Passing the study plan

The state doctoral exam complies to the rules of the Study and Examination Regulations of MU (http://www.muni.cz/general/legal_standards/study_examination_regulations). It consists of an oral exam and a defense of the dissertation, both parts of the examination take place in one day. Candidates must demonstrate professional orientation and ability of independent creative work in the field and defend their dissertation. The content of the oral exam is defined by thematic areas mainly from the field of art theory with significant overlaps to philosophy and art history. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to reflect the knowledge they have acquired. After the initial presentation of the main contribution of their dissertation, candidates respond to two opponent reviews, at least one of which must be from external experts, and have a professional discussion with the committee. The recommended minimum extent of the dissertation is 150 standard pages, i.e. 270 000 characters including spaces, formally complying to the APA or ISO 690 standard.

Study and research duties during the program

During the standard period of the program, the following professional activities are required to develop the doctoral students academic skills. Information about individual performance is periodically entered by the students into the MU Information System; Detailed specification including the schedule is given in the regulation “KVV Standards…” https://www.ped.muni.cz/kvv/archiv/content_cz/dsp_standardy_kvv_2019.pdf

1. Participation in compulsory seminars and lectures for doctoral program as well as compulsory optional seminars.
2. One published study in which the doctoral student is the main author or one of the maximum three authors in a journal (anthology) included in the WOS ISI, SCOPUS databases.
3. One study published in a journal included in the ERIH database or in the List of Peer-reviewed Non Impacted Periodicals published in the Czech Republic.
4. At least one published chapter or a partial study in a specialized publication or an art catalogue.
5. Other texts in the scholarly press outside databases and popularizing texts.
6. Active participation at a conference (2x domestic and 1x foreign during the whole study)
7. Scholarship in a specialized foreign institution in the range of 31 days.
8. Active participation in specific research projects and participation in research tasks thematically defined by the department.
9. Teaching activities: practical and theoretical lecturing at the Department of Art Education in fields corresponding to the education and competences of the doctoral student.
10. Other professional activities according to the needs of the Department of Art Education- for example organization of conferences, management of student projects, curatorial work and organization of exhibitions and workshops.

Proposal of thematic areas and topics of doctoral dissertations
A / Integrative role of art education in the context of intermediality of creation
(ass.prof. PaedDr. Hana Stehlikova Babyradova, Ph.D.)

B / Between art and expressive therapy
(ass.prof. PaedDr. Hana Stehlikova Babyradova, Ph.D.)
1) Expressivity in the context of art and therapy

C / Mediation of art and theoretical contexts of gallery pedagogy
(Prof. PaedDr. Radek Horacek, Ph.D.)
1) Current theoretical models of art work interpretation
2) Public discourse in fine arts

D / Action art and processual aspects in theory and practice of art pedagogy
(ass.prof. Mgr. Vladimir Havlik)
1. Interpretation of action art transformations at present

E) Spatial creation
(supervisor ass.prof. Jiří Sobotka, ak. soch.)
1) Total spaces - installations and installation

F) Theory of art education focused on the development of creativity
(supervisor ass.prof. PaedDr. Hana Stadlerová, Ph.D.)

Selection of defended topics in the last five years
Mgr. et Mgr. Jana Nedomová, Ph.D.: The Questions of Quality in Creation and Presentation of University Students with an Artistic and Educational specialization. 2019 https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/mrbgj/

Mgr. Martina Želazková, Ph.D.: Selected Problems of Art Education as a Teaching Subject at Gymnasiums: Theory and Pedagogical Practise
2019. https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/hhavy/Selected Problems of Art Education as a Teaching Subject at Gymnasiums: Theory and Pedagogical Practise

Mgr. Táňa Šedová, Ph.D.: The Specifics of Public Museums of Fine Art and their Role in the Process of Communication with the Public: An Outline of the Situation in the Czech Republic and its Comparison with Austrian and German Environments. 2015 https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/ljyy5/

Mgr. Jitka Burdová, Ph.D.: Reading about Art for Children. 2019 https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/aynaf/

Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Charvát, Ph.D.: Electronic Media in Museum and Gallery Practise. 2019 https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/q51tn/