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0231 - Language acquisition

6 - Humanities

During its 30th regular session, on 9 May 2011, the Council of the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education – NAKVIS officially accredited the two-discipline postgraduate teacher-training study programme "Hungarian Language and Literature" (2nd Bologna cycle - MA), implemented by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Maribor, Slomškov trg 15, SI-2000 Maribor, in accordance with paragraph 7 of chapter 11 of Article 51h and chapter 7 of Article 51p of the Higher Education Act of the Republic of Slovenia (ZVis) (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, no. 119/06 – official consolidated text, 59/07 – Scholarship Act of the Republic of Slovenia (ZŠtip), 15/08 - Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, 64/08, 86/09 and 62/2010 – Exercise of Rights to Public Funds Act of the Republic of Slovenia (ZUPJS), and with reference to Article 56 of the valid Criteria for the Accreditation and External Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions and Study Programmes (Merila za akreditacijo in zunanjo evalvacijo visokošolskih zavodov in študijskih programov – Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, no. 95/2010).

In order to progress to a higher year, students must complete 27 ECTS credits and the number of ECTS credits envisaged by the other chosen programme. A student who has not completed all course units may submit a written application to the Academic Affairs committee requesting enrolment in a higher year provided they have completed more than half the ECTS credits of the current year and can show justifiable grounds as defined in the Statutes of the University of Maribor. Students must meet the stated requirements in both parts of a two-subject programme. Re-enrolment is approved by the Academic Affairs Committee at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Maribor on the basis of a request from the student, in which the student must prove the existence of reasonable grounds. Conditions for repeating a year and extension of student status are defined in the Statutes of the University of Maribor.

The second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme does not contain conditions for completion of individual segments of the programme.

Graduates of the second-cycle master’s programme can continue their studies in third-cycle programmes.

The programme offered by the Department of Hungarian Language and Literature at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Arts is the only opportunity for members of Slovenia’s Hungarian minority to receive undergraduate and postgraduate education in the Hungarian language. The Department’s academic field – consisting of programmes of study and research – falls into the category of national disciplines (in this case Hungarian Studies), and the programme is provided as a mother tongue programme, since this is the only way to ensure the complete vertical of education – from nursery school to university – for the autochthonous Hungarian community in Slovenia. The planned number of students of the teaching pathway is five. The Hungarian Language with Literature programme offers a teaching programme, while through its elective units (at different levels of difficulty) it allows the inclusion of students from other faculties – mainly the Faculty of Education – who come from a bilingual area and would like to find employment there. Student class teachers and student pre-school teachers who study at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Education and find employment at bilingual schools and nurseries lack adequate Hungarian language skills and competences. For this reason, ever since it was created, the programme has offered them the opportunity to acquire the knowledge they need to teach at bilingual schools and nurseries through elective or additional units during their regular course of study. Following many years of experience in bilingual schools, we were able to anticipate the need for this and take it into account when preparing the programme. As a result, these students have the opportunity, via the university system, to take units that develop their linguistic and didactic competences as part of the Hungarian Language with Literature programme. Hungarian is also taught outside the bilingual area of Slovenia, since Hungarian is the language of the neighbouring country and also an EU language, with the result that demand for it has grown in recent years. The Polancic Brothers Primary School in Maribor, for example, which offers various language classes, asked the Hungarian Language and Literature department to provide them with a student to teach Hungarian for two hours a week. In the 2022/23 academic year this was done by a male first-year master’s student. In the 2023/24 academic year the job was taken on by a female first-year master’s student. By expanding the Hungarian Studies pathway, we are creating a stimulating environment for students whose mother tongue is Slovene (or another language). Students of the non-teaching Hungarian Studies pathway thus gain the opportunity to study Hungarian, which – as we have said – is an official EU language and, at the same time, the language of a neighbouring country. The Hungarian Language and Literature Department at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Maribor contributes valuable additional options to higher education in Slovenia, offering the only Hungarian as foreign language programme in the country. Given its specific nature, the proposed second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme, with both of its pathways (Hungarian Language with Literature – two-subject teaching pathway and Hungarian Studies – two-subject non-teaching pathway), will enable future graduates to find employment in the sectors already mentioned, i.e. in education and in other fields where a Hungarian degree is required or desirable. The two-subject non-teaching Hungarian Studies pathway is fully adapted to the changed conditions in the labour market. At this point, then, we will start by listing some of the positions for which Hungarian Studies graduates can apply: senior officials, including department secretaries, managers in education, managers in culture and the arts; professionals such as project managers, journalists; other professionals including conference and event organisers, tourist event organisers, congress organisers, literary agents, tourism entertainment coordinators; office-based positions such as tourism and travel agency staff, travel organisers; service occupations such as gallery guide, museum guide, tourist guide. The above professions give a far from complete picture of actual demand for the knowledge and skills of Hungarian Studies graduates. In general, then: holders of a master’s degree in Hungarian Language with Literature can find employment at public and private research institutes, libraries, publishing companies and other institutions; they can become independent researchers and advisers on Hungarian literature or the Hungarian language. They can work as heads of language departments in tourism, advertising and public relations companies or run private companies. Demand for Hungarian Studies graduates with the competences provided by the programme may thus be said to be growing. These graduates are highly specialised experts on Hungarian literary studies and Hungarian linguistics, so their knowledge and competences as regards independent research, analysis, planning and interpretation are important for the development of institutions directly involved in the field of Hungarian studies and those whose activities extend into this field. We may therefore conclude that graduates of the profile created by the programme are of key importance for the future development of Hungarian studies and the training of mother-tongue teachers. No official analysis of graduate employment outcomes is yet available, so it cannot be included in this accreditation. From our own contacts with graduates of the Department, however, we are able to confirm that all are employed in institutions where knowledge of Hungarian is required: within the bilingual area in education, cultural institutions, media and companies; and outside the bilingual area in companies that do business with Hungary.

PATHWAY: HUNGARIAN STUDIES, TWO-SUBJECT, NON-TEACHING Students of the non-teaching pathway have compulsory content in individual semesters organised into units that complement each other, while the knowledge from the units of an individual semester is the basis (although not a prerequisite) for successful work in the units in the semesters that follow. Horizontal and vertical connections are complex, since each unit in each subsequent semester is based on knowledge acquired in previous semesters. This is an essential characteristic of the programme in question, where no unit can be treated as separate from the others. The first year only includes compulsory units (no electivity). These are units that build on the knowledge and linguistic competences acquired in a first-cycle programme (Contemporary Hungarian Language 1, 2; Contemporary Hungarian Literature 1, 2; Linguistic Culture; Approach to the Theory of the Hungarian Literary Canon; Hungarian Stylistics). The second year consists of compulsory units and two free elective units. Students can choose free elective units from the range of elective units offered by the programme they are enrolled in (Elective Unit: Language and Elective Unit: Literature), from those offered by other programmes at the Faculty of Arts, from those offered by other faculties of the University of Maribor or from those offered by other universities. Compulsory units represent special and specific chapters from language, culture and literature for the acquisition of competences that qualify students for employment in various sectors (Contemporary Hungarian Language 3; Contemporary Hungarian Literature 3; Selected Chapters from Hungarian Language; Intertextuality and Referentiality in Contemporary Hungarian Literature). The fourth semester is devoted to the master’s examination and master’s thesis. The programme is well designed in that, on the one hand, it offers students electivity, while on the other, through the compulsory content, it ensures a balance of language and literature in the fundamental knowledge acquired. Through the compulsory units, the curriculum provides students with knowledge and competences in language, literature and culture and then broadens and deepens these competences with free elective units. The compulsory units in the first year are thematically integrated with compulsory language, literature and cultural studies units in subsequent years. Students develop their competences and gain an insight into the basics of the study of language and cultural content. They develop their language skills through intensive language practicals. This represents an enhancing of linguistic and cultural historical content for the year that follows. Contemporary Hungarian Language 1, 2 and 3 and Contemporary Hungarian Literature 1, 2 and 3, which are compulsory units in both years, explicitly and implicitly integrate all four semesters in a vertical sense, since throughout the programme students are improving and enhancing their linguistic and literary skills and knowledge. These units open up important aspects of Hungarian language and literature, facilitating understanding of linguistic phenomena in modern Hungarian language and literature, developing competence in the use of specialised terminology and going deeper into content related to Slovene–Hungarian translation.

Criteria and methods for testing and assessing student outcomes are made publicly available and are implemented in accordance with the adopted learning programme, unit syllabuses and information on the unit. The assessment system is regulated in accordance with the Statutes of the University of Maribor and the Rules on testing and assessing knowledge at the University of Maribor. Both documents are available online at: https://www.um.si/o-univerzi/dokumentno-sredisce. Learning outcomes are defined by syllabuses. These are made publicly available and are accessible to all. They can be consulted in the collection of programmes of study at the University of Maribor, which is aimed at students wishing to enrol (accreditation is shown for the cohort of students who will enrol in the following year), and on the Faculty of Arts website (Programmes of study | UM Faculty of Arts). The method of assessment and testing is defined in each syllabus. This means that, on the basis of the published syllabus content, students can compare or check the content and levels of knowledge associated with specific skills. Academic staff encourage continuous work and continuous testing of knowledge, in this way enabling students to maintain a constant overview of their own progress. Students are also verbally informed about assessment criteria and methods when they begin a unit. Following analyses of pedagogical work and evaluation of the programme, appropriate amendments are made to syllabuses. Verification of whether students are successfully meeting the requirements of the programme is done through the testing and assessment of knowledge, which is the basis on which students obtain marks and credits in individual units of the programme, allowing them to progress through the programme and move on to further studies. At the same time, it provides students with feedback on the level of knowledge they have attained. Exam results are entered in an electronic register called the Academic Information Subsystem (AIPS). Results are entered by the exam administrator, who has access to the details of the students entered for the exam. After entering the marks for an individual exam, the exam administrator submits a signed exam report to the Student Affairs Office. This report is kept permanently and represents an official record of the institution. Students are informed of exam results as soon as they are entered and confirmed by the exam administrator, via their personal AIPS account, which they access using a username and password. Students’ knowledge is tested in examinations, colloquia and other forms of testing and assessment, and awarded a positive or negative mark. Positive marks are “excellent” (10), “very good” (9 and 8), “good” (7) and “satisfactory” (6). Negative marks are all marks from 1 to 5. Examination timetables are published in the publicly accessible calendar for each individual academic year (http://ff.um.si/studenti/urniki). Lists of scheduled exam dates for individual units during the academic year are prepared by Departments and published by the Student Affairs Office in the AIPS by no later than 15 November for the current academic year.

In the context of national development, the role of the programme derives above all from the nature of Hungarian studies as a humanities discipline of particular national importance (for the Hungarian minority) and as a response to globalisation processes in modern society: it raises awareness of Hungarian as a mother tongue, a regional official language and a language of the environment; of the role and importance of Hungarian language and literature as fundamental elements of national identity; and of the role and importance of Hungarian language and literature in relation to other national languages and literatures in a modern globalised society. It enables society to attain spiritual and cultural well-being and facilitates the purposeful renewal of internal and intercultural relationships. The aim of the two-subject teaching pathway (Hungarian Language with Literature) of the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme is to provide students with basic theoretical and applied knowledge of the Hungarian language, literature and the culture of the region where the Hungarian language is spoken, as it is defined on the lower tiers of foreign language education. The student specialises in the fields of linguistic and literary studies by picking the appropriate elective courses. The content of the subjects is curated in a way that the student gets to know and understands the connecting and disconnecting points in the narrower and broader area between Hungary and Slovenia and the Carpathian basin, on top deeping the knowledge and understand of the Hungarian language and literature and the culture of the area that the student obtained in the bachelor’s course. There is a strong emphasis on the regional component of the interlingual and intercultural (Hungarian-Slovenian) connections. The knowledge and skills obtained can serve as a basis for the continuation of the specialised study on the doctoral level abroad in the study field of Hungarian studies.

General competences of the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme in both pathways: Hungarian Language with Literature – two-subject teaching pathway and Hungarian Studies – two subject non-teaching pathway: - logical, abstract, analytical and synthetic thinking; - the ability to resolve problems and conflicts and respond appropriately to new situations; - the ability to critically evaluate the effectiveness of others and own effectiveness; - familiarity with various sources of information and the ability to independently find new sources of knowledge in various fields and use them effectively; - the ability to critically evaluate professional and academic sources and literature from the field in question and use them appropriately; - the ability to use ICT in professional work, including for the needs of own professional development; - the ability to deepen acquired knowledge, integrate it with various fields and transfer it into practice; - the ability to work in a team and cooperate with various professional and social partners; - responsible management of own professional development in a process of lifelong learning, in particular the development of foreign language skills; - acquisition of linguistic and specialised knowledge through the study of existing theoretical models; - functional application of scientific methods; - creative and critical thinking, integration of facts and principles into new combinations of knowledge; - transfer of theoretical knowledge into practice; - communication within the discipline and across disciplines.

Common competences acquired by graduates of both pathways: - knowledge and understanding of core linguistic content and the ability to adapt to the relevant target group; - familiarity with the variegated and many-layered nature of language and different aspects of its use; - the ability to impart knowledge about the formation of spoken and written texts; - in-depth understanding of literary production and reception in primarily aesthetic, cultural historical and intercultural contexts or of Hungarian literature in an intercultural environment; - the ability to recognise and give due consideration to cultural differences, in this way raising own cultural awareness in the canonisation of literature; - understanding of the relationship between literary and other social systems; The subject-specific competences of the two-subject non-teaching pathway (Hungarian Studies) of the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme are as follows: - the ability to use a foreign language (Hungarian) confidently and appropriately in written and spoken form at B2+/C1+ level; - the ability to resolve linguistic problems and conflicts in everyday communication; - the ability to produce linguistically, pragmatically and stylistically appropriate and coherent texts; - the ability to produce texts of various types in Hungarian; - understanding of the characteristics and status of language varieties in the Hungarian language area and the ability to integrate this knowledge through analysis of authentic texts; - understanding of the grammatical and lexical systemicity of modern Hungarian and the semantic, cognitive, cultural and intercultural dimensions of vocabulary; - familiarity with the typology of grammars and the critical use of grammatical and other linguistic reference materials for Hungarian. - thorough familiarity with the characteristics of literature from the early 20th century to the present day or Hungarian modern and postmodern literature; - a broad understanding of the part played by literary programmes and aesthetic concepts in the Hungarian literary canon; - a particular perspective on the creation of contemporary literary works that incorporates an interdisciplinary view of literature.

Enrolment in the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme is open to students who have completed: 1. A first-cycle study programme in a relevant field: Literature and Linguistics (0232); 2. A first-cycle programme in another field: Arts and Humanities (02) or Social Sciences, Journalism and Information (03) – provided that before enrolling in the programme the student completes course units essential for further study, totalling 18 ECTS credits, and a corresponding number of ECTS credits in the other half of the two-subject programme. These course units may be completed during the first-cycle programme, during programmes of further study or by passing differential examinations before enrolling in the programme. Course units essential for further study: Theory of Literature (3 ECTS credits), Selected Chapters from Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Literature (3 ECTS credits), Interpretation of Selected Works of Hungarian Modernism (3 ECTS credits), Hungarian Orthographic Norms and Pronunciation Rules (3 ECTS credits), Morphology of the Hungarian Language (3 ECTS credits), Syntax (3 ECTS credits). 3. A professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in a relevant field: Literature and Linguistics (0232). 4. A professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in another field: Arts and Humanities (02) or Social Sciences, Journalism and Information (03) – provided that before enrolling in the programme the student completes course units essential for further study, totalling 18 ECTS credits, and a corresponding number of ECTS credits in the other half of the two-subject programme. These course units may be completed during the first-cycle programme, during programmes of further study or by passing differential examinations before enrolling in the programme. Course units essential for further study: Theory of Literature (3 ECTS credits), Selected Chapters from Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Literature (3 ECTS credits), Interpretation of Selected Works of Hungarian Modernism (3 ECTS credits), Hungarian Orthographic Norms and Pronunciation Rules (3 ECTS credits), Morphology of the Hungarian Language (3 ECTS credits), Syntax (3 ECTS credits). 5. An academic study programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in a relevant field: Literature and Linguistics (0232). Such students normally have 30 ECTS credits recognised within the programme, along with a corresponding number in the other half of the two-subject programme, and are admitted to the second year provided their recognised credits are sufficient to meet the conditions for transfers between programmes laid down by an accredited programme of study. 6. An academic study programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in another field: Arts and Humanities (02) and Social Sciences, Journalism and Information (03). Such students have 10–20 ECTS credits recognised within the programme, along with a corresponding number in the other half of the two-subject programme, and are admitted to the year corresponding to the number of credits recognised. 7. A professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, and a specialisation programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in a relevant field: Literature and Linguistics (0232). Such students normally have 30 ECTS credits recognised within the programme, along with a corresponding number in the other half of the two-subject programme, and are admitted to the second year provided their recognised credits are sufficient to meet the conditions for transfers between programmes laid down by an accredited programme of study. 8. A professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, and a specialisation programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in another field: Arts and Humanities (02), Social Sciences, Journalism and Information (03). Such students have 10–20 ECTS credits recognised within the programme, along with a corresponding number in the other half of the two-subject programme, and are admitted to the year corresponding to the number of credits recognised.

The following will be taken into account when selecting applicants for the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme: Results in previous studies: Average mark: 70% Bachelor’s thesis mark: 30% (if previous studies included a bachelor’s thesis) Or Average mark: 100% (if previous studies did not include a bachelor’s thesis).

Transfers between programmes are possible in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Criteria for Transfers between Study Programmes (UL RS 14/19). Applicants who meet conditions for enrolment in the proposed programme and the conditions for transfer between programmes will be told what year they may enrol in and what missing course units they must complete if they wish to conclude their studies under the new programme. Transfers are possible between programmes: • which guarantee the acquisition of comparable competences on completion and • between which at least half the course units under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) from the first study programme relating to compulsory units of the second study programme may be recognised under the criteria for recognising knowledge and skills acquired prior to enrolment in the programme.

Procedures for identifying, verifying and recognising knowledge and skills acquired by a student through formal or non-formal learning before enrolling in the programme (“prior learning”) are regulated pursuant to the Rules on the recognition of knowledge and skills in programmes of study at the University of Maribor (https://www.um.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pravilnik-o-priznavanju-znanj-in-spretnosti-v-studijskih-programih-UM-st.-012-2019-2.pdf). Procedures for identifying, verifying and recognising knowledge and criteria for recognising knowledge and skills apply both to students enrolling at the University of Maribor and to already enrolled students who wish to have prior learning counted towards completion of a course unit in an existing programme.

Students complete the two-subject programme when they have completed all prescribed course units in each part of the two-subject programme, presented and successfully defended a master's thesis and passed a master’s examination, corresponding to a total of at least 120 ECTS credits (60 ECTS credits from one part of the two-subject study programme and 60 ECTS credits from the other). In two-subject programmes, students can prepare a thesis for an individual half of the programme or as a joint master’s thesis.

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0114 - Teacher training with subject specialisation

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During its 30th regular session, on 9 May 2011, the Council of the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education – NAKVIS officially accredited the two-discipline postgraduate teacher-training study programme "Hungarian Language and Literature" (2nd Bologna cycle - MA), implemented by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Maribor, Slomškov trg 15, SI-2000 Maribor, in accordance with paragraph 7 of chapter 11 of Article 51h and chapter 7 of Article 51p of the Higher Education Act of the Republic of Slovenia (ZVis) (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, no. 119/06 – official consolidated text, 59/07 – Scholarship Act of the Republic of Slovenia (ZŠtip), 15/08 - Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, 64/08, 86/09 and 62/2010 – Exercise of Rights to Public Funds Act of the Republic of Slovenia (ZUPJS), and with reference to Article 56 of the valid Criteria for the Accreditation and External Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions and Study Programmes (Merila za akreditacijo in zunanjo evalvacijo visokošolskih zavodov in študijskih programov – Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, no. 95/2010).

In order to progress to a higher year, students must complete 27 ECTS credits and the number of ECTS credits envisaged by the other chosen programme. A student who has not completed all course units may submit a written application to the Academic Affairs committee requesting enrolment in a higher year provided they have completed more than half the ECTS credits of the current year and can show justifiable grounds as defined in the Statutes of the University of Maribor. Students must meet the stated requirements in both parts of a two-subject programme. Re-enrolment is approved by the Academic Affairs Committee at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Maribor on the basis of a request from the student, in which the student must prove the existence of reasonable grounds. Conditions for repeating a year and extension of student status are defined in the Statutes of the University of Maribor.

The second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme does not contain conditions for completion of individual segments of the programme.

Graduates of the second-cycle master’s programme can continue their studies in third-cycle programmes.

Given its specific nature, the proposed second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme, with both of its pathways (Hungarian Language with Literature – two-subject teaching pathway and Hungarian Studies – two-subject non-teaching pathway), will enable future graduates to find employment in the sectors already mentioned, i.e. in education and in other fields where a Hungarian degree is required or desirable. The two-subject teaching pathway of the Hungarian Language with Literature programme is designed to respond to the needs of educational and research institutions, pedagogical and adult education institutions and other institutions for staff with qualifications in Hungarian language and literature and the didactics of Hungarian language and literature, while at the same time enabling employment in other sectors. The two-subject teaching pathway of the second-cycle programme enables students to acquire basic professional competences in the teaching of Hungarian as a mother tongue, while through the careful selection of elective units and the other half of the two-subject programme they acquire a range of other competences that give them a unique profile as graduates. Graduates of the programme are qualified to engage in educational, research and pedagogical processes at primary, secondary and higher education institutions, undertake research at research institutes, prepare a wide range of programmes and fulfil advisory and leadership roles in a range of institutions such as libraries, publishing companies and media organisations. Graduates will be able to work as Hungarian teachers in public and private educational institutions at all levels of education. They will also be able to work with education and training institutions as education planners or work in various fields of publishing (e.g. development and publishing of learning materials and aids, development of educational software for learning/teaching Hungarian). In general, then: holders of a master’s degree in Hungarian Language with Literature can find employment at public and private research institutes, libraries, publishing companies and other institutions; they can become independent researchers and advisers on Hungarian literature or the Hungarian language. They can work as heads of language departments in tourism, advertising and public relations companies or run private companies. Demand for Hungarian Studies graduates with the competences provided by the programme may thus be said to be growing. These graduates are highly specialised experts on Hungarian literary studies and Hungarian linguistics, so their knowledge and competences as regards independent research, analysis, planning and interpretation are important for the development of institutions directly involved in the field of Hungarian studies and those whose activities extend into this field. We may therefore conclude that graduates of the profile created by the programme are of key importance for the future development of Hungarian studies and the training of mother-tongue teachers. No official analysis of graduate employment outcomes is yet available, so it cannot be included in this accreditation. From our own contacts with graduates of the Department, however, we are able to confirm that all are employed in institutions where knowledge of Hungarian is required: within the bilingual area in education, cultural institutions, media and companies; and outside the bilingual area in companies that do business with Hungary.

PATHWAY: HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE WITH LITERATURE, TWO-SUBJECT, TEACHING Students study units from the PDP module, which also includes special didactics units directly related to Hungarian language and literature and a teaching placement, in all four semesters. The special didactics content of these units is horizontally integrated. Taken together and complemented by the teaching placement, these units provide students with the knowledge and practical training they need for teaching work. In the second semester of the first year, students choose two elective units from a range of 18 elective pedagogical units that are common to all teacher training programmes. These units are horizontally integrated with the special didactics content of the first year in terms of the interdisciplinary integration of content. In the first year, students take one compulsory language unit in the first semester and one compulsory literature unit in the second semester. In the second year they take both compulsory units (one language and one literature) in the third semester. The third semester also includes two free elective units. Students can choose free elective units from the range of elective units offered by the programme they are enrolled in (Elective Unit: Language and Elective Unit: Literature), from those offered by other programmes at the Faculty of Arts, from those offered by other faculties of the University of Maribor or from those offered by other universities. Compulsory and elective language units comprise the Hungarian language content that is also the core content for language teaching. The compulsory literature units are also integrated horizontally in terms of content with the special didactics units on literature. Through the interpretation of representative texts from Hungarian literature that are simultaneously part of the content taught in literature classes, the two compulsory units (Approach to the Theory of the Hungarian Literary Canon and Intertextuality and Referentiality in Contemporary Hungarian Literature) point at constant and dynamic literary and aesthetic phenomena in Hungarian literature. In the third semester students choose a specialised unit that enables them to go more deeply and broadly into an individual area of language or literature. Students are recommended to choose a unit that ties in with the topic of their master’s thesis. Units are vertically integrated with each other. The curriculum consists of the PDP module, four compulsory units and two elective units, which are vertically integrated with each other. Students study units from the PDP module, which also includes special didactics units directly related to Hungarian language and literature and a teaching placement, in all four semesters. The special didactics content of these units is vertically integrated. Taken together and complemented by the teaching placement, these units provide students with the knowledge and practical training they need for teaching work. The programme can be linked with a non-teaching pathway. In this case students must complete the following additional course units: Subject didactics field: 3. Hungarian Language and Literature Teaching Placement 1* consisting of 6 ECTS credits (3rd semester) 4. Hungarian Language and Literature Teaching Placement 2*, consisting of 6 ECTS credits (4th semester) The programme ends with a master’s thesis.

Criteria and methods for testing and assessing student outcomes are made publicly available and are implemented in accordance with the adopted learning programme, unit syllabuses and information on the unit. The assessment system is regulated in accordance with the Statutes of the University of Maribor and the Rules on testing and assessing knowledge at the University of Maribor. Both documents are available online at: https://www.um.si/o-univerzi/dokumentno-sredisce. Learning outcomes are defined by syllabuses. These are made publicly available and are accessible to all. They can be consulted in the collection of programmes of study at the University of Maribor, which is aimed at students wishing to enrol (accreditation is shown for the cohort of students who will enrol in the following year), and on the Faculty of Arts website (Programmes of study | UM Faculty of Arts). The method of assessment and testing is defined in each syllabus. This means that, on the basis of the published syllabus content, students can compare or check the content and levels of knowledge associated with specific skills. Academic staff encourage continuous work and continuous testing of knowledge, in this way enabling students to maintain a constant overview of their own progress. Students are also verbally informed about assessment criteria and methods when they begin a unit. Following analyses of pedagogical work and evaluation of the programme, appropriate amendments are made to syllabuses. Verification of whether students are successfully meeting the requirements of the programme is done through the testing and assessment of knowledge, which is the basis on which students obtain marks and credits in individual units of the programme, allowing them to progress through the programme and move on to further studies. At the same time, it provides students with feedback on the level of knowledge they have attained. Exam results are entered in an electronic register called the Academic Information Subsystem (AIPS). Results are entered by the exam administrator, who has access to the details of the students entered for the exam. After entering the marks for an individual exam, the exam administrator submits a signed exam report to the Student Affairs Office. This report is kept permanently and represents an official record of the institution. Students are informed of exam results as soon as they are entered and confirmed by the exam administrator, via their personal AIPS account, which they access using a username and password. Students’ knowledge is tested in examinations, colloquia and other forms of testing and assessment, and awarded a positive or negative mark. Positive marks are “excellent” (10), “very good” (9 and 8), “good” (7) and “satisfactory” (6). Negative marks are all marks from 1 to 5. Examination timetables are published in the publicly accessible calendar for each individual academic year (http://ff.um.si/studenti/urniki). Lists of scheduled exam dates for individual units during the academic year are prepared by Departments and published by the Student Affairs Office in the AIPS by no later than 15 November for the current academic year.

In the context of national development, the role of the programme derives above all from the nature of Hungarian studies as a humanities discipline of particular national importance (for the Hungarian minority) and as a response to globalisation processes in modern society: it raises awareness of Hungarian as a mother tongue, a regional official language and a language of the environment; of the role and importance of Hungarian language and literature as fundamental elements of national identity; and of the role and importance of Hungarian language and literature in relation to other national languages and literatures in a modern globalised society. It enables society to attain spiritual and cultural well-being and facilitates the purposeful renewal of internal and intercultural relationships. The aim of the two-subject teaching pathway (Hungarian Language with Literature) of the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme is to provide students with basic theoretical and applied knowledge of the subject-specific didactics of Hungarian (taught both as a mother tongue and as a second language) at the primary and secondary levels. Graduates are also trained to organise and plan work in the classroom, they possess well-developed interpersonal communication skills and are also qualified for work and duties outside the classroom (as form teacher, mentor or social partner). Elective units focus more sharply on specific issues in contemporary language and literature teaching. The knowledge and skills acquired by graduates are a prerequisite for independent professional work in education and, at the same time, serve as a foundation for further, more narrowly specialised studies at the doctoral level, above all in Hungarian, subject-specific didactics and/or comparable humanities disciplines.

General competences of the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme in both pathways: Hungarian Language with Literature – two-subject teaching pathway and Hungarian Studies – two subject non-teaching pathway: - logical, abstract, analytical and synthetic thinking; - the ability to resolve problems and conflicts and respond appropriately to new situations; - the ability to critically evaluate the effectiveness of others and own effectiveness; - familiarity with various sources of information and the ability to independently find new sources of knowledge in various fields and use them effectively; - the ability to critically evaluate professional and academic sources and literature from the field in question and use them appropriately; - the ability to use ICT in professional work, including for the needs of own professional development; - the ability to deepen acquired knowledge, integrate it with various fields and transfer it into practice; - the ability to work in a team and cooperate with various professional and social partners; - responsible management of own professional development in a process of lifelong learning, in particular the development of foreign language skills; - acquisition of linguistic and specialised knowledge through the study of existing theoretical models; - functional application of scientific methods; - creative and critical thinking, integration of facts and principles into new combinations of knowledge; - transfer of theoretical knowledge into practice; - communication within the discipline and across disciplines.

Common competences acquired by graduates of both pathways: - knowledge and understanding of core linguistic content and the ability to adapt to the relevant target group; - familiarity with the variegated and many-layered nature of language and different aspects of its use; - the ability to impart knowledge about the formation of spoken and written texts; - in-depth understanding of literary production and reception in primarily aesthetic, cultural historical and intercultural contexts or of Hungarian literature in an intercultural environment; - the ability to recognise and give due consideration to cultural differences, in this way raising own cultural awareness in the canonisation of literature; - understanding of the relationship between literary and other social systems; The subject-specific competences of the two-subject teaching pathway (Hungarian Language with Literature) of the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme are as follows: - the ability to communicate effectively with learners in Hungarian and establish a stimulating learning environment; - the ability to adapt lessons to the cognitive, social and emotional maturity of learners; - the ability to plan, implement and evaluate the learning process; - the ability to use modern principles, methods and techniques of testing and assessing knowledge; - the ability to use modern information and communication technologies in teaching and other pedagogical work; - the ability to manage a class effectively; - the ability to connect with colleagues and the wider environment as part of a team; - the ability to communicate effectively with parents; - the ability to reflect critically on own teaching practice and plan own professional development; - a capacity for ethical reflection; - the ability to establish an inclusive school climate; - thorough knowledge of didactic, pedagogical and pedagogical-psychological theoretical concepts and the ability to apply them in practice; - the ability to communicate effectively in pedagogical terms with individuals and groups; - in-depth understanding of the broader social and economic framework of education activities and the ability to evaluate it critically; - the ability to apply pedagogical theories to the resolution of specific work-related problems; - the ability to independently organise and evaluate educational work; - understanding of the development of the individual with particular reference to the cognitive, psychological, sociological and didactic aspects of language acquisition and language and literature learning; - the ability to integrate content from the teaching of Hungarian with content from other subjects; - the ability to encourage interactive work in all forms of teaching.

Enrolment in the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme is open to students who have completed: 1. A first-cycle study programme in a relevant field: Literature and Linguistics (0232); 2. A first-cycle programme in another field: Arts and Humanities (02) or Social Sciences, Journalism and Information (03) – provided that before enrolling in the programme the student completes course units essential for further study, totalling 18 ECTS credits, and a corresponding number of ECTS credits in the other half of the two-subject programme. These course units may be completed during the first-cycle programme, during programmes of further study or by passing differential examinations before enrolling in the programme. Course units essential for further study: Theory of Literature (3 ECTS credits), Selected Chapters from Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Literature (3 ECTS credits), Interpretation of Selected Works of Hungarian Modernism (3 ECTS credits), Hungarian Orthographic Norms and Pronunciation Rules (3 ECTS credits), Morphology of the Hungarian Language (3 ECTS credits), Syntax (3 ECTS credits). 3. A professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in a relevant field: Literature and Linguistics (0232). 4. A professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in another field: Arts and Humanities (02) or Social Sciences, Journalism and Information (03) – provided that before enrolling in the programme the student completes course units essential for further study, totalling 18 ECTS credits, and a corresponding number of ECTS credits in the other half of the two-subject programme. These course units may be completed during the first-cycle programme, during programmes of further study or by passing differential examinations before enrolling in the programme. Course units essential for further study: Theory of Literature (3 ECTS credits), Selected Chapters from Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Literature (3 ECTS credits), Interpretation of Selected Works of Hungarian Modernism (3 ECTS credits), Hungarian Orthographic Norms and Pronunciation Rules (3 ECTS credits), Morphology of the Hungarian Language (3 ECTS credits), Syntax (3 ECTS credits). 5. An academic study programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in a relevant field: Literature and Linguistics (0232). Such students normally have 30 ECTS credits recognised within the programme, along with a corresponding number in the other half of the two-subject programme, and are admitted to the second year provided their recognised credits are sufficient to meet the conditions for transfers between programmes laid down by an accredited programme of study. 6. An academic study programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in another field: Arts and Humanities (02) and Social Sciences, Journalism and Information (03). Such students have 10–20 ECTS credits recognised within the programme, along with a corresponding number in the other half of the two-subject programme, and are admitted to the year corresponding to the number of credits recognised. 7. A professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, and a specialisation programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in a relevant field: Literature and Linguistics (0232). Such students normally have 30 ECTS credits recognised within the programme, along with a corresponding number in the other half of the two-subject programme, and are admitted to the second year provided their recognised credits are sufficient to meet the conditions for transfers between programmes laid down by an accredited programme of study. 8. A professional higher education programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, and a specialisation programme, adopted before 11 June 2004, in another field: Arts and Humanities (02), Social Sciences, Journalism and Information (03). Such students have 10–20 ECTS credits recognised within the programme, along with a corresponding number in the other half of the two-subject programme, and are admitted to the year corresponding to the number of credits recognised.

The following will be taken into account when selecting applicants for the second-cycle Hungarian Language with Literature programme: Results in previous studies: Average mark: 70% Bachelor’s thesis mark: 30% (if previous studies included a bachelor’s thesis) Or Average mark: 100% (if previous studies did not include a bachelor’s thesis).

Transfers between programmes are possible in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Criteria for Transfers between Study Programmes (UL RS 14/19). Applicants who meet conditions for enrolment in the proposed programme and the conditions for transfer between programmes will be told what year they may enrol in and what missing course units they must complete if they wish to conclude their studies under the new programme. Transfers are possible between programmes: • which guarantee the acquisition of comparable competences on completion and • between which at least half the course units under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) from the first study programme relating to compulsory units of the second study programme may be recognised under the criteria for recognising knowledge and skills acquired prior to enrolment in the programme.

Procedures for identifying, verifying and recognising knowledge and skills acquired by a student through formal or non-formal learning before enrolling in the programme (“prior learning”) are regulated pursuant to the Rules on the recognition of knowledge and skills in programmes of study at the University of Maribor (https://www.um.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pravilnik-o-priznavanju-znanj-in-spretnosti-v-studijskih-programih-UM-st.-012-2019-2.pdf). Procedures for identifying, verifying and recognising knowledge and criteria for recognising knowledge and skills apply both to students enrolling at the University of Maribor and to already enrolled students who wish to have prior learning counted towards completion of a course unit in an existing programme.

Students complete the two-subject programme when they have completed all prescribed course units in each part of the two-subject programme, presented and successfully defended a master's thesis and passed a master’s examination, corresponding to a total of at least 120 ECTS credits (60 ECTS credits from one part of the two-subject study programme and 60 ECTS credits from the other). In two-subject programmes, students can prepare a thesis for an individual half of the programme or as a joint master’s thesis.