Name of qualification Name of qualification: Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja geografijeAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Doctor of Philosophy in the field of geography
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Doctorate
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Doctoral education
Duration Duration of education:
3 years
Credits Credits: 180 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A completed second-cycle study programme; or
  • a completed academic higher education programme adopted before 11 June 2004; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme adopted before 11 June 2004 and a study programme leading to a specialisation; course units totalling 60 credits are defined for these candidates before enrolment in the programme: Geography of Population (6 credits), Economic Geography (6 credits), Social and Cultural Geography (6 credits), Environmental Geography (6 credits), Geography of Slovenia (6 credits) and 5 elective subjects (5 x 6 credits); or
  • a completed study programme leading to professions regulated by EU directives, or another integrated master's degree programme consisting of 300 credits.
ISCED field Field:
Social sciences, journalism and information
ISCED subfield subfield: inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving social sciences, journalism and information
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 10
EQF Level: EQF 8
EOVK Level: Third level

Learning outcomes:

The qualification holder is be able to:
(general competences)

  • perform independent research,
  • transfer theoretical knowledge into practice, evaluate own practice and develop new theoretical concepts,
  • create new knowledge,
  • show professional critical judgement,
  • apply and develop research methods,
  • communicate within the discipline and across disciplines in national and international contexts,
  • provide technical criticism while showing responsibility and initiative,
  • manage research projects and professional organisations,
  • organise teamwork and work in a group,
  • demonstrate ethical reflection and establish professional ethical standards,
  • evaluate research methods and the results of research from the point of view of research ethics,
  • carry out complex analysis and interpretation of landscape forming factors,
  • demonstrate knowledge of geography, integrate knowledge from various fields and apply it in research,
  • demonstrate mastery of the geographical research methods and procedures required for authoritative research in geography,
  • collaborate on the development of school curricula and take part in research and development activities,

(subject-specific competences)

  • demonstrate comprehensive understanding of a region and evaluate it,
  • recognise and evaluate phenomena and processes in society,
  • identify the environmental and development conflicts and potentials of a region,
  • design a regional geographical presentation of a region,
  • apply quantitative methods in research,
  • apply geographical topics didactically and reconstruct them,
  • analyse and evaluate the teaching process,
  • effectively lead and direct the pedagogical process,
  • demonstrate understanding of the functioning of ecosystems,
  • carry out geomorphic analysis of a landscape and analyse geomorphic processes and their importance for human beings,
  • evaluate the relationship between human beings and climate,
  • analyse and strategically orient economic and demographic development,
  • analyse and evaluate the tourism potentials of a region,
  • identify demographic trends and evaluate them quantitatively,
  • participate actively in spatial and urban planning,
  • apply geographical findings.

Assesment and completion:

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).

Progress:

In order to progress from the first year to the second year, students must complete at least 45 credits, including 10 credits from Individual Research 1. In order to progress from the second year to the third year, students must have completed prescribed first-year course units totalling 60 credits and second-year course units totalling 40 credits, where the latter consist of three elective subjects (each worth 10 credits) and an individual research requirement worth 10 credits.

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to successfully complete the programme, students must complete all course units, for a total of 180 credits (pass all examinations prescribed by the third-cycle study programme in Geography, and write and successfully defend a doctoral dissertation).

Awarding body:

University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://www.ff.um.si/
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