Accredited study programs III. degree - Doctoral studies

Study field 8204 Art

Study program: Theatre Arts

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The objective of the doctoral study programme Theatre Arts is to provide excellent graduates of the master's degree in the field of Art and related fields with the acquisition of expanded knowledge based on the current state of artistic and scientific knowledge and, in particular, the possibility of their own contribution to it, which is the result of scientific research and creative activity in the field of independent theoretical and artistic activity in theatre and more broadly understood scenic art.

Graduate profile
A graduate of doctoral studies in the Theatre Arts programme (title Art.D.) is a comprehensively prepared person, capable of scientifically processing knowledge from practice and theoretically abstracting empirical experience, which co-creates (with a good overview of professional and scientific knowledge from the field of theory and history of theatre and the methodology of theatre science and research) prerequisites for his/her professional publication activity through which he/she participates in the development of theatre art and thinking about theatre and related disciplines.

At the same time, he/she is profiled as a creator of scenic works with distinct poetics and original aesthetic qualities – he/she proposes artistically original and innovative solutions and makes effective decisions when choosing and using artistic methods and techniques. He/she has a deepened ability to creatively search for and discover contexts, new perspectives and artistic procedures, which he/she can defend and theoretically reflect on, as well as creatively apply and develop in other areas (education, culture, society).

Knowledge:
The graduate has:
• a comprehensive historical and theoretical overview of the issues of European and Slovak theatre and drama, especially from the second half of the 20th century to the present in the entire spectrum of diverse interspecies and interdisciplinary (plurality) manifestations; knows important theoretical (aesthetic and theatrological and methodological) concepts, paradigms and perspectives on theatre and drama;
• a good overview also in the area of ​​current trends in Slovak and foreign theatrical staging and performative work, theatrical interventions in the public space or current theatrical events at home and abroad; at an advanced level, he/she can independently connect and apply the acquired knowledge for the needs of his own creative and research activities;
• the study of theatre art as a synthetic art conveys to him/her, in addition to artistic knowledge, also knowledge from related fields, especially literature, sociology, psychology, anthropology, politics, architecture, etc.

During his/her studies and artistic creation, he/she can work independently and precisely with many sources, search for them, critically evaluate them, process and apply them for the needs of his/her artistic and research.

Skills:
• The graduate masters a wide range of procedures for coordinating and managing individual staging components, can synthesize them into an artistic concept and staging form, independently organize and lead the process of creating a scenic work towards achieving the defined aesthetic and social functions of a theatrical work as part of modelling and creating a valuable artistic discourse.
• He/she is able to independently create and publicly present objectively valid and argumentatively supported shorter professional texts, as well as works of a synthetic nature, which can withstand a more demanding peer review. He/she has developed synthetic and creative thinking, is capable of interdisciplinary research and knows how to pass on his/her knowledge, e.g. in the form of lectures and teaching texts for lectures for students or the general public.
• The graduate has the ability of productive self-education as an automatic part of the independent solution of more demanding artistic and research tasks and projects.
• He/she knows how to communicate in a cultured manner and work with a team in a managerial manner, including solving crisis situations, he/she is ready to take responsibility for decision-making and solving professional problems, he/she is able to create and think independently and conceptually artistically, he/she is able to interpret and publicly present his/her work and research outputs in written and oral form in both national and international contexts.

Competencies:
The graduate is an artistically, knowledge-wise and methodologically comprehensively prepared person who can significantly shape the current theatrical artistic and theoretical discourse, manage and guide the mechanisms of a professional cultural, theatrical and educational institution, work pedagogically in art schools and participate in the entire spectrum of informal education through non-artistic theatre and cultural activities.
Part of the active formation of the graduate's personality is his/her ability to perceive, understand and internalize ethical and moral values and norms, respect for the basic principles of human rights, consideration, consensus and equal treatment, respect for author's ethics and ethical handling of the intellectual property of other persons (creators) and acquiring behaviour that is consistent with this.

Other skills and competences applicable in practice and personal development:
• communicative, sociolinguistic and sociocultural competences and sub-competencies (oral and written command of language, linguistic structures and performance with regard to the specificity of the work of art or performance, a specific place and a diverse network of interpersonal relationships; the ability to overcome difficulties in understanding, expressing and formulating thoughts on their own ; the ability to choose and adequately use means of expression in relation to the partner, the environment, social customs and expectations, including extra-linguistic means such as facial expressions, gestures, proxemics, etc.),
•cognitive competences (the ability to independently obtain, sort, analyse and evaluate information, orient oneself in it, work with professional literature and archival sources, including so-called oral history, the ability to compare, analogize, generalize and synthesize, the ability to use the acquired knowledge in practice and personal life, the ability to effectively learn theoretical and practical subjects and an interdisciplinary approach),
• social (the ability to establish and develop social contacts and relationships, developing qualities such as responsibility, perseverance, effective coordination and self-coordination, the ability to work effectively independently and as a team, the ability to solve interpersonal and interpersonal relationships, assertive behaviour and coping with failures and psychologically exhausting creative processes, the ability to recognize and identify with positive values, constructive criticism within the framework of working in a collective and a wider perceived theatre community, technological (control of modern technologies and creation procedures, intermedia communication).

Occupations for which the graduate is prepared at the time of graduation and the potential of the study programme from the point of view of the graduate perspectives
After completing the studies, the graduate of the doctoral study programme is ready to work in various positions in the environment of professional artistic bodies of established and non-established theatre, cultural centres and institutions, in the media environment (radio, television, dubbing, production companies). Graduates find employment in the following areas:
• independent, original theatre work at a high professional level, leading a creative team in artistically demanding activities and projects;
• teaching activities at art colleges and conservatories;
• in leading positions in the field of theatre, which require, in addition to organizational and managerial skills, also theoretical knowledge in the field of theatre art, for example in the organization of important cultural events, festivals, etc.;
• professional activity in departmental institutions (e.g. Theatre Institute, National Awareness Centre, etc.);
• editorial activity in professional periodicals and publishing houses;
• in central state administration bodies dealing with management in the field of performing arts and art education;
• in third sector organizations focused on theatre and performing arts.

Example of occupations:
independent artist, actor, director, playwright, dramatist, screenwriter, publishing editor, creative manager, creative producer, leading and managing worker in the field of culture, artistic director, executive director of an art institution, senior worker in art agencies and production companies, agency coordinator of activities and theatre projects, project manager, head of PR departments of theatre and cultural institutions, human resource manager in artistic, cultural and art-educational institutions, university lecturer, university researcher, conservatory teacher.

Graduates´ PERSPECTIVES
Evaluation of the graduates´ of the study programme perspectives:
Graduates of the Theatre Arts doctoral study programme are mainly employed as performing artists (actors, directors, dramaturgs, scenographers), in leading positions in cultural and educational institutions, in pedagogical practice (teachers at various levels and degrees of artistic education), in documentary and research positions (curators of theatre collections, researchers).

Study program: Film and television directing and screenwriting
- full time

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Graduate profile
A graduate of the doctoral studies in the Film and Television Directing and Screenwriting programme acquires highly qualified and specialized competencies in the areas of:
• documentary film directing;
• feature and documentary screenwriting;
• film, television and audiovisual media theory.

At a high artistic level, the graduate can apply and use the acquired knowledge, acquired skills and professional habits in professional practice in the development and independent creative realization of author's own artistic projects and in the interpretation of scripts by other authors or in the professional realization of other projects, (television) formats, types and genres.

A graduate of the doctoral studies can present his/her ideas to the closest collaborators, who participate in the visualization and materialization of ideas for the needs of filming, manage and coordinate the creative efforts of the professions participating in the filming and post-production (for example, cooperation with a cameraman, sound engineer or editor) of an audiovisual work.

A graduate of the doctoral studies of the Film and Television Directing and Screenwriting study programme is able to study foreign professional literature in the original and can speak and write at least one world (foreign) language. He/she is able to find and discover innovative ways in the process of creating a work of art and its reflection, to create forms of borderline genres with his/her own work and to experiment in the field of artistic forms, formats and genres and theoretically generalize his/her experience. He/she can find optimal ways of audiovisual presentation, cinematographic recording of materialized ideas, their further processing and incorporation into a well-thought-out structure of multiple coded sensory-image and sound perceptions, which is characterized by its own poetics and its own unique style, which is not an exhibition for its own sake, but a tool of effective and effective aesthetic effect on specific target groups of viewers in accordance with the artistic author's intention.

Graduates of the doctoral studies of the study programme Film and television directing and screenwriting can be applied in practice in terms of complexity and psychological burden in the most demanding creative activities in the field of artistic creation and research, management, education, creation of long-term strategies, and the formation of cultural policy or media space. According to individual talent, personal prerequisites and optional specialization, he/she is ready to work mainly in the following positions:
• director, screenwriter and dramaturg;
• creative and cultural manager;
• university teacher in the field of art and media;
• expert columnist
and especially in the following areas:
• film, audiovisual, creative and cultural industry,
• cinematography, television, media,
• advertising, PR, communication systems,
• production, distribution, cinemas, festivals,
• artistic, cultural and educational institutions, boards and commissions.

A graduate of doctoral studies demonstrates the ability and readiness for independent authorial creative and artistic activity in the field of film and multimedia communications. He/she publishes their results in the context of the basic development trends of communication and is ready to discover original solutions to practical and theoretical problems of current screenwriting and directing work and thereby shape trends in this area.

Educational goals and main educational outcomes
The aim of the doctoral study programme Film and television directing and screenwriting is to provide excellent graduates of the master's degree in the field of Art and related fields with the acquisition of expanded knowledge based on the current state of artistic and scientific knowledge and, in particular, the possibility of their own contribution to it, which is the result of scientific research and creative activity in areas of independent theoretical and artistic activity in film art.

Defining the quality level of the graduate
The study programme is fully compatible with the requirements placed on a graduate of the third level of university studies.

The degree of difficulty of the tasks that the graduate can solve independently
A graduate of the doctoral studies of the Film and Television Directing and Screenwriting programme:
• can at a high artistic level, apply and use acquired knowledge, acquired skills and professional habits in professional practice in the development and independent creative realization of one's own artistic artistic projects and in the interpretation of other authors' scenarios or in the professional realization of other projects, formats, types and genres,
• is able to imagine, complete and comprehensively visualize mental models and projects of future audiovisual works and write them down in the form of a directing (technical) script,
• can make available and explain his/her ideas to the closest colleagues who participate in the visualization and materialization of mental ideas for the needs of filming, manage and coordinate the creative efforts of the professions participating in the filming and post-production of an audiovisual work,
• is able to find optimal methods of audiovisual presentation, cinematographic recording of materialized mental images, their further processing, elaboration and incorporation into a refined structure of multiple coded sensory-visual and sound-perceptions, which is characterized by its own poetics and its own unique style, which is not an exhibition for its own sake, but a tool of effective and efficient aesthetic impact on specific target groups of viewers in accordance with the artistic intent, function or purpose of an audiovisual work or product, as well as a tool for presenting its author's interpretation of reality,
• is able to realize film and multimedia works of various genres and formats,
• can apply in his/her own work, in accordance with the author's intention, experimentally verified knowledge about the effectiveness and efficiency of the means and procedures of audiovisual arts in all phases of the preparation and realization of an audiovisual work,
• can respond flexibly to the development of digital media and use them in the creative process,
• can conceive and assign tasks aimed at creating author's concepts and projects of film works,
• creates audiovisual works inspired by stimuli from other artistic fields and human activities.

In the field of theory, a graduate of the doctoral study programme Film and Television Directing and Screenwriting will receive:
• specialized knowledge in the field of theory, methodology and history of film, television, audiovisual industry and media,
• expanded knowledge in the field of humanities and social sciences and sciences of art and culture,
• the ability to work critically with professional literature, sources and information sources,
• the ability to critically analyse and interpret a film (art) work,
• the ability to apply theoretical concepts to artistic practice,
• the ability of creative and valuable reflection of social issues.

Study program: Film and television directing and screenwriting
- part time

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The doctoral study programme Film and Television Directing and Screenwriting aims at the acquisition of knowledge, skills and professional attitudes in the intent of the study programme in the field of Arts at the level of the 3rd level of higher education with the standard length of external study of 4 years.
- The study programme is implemented in the external form by the attendance method, which consists in teaching in direct contact between the teacher and the student. (In the event of a state of emergency or pandemic measures, the study programme may also be implemented by distance learning or in a combined manner.) The external form of study is organised in such a way that the study according to the recommended study plan in terms of time intensity corresponds to the work of the student in the range of 750 - 1400 hours per academic year, including independent creative activity and independent study; which means 30 hours per credit. The basic prerequisite for studying in this study programme is the demonstrated ability to carry out artistic work and theoretical doctoral work during the doctoral studies.

- The study of the third degree is organizationally based on the credit system of study in the sense of Decree No. 614/2002 Coll. on the credit system of study (ECTS). Each subject, the completion of which is assessed, has an assigned number of credits in the study programme, which the student will receive after its successful completion. One credit corresponds to 30 hours of work in terms of time, including independent study and independent creative activity. The standard workload of an external student for a full academic year is expressed as 45 credits (22 or 23 credits per semester). Credits earned for courses taken are cumulative at the time
the student was enrolled in a single degree programme.
- The student's study plan, made up of courses, determines the time and content sequence of the courses and the forms of assessment of the learning outcomes. In addition to the form of assessment of learning outcomes, the study plan is drawn up by the student in cooperation with his/her supervisor, within the framework of the specified rules and in accordance with the FDU Study Regulations, as a rule for one academic year.
- The recommended study plan is drawn up in such a way that by completing it the student meets the conditions for successful completion of studies within the standard length of study corresponding to the study programme. In the recommended study plan, the faculty recommends to the students in which part of their studies they should take the individual subjects of the study programme. The faculty publishes the recommended curriculum no later than the beginning of the enrolment of courses in the relevant academic year.

Courses:
compulsory - their successful completion is a condition for successful completion of part or the entire study programme,
- compulsory electives - successful completion of a part or the whole study programme is conditional on successful completion of a specified number of these subjects according to the student's choice in the structure determined by the study programme
- elective (choice) - other subjects which the student has the possibility to enrol in order to supplement his/her studies and to obtain a sufficient number of credits in the relevant part of the study.
- The organisation of studies is based on the credit system of studies in accordance with Decree No. 614/2002 Coll. on the credit system of studies (ECTS). Each subject, the completion of which is evaluated, is assigned a number of credits in the study programme, which the student receives after its successful completion. One credit corresponds to 30 hours of work in terms of time, including independent study and independent creative activity. Credits earned for completed courses are cumulative, meaning that credits earned for successful completion of courses are cumulative over the time at which the student was enrolled in the study of one degree programme.
Fulfilling the content of the study programme
- The study programme contains two components:
(1) artistic, which includes a specialization in documentary film directing or feature and documentary film screenwriting,
(2) the theoretical, which includes theories of film, television and the audiovisual industry.
- The study programme Film and Television Directing and Screenwriting combines two forms of authorial participation in the development and production of audiovisual works and allows the student to set up an individual study profile based on personal preferences and experience. This will give his/her talent the opportunity to develop individually while respecting the individuality of the future creator of the audiovisual work.
- The study programme is made up of two departments and the teachers of both departments work closely together, enabling students to understand the inner context of creation and to master the various stages of the creation of an audiovisual work as well as its theoretical reflection.
- The study programme is classified, according to the unified classification of fields of study, in the category of artistic study programmes. The focus of study is on developing talent and creativity in the field of artistic performance and artistic work based on artistic principles. Artistic performance and its theoretical reflection is a fundamental component of the realization of the study program. The focus of the study is on the independent creative work of individual students, which develops the intellect, trains working skills and cultivates talent.
- Film, as a synthetic art, combines components that have different specificities and means of expression into a final form. To educate a filmmaker today is to cultivate in him a sensitivity to all kinds of art that come together in the resulting cinematic work. The task thus formulated is the basis for the creation of a study programme consisting of compulsory artistic creation subjects, compulsory professional and theoretical subjects and a compulsory elective group of subjects deepening the focus.
- The theoretical subjects broaden the specialised disciplinary knowledge and provide the theoretical and methodological underpinnings for the realisation of the dissertation project.
- The lectures and profile courses are taught by university teachers holding the post of associate professor or professor.
- Active communication, initiation and orientation in the field of film art, with emphasis on the study programme, is a characteristic feature of the entire educational process.
Characteristics of the subjects of the study plan in terms of the description of the field of study
The content of the doctoral study programme Film and Television Directing and Screenwriting is the theoretical and practical acquisition of knowledge, methods and procedures, genres and styles of creation and reflection of audiovisual culture in its entire complex from classical film to current multimedia. The content is based on individual creativity and the realization of an original work of art or creative artistic performance and on their theoretical reflection. It makes students aware of the specificity of film narrative and its individual components. It enables them to compare different types of narrative in terms of dramaturgical and aesthetic starting points as well as in terms of their orientation towards a future work of art. It is complemented by the study of broader knowledge in the humanities and social sciences in terms of sufficient and complementary knowledge and contexts. Education emphasises the individuality and creativity of the student.

Study plan
Doctoral studies are carried out according to an individual study plan.
The main part of the study is the realization of the dissertation project, which has two components:
(1) artistic, which includes the realization of a literary script or the realization of a documentary film,
(2) the theoretical one, which involves writing a theoretical thesis.

This part of the study is expressed in the study plan by the primary compulsory and compulsory elective courses (profile focus), which are intended to provide systematic and focused support for the realisation of the individual dissertation project. Group seminars and individual consultations are a key form of teaching, which are carried out with regard to the topics to be dealt with and the methods of implementation.
Other subjects belong to the category of compulsory electives, which broaden specialised disciplinary knowledge and skills in the areas of creative practice, critical analysis, technical development and technological innovation, and the theory and history of film, television and the audiovisual industry. These courses are usually delivered in the form of joint lectures and seminars.

The primary purpose of these courses is to provide the student not with instructions for dealing with specific details of a work of art, but with suggestions for his own thinking about the subject of his research in the context of the latest knowledge and knowledge of the results of the creative efforts of his domestic and foreign colleagues.
Therefore, active participation in domestic and foreign festivals, workshops and conferences and other artistic, publishing and professional activities are also evaluated with credits.
During the doctoral studies, the student of the doctoral degree - external form, can also participate in the pedagogical process. His/her participation in the pedagogical process is multifunctional in nature, forcing the doctoral student to formulate not only the knowledge and knowledge communicated by him/her on the subject of study, but also to present his/her own opinions, insights and critical judgments.
Doctoral study plans are created individually, taking into account the focus of the doctoral dissertation topic, and also take into account and leave room for other artistic or research activities for which the doctoral student may receive credits.
The following general rules shall apply when drawing up the study plan:
- the choice of specialisation in the artistic component of the study (directing or screenwriting), the assignment of the dissertation project and the way of its realisation in both the film and theoretical parts.

The credit system is also applied in all forms of doctoral studies. Credit is the unit of the doctoral student's workload and in doctoral studies it is defined in analogy to the bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies. The standard workload of a doctoral student during an academic year is considered to be the performance of activities equivalent to 45 credits.
The doctoral student earns credits for the following activities during his/her studies:
- completion of the study part, which consists mainly of specialized doctoral lectures and seminars according to the doctoral student's study plan. The study part ends with the completion of the dissertation examination. The doctoral student will receive 20 credits for successfully completing the dissertation examination. The study of scientific and professional literature does not substitute for attending the compulsory lectures and seminars specified in the doctoral student's study plan, nor for carrying out teaching activities at the university or faculty which includes:
- independent creative activity in the field of science (publications, completion of a defined stage in one's own research work
- independent artistic activity;
- the performance of teaching activities at the college or faculty, for example, the supervision of practical exercises or theses.
The objectives and learning outcomes, the related criteria and rules for their assessment, as well as other elements (titles, type, scope and method of learning activities, credits, precursor - sub-courses, workload, staffing of courses, method of completion of courses, etc.) are specified in the course information sheets.
The graduate-graduate profile of the doctoral studies in the film and television director and screenwriting program acquires highly qualified and specialized competences in the fields: Acquired skills and professional habits in professional practice in the development and independent creative implementation of their own author's artistic projects as well as interpretation of scenarios of other authors or professional implementation of other projects, (television) formats, species and genres, a graduate of doctoral studies can present their ideas to visualization and materialization. shooting, managing and coordinating the creative efforts of the professions of participating in filming and post -production (for example, cooperation with cameraman, sound engineer or editor) of the audiovisual work.

The graduate of the doctoral study program Film and TV director and screenwriting is able to study foreign scientific literature in the original and controls at least one world (foreign) language in the word and script. He is able to find and discover innovative ways in the process of creating a work of art and its reflection, to create forms of limit genres and experiment in the field of art forms, formats and genres and theoretically generalize your experience. It can find optimal ways of audiovisual presentation, cinematographic recording of materialized thought, their further processing and incorporating into a sophisticated structure of multiple coded sensory and sound perceptions, which is characterized to specific target groups of viewers in accordance with the artistic intent.

A graduate of doctoral study program Film and Television Director and screenwriting can be used in practice in practice in terms of complexity and psychological burden on the most demanding creative activities in the field of artistic creation and research, management, education, long -term strategies, and forming cultural policy or media. He is ready to work especially in the following positions:- director, screenwriter and dramaturgist and cultural manager- university teacher in the field of art and media- professional publicist, and especially in the following areas:
● film, audiovisual, creative and cultural industry,
● cinematography, television. systems,
● production, distribution, cinemas, festivals,
● art, cultural and educational institutions, councils and commissions
The objectives of education and the main outputs of education The aim of the PhD program Film and Television Director and screenwriting is to provide excellent graduates of master's studies in the field of art and related fields to acquire widespread knowledge based on the current state of art and scientific knowledge and in particular the possibility of its own contribution. artistic activities in film art.

Defining the quality level of the graduate program is fully compatible with the requirements of the third degree graduate.
The degree of difficulty of the task that the graduate can independently solve the admission of the doctoral study of the film and television director's program and screenwriting. projects, formats, species and genres, - is able to think, complete and comprehensively visualize mental models and projects of future audiovisual works and enroll them in the form of a directorial (technical) scenario - can access and unload their ideas to closest collaborators who participate in visualization and maternation. Creative efforts of professions participating in the shooting and post -production of the audiovisual work,
- It can find optimal ways of audiovisual presentation, cinematographic recording of materialized mental imagination, their further processing, processing and incorporating into the refined structure of multiple-coded sensory and sound-sensitive-sounds, which is characterized by its poetics Effective aesthetic influence on specific target groups of viewers in accordance with the artistic intention, function or purpose of the audiovisual work or product as well as the tool to present its author's interpretation of reality.
- He is able to realize film and multimedia works of various genres and formats.
- Can conceive and assign tasks aimed at creating authorial concepts and projects of film works- creates audiovisual works inspired by stimuli from other artistic areas and human activities
In the field of the theory of the PhD and TV PhD and screenwriter of the doctoral study program:
● Specialized knowledge in the field of theory, methodology and history of film, television, audiovisual industry and media,
● Extended knowledge in the field of humanities and social sciences Information sources,
● Ability to critical analysis and interpretation of film (artistic) work
● ability to apply theoretical concepts to artistic practice
● ability of creative and value reflection of social issues