. (scientific and pedagogical staff The Department of Social Studies and Ethnology, the Faculty of Humanities, UMB in Banská Bystrica)
- Mgr. Kamila Koza Beňová, PhD. (scientific and pedagogical staff, The Department of Social Studies and Ethnology, the Faculty of Humanities, UMB in Banská Bystrica)
- Mgr. Peter Laučík, PhD. (scientific and pedagogical staff, The Department of Social Studies and Ethnology, the Faculty of Humanities, UMB in Banská Bystrica)
- Mgr. Matej Karásek, PhD. (scientific and pedagogical staff, The Department of Comparative Religious Studies, the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava)
Museum institutions
Mgr. Zuzana Denková, PhD. (the Director of the Slovak Mining Museum in Banská Štiavnica)
Feedback - evaluation of the quality of the study programme by employers is obtained in cooperation with workplaces, memory and fund institutions that employ graduates of the study programme Ethnology. Teachers maintain contacts with employers through professional practice, assessment activities in grant programmes, participation and hosting in their research and documentation projects, respectively consulting services, with employers providing them with feedback on students' readiness to work for the institution. In addition to direct contact, feedback from employers is obtained through social networks. The department gradually collects data on the employment, quality and success of its graduates and, following the evaluation of the quality of the study programme by employers, adapts the content of particular subjects to current trends and the needs of social practice. The workplaces that are in contact with the department and provide its feedback regarding the quality of the study programme and the readiness of students for practice include:
• Centre for Traditional Folk Culture – SĽUK in Bratislava
• The Slovak National Museum – The Ethnographic Museum in Martin
• National Cultural Centre (NOC) in Bratislava
• the Centre for Traditional Culture in Myjava
• Ľubovňa Museum and Ľubovňa Castle, Stará Ľubovňa
• The Art Support Fund in Bratislava
• others
Contacts with employers have also been established thanks to excursions, organisation of cultural events, in which, in addition to teachers and students of the study programme Ethnology, employees and experts of institutions that represent potential employers of our graduates are also involved.
The study programme in Ethnology was processed and submitted in accordance with the formalised processes of quality assurance of education at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (CPU) and its Faculty of Arts.
The Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education at CPU in Nitra:
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/vnutorne-predpisy-univerzity/14-univerzita/4997-vnutorny-system-zabezpecovania-kvality
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 on the methodology of 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 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
Board for Quality Verification of Higher Education at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra:
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/Rada_pre_vn%C3%BAtorn%C3%A9_overovanie_kvality_-_18.11.2021.pdf
Board for the Internal Quality Assurance of Higher Education (Quality Board):
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/organy-univerzity/rada-kvality-ukf
The Faculty of Arts of the CPU in Nitra has established procedures and tools for approving, monitoring, and evaluating the implementation of study programmes, which relate to the definition of formal procedures for the approval of study programmes by entities other than those implementing them; creation of study programmes implemented at the faculty; monitoring the availability of appropriate teaching resources for the implementation of study programmes; formulating expected and controlling the achieved educational results in relation to the profile of the graduate; monitoring study success and achieved outcomes of the students´ education; regular evaluation and revision of study programmes; involvement of students in activities aimed at evaluating study programmes; and providing feedback from employers, labour market representatives and other relevant organisations regarding the employment of graduates.
The creation of study programmes, their content, and form of study is based on the description of study fields and accreditation criteria/standards, 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 processes of quality assurance of education at CPU and the Faculty of Arts, CPU, which determine the responsibility for individual quality management processes.
The Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education at CPU in Nitra:
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/vnutorne-predpisy-univerzity/14-univerzita/4997-vnutorny-system-zabezpecovania-kvality
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 on the methodology of 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 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
Board for Quality Verification of Higher Education at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra:
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/Rada_pre_vn%C3%BAtorn%C3%A9_overovanie_kvality_-_18.11.2021.pdf
Board for the Internal Quality Assurance of Higher Education (Quality Board):
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/organy-univerzity/rada-kvality-ukf
The availability of teaching resources for the realisation of study programmes is ensured by the faculty in cooperation with its departments through the purchase of professional literature, publishing activities of the faculty, as well as e-learning educational courses. The fulfilment of the expected learning outcomes, which are formulated in course information sheets of the subjects, is evaluated through questionnaires of evaluation of the educational process by students, 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 revision of study programmes are carried out by the person responsible for the study programme (hereinafter "OZŠP"), department staff, through questionnaires of evaluation of the educational process by students, and quality assurance bodies at the faculty and university level.
Teachers participating in the implementation of the study programme regularly update the content of their subjects with the knowledge gained during the solution of research projects. They publish the results of their research activities in indexed periodicals, monographic works and teaching texts, which serve as study literature for students of the study programme. Teachers participating in the implementation of the study programme regularly update the content of their subjects with the knowledge gained during the solution of research projects. They publish the results of their research activities in indexed periodicals, monographic works and study materials, which serve as study literature for students of the study programme. The results of their scientific research and publishing activities are also presented and promoted by the creative staff in scientific and professional events for the professional public and students. The faculty receives feedback on the success of the employment of graduates from employers, by the contact with graduates, and surveys conducted and initiated by the management of the faculty and its workplaces.
The study plan of the study programme with all required information and course information sheets is available at the link:
https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web
Abbreviation: DSETN22
The study plan of the study programme with all required information and course information sheets is available at the link:
https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web
Abbreviation: DSETN22
The study programme has set educational goals adequate to the content definition of the study field of historical sciences. The composition of compulsory, compulsory-optional and optional subjects, as well as their complexity, is compiled in such a way that the description of the study field of historical sciences, especially the main topics of the core, is fulfiled.
At the same time, the composition of the study subject includes topics fulfiling the competencies of the relevant categories according to the professional standard.
Profile courses:
· Current Theories of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
· Methodology of Social Sciences, Interpretation of Scientific Text
· Current Issues of Research in Ethnology
The content, structure and sequence of profile study courses and other educational activities, including internships, make it possible to fully fulfil the graduate's profile with an emphasis on new transferable competencies so that it can be applied in other related areas as well.
The structure of compulsory, compulsory-optional and optional courses is compiled in such a way that the description of the study field of historical sciences, especially the main topics of the core, is fully fulfiled. At its core, the PhD study programme Ethnology includes systematic knowledge of scientific research methods in Ethnology, focusing on current trends in Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology in the wider Central European and European context; systematic knowledge of selected specific areas of both Ethnology, and Social and Cultural Anthropology; on the independent processing and use of diverse data sources in the context of diverse cultural and social processes and phenomena, specific social groups, or areas of regional development.
Professional competencies defined by the professional standard and courses aimed at achieving them (profile subjects are highlighted):
Theoretical knowledge:
• masters and applies the latest theoretical and methodological approaches in Ethnology, and Cultural and Social anthropology: Current Theories of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology; Methodology of Social Sciences, Interpretation of Scientific Text; Current Issues of Research in Ethnology;
• scientifically researches and brings his/her solutions, resp. interpretations of researched problems in the field of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology: Current Theories of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology; Methodology of Social Sciences, Interpretation of Scientific Text; Current Issues of Research in Ethnology; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II ; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Initial Chapters of Dissertation
• independently scientifically formulates problems, works on their solution: Current Theories of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology; Methodology of Social Sciences, Interpretation of Scientific Text; Current Issues of Research in Ethnology; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Initial Chapters of Dissertation.
Practical skills and abilities:
• can apply their own theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills in a suitable way: Teaching I, II, III, IV; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation I; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation II; Organisation of Academic Event; International Internships I, II, III, IV; Individual Project Work; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Individual Project Work; Activities in Third Sector; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Media Activities;
• participates in solving complex projects bringing impact to the social and cultural sphere: Individual Project Work; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Activities in Third Sector; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Media Activities.
Additional knowledge, skills, and abilities:
• masters the principles of scientific work: Methodology of Social Sciences, Interpretation of Scientific Text; Research Ethics and Academic Integrity; Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Editorial Work on Proceedings; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Initial Chapters of Dissertation;
• builds professional contacts at home and abroad through scholarship programmes, participation in conferences, cooperation in research projects: Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation I; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation II; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; International Internships I, II, III, IV; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Activities in Third Sector; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Media Activities
• scientifically formulates problems: Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days);
• masters and applies legal and ethical aspects of scientific work, and presentation of the results: Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Media Activities; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project.
- number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies 20 credits,
- number of credits for compulsory optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies 10 credits,
- number of credits for optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies 20 credits,
- number of credits for the final thesis and the defence of the final thesis required for the proper completion of studies 30 credits,
- number of credits required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for project work with the indication of relevant courses in engineering study programmes 10 credits.
The study programme has clear and transparently published rules, criteria, and methods of evaluation of study results in the information sheets of particular courses. Course information sheets are accessible via AIS to all students. Students also get feedback through continuous assessment. The results of the interim and final assessment of subjects are recorded in the AIS and archived in accordance with applicable legislation.
The rules for the verification of educational outcomes, the evaluation of students and the possibilities of corrective procedures against the evaluation are regulated by the Study regulations of CUP.
(https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf).
The conditions for recognition of a study or part of a study in the event of a change in the study programme, enrolment of a student at another university and after passing the mobility are regulated by the Study regulations of CUP and other internal regulations.
(https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf)
2019/2020
Folk music culture in Slovakia and Europe in its traditional and contemporary manifestations
The current form of the carnival rituals in the Central European context
The inspirational sources of traditional culture and their application in the everyday context
2020/2021
Musical folklore as a symbol of local and regional identity
Slovak Immigrations, American Labour Movements and the Slovak Working-Class Identity in America
- rules for the assignment, processing, opposition, defence and evaluation of final theses in the study programme
The rules for assigning, processing, opposing, defending and evaluating works are regulated by the Study regulations of CUP: 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
- opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobility
The possibilities and procedures of participation in student mobility are regulated by the Study regulations of CUP: 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
Information for students regarding mobility at CPU in Nitra: https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/erasmus-bilaterarne-dohody
Erasmus+: https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/erasmus-bilaterarne-dohody
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus
Other mobility grants:
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/saia-n-o
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/projekt-euraxess-mobilita-vyskumnych-pracovnikov
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/daad
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/ivf
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/stipendia-erasmus-mundus
- rules for adherence to academic ethics and rules for drawing consequences
The rules of adherence to academic ethics and inference are governed by the Code of Ethics of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex
and the Disciplinary Order for the Faculty of Arts (CPU) students:
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-disciplinarny-poriadok-ff.pdf
Disciplinary Committee of Faculty of Arts: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/komisie-fakulty
- procedures applicable to students with special needs
In the area of providing services to students with special needs, the faculty follows the Internal Regulation no. 28/2015 on providing a generally accessible academic workplace for students with special needs (VP 28/2015) and cooperates with the Support Centre for Students with Special Needs - providing counselling for the 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 procedures for filing complaints and appeals by the student are governed 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 listed on the faculty's website in the Study section: (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/interne-formy-studia). 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=.
Internal Regulation about Complaints and Petitions:
https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/100-vnutorne-predpisy-2017/3072-vnutorne-predpisy-2017
Course information sheets are available in AIS:
https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web
Academic calendar: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/organizacia-studia/harmonogram-akademickeho-roka
Current study programme schedule: https://www.ketnoffukf.sk/scarontuacutedium.html
prof. PaedDr. Bernard Garaj, CSc., Position: professor, contact: bgaraj@ukf.sk
prof. PaedDr. Bernard Garaj, CSc. (bgaraj@ukf.sk)
• profile courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Current Theories of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology; Current Issues of Research in Ethnology
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10335
prof. PhDr. Zuzana Beňušková, CSc. (zbenuskova@ukf.sk)
• profile courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Current Theories of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology; Methodology of Social Sciences, Interpretation of Scientific Text; Current Issues of Research in Ethnology
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10393
prof. PhDr. Pavel Otmar Krafl, PhD. (pkrafl@ukf.sk)
• profile courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Methodology of Social Sciences, Interpretation of Scientific Text;
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/30779
doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD. (mjagerova@ukf.sk)
• profile courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Current Theories of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology; Current Issues of Research in Ethnology
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10336
Mgr. Jana Ambrózová, PhD. (extraordinary associate professor) (jambrozova@ukf.sk)
• profile courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Current Theories of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology; Current Issues of Research in Ethnology
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10716
prof. PaedDr. Bernard Garaj, CSc.
VUPCH:https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ058App&kodAplikacie=LZ058&viewer=web&uiLang=SK
prof. PhDr. Zuzana Beňušková, CSc.
VUPCH: https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ058App&kodAplikacie=LZ058&viewer=web&uiLang=SK
prof. PhDr. Pavel Otmar Krafl, PhD.
VUPCH: https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ058App&kodAplikacie=LZ058&viewer=web&uiLang=SK
doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD.
VUPCH: https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ058App&kodAplikacie=LZ058&viewer=web&uiLang=SK
Mgr. Jana Ambrózová, PhD. (extraordinary associate professor)
VUPCH: https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ058App&kodAplikacie=LZ058&viewer=web&uiLang=SK
prof. PaedDr. Bernard Garaj, CSc. (bgaraj@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology:
Teaching I, II,III,IV; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation I; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation II; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; International Internships I, II, III, IV; Individual project Work; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Activities in Third Sector; Editorial Work on Proceedings; Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Media Activities; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Initial Chapters of Dissertation.
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10335
prof. PhDr. Zuzana Beňušková, CSc. (zbenuskova@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology:
Teaching I, II,III,IV; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation I; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation II; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; International Internships I, II, III, IV; Individual project Work; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Activities in Third Sector; Editorial Work on Proceedings; Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Media Activities; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Initial Chapters of Dissertation.
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10393
prof. PhDr. Pavel Otmar Krafl, PhD. (pkrafl@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology:
Teaching I, II,III,IV; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation I; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation II; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; International Internships I, II, III, IV; Individual project Work; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Activities in Third Sector; Editorial Work on Proceedings; Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Media Activities; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Initial Chapters of Dissertation.
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/30779
doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD. (mjagerova@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology:
Teaching I, II,III,IV; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation I; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation II; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; International Internships I, II, III, IV; Individual project Work; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Activities in Third Sector; Editorial Work on Proceedings; Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Media Activities; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Initial Chapters of Dissertation.
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10336
doc. PhDr. Ivana Kontriková Šusteková, PhD. (iksustekova@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology:
Teaching I, II,III,IV; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation I; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation II; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; International Internships I, II, III, IV; Individual project Work; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Activities in Third Sector; Editorial Work on Proceedings; Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Media Activities; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Initial Chapters of Dissertation.
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10409
Mgr. Jana Ambrózová, PhD. (extraordinary associate professor) (jambrozova@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology:
Teaching I, II,III,IV; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation I; Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation II; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; Other Contributions I; Other Contributions II; Organisation of Academic Event; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event I; Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event II; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications I; Academic Works in Reviewed Publications II; Academic Works in Non-Reviewed Publications; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications I; Other Contributions in Reviewed Publications II; International Internships I, II, III, IV; Individual project Work; Participation in Domestic Project; Participation in International Project; Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad; Activities in Third Sector; Editorial Work on Proceedings; Processing and technical disclosure of scientific information; Media Activities; Field (Archive) Research (min. 2 x 14 days); Initial Chapters of Dissertation.
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10716
prof. PaedDr. Elena Zelenická, PhD. (ezelenicka@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 1;
Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 2
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10321
Prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD. (jzozulak@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6613
Doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD. (jmaximova@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10666
Doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD. (pkoreny@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10410
Prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomašková, CSc. (stomaskova@ukf.sk)
• courses of the PhD study programme Ethnology: Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences
• CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8803
prof. PhDr. Zuzana Beňušková, CSc. (zbenuskova@ukf.sk):
• Slovak Immigrations, American Labour Movements and the Slovak Working-Class Identity in America.
doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD. (mjagerova@ukf.sk):
• Traditional folk culture as an inspirational source of current socio-cultural activities (example of rural environment)
doc. PhDr. Ivana Kontriková Šusteková, PhD. (iksustekova@ukf.sk):
• Typological classification and development of the so-called "double-apron clothing" in the European space
prof. PhDr. Zuzana Beňušková, CSc.:
https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ058App&kodAplikacie=LZ058&viewer=web&uiLang=SK
doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD.:
https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ058App&kodAplikacie=LZ058&viewer=web&uiLang=SK
doc. PhDr. Ivana Kontriková Šusteková, PhD.:
https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ058App&kodAplikacie=LZ058&viewer=web&uiLang=SK
Mgr. Barbora Báreková, PhD study programme Ethnology, contact: barbora.barekova@ukf.sk
Tutor of the study programme: Mgr. Miriama Bošelová, PhD., mboselova@ukf.sk, https://www.ketnoffukf.sk/miriama-boscaronelovaacute.html
A person responsible for professional practice: Mgr. art. Agáta Krausová, ArtD., akrausova@ukf.sk, https://www.ketnoffukf.sk/agaacuteta-krausovaacute.html
Additional counselling and consultations on the possibilities and manner of realisation of professional practice are provided within the teaching and additionally in the form of personal consultations within the consultation hours or through e-mail communication with the coordinator.
Department coordinator of ERASMUS +, CEEPUS programmes: doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD., mjagerova@ukf.sk,
https://www.ketnoffukf.sk/margita-jaacutegerovaacute.html
https://www.ketnoffukf.sk/erasmus.html
Information on the possibilities of foreign mobility is available on the department's website or the faculty's website. Consultations and advice are provided based on e-mail communication or a personal meeting during consultation hours.
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 Forms of Study, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra: prof. PhDr. Martin Hetényi, PhD., mhetenyi@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/vedenie-fakulty
The Department for Science and Research: Ing. Monika Václavová, mvaclavova@ukf.sk,
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/doktorandske-studium/kontakt
Administrative worker of the Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies: Mgr. Ľudmila Molnárová, lmolnarova@ukf.sk, https://www.ketnoffukf.sk/kontakt.html
Accommodation Department: RNDr. Katarína Baťová, PhD., kbatova@ukf.sk; Mgr. Simona Gutová, sgutova@ukf.sk,
https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy
Student Centre of CPU - manager: Mgr. Miroslav Tvrdík, PhD., mtvrdik@ukf.sk,
https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studentske-centrum
Student Centre of CPU – manager (job contact): Mgr. Ľubica Lachká, llachka@ukf.sk,
https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studentske-centrum
The study programme in question is realised in lecture and seminar rooms, which are equipped with computer technology with appropriate software and other teaching aids. In the lecture rooms, there is a desktop computer with an Internet connection and a webcam, a data projector, a projection screen, a white and interactive whiteboard, and a lectern as standard. Large-capacity lecture rooms are also equipped with a sound system with a fixed or wireless microphone as well as a system for recording and broadcasting lectures. In addition to supporting the e-learning form of teaching, this technology increases the accessibility of content and also creates space for the promotion of specific educational activities among students and faculty staff. For this reason, television panels are installed in the common areas, on which, in addition to the presentation of individual professional or leisure events, it is possible to watch recordings from the lecture rooms in real time. The seminar rooms are sounded, there is a desktop computer with an Internet connection, webcam, and data projector. The updating and addition of material and technical equipment are carried out continuously, mainly from the resources of the Structural Funds and research projects.
The Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies is located in the building of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra, on Hodžova Street no. 1 on the ground floor. The secretariat of the department and its staff have at their disposal 4 office rooms, 7 desktop PCs, 10 laptops, 2 tablets, more than 10 modern external hard disks, 3 data projectors, 1 multifunctional devise (printer, scanner, copier), 5 printers, 3 scanners, 3 digital voice recorders, 1 camcorder, 2 video cameras, 1 DVD recorder, 4 digital cameras.
In selected notebooks and desktop PCs, except the standard Windows 10 OS and elementary software (Microsoft package), there are also other software installations: Adobe (Adobe Premiere Pro, InDesign, Photoshop 6), Vegas Movie Studio 17 (video editor), Atlas.ti 8 (qualitative analysis of textual, graphical, audio, and visual data), Steinberg Cubase (sound editor), Audacity (sound editor), MuseScore 3 (notes editor), Sibelius 7.5 (notes editor), DaVinci Resolve 17 (edit video).
In terms of technical equipment, the department has complete professional recording equipment, designed for field research of folk music by audio-visual recording: 1 sound card, 1 digital converter and microphone set (RODE 8pcs). Room H06 on Hodžova Street no. 1, so-called "Audio studio" is equipped as a full-time study room for publications and as a digitisation laboratory. It contains full-wall libraries and technical equipment enabling monitoring, digitisation and playback of various types of media (MG cassettes, CDs, LPs, VHS cassettes and digital content): screen, DVD recorder, VHS player, turntable with USB output. Among the musical instruments, there is a dulcimer, a keyboard with a stand, 10 practice Jamakawa whistles in D, 2 music stands, a blackboard with a music syllabus.
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: https://www.ketnoffukf.sk/index.html, FB page: https://www.facebook.com/ketnoffukfnitra and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katedra_etnologie_nitra/.
The study programme of Ethnology is realised in lecture and/or seminar rooms, which are located in the building on Hodžova ul. no. 1 in Nitra and Štefánikova Street no. 67. All lecture rooms are equipped with data projectors, which are connected to computers and a sound system. The lectures take place mostly in the lecture rooms in the building on Štefánikova Street no. 67.
S 117 (ST001170) - capacity 15 seats, bench, area 19.69 m2,
S 115 (ST001150) - capacity 57 seats, shovels, area 20,27 m2,
S 123 (ST001230) - capacity 28 seats, bench, area 35.78 m2,
S 036 (ST00S360) - capacity 20 seats, bench, area 22.27 m2,
S 031 (ST00S310) - capacity 16 seats, shovels, scoreboard, music stands, area 14.40 m2 (designed for exercises focused on playing musical instruments; individuals, groups from 2 to 5 students);
H 106 (HO001060) - capacity 26, bench, area 36.92 m2,
H 307 - Acropolis (HO003070) - capacity 80 seats, fixed benches and folding seats, area 157 m2,
H 06 - Audio studio (HO000060) - capacity 12 seats, 2 conference tables and chairs, area 16.45 m2.
Practical teaching of folk dances takes place in the Dance Room (S 101, hall with a mirrored wall, chairs, area 82 m2) in the building of ŠD Zobor on Dražovská cesta 2.
It was in 2018, in-room H06, based on long-term good relations between employees and the now-deceased director, a prominent Slovak ethnoorganologist PhDr. Ivan Mačák (later being an employee of the Music Department of the Historical Institute of the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava, which is now the Music Museum of the Slovak National Museum), his legacy was housed, consisting of more than 1000 book units (philosophy, history, ethnology, ethnomusicology, musical anthropology), 20 tapes, and more than 60 long-playing records with traditional music. It was his personal gift to the department, which we continuously catalogue under the name "Ivan Mačák Fund".
University Library
The total fund of the University Library of CPU in Nitra, as of October 28, 2020, is 323,751 library units. In 2020, the University Library ordered 195 periodical titles in Nitra, of which 72 were foreign. The University Library has 285,199 library units at its disposal in its collection, 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 sources results from the Long-Term Strategy of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. Within Priority Area IV-2.1, the role of the library is to provide remote access for users of library services (access to domestic and foreign databases and electronic periodicals) for the possibility to use library services from an external environment.
https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/e-zdroje
List of sources:
Discovery service, Summon, NISPEZ project databases, 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
EIZ national license
The National License for Electronic Information Resources (NL EIZ) is intended for all academic, public, scientific and special libraries in Slovakia. It includes 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 work, 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.
NISPEZ subscription databases
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)
Library services overview:
https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/sluzby
https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/studovne
In addition to the library collection of the University Library, the Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies has a study room on Hodžova Street no. 1, which is a part of the CPU University Library; and also has a full-time on-demand study room of publications and music media of the "Ivan Mačák Fund". There are more than 1500 titles in it. Study fund on Hodžova Street no. 1 is regularly supplemented at the suggestion of the staff of the department so as to enable students to follow the latest knowledge and trends in the field. Funds for the purchase of books are obtained mainly from grants. Students also have an audio studio in the study room on Hodžova Street no. 1; and available periodicals, such as Slovenský národopis, Český lid, Národopisné aktuality, Národopisné informácie, Etnologické rozpravy, Zborník SNM, Národopisná revue, Etnografia Polska. The University Library also contains scientific works and publication units of members of the department, diploma and bachelor's theses.
Information technologies and systems
WiFi in the Eduroam network is available to students in all areas of the university. 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
In addition, based on an agreement between the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and Microsoft, each of our students and employees has Microsoft Office 365 Education at their disposal: https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/office-365-education
Information systems to support communication: students and teachers use university e-mail for communication https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/elektronicka-posta
UKF has the following systems for managing, storing, and evaluating information, including its added value, which it uses in accordance with its strategic and operational objectives:
1. Academic information system (AIS2) - currently used to record comprehensive information about the study programme (study plans, information sheets, (VUPCH) the academic profile of a teacher, student records and comprehensive information about their admission procedure, and studies, final theses, state exam. It creates AIS timetables and evaluates programmes, teachers, studies by students, and provides data to the Central Register of Students and the Central Register of Final Theses, the University Portal (Portál VŠ). The information gathered in AIS also serves as a basic source for accreditation and study offer creation.
2. Document Management (DOC) - (document management system) serves as an authorised zone for university staff and students and together with the intranet part of the website provides access to current documents (internal regulations of the university and faculty, forms, rector's Directives, deans) (in the field of scholarships), software (licensed and freely available), 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. Registry (REG) - https://uis.ukf.sk/
6. Catering system - https://www.stravovanie.ukf.sk/
7. Ordering system (OSYS) -https://osys.ukf.sk: 4443 /osys/users/login /?U =% 2Fosys% 2F
8. Accommodation system (UIS) - https://uis.ukf.sk/
9. Attendance system (Watt) - https://watt.ukf.sk/
10. Employee Portal (ESS) - https://portal.ukf.sk/kvalita/index.php?r=site/login
11. Webmail 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 secure channel. In order to simplify access and minimise the possibility of access data theft, central authentication has been deployed, which stores access data of employees and students via LDAP and enables their verification upon request from all information systems.
The system is connected to the financial and personnel system (SOFIA) so that the employee is automatically blocked access to the systems and facilities of the university upon the termination of employment and, conversely, access is created upon acceptance.
An important step presenting the university level is to participate in the Eduroam project, the basic idea of which is to enable students and academic staff to connect to a computer network in another academic institution without having to register or obtain access data. Connecting to the network requires only the username and password that the user uses in the home institution. We anticipate use by both university visitors and our students and staff. The presentation of the university on the outside is provided by its website.
CPU creates and continues to innovate its own ICT infrastructure and information systems (IS), which are part of information support processes with a focus on research, education, management. The implementation and operation of ICT and IS are ensured by the university-wide Centre for Information and Communication Technology (CIKT), which ensures compliance with the long-term intention and strategic goals of the university. At the level of individual areas of technology application, technologies are used as follows: project and task management (IS Projects, SAP system, MIS Performance Indicators); support for learning and improvement activities is provided at the level of knowledge management (KIS – Library Information System, CPU University Library databases, educational materials are provided by part of the workplaces through e-learning courses); support for learning and improvement activities (existence of computer classrooms - each faculty has several such classrooms); Internet access (all facilities are almost completely covered by wireless connection and all fixed computers are connected to the Internet).
Interaction with students is ensured through AIS, e-mail communication, university web presentations, faculties and faculty workplaces. In selected periods, promotion through print media, workshops and open days is used. Sharing and providing information at the level of educational content (e-learning, library services, education management) is provided through electronic services 24 hours a day. All of the university's information systems are connected to the Unified User Management (LDAP) system, allowing access to all systems through the same credentials.
An example of minimising the environmental burden is the electronic monitoring and evaluation of attendance, incapacity for work, business trips, and overtime in the form of contactless smart cards or employee software (Watt Attendance System). Another example of minimising the environmental burden is the ordering of goods (oSys information system), designed for internal ordering of goods and services within CPU through mass collection of information from individual workplaces with the possibility of approving individual requirements in accordance with the hierarchical structure of CPU, as well as informing about remuneration work.
E-learning systems
EDU education system- https://edu.ukf.sk/
It is the (EDU) CPU E-learning portal, which provides automatic access to published e-learning courses for all CPU students. It supports the fulfilment of individual tasks and assignments and ensures clear communication in forums. It has sophisticated online knowledge testing capabilities. The Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies has created 64 e-learning courses, which can be entered via the link:
https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=46
There are video manuals, which has been published by the Faculty of Arts to serve as the support to using e-learning system. They can be found via the link: https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=162
Videoconferencing system (meet) - https://meet.ukf.sk/
The system serves to ensure distance learning and student evaluation, as well as to conduct online state exams at the time of controlled distance learning. It is also used to provide online connections with students for consultation and other study and group activities. All communication via the CPU Meet application is fully encrypted.
Distance learning is also possible in the form of the MS Teams tool, which is part of the Office 365 package with CPU licensed support.
The Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies develops cooperation with domestic and foreign academic institutions, cultural and educational institutions, and non-governmental organisations, which helps to improve the teaching process and creates additional opportunities for our students to develop their skills and experience.
Central European University in Budapest, Hungary – so far three years of cooperation on the so-called Summer University (within the International Visegrad Fund), which regularly creates space for students of the department as participants in an event with world-class lecturers (M. Stokes, M. Clayton, etc.).
University of Southeast Norway, Campus Rauland, Norway – long-term cooperation in the field of multi-day excursions of Norwegian colleagues and students in Slovakia with a focus on traditional fine arts and music and dance folklore, cooperation in the field of study and lecture mobility of students and staff.
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien – organisation of three several-day excursions for foreign students of the department focused on open-air museums, folklore festivals and representatives of traditional music and musical instrument production in selected municipalities in Slovakia, which were attended by the students of departments; organisation of joint excursions to Austria, Poland and Ukraine.
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels, Belgium – cooperation on the acquisition of sound recordings of traditional music in the municipalities of Hrochoť, Čierny Balog, and Terchová for the needs of the international project MIMO, museum representative and researcher: Wim Bosmans. Materials included in the sound archive of the department and used during the teaching of traditional music.
The University of Wyoming, Department of Music, Laramie, USA – cooperation on the acquisition of sound recordings of traditional music (shepherd playing) in selected locations in Slovakia for the needs of the music guide Flutes of Slovakia, a university employee and researcher: Dr. Rodney Garnett. The publication, which was the result of cooperation, is included in the Audiostúdia fund. Participation of selected students and teachers in the weekly mobility at the University of Wyoming, where they gave lectures focused on traditional ensemble music in Slovakia.
Departments of Ethnology + Cultural and Social Anthropology of the V4 countries – organisation of the international student conference Ethnology Without Borders 2019 on the premises of the department, where both master's and doctoral students met. The organisation of the conference - fully in the hands of students of the Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies (supported by FPU).
Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS in Bratislava, Department of Ethnology and Museology FA Comenius University Bratislava, Department of Social Studies and Ethnology in Banská Bystrica – cooperation at APVV-16-0115 Project title: Sociocultural capital of successful municipalities as a source of sustainable development of the Slovak countryside (Socio-cultural capital of successful villages as a source of sustainable development of the Slovak countryside) - participation of students in research in the form of student field research and year works, presentations of partners within the programme of the event Ethnological Days
CVEK - Centre for Research of Ethnicity and Culture – cooperation on the implementation of lectures and presentations of research projects of the organisation's staff in the department, which were focused on the immigration and asylum policy of the Slovak Republic and the integration of foreigners in cities.
Museum and educational institutions in various cities of Slovakia, according to the choice of students – cooperation in providing Professional Practice I. and II.
Institutions with which the department cooperates within the professional practice – The Danube Region Museum in Komárno; The Museum of Ruthenian Culture in Prešov; The Museum of the Spiš region in Spišská Nová Ves; The Ponitrian Museum in Nitra, Dubnica Museum in Dubnica nad Váhom; Ľubovňa Museum and Ľubovňa Castle, Stará Ľubovňa; Sereď Holocaust Museum; The Novohrad Museum and Gallery in Lučenec; National Cultural Centre (NOC) in Bratislava; the Regional Cultural Centre in Nitra; Záhorie Cultural centre in Senica; the Centre for Traditional Culture in Myjava; Gemer-Malohont Museum in Rimavská Sobota; Liptov Cultural Centre in Liptovský Mikuláš; Skalica Municipal Library; Klátova Nová Ves Municipal Office; Dolná Súča Municipal Office; Podduklian Art Folk Ensemble (PUĽS) Prešov; Civic Association Juhaska reguľa Spišská Nová Ves.
National Cultural Centre (NOC) in Bratislava – participation of students of the department in ensuring the operation of individual events, lectures. Cooperation in the realisation of top stage events - folklore festivals (FF Východná), participation of department members in the dramaturgical board of the festival, programme board of the festival, providing a programme on a separate ethnological stage of the ETNODOM festival - done under the auspice of the Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra. The participation of members of the department in advisory bodies, evaluation commissions supervising the organisation and provision of all rounds of progressive competitions of stage folklore (children's competitions, competitions of adults).
Centre for Traditional Folk Culture / The Slovak Folk Art Collective (SĽUK) – the creation of educational materials (folk musical instruments, folk songs of Slovak regions) intended for the cross-sectional topic Regional education and traditional folk culture, assessment of proposals for registration in the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of Slovakia - doctoral student as a supervisor of the publication edition.
The Centre for Traditional Culture in Myjava – cooperation on the implementation of the Myjava IFF - international folklore festival, participation of the department members in the dramaturgical and programme board of the festival, teaching work of teachers, students, students are inspicients (Stage Managers), participation of the department in arranging some events.
Ľubovňa Museum and Ľubovňa Castle, Stará Ľubovňa – cooperation on a research project and implementation of a 10-day student field research in the village of Litmanová (Stará Ľubovňa district)
Civic associations Post Bellum and Mareena; Pôtoň Theatre – cooperation in the realisation and completion of educational workshops and events for students and the general public.
The Conservatory in Nitra - cooperation within the organization of the Ethnological Days event. The Conservatory and its dance venues and Studio S represent one of the venues for the festival programme, a co-organiser of dance workshops for students of the department and the general public.
The Regional Cultural Centre in Nitra – cooperation in the realisation of professional workshops, programmes, shows of stage folklore, professional consultations in the realisation of educational and exhibition events for the public. Cooperation to ensure professional practice for students of the department - participation of students in the preparation and implementation of various events, exhibitions, workshops, assessment and consulting activities in the case of various projects.
City Nitra – cooperation at events of the department such as Ethnological Days, cooperation in organising art and concert events in the local Synagogue and the Concert Hall of the County House; cooperation in the implementation of events within the European Cultural Heritage Days. Civic Association Tradana - long-term cooperation in the organisation of a unique ethnological festival Ethnological Days, intended for university students and the general public, participation of students in research activities of the association, focused on traditional ensemble music.
Civic Association Club of folklore lovers and so-called Archive of Folk Culture in Košice – cooperation on the digitisation project of the extensive audio-visual and sound fund of the association, creation of systematics and concepts of cataloguing of sound and film units, own cataloguing of units, in which the students of the department also participated.
Ľudo Slovenský, a project developed by the writer and IT specialist Tomáš Ulej and his team – the professional guarantee of the digitisation project of the largest song collection of folk songs Slovenské spevy (1 - 7) and the creation of a conceptual and methodological framework for the process of digitisation, processing of digitised song units and organisation of the website, designed for full mediation of digitised material to the general public materials by primary education teachers. Student participation in a digitisation project in the role of digitisers.
Student life
https://www.ukf.sk/studium/studentsky-zivot
Constantine the Philosopher University supports the cultural and sports activities of students within its possibilities. Student activity is also concentrated in university associations and clubs.
Culture
-Women's singing group Ulijanky from Nitra
The singing group, which was formed on the grounds of the department, focuses on the style of interpretation of folk songs from selected localities in Slovakia. The singing group works under the organisational and pedagogical guidance of doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD. The members are students of the Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra.
- Folklore ensemble Ponitran is an art ensemble with the longest history at the university that focuses on traditional Slovak folklore with an orientation in the Ponitrie area. The mission of the ensemble is to develop students' hobby activities, to follow the traditional culture of Slovakia, to interpret it artistically and to collect folklore material from various areas of Slovakia, but especially from the area of Nitra and Tekov.
- The VYDI Student Theatre was founded in 1992. During one academic year, it usually studies one production, with which students present themselves to a domestic audience in the University Creative Studio of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra. Similarly, they also take part in various regional shows or thematic festivals. The work of students in this ensemble is not only related to the creation of theatrical productions, but also to a diverse range of variable activities within the academic year: improliga (improvisation), stand up performances, street parades, Santa's parties, ´majálesy´, cabaret, matriculation, deposition (semi-official initiation ritual which was common at universities), workshops, etc.
- The civic association JA and MY organises cultural events, exhibitions, concerts, scientific conferences, seminars, discussion forums, round tables, discussions, as well as the preparation and organisation of 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 artists in order to enable them to make a public presentation of their creative and scientific activities.
They are best known for organising the Peter Scherhaufer Festival.
- The Hungarian CPU Choir successfully represents the university on domestic and foreign concert stages, choir festivals and competitions. At the individual years of the nationwide qualification competition of choirs Kodály's Days in Galanta, it regularly receives the Golden Band award. The choir gives regular concerts and its goal is to cultivate and further revive Kodály's traditions, as well as the dissemination of Hungarian choral culture, primarily in the circle of university youth. The manager of the choir is currently The Faculty of Central European Studies, CPU.
Sport
In addition to individual student performance, CPU students' sports activities also focus on team sports. The Association of CPU Sports Clubs in Nitra occupies an important place, which includes: the Volley project CPU Nitra, BKM Junior CPU Nitra, Taekwon-Do CPU NITRA and the hockey team Philosophers Nitra.
Student Parliament (CPU)
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/studentske-kluby-a-zdruzenia
Every year it organises events - the Student Days of Nitra Universities, the Nitra University Days, in which the students of Urgent Health care participate as participants, but also under the supervision of teachers as medical supervision in providing the first aid
https://www.ukf.sk/verejnost/aktuality/udalosti/4288-studentsky-parlament-chysta-online-podujatia
As part of ensuring quality studies and extracurricular life, the University of Constantine the Philosopher provides various services to its students. (https://www.ukf.sk/studium/sluzby-studentom).
The Pavel Strauss University Pastoral Centre in Nitra was opened at CPU in December 2008. Its main goal is to provide pastoral care and spiritual assistance to students and staff of Nitra universities, institutions, and student dormitories (www.upcnitra.sk).
The Student Centre of CPU offers students counselling services and services to support their activities outside the teaching process. Centralised counselling includes spiritual, financial, career, psychological, legal, social, health counselling, and support for students with specific educational needs (https://www.ukf.sk/sc).
The possibilities and conditions of student participation in mobilities and internships are regulated by 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 registration are published on the university's website: https://www.ukf.sk
The rules for the recognition of this education are regulated by the Study regulations of CUP:
https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf
The faculty coordinator of the Erasmus+ programme as well as the contact person for students in other types of mobility and internships is the vice-dean for foreign relations and development prof. PaedDr. Bernard Garaj, CSc.: bgaraj@ukf.sk.
The Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies also comprehensively supports domestic and international mobility and various student activities in accordance with the Internationalisation Strategy of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra for the Period 2019 – 2025. Within the Ceepus and Erasmus+ programmes, the Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies cooperates with the workplaces at universities in Brno, Vienna, Prague, and Ljubljana. The department coordinator of the Ceepus and Erasmus+ programmes is doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD. (mjagerova@ukf.sk).
Criteria and requirements for applicants (pursuant to § 57 Sec. 5 of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. On Higher Education Institutions and Amendments to Certain Acts) are always published transparently on the faculty's website: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie
The basic condition for admission to doctoral studies is 2nd degree university education (Mgr.). The form of the entrance exam is oral and written. Its content is the presentation and defence of the framework project of the dissertation, theoretical knowledge corresponding to the relevant study programme, personal predispositions of the applicant, motivation of the applicant and his/her results of 2nd-degree university education (Mgr.), resp. of the study programme, pursuant to § 53 Sec. 3. Act No. 131/2002 Coll. On Higher Education Institutions and Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended. The entrance exam also determines the applicant's ability to communicate professionally on the chosen topic and active knowledge of at least one foreign language in the form of a test.
Admission procedures for the study are governed by the principles of the admission procedure at the Faculty of Arts, CPU and are published on the faculty's website:
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie
The results of the admission procedure for the last period are available in the 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 are carried out on an annual basis through questionnaires for the evaluation of the educational process and teachers by students. 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 in Nitra:
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-system-zabezpecenia-kvality.pdf
Periodic assessment of teaching and teachers by students is accessible through AIS.
Opinions and evaluation opinions of students on various aspects of the study are also regularly obtained at the department level. This is done through the tutor of the study programme, who is in regular personal and written contact with students of all 3 levels of university study (Bc., Mgr. PhD.) while interpreting feedback from students at regular working meetings of the department.
Another form is obtaining feedback in the form of anonymous questionnaires (using platforms Google Forms and SurveyMonkey), which allow students to respond to evaluation, study conditions, quality of study plans, level and effectiveness of connecting study and content of lectures with practice, quality of teaching, educational methods, quality and frequency of activities organised by the department outside the lecture framework, relationships and quality of teachers' communication with students, motivation and satisfaction with studying at the department, availability of study materials, and also the extent of student workload.
One of the questions in the last questionnaire was whether the students also work in addition to their studies and what the nature of their work is. The last questionnaire was distributed to students in 2021. 12 students responded to 35 open questions and scaling: https: / /docs.google.com/forms/d/1vmF79k4uGV93u5kasX2OUKIBMw625HhS4hBglQBW38c/edit#responses).
The Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies care about fair and open relations with their students, which they consider to be one of the most important added values of the functioning of workplaces. Supporting students in their professional and teaching extracurricular activities, personal contact of trainers with individual students, whether during consultation hours, by phone, via online platforms or e-mail, is perceived as key, while consultation and discussion meetings on research topics and opportunities utilising their knowledge and skills outside the department is often a means of enabling students to communicate their views on a variety of issues related to teaching and the general functioning of workplaces in a collegial and supportive environment.
The department has established mechanisms for obtaining feedback in connection with selected subjects of the study plan: students prepare A report from professional practice (I. and II.). After the accomplishment of field research I, the department holds a discussion meeting with students and evaluation of field research transcripts, where students share with the experience towards the 1st year students and also the teachers. Based on the feedback, the research implementation plan for the next academic year is re-evaluated.
Every year in the pre-Christmas period, the department also organises the so-called Pre-Christmas Matinee, which is a department-wide meeting to present the first chapters of final theses: final year students (Bachelor theses, Master theses). This is where space is created for the topics of field research conditions, availability of study materials, etc.
Every year in the pre-Christmas period, the department also organises the so-called Pre-Christmas Matinee which is a department-wide meeting organised to present the first chapters of Bachelor and Master theses of the final year students. This is where space is given for the topics of field research conditions, availability of study materials, etc.
The results of student feedback are analysed at several levels of faculty (Dean's College, Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts, Academic Senate of the Faculty of Arts, etc.), being communicated with stakeholders, and published on the faculty's website in the form of faculty's annual report (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/o-fakulte/vyrocne-spravy) and in the report from the evaluation of teaching and faculty teachers (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/hodnotenie-vyucby-a-pedagogov-studentmi).
The results of the questionnaire survey and individual feedback from students at the departmental level are evaluated at departmental meetings and those that were evaluated as justified, feasible and constructive, were reflected in the process of harmonising study programmes at all levels of study, resp. into the teaching process, etc.
The emphasis on building the social capital of students in the areas of focus of their future, potential professions, and the quality of relations between individual members and students of the department are facts that are also positively evaluated by our successful graduates. This is done through personal contact with them within the various non-academic expert activities of teachers (evaluation activities during the SVOUČ, workshops, festival programmes preparing, etc.), as well as through a series of video spots prepared by graduates in connection with the annual Open Day; at departmental events (Ethnological Days, Jarné pozdravy) where they regularly take part – some of them as visiting lecturers.
Under the name Ethnological Party, in 2020 the department initiated a series of lectures by invited guests, including our graduates. It is a way to introduce students to specific topics related to applied ethnology, as well as aspects of professions in which they can apply after graduation (Bc., Mgr., also PhD.). Especially in the discussion part of the event, there is room for other supplementary student questions stimulating the discourse on the challenges and benefits of studying at our workplace and the situation in the professional field in question.
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