Study

Credit System

The organizational rules for studies at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine have become fully compatible with the European Credit Transfer System for all students registered in the first year of the General Medicine programme after 1. 9. 2006.
 
The most important rules of the new system are:

  1. Successful completion of each subject gives the student a certain number of credits (see the study plan at http://www.lf2.cuni.cz/Studium/studplan/z.doc for the number of credits per subject). To advance to the next stage of studies, a student is supposed to collect 60 credits every academic year. However, he or she could also advance with a lower number of credits where the minimum number of credits stipulated is equal to or higher than
    44 credits for progressing to the second year
    101 credits for progressing to the third
    168 credits for progressing to the fourth
    230 credits for progressing to the fifth
    290 credits for progressing to the sixth
    360 credits for progressing to (each subsequent year)
     
    Those credits missing after such advancement must be gained during a specified stage of study. Progress into the next stage of study based on the required minimum number of credits is not possible in consecutive years.
     
  2. In the case of advancement with the minimum number of credits, students can repeat a subject, which will be identified as compulsory in the relevant study plan. This repetition of a subject is possible only once, and only in consecutive stages of study.
     
  3. Those who fail to obtain the minimum number of credits owing to extreme circumstances (illness etc.) can apply for an individual study plan. However, this can occur only if they did not use all three exam attempts. Requests for an individual study plan in the case of a repeat attempt of a compulsory subject can be allowed twice only during the entire study programme.
     
  4. Enlisting for a subject is possible only if all its prerequisites are fulfilled. Prerequisites are subjects which have to be successfully completed in previous stages of studies.
     

Details of the rules can be found at http://www.cuni.cz/UK-2543-version1-CCIVStudyExamCU.doc and http://www.lf2.cuni.cz/Dekanat/predpisy/eszruk2lf.htm.
 
Example: the failure of a first year student to pass Anatomy and Histology usually results in the termination of her/his studies. However, she/he is given the chance to continue on an individual study plan. A student who failed at Histology only would advance to the second year with the minimum number of credits. She/he would repeat Histology but would not be allowed to enrol on Embryology or Developmental Biology (as Histology is a prerequisite for this subject) and therefore would need an individual study plan to gain all 120 credits by the end of the second year.