Assessment
ECTS Course Catalogue
Courses end with an oral or written examination or a pass based on the work of a student during a course, including papers/essays or projects according to the criteria for each course. For most courses, a pass is given together with a mark. Passes are obtained on the basis of the assessment carried out by the academic teacher responsible for a given course. An examination is also carried out by the academic teacher responsible for a given course.
Students’ learning achievements are recorded in their student record books. Detailed arrangements concerning student assessment, including the grading scale applied, the frequency of assessment and the requirements for obtaining passes and taking examinations, are laid down in the study regulations of Gdansk Higher School of Humanities.
Detailed rules for taking examinations, progression to the next semester and year, repeating a year and admission to the final (diploma) examination are laid down in the study regulations of Gdansk Higher School of Humanities, available in Dean’s Offices and online.
However, all students are allowed to take a resit examination, including the final examination, and an examination following a failed resit examination, conducted by an examination review board after an appeal made by a student to such a board. In order to be admitted to the final examination, students are required to complete all courses and practical placements provided for in the curriculum, and to submit their final thesis which must then receive a positive assessment. If the study programme does not provide for the preparation of a thesis and sitting a final examination, students are only required to complete the courses and practical placements foreseen in the curriculum.
In accordance with the Regulation by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of 14 September 2011, students are required to obtain a minimum number of ECTS credits, specified on the basis of the study regulations, in order to progress to the next semester or academic year and to complete a degree programme. Both types of degree programmes offered at Gdansk Higher School of Humanities including first-cycle and second-cycle programmes, end with the diploma examination.
The examination is conducted by an examination board composed of academic teachers of the academic unit of the Institution (e.g. faculty or department) which provides a given programme. Students who have passed the final examination are awarded a higher education diploma (dyplom ukończenia studiów wyższych) which confirms the completion of a given type of degree programme and the award of a relevant degree in a given field of study. If the study programme does not provide for the final examination, students are only required to have completed all courses and practical placements in order to obtain a diploma confirming the award of a relevant degree (the overall mark equals to the average mark for all the courses).
As of 2012, diplomas are prepared and issued in accordance with the amended Law on Higher Education and are officially recognised documents. Every graduate, upon his/her request, receives a Diploma Supplement in the EU/CoE/UNESCO Diploma Supplement format issued by the University in English.
A Bachelor’s degree entitles its holder to practice a given profession and provides access to second-cycle programmes. A Master’s degree entitles its holder to practice a given profession and provides access to doctoral programmes.