REPUBLIC OF  CROATIA
			NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
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GUIDELINES FOR REFEREES  

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDY PROGRAMMES 
(Act on Scientific Activity and Higher Education of the Republic of Croatia, Article 78)

The study programme should be:
- at the level of current  knowledge and modern skills;
- compatible with Croatia’s national priorities and needs of the professional sector;
- comparable with study programmes in the European Union.

GUIDELINES 

1.  Are the provided explanations for the proposed study programme reasonably justified? 

2.  Please comment on the general structure of the proposed study programme:
a.	Are the basic disciplines, as needed for the profession, well represented?
b.	Is the curriculum logically developed? Is it overburdened, or void?
c.	Does the completion of the study ensure professional ability, including professional knowledge, skills, and methods of reasoning?
d.	Is the outcome of the study overspecialized, or too general, for the needs of the professional sector?

3.  Specific points related to the courses in the proposed study programme:
a.	Please comment on the programmes of individual courses, which you may find inappropriate (if any).
b.	Please indicate courses in which you recognize a discrepancy between the proposed scope and the amount of hours to be lectured, or ECTS points allotted to it.
c.	Are the proposed teaching methods appropriate? If applicable: Are the described tools (experimental or other practical) suitable for achieving the aims of the course?  
Does the proposed literature correspond to international standards?

4.  Academic staff and working conditions:
a.	Does proposed academic staff have required structure and competences for performing the study programme?
b.	Do described space and equipment meet the requirements of study programme?
c.	Is the proposed number of students appropriate, taking staff, space and equipment into consideration?

5.  Please evaluate the proposed study programme:
a.	Does this study programme compare to similar programmes in your country and/or in other European countries?
b.	Does this study programme comply with recommendations by European and/or international associations from that discipline (if available)? Would it pass the test of quality assurance by those criteria (if applicable)?

Concluding recommendation by the referee:
A.	Accept proposed study programme in its present form.
B.	Accept after minor revisions as suggested by the referee.
C.	The study programme can be considered for acceptance after major revisions are made in compliance with the referee’s recommendations.
D.	The proposed study programme should be rejected.