General Information
- All students must take 180 credit hours of a foreign language before successfully completing their programme of study. This can be accomplished by choosing either 30 or 60-hour courses per semester.
- Foreign language courses are incorporated in the model curriculum of studies for semesters 3, 4 and 5.
- All students admitted to the Faculty after the academic year 2013/2014 must pass the university English exam at C1 Academic level before successfully completing their study programme.
| Hours | POLISH STUDENTS | INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS | EXAM | |
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| Sem 3 | 60 | Academic English, including academic writing OR any other foreign language/s (students who have already passed the C1 exam). | Academic English, including academic writing OR any other foreign language/s (a course of Polish recommended) (students who have already passed the C1 exam). | C1 Academic Exam must be passed no later than by the end of the fourth semester. |
| Sem 4 | 60 | Academic English, including academic writing OR any other foreign language/s (students who have already passed the C1 exam). | Academic English, including academic writing OR any other foreign language/s (a course of Polish recommended) (students who have already passed the C1 exam). | |
| Sem 5 | 60 | Two 30-hour courses in any other foreign language or English C2. | Two 30-hour courses in any other foreign language (a course of Polish recommended) or English C2. | |
| Sem 6 | If a student did not manage to register for two 30-hour courses in semester 5, they are obliged to register for the remaining course (s). | If a student did not manage to register for two 30-hour courses in semester 5, they are obliged to register for the remaining course (s). |
Detailed rules and guidelines for students
| Sem 3 (60 h) | All students are required to take a placement test. | Students that have not passed their C1 exam | A course in Academic English at C1 level. Allocation to groups is based on the placement test results. Students earn 4 credits for course completion. |
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| Students at C2 level and native speakers | The C1 exam may be deemed passed on presenting a recognised language certificate or a foreign (English) secondary school-leaving certificate (grade 3,0 automatically awarded) and delivering an academic presentation (the final exam grade raised to 4,0, 4,5 or 5,0), depending on the quality of the presentation. A course of English at C2 level or another language is to be attended until all the remaining free credit hours have been used (including Polish for foreigners). |
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| Sem 4 (60 h) | Students that still have not passed their C1 exam | Continue their course in Academic English | ||
| Students that have already passed the C1 exam | Continue a course in another foreign language (including Polish for foreigners) | |||
| or choose a course of English at C2 level | ||||
| Sem 5 (60 h) | Students that still have free-of-charge credit hours left at their disposalpassed the C1 exam | Continue their second foreign language | Students are encouraged to complete the course by taking A2-B2 exam, depending on the level achieved . | |
| or take a course of English at C2 level | ||||