Dušan Tošić tdusan@turing.mi.sanu.ac.yu Bologna process at Belgrade's universities after one...

Dušan Tošić

tdusan@turing.mi.sanu.ac.yu

Bologna process at Belgrade's universities

after one year of applying

1.IntroductionBologna process in Serbia before 2006.

2006.- adopted Law of university

All universities (faculties) have to design the studies according to new law from 2006/07 school year.

Law of university (from 2006) forces Bologna process:

• EBCD are introduced• All faculties have duty to reorganize their studies according to Bologna principles - Duration of courses is maximum 1 semester - Permanent work and control of students is forced - PhD studies are introduced, - …• The commission for the accreditation is formed

2. Comments

The most number of professors was against Bologna process on the beginning

The law of universities is introduced without any previous experiment and preparing.

Students were interested in Bologna process trying to get maximum benefits.

3. Bologna process at two Belgrade’s faculties (my view)

Faculty of Mathematics

Faculty of Computer Sciences (RAF)

Faculty of Mathematics

state faculty

University of Belgrade

Faculty of Computer Sciences (RAF) (School of computing)

private facultyUniversity “Union”

3.1. Faculty of Mathematics

Faculty with long tradition

There are a lot of students and professors (over 1000 students and over 100 professors and instructors)

There are many directions (8)

Doctorial studies were organized

Reorganization is made according to new law (with a lot of difficulties). Each old 2-semesters course is divided into two courses and some new courses are introduced.

3.2. Faculty of computer sciences

Young faculty

Small number of professors and students (about 200 students and less then 10 professors)

Only one direction is organized (on the beginning there are two).

Without organization of PhD study

Reorganization is made without many problems.

Each course is characterized by two forms:

Form 1 – global description of the course

Form 2 – description of contents of the course per week.

Form 1: OOP F1.doc

Form 2: OOP F2.doc

Forms are not used at Faculty of Mathematics (syllabus of each course is made, but without official forms.)

4. ResultsCourse Faculty Semester Number of

students pass exam

Object oriented

programming

RAF 2. 32/52

Programming 1

Faculty of Math.

1. 18/28

Programming 2

Faculty of Math.

2. 15/24

5. Conclusions

Students are motivated to work during the school year

Professors have more obligations during the school year

Better results (about passing) are obtained.

The quality of knowledge still could not be estimated.