The VSEM credit system is based on evaluating both the study workload (the number of lectures, seminars and consultations attended by full-time students) and the learning outcome quality (the distance learning outcomes, such as exams, seminar papers, etc.) Therefore, the number of credits allocated is determined in relation to the time requirements and to the study workload of a given course/study programme.
VSEM uses the ECTS credit system which gives students access to international mobility programmes and which, along with the Diploma Supplement, allows recognition of university degrees across the EU member states.
The credit system brings many advantages to students (the possibility to design an individual study plan in some study programmes or to interrupt studies). However, at the same time, it imposes important requirements on students: those who do not follow the recommended study programme (schedule) must have a good grasp of how the ECTS system functions.
Key Features of the ECTS Credit System
- credits have both transfer and accumulation function
- the use of the system at a given school is unified and standardized
- the number of credits allocated to subjects of a study program depends on study workload
- the method of "translating" local grading system marks (granted for a subject completion) into the ECTS A-E + F grading scale is clearly defined and unified
ECTS Credit System Specifics
- as students do not have a fixed study plan, the courses they have chosen might take place at the same time
- students themselves control the speed at which they proceed and meet study requirements. However, they are still obliged to meet conditions set out in the relevant study program, or stemming from the study structure
- if students miss the enrolment date (electronic, administrative) without prior apology, they will no longer be considered as VSEM students.
Basic principles of the System
Every study module is allocated a certain number of credits which express the study workload of individual subjects. Students are awarded credits for completing a study module and for fulfilling all the conditions prescribed for the module by the responsible department.
The credit system gives students a certain possibility to design their own study plan. However, this possibility also places higher requirements on students, as they become fully responsible for every decision they make while organizing their studies.
Students are required to earn a given number of credits for completing their studies, or, in other words, for completing their study program. As there are some courses which can be taken in any year of a study programme, students have, to a certain extent, more choice in composing their study plan.
Study Programme
| Standard Length of Studies
| Maximal Length of Studies
| Number of Credits
|
| Bachelor (Bc.) K1 |
3,5 years
|
5 years
|
180 |
| Bachelor (Bc.) P1 |
3 years
|
4 years
|
180
|
| Master (Ing.) K2 |
2,5 years
|
4 years
|
120 |
| Master (Ing.) P2 |
2 years |
2 years |
120 |
| Master (MBA) K1 |
2 years
|
3 years
|
120 |
Grading Scale
Students receive credits for the completion of each course/study module when satisfying the assessment requirements (exam, seminar paper, etc.). The number of credits allocated expresses the study load, not the quality of learning outcomes.
Grades awarded to students will be entered into their exam results overview, into the exam protocol and SIS. The grades will be based on the ECTS grading scale, please see the table below.
ECTS Garde
| Czech Grade Equivalents
| Czech Grades Expressed in Numbers
| Numeric Value
|
| A |
excellent |
1 |
1,0 |
| B |
very good
|
- 1 |
1,5 |
| C |
good |
2 |
2,0 |
| D |
satisfactory |
- 2 |
2,5 |
| E |
sufficient |
3 |
3,0 |
| F |
fail |
4 |
4,0 |