Study programme - Disapproved
Academic year:
 2025/2026
Study programme:
 umenovedné štúdiá (moUVS)
(jednoodborové štúdium, magisterský II. st., denná forma)
Study field:
 41. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Person responsible for the delivery, development and quality of the study programme:
 prof. Mgr. Iveta Kajanová, CSc.

Study section
Compulsory courses
The student will choose one of the following three combinations of compulsory subject blocks: 1. CM+HFA; 2. CM+ A; 3. CM+MCF+HM; 4, CM+MCF+ETM

Block: Common Module min. 26 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-001/25  Aesthetic Theory – Works of Art and Texts - P. Michalovič 1/W    1L + 1S     H   6        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-002/25  Arts and Digital Humanities - K. Kolbiarz Chmelinová, V. Zvara, P. Szalay, M. Žabka 1/S    1L + 1P     H   6       !  
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-003/25  Managing Culture - J. Hamar, I. Kajanová 2/S    1L + 1P     H   6        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-004/25  Master’s Thesis Seminar 1 - M. Babiak, V. Bartková, J. Hamar, J. Kovalčik, V. Kupko, P. Michalovič, J. Oniščenko, K. Beňová, P. Buday, K. Kolbiarz Chmelinová, V. Pichaničová, P. Szalay, J. Bartová, J. Belišová, M. Hulková, I. Kajanová, B. Ladič, M. Zagorski, V. Zvara 1/S    2S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-005/25  Master’s Thesis Seminar 2 - M. Babiak, V. Bartková, J. Hamar, J. Kovalčik, V. Kupko, P. Michalovič, J. Oniščenko, K. Beňová, P. Buday, K. Kolbiarz Chmelinová, V. Pichaničová, P. Szalay, J. Bartová, J. Belišová, M. Hulková, I. Kajanová, B. Ladič, M. Zagorski, V. Zvara 2/W    2S     H   4       !  

Block: Art History min. 39 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-101/25  Current Approaches to Art History - K. Kolbiarz Chmelinová 1/W    1L + 1S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-102/25  Current Approaches to Architectural Theory - P. Szalay 1/S    1L + 1S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-103/25  History of Art History in Slovakia - K. Beňová, P. Buday, K. Kolbiarz Chmelinová, V. Pichaničová, P. Szalay 2/W    2L     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-104/25  Returns in Fine Arts - K. Beňová, P. Buday, K. Kolbiarz Chmelinová, V. Pichaničová, P. Szalay 1, 2/S    2L     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-105/25  Seminar on Selected Topics of Medieval Art in Slovakia - P. Buday, V. Pichaničová 1/W    2S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-106/25  Seminar on Selected Topics of Early Modern art in Slovakia - P. Buday, K. Kolbiarz Chmelinová, P. Szalay 1/S    2S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-107/25  Seminar on Selected Topics of 19th and 20th Centuries Art in Slovakia - K. Beňová, P. Szalay 2/W    2S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-108/25  Field Trip - V. Pichaničová, K. Beňová 1, 2/S    10dE     H   4       !  

Block: Aesthetics min. 39 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-201/25  Aesthetic Theory – Author, Text, Interpretation - P. Michalovič 1/S    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-202/25  Art and Modern Times - P. Michalovič 2/W    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-203/25  Art and Postmodern Times - P. Michalovič 2/S    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-204/25  History of Slovak Aesthetics - M. Babiak 1/W    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-205/25  Everyday Aesthetics - J. Kovalčik, P. Michalovič 1/W    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-206/25  Interpretation of Artistic Texts - J. Hamar 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-207/25  Chapters from 20th-Century World Literature - V. Kupko 2/W    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-208/25  Comparative Studies and Intergenre Interpretation - V. Kupko 2/S    1L + 1S     H   5        

Block: Musicology min. 39 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-301/25  Sociology of Music - I. Kajanová 1/S    2L     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-302/25  Music and the Museum - J. Bartová 1, 2/W    2L     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-303/25  Anthropology of Music - J. Belišová 2/W    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-304/25  Opera and Music Theatre - V. Zvara 1/W    2L     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-305/25  Urban Music Genres - J. Belišová 1/S    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-306/25  Popular Music Culture - I. Kajanová, J. Klíma 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-307/25  Music Analysis - M. Zagorski, B. Ladič 1/S    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-308/25  Seminar in Music History - J. Bartová, I. Kajanová, B. Ladič, M. Zagorski, V. Zvara 1/W    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-308/25  Seminar in Music History - J. Bartová, I. Kajanová, B. Ladič, M. Zagorski, V. Zvara 1/S    2S     H   5        
 
Compulsory elective courses

Block: Compulsorily Elective Courses (B) min. 15 credits
The student chooses courses worth a minimum of 15 credits.
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-056/25  Internship - V. Bartková, J. Bartová, V. Pichaničová 1, 2/W    10dX     H   4       !  
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-056/25  Internship - V. Bartková, J. Bartová, V. Pichaničová 1, 2/S    10dX     H   4       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-151/25  Workshop Practice of Medieval Art - V. Pichaničová 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-152/25  Academies I (16th – 19th centuries) - K. Kolbiarz Chmelinová 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-153/25  Academies II ( 19th – 20th centuries) - K. Beňová 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-154/25  Representation and Fine Arts - P. Buday, V. Pichaničová, P. Szalay 1, 2/S    2L     H   5       !  
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-155/25  The Slovak Fine Arts Moderne - K. Beňová, P. Szalay 1, 2/W    2L     H   5       !  
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-251/25  Contemporary Aesthetics of Popular Culture - J. Kovalčik 1, 2/S    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-252/25  Kitsch - J. Hamar 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-253/25  Aesthetics of the Image - V. Bartková, J. Oniščenko 1, 2/S    3S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-254/25  Underground and the Aesthetics of Protest - V. Kupko 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-255/25  Art, Aesthetics, Politics - J. Kovalčik 1, 2/W    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-351/25  Psychology of Music - J. Bartová, M. Žabka 1, 2/W    2L     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-352/25  Theory of Rock Music - I. Kajanová 1, 2/S    2L     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-353/25  Music Criticism - I. Kajanová 1, 2/S    2L     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-354/25  Aesthetics of Music - V. Zvara 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-355/25  Music Composition - M. Zagorski 1, 2/W    2P     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-356/25  Performing Early Music - P. Zajíček 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-357/25  Writing about Culture - V. Zvara, P. Szalay, J. Kovalčik 1, 2/W    2P     H   5       !  
 

State exams
Compulsory courses

Block: Master's Thesis Defence min. 15 credits
Subject code Subject title Credits Current
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-900/25  Master's Thesis Defence   OB   15       !  
 
Compulsory elective courses

Block: History of a Selected Art Discipline min. 6 credits
The student chooses one of the following courses
Subject code Subject title Credits Current
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-910/25  History of Fine Arts   SS   6       !  
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-920/25  History of Aesthetic Thinking   SS   6        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-930/25  History of Music   SS   6        

Block: Theory of Art and Aesthetics min. 6 credits
The student chooses one of the following courses.
Subject code Subject title Credits Current
 FiF.KDVU/A-moUVS-911/25  Theory of Fine Arts   SS   6       !  
 FiF.KE/A-moUVS-921/25  Interpretative Frameworks of Works of Art   SS   6        
 FiF.KMuz/A-moUVS-931/25  Systematic Musicology   SS   6        
 

Such a symbol can occur after the teaching range: d - days in a semester, h - hours in a week, r - hours in a year, s - hours in a semester, t - weeks in a semester
When none of these symbols are given, expected range of teaching is "hours in a week".
Form: L - lecture, S - seminar, P - practicals, X - practice, C - course, E - excursion, TS - training session, IW - independent work, p - practical, FW - fieldwork, O - other, I - internship, LP - laboratory practicals, LS - lecture + seminar
Current: ! - course will not be implemented in the given academic year; + - course will not be implemented, perhaps the next academic year; - - course is implemented for the last time