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form May 2024 version
Programme board meeting minutes
Faculty: ECON: Faculty of Economics and Administration
Name of the degree programme: Regional Development and Tourism
Type: Master's degree programme
The Chair of the Programme Board: doc. Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D.
Number of degree programmes in the Programme Board: 1
Date of the meeting: 24/09/2024
Presence
Name Position
doc. Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D.
The Chair of the Programme Board – the degree
programme guarantor
Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D. Degree programme academic staff
doc. Ing. Vladimír Žítek, Ph.D. Degree programme academic staff
Omnia Karam Student representative
Ing. Vít Čermák Employer/graduate representative (CzechInvest)
Absent (excused)
Name Position
Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D.
Degree programme academic staff (Contact person
of the degree programme)
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1. Evaluate the past year of the degree programme implementation (e.g. admissions, academic failure,
final state examinations, internationalization). If the degree programme includes a distance or
combined study plan, also focus on evaluating these plans. Please specifically address the results
of the student quality assessment (subject survey and other instruments), what measures have been
taken, and with what results.
In the Autumn 2023 semester, the Regional Development and Tourism programme was started, the first
students were enrolled on their studies, and new programme courses were taught for the first time. The
start of the programme can be considered successful, and no complications have occurred. Only the
programme courses relating to the first year of study were taught. Teaching of other new courses will
start in the following year.
Four students started their studies in the Academic Year 2023/2024 (three in the Autumn 2023 semester
and one in the Spring 2024 semester). One student's study was terminated for not meeting the
requirements. The study of one student is currently interrupted. According to the newest information,
a slightly increasing trend in the number of enrolled students can be expected in the next academic
year. However, we can realistically evaluate this fact next year.
Due to the recent start of the programme, no state final exams have been implemented yet. Two thesis
topics were assigned.
The degree programme does not include a distance or combined study plan.
The guarantor of the programme carefully studied the student survey regarding the Autumn 2023 and
Spring 2024 semesters. No significant comments or recommendations emerged from this survey. The
quality of teaching is considered sufficient. However, the start of new teaching has brought valuable
experience for the teachers, and based on it, they must strive to improve the quality of their lectures and
seminars further.
2. Describe the significant and non-significant changes in the degree programme during the last
evaluation period (typically since the previous Programme Board meeting).
Compared to the accreditation materials, there was only one non-significant change: the transfer of the
course MPV_ACAD Academic Writing (guarantor Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D.) from the first to the second
semester. This change relates to all English master's programmes at the FEA MU.
3. Describe the extent to which the objectives have been achieved, evaluate the development plan you
have drawn up during the last evaluation and formulate the goals for the next period.
The defined objectives were achieved. In September 2023, the teaching of the study programme began,
and all planned courses were implemented into practice. Foreign post-doc academician Kayode
Kolawole Eluwole, PhD., who started working at the Department of Regional Economics in 2023, was
involved in teaching programme courses. Foreign teachers who came to the Czech Republic for a short
stay were also involved in the teaching. They participated, for example, in teaching the courses
International Tourism and Tourism Destination and Regional Management. An ongoing effort is to raise
awareness of the new study programme, primarily through the Office for International Relations, which
promotes our study programmes abroad. In the summer of 2024, the faculty's website updated
information about the programme.
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The following objectives are set for the next period:
Objective of the degree
programme development
(what)
Measures leading to the
objective (how)
Implementation of the
measures, year or course
(when)
To start teaching the
remaining new courses
planned in the accreditation
Preparation and conducting
of lectures and seminars
Academic year 2024/2025
To prepare the implementation
of state final exams for the
first graduates
Ensure all processes for the
proper running of the state
final exam
Depending on student
readiness – June 2025
Raise awareness of the newly
prepared programme.
Online tools, communication
with our Office for
International Relations
Continuously
Increase cooperation with
external and foreign teachers
Cooperation with the
application sphere and
communication with foreign
academics.
Continuously
4. If lifelong learning programmes (LLL) are associated with the degree programme, evaluate the past
year of implementation and describe changes and plans for further development of the LLL
programme based on participant feedback.
Lifelong learning programmes (LLL) are not associated with the degree programme.
5. Comments and observations beyond the above topics.
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Compiled by: Viktorie Klímová
Date: 24/09/2024