Publication details
Credit Allocation to Courses at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University - Challenges in Credit Implementation at Law Faculties in the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | European Journal of Legal Education |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://elfa-afde.eu/Documents/EJLEAPRIL09VF1.pdf |
| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | ECTS system; credit allocation; Faculty of Law; Masaryk University |
| Description | The article deals with credit allocation to the courses taught at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno and challenges in credit implementation at law faculties in the Czech Republic in general. At the beginning the ECTS principles are described and the Faculty of Law is introduced. There are several words about accreditation process in the Czech Republic as it is a fundamental prerequisite for implementation of degree programmes. The main part of the text informs about credit allocation process at the Faculty of Law, MU and connected problems like a high proportion of core courses in the programmes of studies, a high proportion of courses, multi-semester courses and their interrelationship, internal cohesion of programmes of studies, traditional construction of courses with regards to the completion and requirements of the ECTS system etc. |