Curricula

The programme consists of organised classes (60 credits) and individual research work for the doctoral thesis (120 credits).

In the first year the curriculum requires registration of two compulsory core courses worth 20 ECTS, two elective seminar courses ajusted to the study field worth 20 ECTS. The two compulsory core courses can be chosen from three courses, proposed by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences: An Introduction to American Studies, American Ethnic Literature and Culture after 1970, The U.S.A. and American Policies in a Comparative Perspective, Theories of Society and Methodology and Epistemology of the Social Science. Individual research work in the first year focuses mainly on preparing the doctoral thesis proposal. The completion of 40 ECTS in organised forms of study is required for progression to the seconed year of study.

In the second year, students choose an external course worth 10 ECTS, providing for external electivity and international mobility. The rest of the second year programme is implemented in the form of individual research, intended for the preparation of the doctoral thesis and the authored academic article. The approval of the doctoral thesis topic by the University of Ljubljana, which is processed during the second year of doctoral study, is required for enrolment in the third year of the doctoral programme.

The study process in the third year is implemented entirely in the form of individual research activity, opening with the presentation of research results by the end of study year and an authored academic article, which must be accepted for publication or be already published in an adequately assessed and relevant scientific journal prior to the announcement of the defence of the doctoral thesis. The doctoral student has to be the first author of the article.