Name of qualification Name of qualification: Diplomirani ekonomist (vs)/diplomirana ekonomistka (vs)Add to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Bachelor of Applied Arts in economics
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Professional bachelor's degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Professional bachelor's education
Duration Duration of education:
3 years
Credits Credits: 180 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Matura or
  • vocational matura; or
  • school-leaving examination (prior to 1 June 1995) under any four-year secondary school programme.
ISCED field Field:
Business, administration and law
ISCED subfield subfield: inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving business, administration and law
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 7
EQF Level: EQF 6
EOVK Level: First level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to: 
(general competences)
  • understand their professional role in the wider social (social, sociological and ethical) context,
  • show an independent analytical and research approach in implementing applied business projects and other matters requiring such an approach,
  • understand the functioning of companies and institutions in their environment,
  • understand the characteristics of business processes and operational activities, principles and concepts of steering the development of organisations, their administration, management and correct reaction to impulses in their environment in terms of the capacity to foresee the future development of circumstances affecting the performance of the company or institution, 
  • understand the complexity of business issues in real business life,
  • make decisions on the operational level,
  • independently acquire the necessary information to solve relatively complex business problems (acquire the necessary knowledge about resources and the use of statistical and qualitative methods and approaches for objective acquisition and analysis of data for professional preparation of business decisions),
  • demonstrate effective and successful business communication in their native and foreign languages and a convincing professional presence supported by the use of modern information and communication technology,
  • have a basic understanding of the functioning of a company, science, the role of technology, ethics, sustainable development and the capacity for independent professional judgement in business decisions,
  • work creatively and in a team, 
  • demonstrate ethical and socially responsible business activity and cultivate a professional and ethically upright approach in their work in practice, 
  • show independent professional leadership of projects, work teams and specific functional fields in the company,
  • show understanding of the ethical dimensions of their own professional work – and a heightened sensitivity in understanding the wider context of business decisions and professional work that is open to ethical principles,
  • demonstrate self-critical assessment stemming in part from a commitment to professional ethics,
  • understand the functioning and operations of public and private sector organisations,
  • work in organisations operating on a profitable basis and non-profit organisations (health, sports, heritage and cultural institutions) irrespective of their size,
(subject-specific competences)
  • analyse, organise, manage and lead business processes, 
  • understand the system of public and entrepreneurial finances and financial flows, 
  • apply mathematical and statistical methods to analyse and predict business results and the operation of their organisation, 
  • reliably communicate and negotiate in two foreign languages, 
  • understand financial statements and interpret them correctly, 
  • successfully use modern information and communication technology in business operations, 
  • detect and analyse development trends and identify market opportunities to design services that are successful on the market, 
  • direct and lead the operations of an organisation within legally appropriate frameworks, 
  • recognise entrepreneurial development potentials in the company’s local environment and incorporate them effectively into its operation, 
  • apply techniques and all phases of project management in work, 
  • apply modern analytical methods and creative thinking tools for making decisions on issues in the area of managing non-profit organisations,
  • perform tasks of planning, development, management, implementation and control of professional tasks in the field of profitable and non-profit management and marketing, especially in the area of their promotion and identification of target groups,
  • successfully manage human resources in an organisation in terms of their planning, motivation, rewarding, development and training, 
  • collaborate in professional interdisciplinary teams in solving complex economic and technical problems.

Assesment and completion:
Students' knowledge is assessed by means of practical exercises and seminar papers, and also via products, projects, performances, services, etc. and by examinations. Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

Students may progress to the next year if by the end of the academic year they have completed all requirements defined by the study programme for progression to the next year.

Diplomirani ekonomist (vs)/diplomirana ekonomistka (vs)

SQF 7

EQF 6

The Career path tab shows the possible career path within the selected qualification area, which is not the only one and is not mandatory. The actual transition between qualifications, which is determined by law, is defined in the Transition tab.

Magister ekonomskih in poslovnih ved/magistrica ekonomskih in poslovnih ved

Magister ekonomskih in poslovnih ved/magistrica ekonomskih in poslovnih ved

Magister ekonomskih in poslovnih ved/magistrica ekonomskih in poslovnih ved

Magister ekonomskih in poslovnih ved/magistrica ekonomskih in poslovnih ved

Magister financ in računovodstva v EU/magistrica financ in računovodstva v EU

Magister finančnih storitev/magistrica finančnih storitev

Magister javne uprave/magistrica javne uprave

Magister javne uprave/magistrica javne uprave

Magister managementa v upravi/magistrica managementa v upravi

Magister managementa/magistrica managementa

Magister medkulturnega managementa/magistrica medkulturnega managementa

Magister organizator informatik/magistrica organizatorka informatičarka

Magister poslovnih operacij/magistrica poslovnih operacij

magister poslovnih ved/magistrica poslovnih ved

Magister poslovnih ved/magistrica poslovnih ved

Magister prava za management/magistrica prava za management

Magister upravnih ved/magistrica upravnih ved

Magister zdravstveno-socialnega managementa/magistrica zdravstveno-socialnega managementa

SQF 8 / EQF 7

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja ekonomskih in poslovnih ved

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja javne uprave

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja managementa znanja

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja organizacije in managementa informacijskih sistemov

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja organizacije in managementa poslovnih in delovnih sistemov

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja poslovne ekonomije

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja poslovnih ved

SQF 10 / EQF 8

Progression:

Second-cycle master's study programmes (SQF level 8)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Students must complete all course units as required by the study programme for the relevant stream in which they are enrolled, obtain all the credits (180 credits) from the programme and produce and successfully present their diploma thesis.

Awarding body:

University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://www.epf.um.si/en/
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