Dean Spaić: At Two-Year Master Studies, Possible Recognition of Specialisation Studies Exams
At the Faculty of Law of the University of Montenegro, there are high expectations when it comes to enrolling students in two-year master's studies.
Dean of the Faculty of Law, Aneta Spaić, PhD, says that in the past period they have invested a lot of effort to offer attractive and adequate modules in master studies.
"Specifically, we will offer future master's students - with four separate fields: Business Law, Criminal Law, International Law and Civil Law - modern curricula, which will provide them with appropriate knowledge for inclusion in a competitive labour market. In designing the program, we took care not to subordinate needs of quality education of lawyers to their other life activities, so we reduced the workload to four subjects per semester, which, we believe, is optimal, " Spaić said.
The Council of the Faculty of Law has decided to enrol 20 students in each of the master's programs. For now, Dean Spaić says they do not have a clear picture of how many students will apply, but that they expect full occupancy, bearing in mind the fact that in addition to students who enrolled in the study program of Law in 2017 under the 3 + 2 system, students of earlier generations will also have the right to apply.
This year, as announced by Dean Spaić, 160 vacancies will be advertised in four areas of specialist studies: Historical Law, Constitutional Law, International Law and Judicial Studies.
"Having in mind the fact that for this academic year, classes will be held simultaneously in undergraduate, specialisation, master and doctoral studies, and that space and staff capacities are limited, preserving and intact quality of offered programs is a challenge facing us," Spaic points out.
At the Faculty of Law, she adds, they do not plan to announce a competition for one-year master's studies according to the old system, but students who have previously completed specialisation studies, i.e. acquiring the title of legal sciences master, will certainly not be denied the right to further education.
"The Law on Higher Education enables all students who have acquired the title of bachelor, in our case of legal sciences, to apply for enrolment in two-year master's studies. Moreover, depending on our internal procedures, it is possible that certain exams from specialisation studies will be recognized during the master's studies ", Spaić concludes.