Art of Dance (P8202)

Tyoe of programme: PhD programme
Length: 3 years

Qualification awarded:

Ph.D.

Level of qualification:

PhD Programme

Specific admission requirements:

Admission to the PhD programme is contingent on due completion of a Masters programme and the awarding of the title MgA./Mgr. The entrance examination takes the form of an oral interview on the candidate´s proposed doctoral project before the admissions committee. The decision to admit a candidate to the PhD programme is made by the Dean based on the recommendation of the admissions committee. The final instance in the admissions process is the Rector, whose decision is final.

Specific requirements for admission are published on the web page http://www.hamu.cz/studium/prijimaci-rizeni-hamu.

Electronic application for admission: https://prihlaska.amu.cz/apps/kos/prihlaska/.

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:

Recognition procedures at AMU are governed by Article Nos. 89 and 90 of Act No. 111/1998 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions, as amended and the AMU Attendance and Examination Regulations (Articles 8, 14, 18).

Qualification requirements and regulations

Completed university education in a Master?s programme.

Regulations:

The Czech education system is governed by Act No. 111/1998 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions, as amended and the Academy?s internal regulations ? AMU Attendance and Examination Regulations.

Profile of the programme:

The Art of Dance programme at the doctoral level endeavours to integrate deep knowledge and extensive professional skills with a refined capacity for critical thinking, with an orientation in the tendencies within the field and an understanding of the external relationships and contexts of the field?s existence in the contemporary world.

Key learning outcomes:

Independence, professional distinction, extensive knowledge of the field, critical thinking, conceptuality, involvement in professional developments, influencing the field at the national and international level.

Occupational profiles of graduates with examples:

A professional expert with a clearly defined focus and an individual approach to the field, and capable of influencing and shaping developments within it, possessing a critical overview and understanding of the field?s existence in the contemporary context, with a view to the future direction and application of new tendencies.

Access to further studies:

Course structure diagram with credits:

Examination regulations, assessment and grading:

Studies are assessed by credits and examinations stipulated by the individual study plan.

The credit is an ungraded form of assessment of studies. It is allocated upon fulfilment of the whole set of obligations stipulated for individual subjects and is recorded in the doctoral study records or the information system with the word „Credited“ (Z).

An examination is a graded form of assessment of studies, which tests knowledge and level of creativity in the relevant subject. It may be practical, written, oral or a combination of these methods. It is graded with the words „pass“ - „fail“ and is recorded in the doctoral study records or the information system.

Graduation requirements:

The oral defence of the dissertation is public. A precondition for an oral defence is the fulfilment of the requirements of the individual study plan for the doctoral study programme, including the submission of the dissertation with all required formalities. The result of the oral defence is also announced in public by the chairman of the committee for the state doctoral examination. If the result of the oral defence is negative, the Dean shall notify the student in writing of the committee?s decision. In accordance with its conclusions, the committee shall state in the decision the conditions under which the oral defence may be repeated. The student may request an oral defence of the revised dissertation in a period between five months and one year from the unsuccessful oral defence. The oral defence may be repeated only once. A successful oral defence is a necessary precondition for the state doctoral examination.

The state doctoral examination is held in public. The preconditions for conducting the state doctoral examination are the fulfilment of the individual study plan of the PhD programme, the submission of a dissertation with all required formalities, and its successful oral defence.

The student registers in writing for the oral defence of the dissertation and for the state doctoral examination.

The committees for the oral defence and the state doctoral examination and their chairpersons are appointed by the Dean on the recommendation of the doctoral board. Committees shall have at least five members. Professors, assistant professors and experts approved by the faculty?s artistic council are eligible for appointment as committee members. At least one committee member must be from a department outside of the faculty. The supervisor participates in the oral defence and examination as an auxiliary committee

Mode of study:

full-time / part-time

Programme director or equivalent:

prof. BARTOŇ Hanuš

Occupational profile of graduate:

Programme director or equivalent:

prof. MAREŠ Vlastimil

List of qualifications: