General characteristics of the professional profile of the graduate
The graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies (PhD study programme) masters scientific methods of the research and has detailed knowledge of history and current theoretical knowledge in selected areas of culture: theory and history of culture, theory and history of national culture, philosophy of culture, semiotics of culture, artistic culture, media culture, moral culture, applied cultural studies (management and marketing of culture, including management and marketing of art; law and legislation in culture; the economics of culture, etc.).
Theoretical knowledge
The graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies (PhD study programme) has general knowledge at the assessment level. Can select and independently apply specific scientific methods of specialised research of particular types of art or culture. He has extensive professional knowledge from several areas of the field of study, which serves as a basis for conducting research and development and creating new knowledge in the field of art or culture sciences (arts and culture sciences).
Graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies (PhD study programme):
- scientifically researches and critically analyses existing knowledge of specific problems in different areas of culture,
- compares theoretical approaches of different provenance applied in solving specific problems of past and present culture,
- assesses theoretical and methodological approaches to solving selected problems of culture in Slovakia in the context of other national theoretical discourses,
- is able to synthesise partial knowledge about culture and apply a systems approach in examining and analysing the problems of culture as a whole and its particular subsystems,
- brings own solutions in the field of organisation and management of cultural institutions of regional, national, and transnational character.
Practical skills and abilities
The graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies (PhD study programme) applies his/her own findings of his/her own theoretical analysis and his/her own comprehensive scientific research in solving problems in the field of arts or culture sciences. The graduate is able to formulate new hypotheses and strategies for further research and development of the field of study. Can specify and propose actual and original research objectives and methods in the field of science dealing with relevant art or culture, including interdisciplinary contexts (arts and culture sciences).
Graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies (PhD study programme):
- can apply his/her theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills in practice in a suitable way,
- is able to create projects in different areas of culture,
- masters the methods of applying for domestic and foreign additional sources of funding for culture,
- has the ability to operate at different types of cultural facilities,
- masters research methods and techniques,
- is able to deal in practice with various cultural problems at the local, regional, and national levels,
- has the ability to work at higher levels of cultural process management.
Complementary knowledge, skills, and abilities
The graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies (PhD study programme) is characterised by independent, critical, and analytical thinking, which he applies in changing conditions. Creates original, specific research methods and research projects. Independently presents his/her results of research and development in front of the scientific community in the Slovak Republic and abroad, even in a foreign language. Takes into account social, scientific and ethical aspects when formulating his/her own research intentions and interpreting research results. Can design and scientifically manage new research concepts and coordinate a team in the relevant scientific field (arts and culture sciences).
Graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies (PhD study programme):
- is able to keep in touch with the latest developmental trends in the relevant scientific field,
- masters the principles of scientific work,
- builds professional contacts at home and abroad through scholarship programmes, participation in conferences, cooperation in research projects,
- uses modern information technologies,
- scientifically formulates problems,
- adheres to legal and ethical norms of scientific work,
- is able to present the results of his/her scientific research in a foreign language, to conduct scientific events in the mother tongue and in a foreign language.
Within the meaning of the National System of Occupations (NSO), a graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies (PhD study programme) can work as a university assistant professor, scientific researcher, scientific and pedagogical worker, cultural and educational worker, intangible cultural heritage specialist, monument fund researcher, public administration specialist in the field of culture, dramaturg, theatrologist, historian (theoretician, critic) of audio-visual art, creative producer, museum/gallery pedagogue, manager in the field of culture. He also works as a professional publicist; a university pedagogue with continual scientific and pedagogical activities, systematic research, respectively, connecting scientific-pedagogical profiling with theoretical contributions to the field from interdisciplinary points of view. The graduate of the study programme Cultural Studies also finds employment in methodological centres, relevant positions of cultural institutions representing national culture, as an initiator of organised cultural events, events, festivals of national importance and outreach, research and pedagogical staff, member of programme boards, juries, exhibition curator, etc.
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 (attached / link): Municipal Office in Nitra - Department of Culture, Municipal Cultural Centre in Hlohovec, Regional Education Centre in Nitra.
Based on the acquired theoretical knowledge, skills, and professional experience from the professional practice, the graduates of the doctoral degree of the study programme Cultural Studies are eligible to continue developing their scientific and academic careers at both university and research workplaces.
They find employment in various resorts of the Ministry of Culture, the Self-governing regional departments in the field of culture promotion and cultural diplomacy, deployed cultural institutions and cultural organisations, in National Cultural Centre (NOC), regional and regional cultural and educational centres, cultural departments of municipal and district offices, cultural houses, independent cultural centres / independent cultural nodes and points (as directors and main managers of cultural events, festivals, possibly dramaturgs and qualified curators of particular events of social significance), voluntary organisations, public and commercial media, civic associations, in the business sector in the field of event marketing, diverse branches of creative industries, development agencies of local and regional culture, and in tourism.
They are able to perform professional work and have competent eligibility for project (grant) activities in various types of cultural institutions and organisations (i.e. galleries; museums; regional and municipal libraries; regional media; art camps; established and non-established theatres; festival committees and associations; basic art schools; municipal offices as animators of cultural and social processes; as well as dramaturgs/managers and organisers of cultural life; municipal offices in the positions of cultural officers; art institutes in the departments of publishing, collecting, and acquisition funds; the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the Art Support Fund, etc.
Graduates are in contact with departments/workplaces through websites and social networks (FB page of the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and FB page of the Department of Culture and Tourism Management, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra ) as well as through the editorial staff of the internet cultural journal Culturologica Slovaca, which is disposable at the webpage of the Department of Cultural Studies with the possibility of publishing scientific and reviewing articles. At the Department of Culture and Tourism Management, there is such an opportunity through the journal Contexts of Culture and Tourism.
The most important graduates of this study programme are:
Mgr. Veronika Pleštinská, PhD. (Head of the Diocesan Museum of the Diocese of Nitra)
Mgr. Veronika Moravčíková, PhD. (Director of the Municipal Cultural Centre Hlohovec)
Mgr. Mária Šimončičová, PhD. (State Secretary, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic)
Ing. Jaroslav Dóczy, PhD. (director of the Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra)
Mgr. Juraj Novák, PhD. (co-founder and member of the civic association Nitrianske kultúrne dedičstvo)
Mgr. Jozef Puškár, PhD. (manager of the New Theatre in Nitra)
Mgr. Marcela Králiková, PhD. (manager and teacher Detský Babylon - Babylon School in Nature)
Mgr. Lucia Valková, PhD. (Divadelná Nitra Association / International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra)
Mgr. Anna Šimončičová, PhD. (Divadelná Nitra Association, coordinator of the Nitra project European Capital of Culture 2026)
Mgr. Miroslav Pap, PhD. (cultural editor, minority weekly Hlas ľudu - Serbia)
PhDr. Viktória Bíziková, PhD., MBA (secondary school teacher, Secondary Vocational School of Hotel Services and Trade, Nové Zámky)
Feedback - the evaluation of the quality of the study programme by employers is obtained in cooperation with various cultural institutions and organisations, cultural and educational centres, cultural departments of municipal and district offices, independent cultural centres, etc., which employ graduates of the study programme Cultural Studies. Pedagogues maintain contacts with employers through professional practice, while employers provide them with feedback on students' readiness to work at the institution. In addition to direct contact, feedback from employers is obtained through social networks. The departments gradually gather data on the employment, quality, and success of their graduates; and following the evaluation of the quality of the study programme by employers, they adapt the content and form of particular subjects to current trends and the needs of social practice.
Workplaces that are in contact with the departments and provide them with feedback on the quality of the study programme and students' readiness for practice include the Diocesan Museum of the Diocese of Nitra, the Municipal Cultural Centre in Hlohovec, Divadelná Nitra Association, the section of culture at Nitra Municipal Office, the Independent Cultural Centre Station Žilina -Záriečie, the Pôtoň Theatre in Bátovce, the Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, the Old Theatre of Karol Spišák in Nitra, the New Theatre in Nitra, Hidepark - an independent cultural and community centre in Nitra, etc. Contacts with employers are also established thanks to excursions, organisation of cultural events, and participation in scientific and artistic events (e.g. graduates of the Cultural Studies study programme are members of the expert jury of the art section of ŠVOUČ). Statements from some selected institutions can be found in the annex. Also from the Department of Culture and Tourism Management, the pedagogues of the study programme adapt the content and form of the offered subjects to the current trends and strategic direction of relevant disciplines at home and abroad. They maintain contacts through the implementation of professional work, excursions, scientific projects and events in cooperation with similarly oriented workplaces in the academic environment and with employers. Feedback from employers is obtained through direct contact, resp. through social networks, organising joint events of the department and graduates' employers. As an example, we mention the regular participation of employers in World Tourism Day, the departmental Student Scientific Professional and Artistic Activities (ŠVOUČ), or conferences.
The study programme in Cultural Studies 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 Board for the Internal Quality Assurance of Higher Education (Quality Board) at CPU in Nitra and Board for Quality Verification of Higher Education at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra have an important role to play in this context. The basic documents that determine these processes are:
the Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education at CPU in Nitra and 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
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 programs implemented at the faculty; monitoring the availability of appropriate teaching resources for the implementation of study programs; 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 programs; involvement of students in activities aimed at evaluating study programs; 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 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:
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
Profile courses:
Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences, Methodology of Cultural Studies, Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, Intercultural Processes, Philosophy of Culture, Theoretical Reflections of Culture and its Subsystems, Current Trends in Culturological Thinking, Overlaps of Semiotics and Cultural Studies, Selected Lectures from the Theory of Culture, Independent Culture and Unconventional Art in Slovakia, Intercultural Competence in Art Production
The study plan of the single degree study programme in Cultural Studies at the doctoral level is divided into compulsory courses and compulsory optional courses, while profile courses form the core of the compulsory courses block and a significant part of the compulsory optional courses block. The study plan of the study programme Cultural studies at the doctoral level is specified in the study part (compulsory courses - compulsory optional courses - optional courses), educational activities, scientific part (publishing, presentation, organisational, and project activities) and other activities.
The focus of the study program - the profile courses of the core of the Cultural Studies study program (block of compulsory subjects with the P flag), in which a doctoral student acquires theoretical foundations in Methodology of Cultural Studies, Philosophy of Culture, Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, Intercultural Processes, Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences.
At the same time, he/she expands the overview of other main topics of profile courses among some compulsory optional courses:
Intercultural Competence in Art Production, Independent Culture and Unconventional Art in Slovakia, Current Trends in Culturological Thinking, Overlaps of Semiotics and Cultural Studies, Theoretical Reflections of Culture and its Subsystems as well as Selected Lectures from the Theory of Culture.
The doctoral student acquires scientific acriby and the competence to reflect theoretically; to independently enter the critical, theoretical platform through continuous pedagogical and consulting activities, own professional publishing activities, participation in several scientific events, colloquia, domestic and foreign conferences. The acquired course of theoretical knowledge enables the graduate of Cultural Studies at the doctoral level to develop the skills of independent profiled scientific thinking, theoretical reflection on demanding processes and transformations in culture.
The doctoral student purposefully penetrates the possibilities of research and participates in several scientific projects and grant tasks (own solved university grants as a solver, or as a co-solver of departmental scientific projects, domestic and foreign grant tasks); extraordinates prerequisites for a well-founded theoretical reflection on solved problems, learns to interpret problems and then theoretically grasp and identify them.
He actively brings new professional contributions to cultural research and theoretical thinking about culture. Much of the doctoral student's studies (more than a third of the total credit burden) is linked to his/her scientific performance and includes mandatory mobility activities, active participation in projects and publishing activities with the obligation to publish during his/her studies in some of the indexed journals, relevant in the field. Outputs are specified in the document:
- number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies 25 credits + 8 credits for state exams,
- number of credits for compulsory optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies 20 + 25 credits,
- number of credits for optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies 0 credits,
- number of credits required for the completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for the common foundations and for the relevant specialization, in the case of a teaching combination study programme or a translation combination study programme,
- number of credits for the final thesis and the defence of the final thesis required for the proper completion of studies, 30 credits,
- number of credits for professional practice required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies,
- 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,
- number of credits required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for artistic performances in addition to the final thesis in art study programmes.
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
prof. PhDr. Július Fuják, Ph.D.
Cultural Interpretation of Marián Varga´s Music Art in the Context of Social Coordinates in 20th and 21th Century
The Nitra School in the Field of Semiotic-Cultural and Aesthetic Studies (The Comparison of Development in the Periods before 1989 and after)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Čukan, CSc.
Sports-related subcultures
doc. Mgr. Miroslav Ballay, PhD.
Revitalisation of the cultural memory in the contemporary theatre
The selected concepts of performativity in the contemporary art culture
Cultural symbols in theatre
Rituals and social dramas in the light of cultural theatrology
Diversification of independent dance culture in Slovakia
doc. PhDr. Boris Michalík, Ph.D.
Cultural Potential - Contexts, Transformation
doc. Mgr. Martin Štúr, PhD.
The impact of Modernist thinking by authors such as Miguel de Unamuno, José Ortega y Gasset and Octavio Paz on today's reflection taking into account today's cultural problems in Feminism, Freedom and Death
2020/2021
prof. PhDr. Július Fuják, PhD.
Cultural Interpretation of Marián Varga´s Music Art in the Context of Social Coordinates in 20th and 21th Century
The Nitra School in the Field of Semiotic-Cultural and Aesthetic Studies (The Comparison of Development in the Periods before 1989 and after)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Čukan, CSc.
Expansion of Americanism in Slovak Culture
doc. Mgr. Miroslav Ballay, PhD.
Revitalisation of the cultural memory in the contemporary theatre
Rituals and social dramas in the light of cultural theatrology
The selected concepts of performativity in the contemporary art culture
Cultural symbols in theatre
doc. PhDr. Boris Michalík, PhD.
Culture of Communication in Health Resort
doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD.
Traditional folk culture as an inspirational source of current socio-cultural activities (example of the rural environment)
- 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:
- 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:
- 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
- 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.
- 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=.
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
prof. PhDr. Július Fuják, PhD., Position: professor, contact: jfujak@ukf.sk
prof. PhDr. Július Fuják, PhD.
- profile courses in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Overlaps of Semiotics and Cultural Studies, Independent Culture and Unconventional Art in Slovakia, Intercultural Competence in Art Production
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10345
- contact: jfujak@ukf.sk
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Čukan, CSc.
- profile courses in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Philosophy of Culture, Theoretical Reflections of Culture and its Subsystems, Current Trends in Culturological Thinking
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10370
- contact: jcukan@ukf.sk
doc. Mgr. Miroslav Ballay, PhD.
- profile courses in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Selected Lectures from the Theory of Culture, Independent Culture and Unconventional Art in Slovakia, Intercultural Competence in Art Production
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10397
- contact: mballay@ukf.sk
doc. Mgr. Silvia Letavajová, PhD.
- profile courses in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Methodology of Cultural Studies, Current Trends in Culturological Thinking,
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/12393
- contact: sletavajova@ukf.sk
doc. PhDr. Boris Michalík, PhD.
- profile courses in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Methodology of Cultural Studies, Theoretical Reflections of Culture and its Subsystems,
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10695
contact: bmichalik@ukf.sk
Other teachers who also teach profile subjects are listed in item 7.d).
prof. PhDr. Július Fuják, PhD.
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Čukan, CSc.
doc. Mgr. Miroslav Ballay, PhD.
doc. Mgr. Silvia Letavajová, PhD.
doc. PhDr. Boris Michalík, PhD.
prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomašková, CSc.
- profile course in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8803
- contact: stomaskova@ukf.sk
prof. PaedDr. Elena Zelenická, PhD.
- profile course in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 1, Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 2
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10321
- contact: ezelenicka@ukf.sk
prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD.
- profile course in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Ethics of Scientific Research
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6613
- contact: jzozulak@ukf.sk
Mgr. Erika Moravčíková, PhD.
- profile course in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Philosophy of Culture, Overlaps of Semiotics and Cultural Studies
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10764
- contact: emoravcikova2@ukf.sk
doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD.
- profile course in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Ethics of Scientific Research
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10410
- contact: pkoreny@ukf.sk
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD.
- profile course in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Ethics of Scientific Research
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10666
- contact: jmaximova@ukf.sk
doc. Mgr. Martin Štúr, PhD.
- profile course in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Intercultural Processes
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10317
- contact: mstur@ukf.sk
doc. PhDr. Marián Žabenský, PhD.
- profile course in the study programme Cultural studies (3rd level): Intercultural Processes, Selected Lectures from the Theory of Culture
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/17845
- contact: mzabensky@ukf.sk
prof. PhDr. Július Fuják, PhD. (jfujak@ukf.sk):
- in the given academic year in the study programme Cultural Studies (3rd degree – full-time) does not conduct any dissertation
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Čukan, CSc. (jcukan@ukf.sk):
- Expansion of Americanism in Slovak Culture
- Sports-related subcultures
doc. Mgr. Miroslav Ballay, PhD. (mballay@ukf.sk):
- Cultural symbols in theatre
doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD. (mjagerova@ukf.sk):
- Traditional folk culture as an inspirational source of current socio-cultural activities (example of the rural environment)
doc. Mgr. Silvia Letavajová, PhD. (sletavajova@ukf.sk):
- in the given academic year in the study programme Cultural Studies (3rd degree – full-time) does not conduct any dissertation
doc. PhDr. Boris Michalík, PhD. (bichalik@ukf.sk):
- Traditional Culture in Tourism of Slovakia
doc. Mgr. Martin Štúr, PhD. (mstur@ukf.sk):
- The impact of Modernist thinking by authors such as Miguel de Unamuno, José Ortega y Gasset and Octavio Paz on today's reflection taking into account today's cultural problems in Feminism, Freedom and Death
prof. PhDr. Július Fuják, PhD.
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Čukan, CSc.
doc. Mgr. Miroslav Ballay, PhD.
doc. PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD.
doc. Mgr. Silvia Letavajová, PhD.
doc. PhDr. Boris Michalík, PhD.
doc. Mgr. Martin Štúr, PhD.
Mgr. Adriana Švajdová, adriana.svajdova@ukf.sk
- 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: doc. 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 the Department of Cultural studies: Mgr. Ľudmila Molnárová, lmolnarova@ukf.sk,
http://www.kkult.ff.ukf.sk/pracovnici/
- administrative worker the Department of Culture and Tourism Management: Mgr. Jana Kollárová, jkollarova@ukf.sk, https://kmkt.sk/pracovnici/
- Accommodation Department: RNDr. Katarína Baťová, PhD., kbatova@ukf.sk;
Mgr. Simona Gutová, sgutova@ukf.sk,
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 study programme in Cultural Studies (3rd degree) is implemented in two departments, namely the Department of Cultural Studies and the Department of Culture and Tourism Management.
The Department of Cultural 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 5 office rooms, 6 desktop PCs, 10 laptops, 5 external hard disks, 1 data projector, 1 copier, 5 printers, 3 scanners, 1 binder, 2 cutters, 1 shredder, 1 TV, 1 digital camera. All rooms have a telephone connection and all computers at 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://www.kkult.ff.ukf.sk/) and the fan page of the workplace created on the social network (https://www.facebook.com/kulturologianitraukf/).
The Department of Culture and Tourism Management is located in the building of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra, on Hodžova Street no. 1 on the first floor. The secretariat of the department and its staff have at their disposal 6 office rooms, 14 desktop PCs, 32 laptops, 25 external hard disks, 1 data projector, 4 multifunctional devices (printer, copier, scanner), 2 printers, 1 binder, 2 cutters, 2 shredders, 2 CD players, 1 voice recorder, 7 cameras, and 1 magnetic board. All rooms have a telephone connection and all computers at 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://kmkt.sk/) and the fan page of the workplace created on social networks: (https://www.facebook.com/FF.KMKaT), (https:/ /www.instagram.com/kmktgram/),
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUXTDZaepBZCBiCdIDL4eiQ).
The process of education in the study programme Cultural Studies (3rd degree) is provided by the Department of Cultural Studies and the Department of Culture and Tourism Management. Teaching is carried out in the premises of the Faculty of Arts in lecture and/or seminar rooms, which are located in the building on Hodžova Street. no. 1 in Nitra, on B. Slančíkova Street no. 1 in Nitra and Tr. A. Hlinka 1 in Nitra. Lectures and seminars are held mostly in the rooms in the building on Hodžova Street no. 1 (room H 115, capacity 30 seats, benches and chairs, area 35.88 m2, room H 14, capacity 30 seats, fixed benches, area 36.18 m2), in the building on B. Slančíkova Street no. 1 (room B 130, capacity 30 seats, benches and chairs, area 42.49 m2) and on Tr. A. Hlinka 1 (room TAH A 121, capacity 20 seats, benches and chairs, area 33.65 m2). All these rooms are equipped with data projectors, which are connected to computers and a sound system. A special classroom of the theatre practitioner - the University Creative Studio of the Faculty of Arts with light and sound technology - is also used in the implementation of the cultural programme. The University Creative Studio of the Faculty of Arts at ŠD UKF Nitra (B. Slančíkova Street no. 1) is a special laboratory room for theatrical (stage) practical activities, the realisation of theatrical workshops, workshops and seminars on theatrical production and reception, history of theatre and film, or film production and reception (capacity 50 seats). The distance of the department's headquarters to the FA CPU building on B. Slančíková Street no. 1 is 1500 m and the building on Tr. A. Hlinka is 750 meters away.
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 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)
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 Cultural Studies has a study room on Hodžova Street no. 1., which is part of the CPU University Library and a partial departmental library. There are 287 titles in this, which are regularly supplemented at the suggestion of the department's staff, 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 at their disposal the periodicals Acta Culturologica, Slovenské divadlo, Kino-ikon, Javisko, kød - specifically about theatre, VLNA - a magazine about contemporary art and culture and many others. There are also scientific works and publication units of members of the department, proceedings of conferences organised by the department, diploma and bachelor theses, works of ŠVOUČ, etc. Since 2016, the Department of Cultural Studies has been publishing its own online cultural journal Culturologica Slovaca (published twice a year; until 2019 it was published as an anthology with an annual periodicity), where the professional and student public can get acquainted not only with current work of department staff but also renowned colleagues from other domestic and foreign workplaces.
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 Cultural Studies has created 10 e-learning courses, which can be entered via the link: https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=50
The use of the e-learning system is made by video manuals, which the Faculty of Arts of CPU has published for its employees and which can be found at: 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 Cultural Studies has established and develops cooperation with domestic and foreign academic workplaces and institutions. Among domestic institutions, it is cooperation with the workplaces of Comenius University in Bratislava (cooperation in solving grant tasks, scientific-popularisation events), the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava (staff participation in conferences, publishing activities), the University of Prešov in Prešov (co-research of staff on grant assignments, the Academic Prešov Festival, conferences and publishing activities), the Institute of Theatre and Film Research - Organisational branch of Art Research Centre of Slovak Academy of Sciences (staff participation in conferences, grant assignments and publishing activities), the Theatre Institute (publishing and review activities), as well as cooperation with the Slovak Philosophical Association, Slovak Academy of Sciences. Together with the staff of the association and the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra, the members of the department prepared a scientific event - a lecture by a foreign guest Assoc. Prof. Dr. George Karamanolis, Privatdoz. MA - entitled A Roman Ethical Notion: Dignitas on 21st of November, 2019.
Within the cooperation of the Department of Cultural Studies with the University of Helsinki, the lecture of prof. Tarasti, chairman of the world semiotic organisation IASS (2004-2014) took place on 13th November, 2019 within the VEGA project.
From foreign institutions, there is the evident cooperation of the Department of Cultural Studies with workplaces at Charles University in Prague, The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Metropolitan University Prague, Masaryk University in Brno, Palacký University Olomouc, The University of Hradec Králové, Vienna University, Ivan Frank University in Lviv, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, etc. Collaboration with the Institute of Macedonian Literature in Skopje resulted in the joint publication Culture in Transition Countries (Skopje, 2018).
Within the Erasmus+ programme, the department cooperates with workplaces at universities in Prague (Charles University, The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, The College of International and Public Relations Prague), Olomouc (Palacký University), Plzeň (The University of West Bohemia), Hradec Králové ( The University of Hradec Králové), České Budějovice (The University of South Bohemia), Opole (The University of Opole), cooperation with the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture, and Art Studies / Musicology, University of Helsinki (Prof. Eero Tarasti) and in Lviv (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv).
During the stay of Ukrainian teachers and students, the following events took place at the Department of Cultural Studies:
- Ihor Kolesnyk's lecture "The Philosophy of Fantasy as a Scientific Discipline"
- Ihor Kolesnyk's lecture "Philosophical ideas in Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings"
- lecture by students from Ukraine about Ivan Frank University in Lviv, the Faculty of Arts and the Department of Theory and History of Culture
- lecture by students from Ukraine on "The Road to Ukraine's Heritage"
- Ukrainian language workshop
The students of the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra, prepared 2 presentations at the Department of Theory and History of Culture of Ivan Frank University in Lviv, concerning Slovak culture and Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. A framework agreement on scientific research and project cooperation was signed between the departments in 2018;
- currently cooperating in publishing activities.
We can also mention the civic associations Post Bellum, Potôň Theater, Truc sphérique, with which there is cooperation in the implementation and completion of educational workshops and events for students and the general public. The Department of Cultural Studies cooperates with the city of Nitra in the organisation and implementation of various cultural events, e.g. Nitra Carnival, International Children's Day, Cyril and Methodical festivities.
The Department of Cultural Studies has been cooperating with Divadelná Nitra Association for a long time, thanks to which our students, as volunteers, participate in the preparation and implementation of the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra every year. Not to mention, there is the cooperation with the Nitra Gallery and Hidepark at the international festival PostmutArt (2007 - 2019). The result of the cooperation with the National Business Centre in Nitra was a course of business skills for students and teachers of the department called "Entrepreneurship in Culture".
The Department of Culture and Tourism Management actively cooperates with domestic and foreign academic workplaces and institutions. Together with them, the department organised several scientific events (scientific conferences, seminars), published monographs and proceedings, and organised field research.
Among the domestic research institutes are, for example, the Centre for Research on the History and Culture of Lowland Slovaks in Banská Bystrica, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS in Košice, Institute of Social Sciences (conference Central European Contexts of National Development at the beginning of the 21st century, 15. 11. 2018), Centre for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture CVEK in Bratislava (conference Modern Migrations and Their Reflection in Public Discussion, September 22-23, 2021), the Department of Social Studies and Ethnology and the Department of European Cultural Studies UMB in Banská Bystrica (monograph Modern Migrations in Public, Media and Political Discussion, 2020), the Museum of Carpathian German Culture in Bratislava, The Slovak Mining Museum in Banská Štiavnica (consulting and research activities), The National Institute for Education in the Slovak Republic (webinar Education of Foreigners in the Slovak Republic). Some of the employees of the department are members of the Ethnographic Society of Slovakia. The department cooperated with the University of Damascus and the members of the department carried out field research of Bedouin culture in 2006 and 2008, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Proceedings of Regionalism and Multiculturalism, 2012), Charles University in Prague, the University of Wrocław (proceedings Dynamics of acculturation on the ethnic border, 2011), The University of Opole, The University of Passau, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Düzce University and Gaziantep University in Turkey.
The scientific activity of the staff of the department focuses on the culture of Lowland Slovaks. Within this topic, they cooperate with the Ivan Krasko Cultural and Scientific Society in Nădlac (monographs Borumlak, Varzaľ, Spôsob života a kultúra Slovákov v Bihore, Cultural potential of Slovaks in Nadlac, Cultural potential of Slovaks in Romania), Democratic Union of Czechs and Slovaks in Romania, Research Institute of Slovaks in Hungary (interdisciplinary camps in Budapest, Békéscsaba, participation in conferences, proceedings), Cultural Institute of Vojvodina's Slovaks in Novi Sad, Serbia; Slovak Publishing Centre in Báčsky Petrovec (monographs Pivnica, Boľovce, Silbaš, Vojlovica, Cultural potential of Slovaks in Syrmia), Slovak Cultural centre Našice (monographs Soľany, Cultural potential of Slovaks in Croatia). Since 2014, the staff of the department has been working on extensive expertise on the cultural potential of Lowland Slovaks in cooperation with The National Cultural Centre.
The department cooperates with several cultural institutions within the third sector. These include Slovak Catholic Charity (monograph Migration and development in Slovakia), International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Association of Afghans in Slovakia, The Islamic Foundation in Slovakia (scientific cooperation, research of minority communities). Due to the focus of the department and the practical enrolment of its graduates in the field of culture management, gastronomy, hospitality and tourism, the department also actively cooperates with other organisations and facilities (City of Nitra, Nitra Tourism Organisation, Slovak Association of Travel Agencies, The Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, the Nitra Gallery, Regional Cultural Centre in Prievidza and others).
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
- The University Creative Studio operates in the premises of the Nitra Student Home. It is an integrating cultural point of university students and their artistic bodies for rehearsal and realisation of productions, domestic stage projects, and cultural events. The studio is also used for the pedagogical process (creative workshops, seminars, training, workshops) of art and art-educational study programmes within the university.
- 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 Cultural Studies 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 Erasmus+ programme, the Department of Cultural Studies cooperates with workplaces at universities in Prague, Olomouc, Pilsen, Hradec Králové, České Budějovice, Opole and Lviv. The department also supports international student mobility through other programmes (NŠP, Ceepus). The department coordinator of the Erasmus+ programme is Mgr. Kristína Jakubovská, PhD. ( kjakubovska@ukf.sk )
The Department of Culture and Tourism Management 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 Erasmus+ programme, students took part in stays in Germany, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland or Turkey. Currently, the department cooperates with The University of Passau (Germany), Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz (Poland), Düzce University (Turkey), Gaziantep University (Turkey), and Adiyaman University (Turkey). Students also improve their managerial skills and practical skills through internships in the gastronomic, hotel or other cultural institutions in several European countries, e.g. France, Spain, Italy. Every year, 3-5 students of the department take part in study stays in the Erasmus+ programme. Internships abroad are completed by 2-4 students every year. In addition, students participate in programmes organised by SAIA. The department coordinator of the Erasmus+ programme is PaedDr. Lucia Záhumenská, PhD. ( lzahumenska@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, 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. Students also have space to comment on the above topics during lectures and seminars. The department also receives feedback on the quality of the study programme from a report from professional practice and mutual communication between students and the professional practice methodologist.
The Department of Cultural Studies and the Department of Culture and Tourism Management 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 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, etc.), as well as through a series of video spots prepared by graduates in connection with the annual Open Day; at departmental events (conferences, Culturological deposition, lectures Culturologos).
Since 2013, a specific series of scientific lectures with international participation, called Culturologos, has been significantly established on the premises of the department, at which our graduates have also spoken. Thanks to this cycle, the scientific orientation of the workplace towards students and outside has been significantly strengthened. In this way, students not only have the possibility to get acquainted with the research of many experts but also take a look at the activities of people who work directly in the cultural sector. Especially in the discussion part of the event, there is also room for other supplementary student questions, stimulating discourse about the challenges and benefits of studying at our workplace and the situation in the professional field in question. During its period of existence, a number of lectures or discussions have taken place within the Culturologos cycle, which are listed below:
Kulturologické línie Nitrianskej školy, 25.3.2013, prof. PhDr. Peter Liba, DrSc. (the founder of the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra, Rector Emeritus of the CPU in Nitra, literary scholar, critic and culturologist); The Role of Semiotics in the Creative Process, 8. 4. 2013, Dr. Eufrasio Prates, PhD. (University of Brasília - Art Institute); Subkultúra Gothic – fakty a mýty, včera a dnes – póza či hra?, 15. 5. 2013, Mgr. Denisa Mateašiková (graduate of master's degree at the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Revitalizácia tradície ukrajinského kozáctva, 1. 10. 2013, Mgr. Kristína Jakubovská (doctoral student at the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Looping Well With Others..., 15. 10. 2013, Amy Knoles (California Institute of Arts, Los Angeles, USA); Mládež v politike umenia (predstavenie projektu Youth in Art policies v Istanbule, 26. 11. 2013, Bc. Martina Doričová (student of master's degree); FRANK ZAPPA (1940-1993): „Hudba je vždy komentárom k spoločnosti“ alebo Them or Us 20 years after..., 3. 12. 2013, doc. PhDr. Július Fujak, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Slovenské divadlo v období normalizácie, 10. 12. 2013, PhDr. Dagmar Podmaková, CSc. (Art Research Centre of SAS, Institute of Theatre and Film Research of SAS, Bratislava); Ukrajinci a Rusi: bratia či nepriatelia?, 25. 3. 2014, Mgr. Igor Jakubovskij; Virtuálny nekromarketing alebo posmrtný život v kyberpriestore, 8. 4. 2014, Mgr. Maroš Lahučký (doctoral student at the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Antropologie smrti, 28. 4. 2014, doc. PhDr. Martin Soukup, PhD. (Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague); Smrt jako kulturní konstrukt, 28. 4. 2014, PhDr. Václav Soukup, PhD. (Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague); Pohrebné obyčaje – etnologické kontexty, 6. 5. 2014, PhDr. Margita Jágerová, PhD. (The Department of Ethnology and Ethnomusicology, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); rAdioCUSTICA selected (akustická umění v Českém rozhlase), 16. 10. 2014, MgA. Ladislav Železný (Czech Radio, Prague); Hudobná kontrakultúra na prelome šesťdesiatych a sedemdesiatych rokov v kulturologickej perspektíve I., 2. 12. 2014, Bc. Lukáš Perný (graduate of the bachelor´s degree); Kto pôjde posledný, nech zhasne (smrť v populárnej kultúre, podoby a funkcie), 9. 12. 2014, Mgr. Juraj Malíček, PhD. (the Institute of Literary and Art Communication, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Aké znaky v akých obrazoch? Obrazová semiotika v tradičnej umenovede a v súčasnej vizuálnej komunikácii., 10. 3. 2015, Mgr. Miroslav Haľák, PhD. (the Austrian Gallery, Belvedere Castle, Vienna); Zamlčané dejiny. (K dejinám kultúry na Slovensku), 8. 4. 2015, PhDr. Viktor Timura, CSc.; Všeobecné trendy a tendencie novej ruskej drámy, 5. 5. 2015, Mgr. Romana Štorková Maliti; Hudba, zvuk a ticho teraz! /kolokvium v rámci medzinárodného intermediálneho festivalu Postmutart fest 05/, 23. 10. 2015 The Nitra Gallery / in the foyer of Nitra City Palace Concert Hall /, Mgr. Ľubomír Pavelka, Mgr. Martin Hrnčár, Mgr. Jakub Juhás; 1985 - Confronting emotions and structural matters in the music of 21st century, 10. 11. 2015, MgA. Edgar Omar Rojas Ruiz, PhD., Between death and life; Camus and Kierkegaard, 19. 11. 2015, Dr. Yasemin Akiş (Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi, Burdur, Turkey); Prof. PhDr. Július Fuják, PhD. - Various Comprovisations. Text on Music (and) Semiotics, 15. 12. 2015, prof. PhDr. Július Fujak, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Výzvy kultúrneho manažmentu a umeleckej tvorby v rámci nezávislej scény na Slovensku, 22. 3. 2016, Mgr. Milan Zvada, MA; Søren Kierkegaard a obraz (o) smrti, 25. 4. 2016, Mgr. Katarína Gabašová, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Máme byť všetci feministi?, 12. 5. 2016, Mgr. Simona Petrík (the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Women´s Platform), Mgr. Veronika Valkovičová, MA (Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava); Ko(i)mprovizácie v rôznych žánroch nekonvenčnej hudby, 13. 10. 2016, prof. PhDr. Július Fujak, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Virtuální hudební nástroj a im(kom)provizační forma, 13. 10. 2016, doc. Mgr. MgA. Michal Rataj, PhD. (Composition Department, Music And Dance Faculty (HAMU) , The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague); Elektroakustická hudba ako historický fenomén – rekognoskácia terminologických východísk; 13. 10. 2016, Mgr. Alena Čierna, PhD. (The Department of Music, Faculty of Education, CPU in Nitra); Realizácia zvukového obrazu orchestrálnych kompozícií vo virtuálnom priestore, 13. 10. 2016, Mgr. Pavol Brezina, PhD. (The Department of Music, Faculty of Education, CPU in Nitra); In(tro)dukcia, 5. 4. 2017, Doc. MgA. Michal Murín, ArtD. (Department of Intermedia and digital media, Faculty of Fine Arts, Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica); Cluster ensemble a Milan Adamčiak, 5. 4. 2017, Mgr. art. Ivan Šiller, ArtD. and Mgr. art. František Király (the Department of Music Education, Faculty of Education, Comenius University Bratislava); Osobné poznámky k osobitej intermediálnej byt(n)osti Milana Adamčiaka, 5. 4. 2017, prof. PhDr. Július Fujak, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Možnosti a limity grafických partitúr v porovnaní s tradičnou notáciou (so zreteľom na interpretáciu tvorby Milana Adamčiaka), 5. 4. 2017, Mgr. Ondrej Veselý (the Institute of Literary and Art Communication, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Prieniky inšpirácií. Ne/náhodné filozofické stretnutia., 9. 5. 2017, doc. PhDr. Etela Farkašová, PhD., prof. PhDr. Dalimír Hajko, DrSc.; Hommage a MARIÁN VARGA. Na margo niektorých aspektov jeho (ne)známej hudby, 12. 10. 2017, prof. PhDr. Július Fujak, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Utváranie identity v podmienkach transkulturality, 7. 11. 2017, Mgr. Kristína Jakubovská (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Tancujme, tancujme, tancujme… Inak sme mŕtvi!, 27. 2. 2018, Peter Šavel (dancer, creator and teacher - Belgium); Pojem práva, definícia a pramene sexuálnych a reprodukčných práv, 9. 4. 2018, Mgr. Petr Kocina, PhD., LL.M., (the Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, CPU); Intuitive (Quantum?) Entanglement In Today’s Live Sound Art and Experimental Music – from Metamoprhs to Reality, 3. 5. 2018, Dr. Zsolt Sőrés (Lizst Ferenc Academy of Music, Electronic Music Media Art Department, Budapest, Hungary); Rudolf Dička a skartovaný Banksy. Nezávislá kultúra a kalkul profitu, 23. 10. 2018, Mgr. Miroslav Haľák, PhD. (the Austrian Gallery, Belvedere Castle, Vienna); Kritika vynucené závislosti: K alternativám z perspektivy kritické teorie kultury, 14. 11. 2018, doc. PhDr. Marek Hrubec, PhD. (The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague); Poetika súčasnej nezávislej divadelnej tvorby na Slovensku /interpretačné sondy/, 12. 12. 2018, doc. Mgr. Miroslav Ballay, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Kto sme? (Od Homéra po multikulturalizmus), 27. 3. 2019, prof. PhDr. Erich Mistrík, CSc. (The Department of Ethics and Civic Education, Faculty of Education, Comenius University Bratislava); Proč v Čechách neznáme slovenský underground? (odlišní formy subverzivní kultury jako společenského odporu), 23. 10. 2019, Ing. arch. Vladimír Merta (the Ethnomusicology Institute, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, The Department of Animated Film (KAT), Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU); Spoločnosť, politika, umenie, 27. 11. 2019, prof. PhDr. Miroslav Marcelli, PhD. (the Department of Philosophy and History of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava, the Department of Electronic Culture and Semiotics, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague); Sónická fotografia ako stopa kairos & zvukové sochy v site-specific intermediálnej hudbe, 1. 10. 2020, prof. PhDr. Július Fujak, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra); Performatívna prax v kontexte svojej doby (stratégie, dokumentácia a archív), 29. 4. 2021, Mgr. Andrea Euringer Bátorová, PhD. (The Department of History of Visual Arts, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava), Čas slobodného hľadania alternatív (Nezávislá rocková scéna 90. rokov made in SK & CZ), 27. 10. 2021, prof. PhDr. Július Fujak, PhD. (the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra), Tvorivosť, kultúrna dynamika a evolúcia vedomia, 1.12.2021, M. A. Vladimír Lobotka (part-time doctoral student of the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra).
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