Passing the study plan

The state final exam consists of a diploma assignment and a professional oral exam consisting of three subjects. No later than three working days before the first part of the state final exam, the student must fulfill all other study obligations necessary for the proper completion of the study program.

In order to properly complete a study program completed with the award of a "Bachelor" degree, a student must obtain 180 credits and at the same time complete compulsory and compulsory optional subjects in the structure prescribed by the study program and successfully pass the state final exam. During the course of study, the student is obliged to respect the study plan of the study program Criminology Studies, as well as internal regulations relating to the organizational and content requirements of individual subjects and the study as a whole.
Compulsory subjects also include the subjects Professional Practice I to III, the aim of which is to involve students in practice at professional workplaces dedicated to the application of knowledge, abilities and skills that students are supposed to acquire during the course of studying the study program Criminology Studies, and to acquaint them with the real world these workplaces. Compulsory subjects also include groups of subjects focused on the teaching of foreign languages specialized in the security field, from which students must alternatively choose at least one such language and complete all the compulsory subjects in the given group that follow each other.

The State Final Examination (hereinafter referred to as "SZZk") in the study programme Criminal Studies in accordance with the above-mentioned characteristics of the programme and the expected characteristics of a graduate will verify whether the students have acquired the necessary theoretical knowledge (oral part of the SZZk) and whether they can apply it in practice, i.e. whether they have acquired the skills necessary for the future performance of the profession (the so-called diploma task).

There are two components to the SZZk. First, an oral theoretical part. The second, the analytical-application practical part (AAP). The AAP represents the realisation of the option given by the provision of Section 45(3) of the law on higher education not to have a bachelor's thesis. The latter would not be able to verify, whether the graduates have sufficiently acquired the professional skills defining this programme.

The AAP is undertaken in two phases. The first phase will take place as a relatively separate component of the SZZk prior to its oral component. It is described below. The second phase consists of an oral feedback and evaluation debate as part of the oral part of the SZZk.

The AAP will be prepared independently by the learners without guidance from the supervisor. An opponent will be appointed to prepare an evaluation report for each AAP. The evaluation will assess the student's practical progress in the preparation of the AAP and the documents produced by the student within the AAP. The evaluation report will be the basis for the debate in the second phase.

The assessment will be carried out in public. The public will be able to participate in both phases: the analytical-application practical part as well as the feedback and evaluation debate. Documents prepared by the student during the first phase will not be made public. They are only a partial part of the AAP and do not form the basis for the preparation of the assessment and the subsequent debate. It is not a comprehensive, long-term and systematically prepared document similar to the bachelor thesis, but rather a working document corresponding to the preparation for the oral part of the SZZk, which is also not published.

The AAP will verify that the learners have acquired the skills corresponding to the professional competences that graduates must possess and that will be required for service in the state security forces and similar security-oriented professions.

The AAP takes the form of mastery of a practical task in the field of criminology-tactics and related or criminology-technical. The AAP consists in simulating an act encountered in practice by members of the Police of the Czech Republic in the Criminal Police and Investigation Service (e.g. seizing an evidence carrier, searching a place, interrogating a person, performing a simple chemical or biological test), etc.

After receiving the assignment, the candidate will explain the procedure he/she has chosen and, if necessary, make the necessary preparations before the actual performance, perform the action and finally document it in the way it is done in practice (official record, protocol). All three parts are assessed: understanding and preparation for the task, the actual performance and the documentation. The AAP is performed individually and sequentially by the learners, and those who have not yet completed it are not present when the task is performed by other learners.