Study programme - Approved
Academic year:
 2026/2027
Study programme:
 Musicology (boML)
(Single degree study, bachelor I. deg., full time form)
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

Block: Compulsory Courses min. 108 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-011/15  Introduction into Musicology - V. Zvara 1/W    1L + 1S     H   5   C     !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-017/15  Introduction into Music Theory - B. Ladič, M. Zagorski, M. Kelemen 1/W    2L + 2P     H   5       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-007/15  Early Slovak Music 1 - J. Bartová 1, 2/W    2L + 1S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-012/15  Elementary Seminar - J. Belišová, Z. Petrovičová Bystrická 1/S    2S     H   5   C     !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-023/15  Audio Analysis 1 - Z. Petrovičová Bystrická 1/W    2P     H   3       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-018/15  Harmony - B. Ladič, M. Kelemen, M. Zagorski, E. Lásková 1/S    2L + 2P     H   5   C     !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-013/15  Music Paleography - J. Bartová, E. Veselovská 1, 2, 3/S    1L + 1P     H   4       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-024/15  Audio Analysis 2 - Z. Petrovičová Bystrická, E. Lásková 1/S    2P     H   3       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-001/15  Medieval Music - J. Bartová 2/W    3L     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-003/15  Baroque Music - J. Bartová 2/S    3L     H   4   C      
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-005/17  Music of Romanticism - V. Zvara 2/W    2L     H   4       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-009/15  19th and 20th Century Slovak Music 1 - B. Ladič, V. Zvara 2, 3/W    2L     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-008/15  Early Slovak Music 2 - J. Bartová 2, 3/W    2L + 1S     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KMuz/A-boUVS-304/25  Musical Form - M. Zagorski, B. Ladič 2/W    2L + 1P     H   6        
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-015/22  Introduction into Ethnic Music Studies - J. Belišová 2/W    2L     H   4       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-002/15  Renaissance Music - J. Bartová 2/S    3L     H   4       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-010/15  19th and 20th Century Slovak Music 2 - B. Ladič, V. Zvara 2, 3/S    2L     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-004/15  Music of Classicism - V. Zvara 3/W    2L     H   4   C      
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-014/22  Introduction into Music Acoustic and Organology - J. Bartová, E. Lásková 3/W    2L     H   4        
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-022/17  Music Analysis - M. Zagorski, B. Ladič 3/W    2S     H   5   C      
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-025/15  Bachelor's Degreee Thesis Seminar 1 - J. Bartová, J. Belišová, I. Kajanová, B. Ladič, M. Zagorski, V. Zvara 3/W    2S     H   3        
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-006/17  20th Century Music - M. Zagorski 3/S    2L     H   4        
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-016/15  History of Jazz - I. Kajanová 3/S    2L     H   4   C      
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-020/17  Counterpoint - M. Zagorski 3/S    2L + 2P     H   5   C      
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-021/17  20th Century Composition Techniques - M. Zagorski 3/S    2L + 2P     H   5        
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-026/15  Bachelor's Degreee Thesis Seminar 2 - J. Bartová, J. Belišová, I. Kajanová, B. Ladič, M. Zagorski, V. Zvara 3/S    2S     H   3        
 
Compulsory elective courses

Block: Special seminars min. 12 credits
Students choose at least two, one from either the history of music or the history of Slovak music and the other either from systematic musicology or from ethnomusicology, history and theory of jazz, rock, pop.
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-137/15  Seminar in Ethnomusicology, History and Theory of Jazz, Rock and Pop - I. Kajanová 3/W    2S     H   6   C      
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-132/15  Seminar in the History of Music - J. Bartová 3/S    2S     H   6        
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-015/20  Introduction into Ethnic Music Studies 2 - J. Belišová 2, 3/S    2S     H   3       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-136/15  Seminar in Systematic Music Studies - J. Bartová, M. Žabka 2, 3/S    2S     H   6       !  

Block: Systematic musicology min. 4 credits
Students choose at least one course.
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-028/15  Music Aesthetics - V. Zvara 3/S    2L     H   4        
 FiF.KMuz/boHV-029/21  Mathematical Methods in Music Science - M. Žabka 3/S    1L + 1P     H   4       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-027/15  Music Psychology - J. Bartová, F. Majerský 1, 2, 3/S    2S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-030/15  Music Criticism - I. Kajanová 1, 2, 3/W    2L     H   4       !  

Block: Piano playing, scores min. 6 credits
Students will enroll in at least one of the two courses in Piano Playing and Reading and Playing Scores.
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-140/16  Piano Playing 2 - B. Ladič, M. Kelemen 1, 2/S    2P     H   3       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-139/16  Piano Playing 1 - B. Ladič, M. Kelemen 1, 2/W    2P     H   3       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-041/16  Reading and Playing Sheet Music 1 - B. Ladič 2, 3/W    2P     H   3       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-042/16  Reading and Playing Sheet Music 2 - B. Ladič 2, 3/S    2P     H   3       !  

Block: Languages min. 12 credits
Students must enroll in at least 4 courses. One of them will be Latin 1.
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KJ/A-boCJ-001/22  English for Specific / Academic Purposes 1 - D. Šulovská, Y. Gordiienko, I. Juríková, D. Čierniková, M. Hroteková, Z. Hudáková, K. Rybovičová, J. Barrer 3/W    2P     H   3        
 FiF.KJ/A-boCJ-002/22  English for Specific / Academic Purposes 2 - D. Šulovská, Y. Gordiienko, I. Juríková, A. Dykstra, D. Čierniková, M. Hroteková, Z. Hudáková, K. Rybovičová, J. Barrer 3/S    2P     H   3        
 FiF.KKSF/A-boLA-010/15  Latin Language 1 - Ľ. Eliášová Buzássyová, M. Krúpová 3/W    2P     H   3        
 FiF.KKSF/A-boLA-011/15  Latin Language 2 - Ľ. Eliášová Buzássyová, M. Krúpová 3/S    2P     H   3        
 FiF.KJ/A-boCJ-031/22  German for Specific / Academic Purposes 1 - I. Zolcerová 3/W    2P     H   3        
 FiF.KJ/A-boCJ-032/22  German for Specific / Academic Purposes 2 - I. Zolcerová 3/S    2P     H   3        
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-061/14  Studying Foreign Language Music Studies Literature 2 - M. Zagorski 1, 2/S    2S     H   3       !  
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-063/14  Studying Foreign Language Music Studies Literature 4 - M. Zagorski 1, 2/S    2S     H   3       !  
 
Elective courses

Block: Elective courses min. 26 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KLMV/A-AboLO-14/15  Basics in Methodology of Scientific Research - V. Marko 1, 2, 3/S    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KMuz/A-boHV-141/18  Introduction into Music Therapy - J. Halmo 1, 2, 3/S    1L + 1P     H   3        
 FiF.KMuz/A-boML-141/25  Music Performance and Expression - E. Bisesi 1, 2, 3/S    2L     H   3        
 FiF.KMuz/A-boUVS-355/25  Collegium Musicum - B. Ladič 3/W    2P     H   4        
 FiF.KMuz/boHV-070/21  Music of the Roma People - J. Belišová 3/S    1L + 1S     H   4        
 

State exams
Compulsory courses

Block: State examination
Subject code Subject title Credits Current
 FiF.KHV/A-boHV-994/15  Bachelor's Degree Thesis Defence   OB   12        
 

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
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