Basic Terms, Concepts, Definitions

4.1.1. Semester Examination is a form of final check of how well a student has mastered both theoretical and practical material in a given subject during a semester.

Written examination is held during the examination period in the presence of a board of examiners headed by the chief of the department in accordance with the established time-table.

4.1.2. ECTS system is a model of academic process organization based on a combination of two constituents: module technology of training and credits (Test Units) and covers the content, forms and facilities of academic process, forms of checking students’ knowledge and skills quality as well as academic activity of students both in class and outside it (i.e. self-study). The ECTS system aims at making students work on a systematic basis during the semester in view of their future professional success.

4.1.3. A module is a logically complete, relatively independent integral part of a training course, a set of theoretical and practical tasks of relevant content and structure with an elaborated system of methodical, educative, individual and technological support, a necessary component of which is an appropriate form of grading.

4.1.4. A credit (test unit) is a single unit of measuring work done by students both in class and outside it (Academic Load) which is equivalent to 36 working hours.

4.1.5. A grade is a quantitative measuring unit of students’ learning outcomes assessment, based on a multi-value scale as they perform their pre-assigned set of academic tasks.

4.1.6. The ECTS grading system is a system of measuring the quality of all types of classroom and self-study work done by students as well as the level of their knowledge and skills by assessing them in values according to the 100-value scale with further transfer of these values into the national scale and the ECTS scale.

The grading system envisages the use of the following grades: the current module grade, the module test grade, the total module grade, the semester module grade, the examination grade and the total semester grade.

4.1.6.1. The current module grade consists of values which a student gets for a certain kind of academic work in mastering a given module, i.e. doing and defending his/her individual tasks at practical classes.

4.1.6.2. The module test grade is determined in values and in national scale grades as a result of doing the module test.

4.1.6.3. The total module grade is determined in values and in national scale grades as the sum of the current module grade and test module grade.

4.1.6.4. The semester module grade is determined in values and in national scale grades as the sum of the total module grades obtained after studying the material of all the modules within a semester.

4.1.6.5. The examination grade is determined in values and in national scale grades in the result of carrying out the examination tasks.

4.1.6.6. The total semester grade is determined as the sum of the semester module grade and the examination/differentiated test grade in values, national scale grades and ECTS scale grades.

4.2. Grading Scale for Students’ Learning