Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister filozofije in …/magistrica filozofije in …Add to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Arts in philosophy and …
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Master’s degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Master's education
Duration Duration of education:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A completed first-cycle programme in philosophy; or
  • a completed first-cycle study programme in another field, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for further study consisting of 5–30 credits and a corresponding number of credits in the other part of the two-subject study programme; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in a relevant field (philosophy); or
  • a completed professional higher education programme adopted before 11 June 2004 in another field, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for further study consisting of 5–30 credits and a corresponding number of credits in the other part of the two-subject study programme; or
  • a completed academic higher education programme in a relevant field (philosophy), adopted before 11 June 2004; as a rule, 30 credits and a corresponding number in the other part of the two-subject programme are recognised for these candidates; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme in a relevant field (philosophy), adopted before 11 June 2004 (candidates who have also completed a specialisation programme); as a rule, 30 credits and a corresponding number in the other part of the two-subject programme are recognised for these candidates.
ISCED field Field:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: philosophy and ethics
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to:
(general competences)
  • critically analyse in depth, synthesise and anticipate solutions and consequences,
  • demonstrate mastery of research methods, procedures and processes,
  • show critical and self-critical judgement,
  • apply knowledge in practice and solve problems originally and creatively,
  • perform professional work autonomously,
  • develop communication skills, particularly in the international environment,
  • demonstrate a capacity for ethical reflection and a commitment to professional ethics,
  • demonstrate cooperativeness and work in a group (including in an international environment),
  • use sources and quote them appropriately (Harvard method),

(subject-specific competences)

  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the theories and arguments of leading thinkers based on their works, and show awareness of certain controversies of interpretation,
  • apply historical doctrines to shed light on modern debates,
  • demonstrate clear insight into the main theories and arguments in core disciplines such as logic, epistemology and ontology,
  • demonstrate clear insight into the main theories and arguments in disciplines such as ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, etc.,
  • identify problems that underlie various debates,
  • analyse the structure of complex and controversial problems and understand strategies for their resolution,
  • attentively read and interpret texts from different traditions with sensitivity to the context,
  • evaluate the success of an argument,
  • appropriately understand and apply philosophical terminology,
  • demonstrate the capacity to abstract, analyse and construct arguments,
  • recognise convincing strategies that do not hold to philosophical rigorousness,
  • consider other positions and modify own positions accordingly,
  • engage with the problems of everyday life: reflection, problematisation, the search for assumptions and implications, etc.
  • articulate the problems of everyday life as philosophical problems and find appropriate solutions to them.

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 to the next year of a second-cycle two-subject programme with teacher training component, students must have completed course units totalling 90% of the credits prescribed by the curriculum for the individual year (i.e. 54 out of 60 credits).

Magister filozofije in …/magistrica filozofije in …

SQF 8

EQF 7

The Career path tab shows the possible career path within the selected qualification area, which is not the only one and is not mandatory. The actual transition between qualifications, which is determined by law, is defined in the Transition tab.

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja filozofije

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja filozofije in teorije vizualne kulture

SQF 10 / EQF 8

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to complete a two-subject study programme, students must complete all course units in both parts of the two-subject study programme, for a total of at least 120 credits (60 credits in each part of the two-subject study programme).

Awarding body:

University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://www.ff.um.si/oddelki/filozofija/studijski-programi.dot
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