Page 5 - Academic policy

3.15. academic period (term) is the period of theoretical training established
independently by the educational organization in one of three forms: semester, trimester,
quarter;
3.16. academic credit is a unified unit of measurement of the volume of scientific
and (or) academic work (workload) of a student and (or) a teacher;
3.17. academic calendar – a calendar of educational and control events,
professional practices, internships during the academic year, indicating the days of rest
(holidays and holidays);
3.18. academic hour (master's and doctoral studies) is a unit of measurement of the
volume of training sessions or other types of academic work, 1 academic hour is 50
minutes, when switching to online / distance learning, 1 academic hour is 40 minutes, is
used in the preparation of the academic calendar (schedule of the educational process),
the schedule of training sessions, when planning and taking into account the past
educational material, as well as when planning the pedagogical load and taking into
account the work of the teacher;
3.19. current control is a systematic examination of students' knowledge in
accordance with the curriculum, conducted by a teacher in classroom and extracurricular
classes during the academic period;
3.20. midterm control (midterm) – control of students' academic achievements upon
completion of a major section (module) of one academic discipline;
3.21. final control – verification of students' academic achievements, carried out
after the completion of the study of the discipline during the examination session
(intermediate certification);
3.22. academic mobility – the movement of students or research teachers to study
or conduct research for a certain academic period (semester or academic year) in another
OHPE (within the country or abroad) with the mandatory transfer of mastered curricula,
disciplines in the form of academic credits in their OHPE or to continue their studies in
another OHPE;
3.23. academic attestation - monitoring the implementation of the individual work
plan of the student at the end of each academic year, apart from the final course of
students.
3.24. final certification of students (Qualification Examination) is a procedure carried
out in order to determine the degree to which they master the scope of academic
disciplines and (or) modules and other types of educational activities provided for by the
educational program in accordance with the state mandatory standard of higher and
postgraduate education;
3.25. independent work of a student (hereinafter referred to as IWS) - work on a
specific list of topics allocated for independent study, provided with educational and
methodological literature and recommendations, controlled in the form of tests, control
papers, colloquiums, abstracts, essays and reports; depending on the category of
students, it is divided into independent work of a master's student (hereinafter referred to
as IWMS and independent work of a doctoral student (hereinafter referred to as IWDS);
the entire volume of IWS is confirmed by tasks requiring daily independent work from the
student;
3.26. double–degree education - the possibility of parallel study according to two
curricula (educational programs) in order to obtain two equivalent diplomas (Double
Major) or one main and second additional diplomas (Major - Minor);
3.27. The European System of Transfer (transfer) and accumulation of Credits
(ECTS) is a method of assigning credit units (credits) to OP components (disciplines,
courses, modules), with the help of which the comparison and transfer of academic
disciplines mastered by students (with credits and grades) is carried out when changing
the educational trajectory, educational institution and country of study;