Appendix 11 Self-Evaluation Report for Study Program Social and Political Sciences
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Date: February 7, 2018 No: IUS-FASS 05-358/18 STUDY PROGRAM SELF-EVALUATION REPORT Social and Political Sciences Program Copyright IUS ©January 2018, All rights reserved Contents LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………………………… 4 LIST OF CHARTS ………………………………………………………………………... 5 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………….. 6 1. Educational Objectives and Learning Outcomes ……………………………………… 14 1.1. Educational Objectives ……………………………………………………… 14 1.2. Learning Outcomes …………………………………………………………. 15 1.3. Domain Specific Demands ………………………………………………….. 17 1.4. SWOT Analysis ……………………………………………………………... 24 1.5. Action Plan ………………………………………………………………….. 24 2. Curriculum ……………………………………………………………………………. 25 2.1. Correspondence between Objectives and Study Program Content ………….. 25 2.2. Alignment of Professional and Academic Requirements …………………… 31 2.3. Curriculum Updates …………………………………………………………. 32 2.4. Workload ……………………………………………………………………. 33 2.5. Coherence between the Learning Process Organization and Curriculum Content …………………………………………………………. 34 2.6. Final Graduation Thesis (project)…………………………………………….35 2.7. SWOT Analysis …………………………………………………………….. 36 2.8. Action Plan ………………………………………………………………….. 36 3. Human Resources…………………………………………………………………….. 37 3.1. Quality of Academic Staff …………………………………………………. 37 3.2. Alignment of Professional and Academic Demands …………..……………. 41 3.3. SWOT Analysis……………………………………………………………… 51 3.4. Action Plan………………………………………………….……………….. 51 4. Students ……………………………………………………………………............... 52 4.1. Assessment and Testing……………………………..……...……………….. 52 4.2. Practical Training…………………………………….…………..………….. 53 4.3. Students’ Admission Criteria………………………………………………… 53 4.4. Students’ Involvement in the Teaching/Learning Process Improvement……. 55 4.5. Promotion of Student Mobility and Recognition of ECTS Credits………….. 58 4.6. Coaching of Students and Consultations..…………………………..………. 59 4.7. Information and Complaints System……………………...…………………. 60 4.8. SWOT Analysis…………………………………………………...…………. 61 4.9. Action Plan……………………………………………………..……………. 61 5. Achieved Results …………………………………..………………..……………….. 62 5.1. Accomplished Level………………………………………………..….….…. 62 5.2. Acquired Competences………………………………………………………. 62 5.3. SWOT Analysis……………………………………………………………… 63 5.4. Action Plan…………………………………..…………………………….….63 2 6. Action Plan………………………………………………………………………………65 Conclusion and Summary ………………………………………………………………… 66 3 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Cooperation between SPS and IUS Offices and Centers......................7 Table 2. Current Number of Students at FASS for 2017/2018………………..14 Table 3. FASS Enrollment 2016/2017...............................................................14 Table 4. FASS Enrollment 2017/2018............................................................. .15 Table 5. Current Number of IUS Students 2017/2018.......................................15 Table 6. SPS Educational Objectives.................................................................16 Table 7. SPS Learning Outcomes.......................................................................17 Table 8. 1st Study Cycle Matching Objectives, Outcomes and Curriculum…...18-21 nd Table 9. 2 Study Cycle Matching Objectives, Outcomes and Curriculum (Balkan Studies Track)………………………………………………………...21-22 nd Table 10. 2 Study Cycle Matching Objectives, Outcomes and Curriculum (European Studies Track)…………………………………………….22-23 Table 11. 3rd Study Cycle Matching Objectives, Outcomes and Curriculum………23 Table 12. SPS Curriculum for the 1st Study Cycle...............................................26-27 Table 13. IUS University Courses............................................................................28 Table 14. SPS Program Elective Courses.......................................................... 28-29 Table 15. SPS Curriculum for the 2nd Study Cycle.............................................29-30 Table 16. SPS Curriculum for the 3rd study cycle.....................................................30 Table 19. Masters Graduates and their Thesis......................................................35-36 Table 20. Total Number of FASS graduates ..................................................... …...36 Table 21. FASS Academic Staff 2016/2017..............................................................38 Table 22. FASS Academic Staff Age Ratio 2016/2017.............................................38 Table 23. FASS Academic Staff Promotion 2016/2017............................................38 Table 24. FASS Workload Standards and Normative...............................................40 Table 25. SPS Academics Research Output..............................................................41 Table 26. List of SPS Publications 2016-Present.................................................41-43 Table 27. List of SPS Activities 2015- Present....................................................43-44 Table 28. List of FASS Activities 2015- Present.................................................44-45 Table 29. FASS List of Conferences 2015-Present..............................................45-46 Table 30. SPS Student-Staff Ratio............................................................................51 Table 31. IUS Grading Table.....................................................................................52 Table 32. Sample of SPS Student’s Internship..........................................................53 Table 33. Students Admission 2016-2017.................................................................55 Table 34. Student Club Activities for 2016-2017......................................................57 4 LIST OF CHARTS Chart 1. IUS Organizational Structure............................................................. ……13 Chart 2. SPS Organizational Structure....................................................................14 5 Introduction Basic Information Name of the institution of higher education International University of Sarajevo (IUS) Faculty Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Department Social Sciences Study Program Social and Political Sciences (SPS) Address Hrasnička cesta 15, 71210 Ilidža Sarajevo Tel.: 033 957 300; 033 957 310; 033 957 110, 033 957 102 Contact telephone and facsimile numbers Fax: 033 957 105 e-mail [email protected] Web-address http://www.ius.edu.ba The person in charge of self-evaluation reports Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aliye Mataraci, Program Coordinator Contact details of the person-in-charge [email protected] Realization of the Self-Evaluation and the Report On January 29, 2017, FASS Dean made Decision number IUS FASS 05-2705-2/2013 on the Appointment of new SER Committee members, assigned with the task of updating the Social and Political Sciences (SPS) SER. The appointed committee members are as follows: 1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aliye F. Mataraci, chair, Head of Department, 2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhidin Mulalic, member, representative of professors, 3. Sen. Assist. Serap Fiso, member, representative of senior assistants, 4. Haris Jamaković, member, administrative staff representative, 5. Enna Zone Đonlic, member, student representative. On 24 October 2013 the FASS Faculty Council made Decision number IUS FASS 05- 2705-2/2013 on the Appointment of SER Committee members. In cooperation with the Quality Assurance Office (QA), the committee was assigned with the task of working on the first draft of the Social and Political Sciences (SPS) SER. The first draft of this SER was developed over the following months and was successfully completed in April 2014. Following the Decision on the appointment of Committees for Preparation of Self-evaluation Reports at FASS IUS-FASS-05- 3501-1/14– to and the Decision on the appointment of the Committee for Writing Study Programs’ Self-Evaluation Reports (IUS level) IUS-REC-2039/14, the Committee members were appointed and resumed their activities on completing the final versions of the SERs of their respective programs in October 2014. The following assistants, lecturers and students were appointed to prepare the Social and Political Sciences (SPS) SER: 1. Assist. Prof. Dr. Aliye Mataraci, Program Coordinator 2. Sen. Assist. Emir Hadzikadunic, member, academic staff representative; 3. Sen. Assist. Velid Draganovic, member, academic staff representative; 6 4. Sen. Assist. Ahmed Kulanic, member, academic staff representative; 5. Serap Fiso, member, Student Assistant 6. Amra Dzonlic, member, student representative. 7. Haris Jamaković, member, administrative staff representative. The SPS SER Committee held numerous meetings and workshops on a regular basis, together with representatives of other FASS programs and under the supervision of the FASS Dean, the Heads of Departments and the Program Coordinators, after which the updated version of the SPS SER Report was completed in January 2015 (for example, FASS Faculty Council Decisions no. IUS FASS 05-2705-2/2013, dated October 24, 2013 and no. IUS FASS 05-3501- 1/2014, dated December 10, 2014). Apart from the students, lecturers, alumni and the industry SPS SER Committee worked closely with the relevant IUS offices which provided all the necessary data (for example, Senate Decision No. IUS-REC 01-2039/2014 dated October 17 2014; FASS Faculty Council Decision Number: IUS-FASS 05-969/2014, Date: March 27th, 2014) (Table 1). Quality Assurance Office Student’s Affairs Office Human Resources Office International Relations Office Social and Political Sciences Program Rector’s Office IUS Career Center Life-Long Learning Centre IUS Library SPS Alumni Stake Holders Companies and