Charles University Faculty of Arts

Ph.D. in Musicology

This Plan is obligatory for students enrolled in 2014/15. Students enrolled in 2011/12 and 2013/14 must accomplish items under sections 3-5,while sections 1-2 relate to their individual plan approved at the date of enrollment.

Individual study requirements are set in bold. Unless stated otherwise, the examination takes the form of a course credit.

1. REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE MONITORING OF THESIS PROGRESS

During the 2nd year of studies, the student is expected to submit an extended dissertation proposal and every other year, the student is expected to present the results of the work on the thesis.

1.1 Submission of an extended dissertation proposal(AXHVDIS01)

-Year 2 of study

1.2 Doctoral Seminar1-3 (I–VI) (AXHVKON01-03)

-There is a compulsory attendance and performance for 1 semester (1st – 3rd year).

2. Basic study requirements

Requirements mandatory for all students of the PhD programme

2.1 Foreign Language

-Having consulted this requirement with the supervisor, students choose to sit for an exam in one of the following languages: English (AXJAZ0001), German (AXJAZ0005), French (AXJAZ0002) or Italian (AXJAZ0003)

-Year 1 to Year 2 of study as agreed with the supervisor

2.2 Philosophy (AXOBEC002)

-Year 1 to Year 2 of study as agreed with the supervisor

2.3 Writing Assessment (AXHVPP001) – or a chapter of the disertation

-Year 3 of study

Requirements assigned individually upon consulting the supervisor

2.4 Two Specialization Exams (AXHVSPE... various codes per selected seminars)

-The supervisor assigns an exam and afterwards, the specialization committee approves the exam according to the student’s Individual Study Plan.

-Year 1 to Year 2 of study as agreed with the supervisor

2.5 Individual Study Requirements (AXHVSPE... various codes per selected seminars)

-The supervisor may prescribe one or two study requirements according to the student´s needs related to the dissertation

Recommended Schedule Planning: 2 requirements in Year 1 and 2 requirements in Year 2 of study

3.1 Publications and Research Activities I, II, III etc. (AXHVOAK01–08)

-Schedule: The student shall report his/her achievements by the deadline on an annual basis. At least one academic activity has to be performed each year until the prescribed minimum of points has been acquired. Activities may include: conference presentations, study abroad period, grant project participation, editorial activity, technical translation, academic course teaching, publication in TS.

-Precondition for submitting the dissertation: The student will have accomplished the following minimum: (1) 2 publications in a reviewed periodical, or one publication in a monograph or in a foreign periodical; (2) min. 2 paper at an international conference outside the Czech Rep (3) one any other activity

-Specification of research activities shall be described in the student´s annual report on Research Activities I, II, III etc. This subject is repeatedly enlisted in the annual plan of study until the student has proclaimed that the stipulated minimum of points has been acquired and until the Subject-Area Board has recognized that the virtual subject Celkové splnění odborných aktivit/ Completion of academic tasks has been completed.

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4. final state exam (ASDZK0001)

– Year 3 of study

– Completion of ALL study requirements from the Basic Study Requirements section of the plan is prerequisite for submitting an application for the Final Exam.

5. Thesis defence (AX0007305)

-Completion of ALL study requirements prescribed in the Individual Study Plan is prerequisite for submitting the application for the defence.

Standard duration of study: 3 years.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDY PLAN (ISP)

The template of the ISP is created in the SIS by the Research Office (“Oddělení vědy”), assigning automatically to every doctoral student all of the requirements common to all of the students of the PhD programme – that is, the requirements in the plan’s framework above, with their respective codes. As soon as this basic ISP is created, the student – having consulted the supervisor – needs to add in the SIS:

1.Foreign Language, choosing from languages associated in the SIS with the respective study plan.

2. Individual Study Requirements as specified above. These requirements may be added either by choosing an already existing course, or (if such the course does not exist in the SIS yet), by entering the so-called “course description” (“popis předmětu”), which describes the given requirement, and will be paired with a concrete course in the SIS later.

3. Year of completion: for all requirements in the plan above without a designated year of completion.

The individually designed attestation system of the doctoral program provides graduates with an insight into the current state of research and methodology of the subject, especially in the selected area of specialization and closely related disciplines. During the course, graduates also explored philosophical issues connected to their doctoral subjects and topics and passed a foreign language exam. The doctoral dissertation is a scientifically valuable contribution to the investigation of the topic and its findings are usually published as a monograph or study in a scientific journal.