Rules

RULES OF COMMUNICATION AT FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC

General attitude

Communication generally takes place with mutual respect and understanding of the interlocutors. Students must respect professors, teaching assistants, and non-teaching staff members, just as they must respect students. The tone of communication must be academic, calm and steady. Any communication must be reduced to facts information and questions only. All stuff members at the faculty have a lot of work during the day and it is not desirable to unnecessarily prolong conversations/written messages.

Live communication

Any conversation where the participants meet in person must start with a greeting. If the meeting is in the morning, it is appropriate to start with "Good morning, professor" when talking to teaching staff, or "Good morning, colleague" when talking to a non-teaching staff member. If the conversation takes place in the afternoon, you should start with "Good afternoon, professor", that is, "Good afternoon, colleague". In this case, it doesn't matter if you are talking to a male or a female interlocutor, the greeting is the same for everyone.

Information should be conveyed or a question should be asked as succinctly as possible. You should never repeat the same thing more than once or raise your voice to emphasize something. If you do not understand something in the presentation of a professor or colleague, you should ask him to repeat it with the words "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that part, can you tell me again." Most professors will allow you to raise your hand during class and wait to be called. When you are called, you need to ask a short question related to the content that the professor is presenting. Never speak during class without first raising your hand and asking for a word.

If you go to the professor for a consultation, or go to the student service or other department of the faculty, respect the consultation/reception time and never go there outside of working hours. Do not ask the professor or a non-teaching stuff member for a phone number, because the professors will be available at the faculty or via e-mail.

E-mail communication

Regardless of the reason for sending an e-mail, every e-mail has its own form. It is necessary to start it with a greeting, which, regardless of the time of sending, is always "Dear professor" or "Dear colleague". This is a practice that shows honor to the interlocutor and is inherent in written communication in English. After that, in a new paragraph, the first sentence must be your introduction. You will write your name and your index number so that the professor or non-teaching staff member knows who they are talking to. Write as briefly as possible, only facts or questions.

You should strictly avoid sending multiple e-mails in a row. Think about what you want to say and write it all at once. If you are sending multiple attachments, attach everything at once to one e-mail. Our professors and members of the non-teaching staff often receive dozens of e-mails a day; there is no need to make it more difficult for them to answer you in the right way. If you send multiple messages in a row, there is a greater chance that the professor will not answer all the questions.

Also, you should strictly avoid begging for something, as well as sending emojis and stickers. Never write about your private life in an e-mail, because you should keep it to yourself. Professors care about your education, and non-teaching staff members help you finish your duties on time.

The e-mail must end with a short salutation, preferably simple „Best regards“, followed by your first name only.

Communication outside the faculty

If you meet a professor or a member of the non-teaching staff outside the faculty, you should salute him shortly. Professors and other colleagues will salute you as well. Avoid starting conversations in these situations, because professors care about your education, and non-teaching staff members help you finish your duties on time. They are all available at the college and respond to e-mails.

Communication with students

As in the case of staff, communication with other students, domestic or international, must take place with mutual respect and understanding of the interlocutor. Our faculty is a multicultural and tolerant environment, and all students, domestic and international, have the right to diversity in every sense.

RULES OF BEHAVIOR AT FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC

Behavior at class

All students must sit still and in silence during class. The professors will explain to you at the beginning of the year whether it is possible to leave the class while the lecture is in progress and whether it is necessary to call in on that occasion. Mobile phones must be set to silent. The use of mobile phones, unauthorized recording of the lesson or interruption of the lesson for any reason is not allowed. A student speaks in class only when renewing material or after asking for a permission by raising his hand.

Tolerance

Our faculty is a multicultural environment. It is attended by students of different nationalities and religions and all have equal treatment by the staff and the right to be different. Discrimination on any basis is strictly prohibited. Nationality, religion and politics are generally topics that should be avoided in conversation between students, and between students and staff. All students will have the opportunity to present the history, geography and culture of their country at least once during the year. Learning about the culture of other countries helps to overcome differences and prevent divisions. All students must respect the ones who come from other countries, in order to gain respect themselves.

Our faculty will have zero tolerance for violence. Violence, verbal and physical, will be sanctioned immediately and strictly. In case of any form of violence fueled by national or religious intolerance, the faculty will immediately inform the police and invite them to intervene. We remind you that, regardless of whether you have an approved visa or residence permit, the faculty can always ask the police to cancel them.

Behavior in and outside of the building

Outside of class time, students are invited to study in the reading room, use the coworking space in the library or in the faculty corridors, or simply go to a cafe and relax with a favorite drink. In any case, unnecessary noise, shouting and playing loud music are prohibited. The same applies to behavior outside the building around the faculty. The city is full of activities for young people, so students are encouraged to spend their free time there. If they want to stay longer at the faculty, they must respect the working hours of the reading room and the faculty in general as an institution. Staying at night is not possible even in the case of studying.

STUDY RULES FOR MASTER STUDY PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH

About program

Master study programs last 1 year and consist of 60 ECTS points. Those points are divided among courses, internship and master thesis. The study program prescribes which courses are mandatory and which are elective. The student is obliged to pass all mandatory and the number of elective courses prescribed by the study program. There are a total of 5 courses. Upon completing program, student receives master of economics degree.

Payments

All students in international master program are self-financed students. The price of tuition fee is 3.300 euros and can be paid in two installments. If it is paid in two installments the first one must be paid before the enrollment of next year of studies, while the other one must be paid before any exam taken, i.e. before January exam term. Faculty keeps right to ask payment for whole tuition fee in special cases. Tuition fee can be changed during studies and Faculty must inform students three months before the start of new school year that there was a change in price. The price of a single ECTS point at this moment is 3.300/60 = 55 euros.

If student do not pass all courses and and/or internship and/or final thesis, he must re-enroll for the next year and make payment for every ECTS he/she did not pass.

Example: A student achieved 40 ECTS. He re-enrolls next year with the transfer of remaining 20 ECTS. The tuition fee he pays is 20*55 = 1.100 euros.

Teachings

Teaching is conducted in the form of lectures, exercises, consultations, colloquiums, exams and other forms of educational and scientific work suitable for the realization of the educational activity of a higher education institution.

Classes are conducted according to the schedule published on the notice board of the Faculty no later than 7 days before the start of classes. Presence at classes is mandatory and professors will assess the students’ presence at least once in a week.

Lecture is the basic form of teaching in which the teacher teaches students the material of the curriculum. At the beginning of the lecture, the teacher briefly introduces the students to the work plan for the course and the dynamics of its implementation, the chosen method of work in lectures and exercises, and the students' obligations in order to achieve the expected competencies.

The exercises consist of clarification of material from textbooks and lectures, practical application of acquired knowledge through the processing of cases from practice, knowledge verification through tests, questioning or in other ways adapted to the nature of the subject and the size of the group.

The purpose of consultations is to enable students to clarify certain parts of the material and to provide the necessary assistance in the preparation of seminar and final papers. The consultation time of teachers and associates, which lasts at least 4 hours a week, is announced on the doors of their offices and on the Faculty's website.

Colloquiums are a form of pre-exam obligations that test students' knowledge acquired during classes. Every course will have two colloquiums. After passing those, student takes the third part of exam curriculum at final part of the exam.

In the final part of the exam, the student is exempt from the teaching material that he passed through the colloquium. Colloquiums, as well as other forms of pre-exam obligations, are not mutually conditional. Students who have not passed the colloquiums take the entire exam material on the final exam. The maximal number of points at each exam is 100. Minimal number for passing exam is 51. Minimal grade for passing exam is 6 and maximal is 10.

Exam terms are: January, February, April, June, July, August, September and October.

Rights and obligations

A student of this Faculty has the rights and obligations established by the Law, general acts of the University, the Statute of the Faculty and this Rulebook.

A student has a right:

1. on enrollment, quality education and objective assessment;
2. on timely and accurate information on all issues related to studies;
3. to actively participate in decision-making, in accordance with the law;
4. to self-organization and expression of one's own opinion;
5. to the benefits arising from the status of a student;
6. to equally high-quality study conditions for all students;
7. on diversity and protection against discrimination;
8. to elect and be elected to the Student Parliament and other bodies of the Faculty

The student also has the right to:

1. participate in educational and professional projects in accordance with his own capabilities and needs of the Faculty;
2. change the elective course;
3. choose the teacher according to his/her own choice, if two or more teachers teach the same course;
4. enroll and take courses of another study program of the Faculty according to his own choice, in order to acquire supplementary knowledge, with reimbursement of expenses regardless of status;
5. choose mentor;
6. be rewarded, i.e., praised for his work, achievements and contribution to the affirmation of the Faculty, in accordance with the decision of the Teaching and Research Council of the Faculty.

In the case from paragraphs 3, point 4 of this article, the grade obtained on the exam is not included in the average grade of the course of the enrolled study program.

The student is obliged to:

1. fulfills teaching and pre-examination obligations;
2. respect the general acts of the Faculty;
3. respect the rights of employees and other students of the Faculty;;
4. participate in decision making in accordance with the law.

The student is also obliged to:

1. re-enroll next year of studies if he do not complete the study program, within the period prescribed by this Rulebook
2. take exams in the manner prescribed by the curriculum and within the deadlines prescribed by the Law, the Statute of the Faculty and this Rulebook;
3. complete studies within the deadline determined as the double number of school years required for the realization of the study program + 1 extra year.