| Subject | Number of hours | ECTS points | Form of verification | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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60 | 8 | exam | obligatory |
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35 | 5 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | obligatory |
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10 | 1 | assessment | obligatory |
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20 | 1 | assessment | obligatory |
Physical Education
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30 | - | graded credit | obligatory |
Safety at Work
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4 | - | assessment | obligatory |
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obligatory | |||
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
Major Global and Development Studies
2025/26, first cycle, full-time degree programme
Basic information
| Faculty name: Faculty of International and Political Studies |
| Major name: Global and Development Studies |
| Level: first cycle |
| Form: full-time degree programme |
| Profile: General academic |
Programme
| ISCED classification: 0312 |
| Number of semesters: 6 |
| Language of study: english |
| Professional title awarded to graduates: licencjat |
| Leading discipline: Political and Administrative Sciences |
Description of the program implementation
Program jest realizowany w ciągu 6 semestrów studiów i obejmuje 1454 godzin dydaktycznych. Program nie przewiduje specjalizacji/specjalności.
Graduation
Warunkiem ukończenia studiów jest zaliczenie wszystkich przedmiotów obowiązkowych i fakultatywnych wymaganych w programie studiów oraz napisanie i złożenie pracy dyplomowej, a także zdanie egzaminu dyplomowego obejmującego problematykę pracy dyplomowej oraz wiedzę z zakresu programu studiów.
| Subject | Number of hours | ECTS points | Form of verification | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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20 | 3 | graded credit | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | obligatory |
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40 | 5 | exam | obligatory |
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15 | 2 | graded credit | obligatory |
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10 | 1 | assessment | obligatory |
Physical Education
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30 | - | graded credit | obligatory |
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obligatory | |||
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First-year students have to choose one elective course during the 2nd semester (for 3 ECTS, 20 hours). |
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20 | 3 | graded credit | elective |
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20 | 3 | exam | elective |
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20 | 3 | graded credit | elective |
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20 | 3 | graded credit | elective |
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20 | 3 | exam | elective |
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20 | 3 | graded credit | elective |
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20 | 3 | graded credit | elective |
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60 | 4 | graded credit | obligatory |
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During the 2nd semester each student has to realize and pass all obligatory courses and 1 elective course chosen from the list of "Elective courses available in the 2nd semester".
| Subject | Number of hours | ECTS points | Form of verification | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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20 | 3 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | obligatory |
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60 | 4 | graded credit | obligatory |
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obligatory | |||
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During the 3rd semster the students have to choose 1 elective course (for 4 ECTS, 30 hours). |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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40 | 6 | graded credit | obligatory |
See additional information
During the 3rd semester each student has to realize and pass all obligatory courses and 1 elective course chosen from the list of "Elective courses available in the 3rd semester".
| Subject | Number of hours | ECTS points | Form of verification | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | obligatory |
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obligatory | |||
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During the 4th semester each student has to realize 2 elective courses (each for 2 ECTS, 15 hours). Alternatively students could realize 1 elective course (each for 4 ECTS, 30 hours) from the list of the BA courses offered in English at the Faculty of International and Political Studies. |
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15 | 2 | graded credit | elective |
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15 | 2 | graded credit | elective |
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15 | 2 | assessment | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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15 | 2 | graded credit | elective |
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60 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
See additional information
During the 4th semester each student has to realize and pass all obligatory courses and 2 elective courses (each for 2 ECTS, 15 hours) or 1 elective course (4 ECTS, 30 hours) chosen from the list of "Elective courses available in the 4th semester".
| Subject | Number of hours | ECTS points | Form of verification | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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obligatory | |||
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During the 5th semester each student has to realize 3 elective courses (in total for 12 ECTS, 90 hours). |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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30 | 4 | assessment | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | obligatory |
See additional information
During the 5th semester each student has to realize and pass all obligatory courses and realize and pass 3 elective courses (each for 4 ECTs, 30 hours) chosen from the list of "Elective courses available in the 5th semester".
Each student has to choose a supervisor of the diploma dissertation as well as the Dissertation Seminar group.
| Subject | Number of hours | ECTS points | Form of verification | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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20 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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20 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | exam | obligatory |
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30 | 4 | assessment | obligatory |
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30 | 8 | assessment | obligatory |
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obligatory | |||
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During the 6th semester student should realize 1 elective course (for 4 ECTS, 30 hours). |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
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30 | 4 | exam | elective |
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30 | 4 | graded credit | elective |
See additional information
During the 6th semester each student has to realize and pass all obligatory courses and choose 1 elective course (for 4 ECTS, 30 hours) chosen from the list of "Elective courses available in the 6th semester".
Other Academic Activity (OAA) – each student during the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th semester has to take part in a various number of academic activities (guest lectures, discussion seminars, workshops delivered by visiting professors or other guests – offered by the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, internships in public or private sector, NGOs, scientific conferences, research groups, publishing a scientific book or an article, summer school); each activity has to be confirmed by the OAA Supervisor; number of hours, credit and ECTS are recognized after the 6th semester.
Each student continue Dissertation Seminar with chosen supervisor.