Rules of Study ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Rules of Study at the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University *========================================================================================= Under sections 27 (1) (b) and 33 (2) (f) of Act No. 111/1998 Sb., to regulate higher educa and to change and amend other laws (“the Higher Education Act”), as amended, the Academic Faculty of Humanities of Charles University has adopted the following Rules of Study at th Humanities of Charles University as its internal regulation: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 1: Introductory Provisions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Under Article 19 (2) of the Code of Study and Examination of Charles University (“the CSE” Study at the Faculty of Humanities (“the Rules”) provide the requirements for programmes o at the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University (“Faculty”) and govern the details of t of study at the Faculty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part I: REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S PROGRAMMES OF STUDY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 2: Units of Programmes of Study ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Under Article 4 (6) of the CSE) The unit of study in all Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes of study offered at the Facult a year. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 3: Minimum Number of Credits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Under Article 5 (11) of the CSE) 1.The minimum number of credits required for registration for the next unit of study in a programme of study is as follows: a.50 credits for registration for the second year of study; b.100 credits for registration for the third year of study; c.150 credits for registration for the fourth year of study; d.160 credits for registration for the fifth year of study; e.e) 160 credits for registration for every subsequent year of study. 2.The minimum number of credits for registration for the next unit of study in a two-year programme of study is as follows: a.50 credits for registration for the second year of study; b.100 credits for registration for the third year of study; c.100 credits for registration for every subsequent year of study. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 4: Repeated Registration for a Subject ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Under Article 7 (9) of the CSE) 1.Repeated registration for a subject which is described as compulsory in the curriculum o of study is precluded. Compulsory subjects in “Studium humanitní vzdělanosti” and Libera Humanities Bachelor’s programmes of study are an exception to this rule and it is possib for them for a second time in the immediately subsequent unit of study. 2.Repeated registration for a subject which is described as elective or optional in the cu programme of study is precluded unless stated otherwise in the Study Information System ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 5: Time Limit for the Fulfilment of Assessment of Study of a Subject ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Under Article 8 (3) of the CSE) 1.The student must fulfil the assessment of an elective and optional subject by the end of period of the summer semester of the given unit of study. 2.The student must fulfil the assessment of a compulsory subject no later than by the end examination period of the summer semester of the immediately subsequent unit of study wi of subjects where repeated registration is allowed. In these subjects the student must f assessment of study by the end of the examination period of the summer semester of the g study. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 6: Assessment of Study and its Recognition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Under Article 8 (4), (7), (13), and (16)-(18) of the CSE) 1.The colloquium, course credit, graded course credit, and examination represent independe assessment of subjects taught at the faculty. 2.The number of resit dates for a colloquium, course credit, or graded course credit is th exam; the student has a right to two resit dates. 3.Examinations and graded course credits are graded using the following grades: “excellent”(“výborně” (1)), “very good” (“velmi dobře” (2)), “good” (“dobře” (3)), and “fail” (“neprospěl/a” (4)). 4.If a student applies for the recognition of the fulfilment of assessment of a subject, t grant the equivalent number of credits: a.for subjects acquired within the previous completed study in which such subjects were requirement for the completion of study; b.for subjects acquired within a concurrent study. The only exception are assessments of subjects registered by the SIS as optional subjects offered within the Charles Univers c.for subjects graded as “good”. This condition applies to all assessments of study of a including assessments of subjects completed within lifelong learning programmes offere Faculty. 5.The Dean may decide to recognize the fulfilment of the assessment of study in other case listed under paragraph 4. There is no legal entitlement to the recognition of the fulfil assessment of study. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 7: State Final Examinations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Under Article 9 of the CSE) 1.The parts of a State Final Examination (“SFE”) and its topical areas, respectively, are the curriculum of the programme of study and may be taken independently (under Article 9 CSE). 2.The minimum number of credits required to take any part of an SFE in programmes of study registration for individual parts of an SFE successively are determined as follows: a.The number of credits required to take other than the last part of the SFE in the “Stu vzdělanosti” Bachelor’s programme of study is, for the part of the SFE entitled Social Interdisciplinary Perspective, 27 credits acquired by the completion of subjects presc curriculum, out of which 11 credits must be acquired by the completion of compulsory s the part of the SFE entitled Philosophy in the Context of Humanities, 24 credits acqui completion of subjects prescribed by the curriculum, out of which 8 credits must be ac completion of compulsory subjects; for the part of the SFE entitled European History i credits acquired by the completion of subjects prescribed by the curriculum, out of wh must be acquired by the completion of compulsory subjects. b.The number of credits required to take other than the last part of the SFE in the Gene Master’s field of study, which is being phased out, is 24 credits acquired by the comp compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum. The number of credits required to ta the last part of the SFE in the Anthropology Studies Master’s programme of study is, f part of the SFE, 30 credits acquired by the completion of compulsory subjects prescrib curriculum; for the second part of the SFE in the Philosophical Anthropology specialis credits acquired by the completion of subjects prescribed by the curriculum, out of wh must be acquired by the completion of compulsory subjects; for the second part of the Historical Anthropology specialisation, 78 credits acquired by the completion of subje by the curriculum, out of which 29 credits must be acquired by the completion of compu for the second part of the SFE in Sociocultural Anthropology, 78 credits acquired by t subjects prescribed by the curriculum, out of which 33 credits must be acquired by the compulsory subjects. c.The number of credits required to take other than the last part of the SFE in the Civi Master’s field of study, which is being phased out, is 23 credits acquired by the comp compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum for the first part of the SFE and 27 by the completion of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum for the second p SFE. The number of credits required to take other than the last part of the SFE in the Studies Master’s programme of study is 21 credits acquired by completion of compulsory prescribed by the curriculum for the first part of the SFE and 15 credits acquired by of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum for the second part of the SFE. d.The number of credits required to take other than the last part of the SFE in the Elec and Semiotics Master’s field of study, which is being phased out, is 21 credits acquir completion of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum for the first part of t 35 credits acquired by the completion of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curricu second part of the SFE. The number of credits required to take other than the last par the Electronic Culture and Semiotics Master’s programme of study is, for the first par 20 credits acquired by the completion of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curricu second part of the SFE, 20 credits acquired by the completion of compulsory subjects p curriculum. e.The number of credits required to take other than the last part of the SFE in the Soci Ecology Master’s field of study, which is being phased out, is 60 credits acquired by of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum for the first part of the SFE; 90 by the completion of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum for the second p and 120 credits acquired by the completion of compulsory subjects prescribed by the cu the third part of the SFE. The number of credits required to take other than the last in the Social and Cultural Ecology Master’s programme of study is, for the first part credits, out of which 23 credits must be acquired by the completion of compulsory subj by the curriculum; for the second part of the SFE 90 credits, out of which 17 credits completion of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum; and for the third part credits, out of which 22 credits must be acquired by the completion of compulsory subj by the curriculum. f.The number of credits required to take other than the last part of the SFE in the Oral – Contemporary History Master’s programme of study is 35 credits acquired by the compl compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum for the first part of the SFE and 30 by the completion of compulsory subjects prescribed by the curriculum for the second p ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part II: DETAILED RULES OF STUDY IN BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S PROGRAMMES OF STUDY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 8: Registration for Subjects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.Students in bachelor’s and master’s programmes of study register for subjects only elect through the SIS. 2.Preliminary registration for compulsory subjects which satisfy the requirements under Ar the CSE is performed electronically through the Student Registry. 3.The period for electronic registration for subjects for individual units of study is det Rector’s directive. The registration is preliminary within this period, and students may ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 9: Assessment of Study ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.The results of the assessments of study are entered in the SIS by the teachers, and in e by responsible staff members designated by the Dean. 2.Continuous assessments of study are performed at the end of each unit of study on the ba properly entered in the SIS. 3.Examinations, colloquia, course credits, and graded course credits should be fulfilled i during the examination period of the semester in which the subject is taught. The teache examination dates for that examination period under Article 8 (12) of the CSE. The teach examination dates in the SIS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 10: Final Thesis, State Final Examination ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The student has a right to receive the supervisor’s and reviewer’s reports on his bachelor thesis no later than three working days before the defence is held. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part III: DETAILED RULES OF STUDY IN THE DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES OF STUDY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.Study in doctoral programmes of study is performed according to the approved individual the guidance of a supervisor. The curriculum may be specified by the student throughout study with the approval of the Subject Area Board or upon its initiative. 2.The individual curriculum determines the fulfilment of study requirements, namely: a.the planned course of research and scholarly activities including study stays and inte b.examinations required for the study; the number and subject content of required examin accordance with the authorisation to offer the relevant programme of study; c.the topic of the Dissertation and the name of the supervisor and advisor, if any; d.time limits for the fulfilment of the determined requirements – the study requirements study are spread over the standard period of study in the individual curriculum. 3.The doctoral student is obliged to publish the results of his research in the manner com branch of science and according to the recommendation on the creation of individual curr the Subject Area Board; he is obliged to report properly and in time his publications, i the respective electronic databases, according to the instructions of the Research Admin of the Faculty. Only publications dedicated to the Faculty and properly reported in the module of “IS Věda” are considered relevant for study requirements. 4.The doctoral student is obliged to report his completed internships abroad in the respec databases. 5.Under Article 10 (6) of the CSE, the study is always performed under the guidance of a s nominated by the Subject Area Board and appointed by the Dean. In the case of a change o the process applies by analogy. The supervisor may be either a full professor or an asso in justified cases a graduate of a doctoral study programme or a similar programme may b if nominated by the Subject Area Board and approved by the Research Board of the Faculty who is a full or associate professor may act as the supervisor of no more than ten stude Faculty. A supervisor who is not a full or associate professor may act as the supervisor than two students within the Faculty. The Dean may, in justified cases upon request of t relevant Subject Area Board, grant an exemption to allow exceeding these limits. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 12: Remote Voting (in writing) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.The Chair of the Subject Area Board may announce a voting outside of the Subject Area Bo (“remote voting”) if it concerns a matter of urgency or a proposal for the discussion of possible or practical to convene a Subject Area Board meeting. 2.The announcement of voting and the text of the proposal is sent out to the members of th Board by means of a mailing list. The announcement includes a time limit for voting whic fewer than 5 days. 3.A member sends his vote in electronic form, voting in favour, against, or abstaining, wi limit under paragraph 2, otherwise his vote is invalid. A member may reject remote votin form and within the same time limit. 4.The proposal is considered approved if a simple majority of all members voted in favour; apply if remote voting on the proposal was rejected by no less than one third of all mem 5.The minutes of the remote voting form part of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.A student registers for the State Doctoral Examination only when he has fulfilled all th study requirements set in his individual curriculum. 2.The Dissertation must be submitted within the time limits stipulated by the academic cal no later than 6 months before the expiration of the maximum period of study. 3.The Dissertation must comply with the methodological standards of the branch and it must independent contribution to the branch. The thesis must comply with the formal elements: bibliography and list of other sources used, an abstract in the Czech and English langua thesis is written in a language other than the Czech or English language, the abstract m this other language), key words in the Czech and English languages, and other elements s relevant Subject Area Board, if any. The instructions concerning formal elements, format of the Dissertation are published on the website of the Faculty. 4.If the State Doctoral Examination and the defence of Dissertation take place at one sess Examination Board, it is necessary to follow the order in which the State Doctoral Exami successfully passed first, as a prerequisite for the defence. 5.The Board for the State Doctoral Examination and for the defence of Dissertation has fiv Chair and the members of the Examination Board are appointed by the Dean. At least one m Board must not be a member of the Academic Community of the Faculty. 6.The student has a right to receive the reviewers’ reports no later than seven days befor defence. 7.The defence of the Dissertation is held in the language in which the given programme of offered. The defence may also be held in English or another language if justified by the the topic of the Dissertation. The language of the defence may be changed on the basis o application file by the student. The relevant Subject Area Board decides on the applicat receiving an opinion from the supervisor and the Examination Board. The application may providing that the supervisor and the Examination Board consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part IV: COMMON, TRANSITIONAL, AND FINAL PROVISIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 14: Dealing with Students’ Submissions Regarding the Organisation of Study ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Under Article 17 (3) of the CSE) The relevant Vice-Dean according to the type of study is competent to deal with submission organisation of study. The Dean is competent to review the process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 15: Transitional Provisions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.The rights and duties of students who started their study before the date of legal effec are governed by these Rules. 2.The provisions of these Rules on the implementation of the programmes of study apply by implementation of fields of study within programmes of study accredited under the Higher effective before 1 September 2016. 3.Repeated registration for compulsory subjects and the time limits for their completion u 4 and 5 of these Rules apply to subjects first registered for on or after the date of ef Rules. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 16: Final Provisions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.The Rules of Study at the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University of 23 June 2017 ar repealed. 2.These Rules were approved by the Academic Senate of the Faculty on 27 July 2020. 3.These Rules come into force on the date of approval by the Academic Senate of Charles Un 4.These Rules become effective on the first day of the 2020/2021 academic year. Ing. Arch. Mgr. Marie Pětová, Ph.D. Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D. President of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University Prof. Ing. František Zahálka, Ph.D. President of the Academic Senate of Charles University Under section 9 (1) (b) point 2 of Act No. 111/1998 Sb. to regulate higher education insti to change and amend other laws (“the Higher Education Act”), as amended, the Academic Sena University approved this internal regulation of the Faculty on 25 September 2020.