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

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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.