PH LO PHILOSOPHY FIRST-CYCLE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMME and FIRST-CYCLE, COMBINED UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMME The programme is designed ac- cording to the Bologna Declara- tion. The first-cycle programme lasts three years (180 ECTS cre- dit points). During the study, students acqui- re comprehensive and in-depth, fundamental knowledge of the fundamental issues of philosophy and of different theoretical and methodological approaches of the subject. Through detailed analyses of selected philosophi- cal problems and the search for solutions to the same, through reading, analysis, the interpreta- tion of fundamental philosophical texts, a meticulous examination of these texts’ complex arguments, and the critical use of scientific literature, students develop skills required in independent scienti- fic and professional work. The aim of the programme is to qualify graduates for scientific and professional work at research and educational institutions, for independent writing or translati- on in the fields of philosophy, the humanities, and social sciences, for work at libraries (not as libra- rians), in editorial departments of publishing and media houses, and at other cultural institutions involved in following, resear- ching, and nourishing global and domestic philosophical and hu- manist heritage. The first-cycle, combined univer- sity study programme lasts three years (six semesters) and is worth 180 ECTS credit points in combi- nation with the second combined programme. Each of the two com- bined programmes represents exactly 50% of the study load, or 90 ECTS credit points. The com- bination of the two combined pro- grammes therefore forms a single complete study programme. This programme can be combi- ned with all accredited, combi- ned study programmes. The combined study of Philo- sophy is especially useful for professions that require high a degree of philosophical commu- nicativeness and the ability to engage in intercultural mediation (translating, working as foreign representatives, in tourism, cul- tural management, working for international organisations, edu- cation-related counselling, etc.). PROFILE OF THE GRADUATE One of the professional opportu- nities available to graduates of the study programmes in Philosophy is related to restaffing in the fi- elds of research and teaching of philosophy. The majority of gra- duates in philosophy who were later employed in the department of Philosophy at the Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts, Maribor’s Faculty of Education, Institute of Philo- sophy of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Acade- my of Sciences and Arts, and at other tertiary education and rese- arch institutions, graduated from the department of Philosophy at Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts. Graduates of Philosophy often find employment in journalism and writing. The education acqui- red here also enables them to su- ccessfully work in publishing, at libraries, and for cultural institu- tions and agencies. Another notable source of emplo- yment is governmental organisa- tions, especially the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slove- nia and the Ministry of Educati- on, Science, and Sport of the Re- public of Slovenia – institutions where a comprehensive philo- sophical education, the advanced ability of argumentation, and con- ceptual insights are in demand. Upon successful completion of study, students acquire the aca- demic title of diplomirana fi- lozofinja (UN) / diplomirani filozof (UN).* *Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (translator’s note) Graduates of first-cycle, combi- ned study programmes acquire skills and knowledge in two disci- plines. Aside from the goals achi- eved in the fields of both selected disciplines they are also capa- ble of combining the knowledge acquired and also of connecting it with other fields. Upon successful completion of study, students acquire the aca- demic title of diplomirana filo- zofinja in ... (UN) / diplomira- ni filozof in ... (UN).* *Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and... (translator’s note) CONTINUING STUDY AT SECOND CYCLE Upon successful completion of the first-cycle programme, students are granted direct admission to the following study programmes of the department of Philosophy: • second-cycle Master’s in PHI- LOSOPHY • second-cycle, Combined Master’s in PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE • second-cycle, Combined Tea- cher Education Master’s in PHI- LOSOPHY. IN THE CASE OF LIMITED ENROLMENT, THE CANDIDATES FROM PARAGRAPH a) WILL BE CHOSEN ACCORDING TO THE: FINAL CUMULATIVE GRADE ON THE GENERAL MATURA 60% CUMULATIVE FINAL GRADE ACHIEVED IN THE 3RD AND 4TH YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 20% GRADE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES ACHIEVED ON THE GENERAL MATURA: HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, LATIN, SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE, A NATURAL SCIENCE COURSE (PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY) 20% CANDIDATES FROM PARAGRAPH b) WILL BE CHOSEN ACCORDING TO THE: FINAL GRADE ACHIEVED ON THE VOCATIONAL MATURA 60% CUMULATIVE FINAL GRADE ACHIEVED IN THE 3RD AND 4TH YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 20% GRADE IN THE ADDITIONAL ELECTIVE COURSE ACHIEVED ON THE GENERAL MATURA 20% CANDIDATES FROM PARAGRAPH c) WILL BE CHOSEN ACCORDING TO THE: FINAL GRADE ACHIEVED ON THE FINAL EXAMINATION 40% CUMULATIVE FINAL GRADE ACHIEVED IN THE 3RD AND 4TH YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 40% CUMULATIVE GRADE IN PHILOSOPHY ACHIEVED IN THE 3RD AND 4TH YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 20% ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS A prospective student is eligible to apply for admission under any of the following conditions: a) She or he has passed the General Matura, i.e. the national school-lea- ving exam required for the completion of secondary education. b) She or he has passed the Vocational Matura, i.e. the school-leaving exam at any of the secondary, technical educational institutions, and the additional exam in one of the courses undertaken at the General Matura le- vel, in which the course chosen must not be the same as any of the courses already undertaken as a part of the candidate’s Vocational Matura. c) She or he has finished any four-year secondary educational programme before June 1, 1995.