Academic community
Education at the Banja Luka College of Communications Kappa Phi
is carried out as an interactive academic community of students
and faculty. Students and faculty are equal participants in the
scholarly dialogue – the process of acquiring and creating knowledge.
The faculty are responsible communicators who customarily suggest,
present and explain subject matter, but both students and faculty
ask questions and express opinion, discuss various aspects of the
subject matter and conduct independent and joint research projects.
In this manner, all members of the academic community have equal
opportunity to participate in acquiring practical skills and knowledge,
work on bettering the quality and content of education, exercise
critical thought, and become originators of new knowledge.
Programs
We live in an era dominated by mediated communication. Communication in society is ever more mediated electronically, via television and Internet. For people to understand and participate in contemporary communication, specialists are often employed who are able to react in a timely manner to significant social events and produce and communicate relevant messages through various media, as well as to disentangle relevant information from the myriad of mediated messages, with which we all are daily besieged. Today, thus, more than ever, in demand are professional communicators – the people who are capable of taking on the challenges of the new social and global communications.
The focal themes of College's communication program are journalism, public relations and advertising. Another area of study at the college comprises the skills in shaping communication messages: writing, design and production. Digital design and communication are another area of study. In addition, students also study in areas such as semiotics, communication theory, management, intercultural communication, linguistics, foreign languages and cultural studies.
The College currently offers undergraduate majors in communication, journalism, advertising, public relations, graphic design, interactive design, and English.
Language of instruction
The language of instruction at the College
is (Contemporary) South Slavic. This language has different dialects
and names - Serbian, Croatian, Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, etc.
Accreditation and mobility
The Banja Luka College of Communications Kappa Phi the oldest private
four-year college in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is licensed by
the Ministry of Education and Culture as a first cycle degree granting
institution (240 ECTS).
Our programs and curricula are modular and derived from one-semester courses based on credit principle. They are comparable to most North American and European programs and our courses are expressed in the ECTS, which allows for student and faculty mobility and exchange with other schools throughout the world. Our students receive diploma supplements recommended by the UNESCO and European Commission.
Values and principles
The College meets its educational objectives in the setting
of an academic community, i.e., academic communities comprised
of students and instructors in various courses of the curricula.
The academic community of the College is a learning
forum founded on the dialog of equals and free expression of thought
of all participants in education.
Faculty and student representatives participate in College’s Senate. The Senate is the highest academic authority of the College, which, in accordance with the law and College regulations, passes decisions on academic issues. By participating in the work of the Senate, raising their questions, expressing their opinions, and voting for specific proposals, measures, programs and nominations, faculty and students can directly influence the quality and methodology of education in the academic community of the College.
During each school year students evaluate faculty and academic services of the College by filling out evaluation questionnaires, and thus, among other things, continuously influence the educational process and work of faculty at the College. These evaluations are a form of direct democratic expression of students at the College.
The college supports and encourages objective grading by its demand for written examinations, carried out under standard criteria equally applied to all students. The objectivity of grading, right to privacy and dignity of students, faculty and the College is further secured by using solely student numbers instead of their names in all projects, papers and exams. Finally, students can also cancel or file a complaint about a grade awarded.
The rule of law is consistently pursued at the College under which the same rules are applicable to all and are equally applied to all concerned. The College does not discriminate on any illegal or undemocratic principle in enrollment, employment, or during studying or working at the College.
The College offers equal and unimpeded access to all information necessary for the student and announces it in a timely manner. All information on academic procedures and conditions can be obtained at the Office of academic services, and announcements and information relating to the academic calendar are posted on College notice boards. At the Office of academic services students can ask questions about academic procedures and submit their requests and complaints about all academic and administrative matters. Students can also mail or e-mail their complaints or suggestions.
The content of services and conditions under which the College offers the services are determined by the founder of the College, in accordance with the law. By way of free will and personal choice of services offered under the conditions set by the College, the prospective student and the College enter into an agreement on education. The agreement enumerates and explains all rights and obligations of the student and of the College. During the time the agreement is in force, the student, on an individual and discretionary basis, can make complaints to the College if he or she believes the College does not fulfill its contractual obligations, and can use other available legal means. The rights and obligations stipulated in the contract cannot be changed unilaterally or by decisions of other persons or authorities, in accordance with the law.
In enrollment and employment, the Banja Luka College of Communications
Kappa Phi does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, age,
religion, ethnicity or any other individual difference or characteristic
not related to academic or professional requirments or abilities.
