Name of qualification Magister zgodovine/magistrica zgodovineAdd to comparison [1]
Translated title (no legal status) Master of Arts in history
Type of qualification Diploma druge stopnje
Category of qualification Izobrazba
Type of education Master's education
Duration
2 years
Credits 120 credits
Admission requirements
  • A completed single-subject or two-subject first-cycle study programme in history; or
  • a completed undergraduate programme in a humanities field (first cycle, 180 credits); candidates must additionally complete 20 credits from the single-subject undergraduate programme , as follows: Structure and Development of Historical Science (5 credits) Theory of History (5 credits) and two subjects worth 5 credits each, prescribed with regard to the chosen stream by the Department of History for each individual candidate; or
  • a completed undergraduate programme in a social sciences field (first cycle, 180 credits); candidates must additionally complete 30 credits from a single-subject undergraduate programme, as follows: Structure and Development of Historical Science (5 credits) Theory of History (5 credits) and four subjects worth 5 credits each, prescribed with regard to the chosen stream by the Department of History for each individual candidate; or
  • a completed undergraduate programme in an engineering or natural sciences field (first cycle, 180 credits); candidates must additionally complete 60 credits from a single-subject undergraduate programme, as follows: Structure and Development of Historical Science (5 credits) Theory of History (5 credits) and ten subjects worth 5 credits each, prescribed with regard to the chosen stream by the Department of History for each individual candidate; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme under the old programme in a humanities or social sciences field; the Department of History may recognise individual subjects, above all as elective subjects, on the basis of an individual decision.
ISCED field Field
Umetnost in humanistika
ISCED subfield subfield zgodovina in arheologija
Qualification level

SQF 8
EQF 7
Second level

The qualification holder will be able to:
  • demonstrate knowledge of and proficiency in a specialised area of individual fields of historiography; historical knowledge and historical interpretation,
  • describe, analyse and interpret individual historical events and processes,
  • recognise fundamental historiographical texts and master the latest theoretical historiographical positions,
  • perform independent and original interpretation of historical events,
  • use a historical-anthropological approach and apply interdisciplinary treatment,
  • produce an original survey article or research paper within history as an academic discipline,
  • demonstrate accurate and analytical understanding of historical sources from antiquity to the present, written in various languages and scripts.

Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

In order to progress from the first to the second year, students must have completed all course units prescribed by the curriculum and individual syllabuses for the first year, for a total of 60 credits.

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

In order to complete the programme, students must complete all course units prescribed by the study programme and subject syllabuses. Students must pass all examinations and successfully defend a master's thesis, for a total of 120 credits.

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

https://zgodovina.ff.uni-lj.si/en [2]