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Credit system of the organisation
of educational process in Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts |
European Credit Transfer System
ECTS at the
Beginning the academic year of 2007-2008 YSAFA starts integration of the
credit system1 namely the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
Currently, only the transfer element of the ECTS is applied, which means
that transfer between the institutions becomes possible through the
credits reflecting student workload. The curricula is designed so that
to comply with the credit system requirements and is divided into two
major groups of units: required and electives, the sequence of which is
determined according to each course prerequisites.
Credits are allocated to all the units according to their workload. At
YSAFA the yearly workload comes to 1800 hours, which is equivalent to 60
ECTS credits. 1 ECTS credit equals to 30 hours of workload
(contact hours, student independent work, internship and the like). For
bachelor programs student weekly workload comes to 1.5 credits, which
equals to 45 hours, 30 hours of which are intended for contact hours and
15 hours for student independent work. The semester workload comes to 30
credits and credits for one academic year come to 60.
Student learning outcomes and competences obtained throughout the period
of study are assessed by the means of a final project (project,
composition, thesis and the like) and its defense as well as a final
qualification exam. In order to get the BA degree students must meet the requirements of 240 credits for the whole program. Student knowledge is assessed according to the formative assessment standards.
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