Requirements for Applicants

BACHELOR'S DEGREE

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE

The prerequisite for admission to the Bachelor's degree programme in the study programme Teaching of Slovak Language and Literature (in combination) is the completion of a complete secondary education with a secondary school leaving certificate. The required proof of the acquisition of education is an officially certified copy of the school leaving certificate.

The set of knowledge, abilities and prerequisites that applicants to the Bachelor's degree programme in Teaching of Slovak Language and Literature (in combination) should possess is formulated as a complex of attributes that reflect the specificities of the study programme with regard to the profile of the graduate.

These include, in particular, a solid command of the Slovak language in both written and spoken form, mastery of the Slovak language and literature curriculum at secondary school level, especially gymnasium level, the ability to orient oneself in culture, the basic arts, history and contemporary social events, and the candidate's aptitude for working with children and young people.

In accordance with the knowledge and skills requirements for graduates in Slovak language and literature, candidates should demonstrate adequate cognitive, reading and speaking skills. Specifically, this concerns his/her ability in correct public speaking (standard pronunciation, correct application of suprasegmental and paralinguistic phenomena, ability to reproduce different types of texts); memory, classification and application skills (defining concepts and explaining their nature and their correlation in a system, and applying linguistic and literary knowledge in concrete linguistic analyses and literary analyses, particularly in the light of reception experiences in other art forms).

The linguistic component also includes analytical, synthetic and creative skills, including the analysis and production of different types of texts, as well as their oral presentation; information skills (use of language dictionaries, ability to proofread own texts, search, process and use information from literary sources); communication and speaking skills (appropriate communication with regard to the communication situation, reading comprehension, evaluation of the text in terms of content, form, linguistic devices, form/genre, style, etc. ); digital skills.

Building on the above, the literary component emphasizes analytical and interpretive skills (analyzing literary works from a stylistic, motivic-thematic, and compositional point of view, interpreting the meaning of a literary work narrative) and axiological grasp of the text (evaluating the work in the context of the time of its creation, as well as from one's own point of view and in a contemporary context).

Standard prerequisites for a successful upper secondary graduate include independent problem-solving in conditions that are usually predictable but may change, responsibility for work, responsibility for managing a small team, and evaluation of the results of one's own work and the work of others.

MASTER'S DEGREE

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE

The basic condition for admission to the Master's degree (second cycle study) in the study programme Teaching of Slovak Language and Literature (in combination) is the completion of a Bachelor's degree (first cycle study) in the required field of study and study programme.