Semmelweis University Organizational and Operational Regulations
– Part III. Student Standards –
Chapter III.2. Study and Examination Regulations

4. Basic Concepts of the Credit System

Article 14 [Special Regulations Concerning the Practice Placement Periods and Practical Training at the András Pető Faculty]

(1) A practice placement period is the form of education in which the gained theoretical knowledge is applied and implemented in practice, in an organized way, following the principles of conductive education. In some subjects, lectures and practice can complement each other.

(2) A complex final session is a practical examination required to complete a Conductor Bachelor of Science degree. Complex final sessions are considered as comprehensive examination and hence shall be taken in front of a board. The board is chaired by a conductor educator. There are a minimum of two members on the board. Minutes should be taken of the complex final session. A course syllabus is to be prepared and published in relation to a complex final session before the semester begins. The complex final session fails if any of its components, as entered in the minutes, is a ‘fail’. A failed final session can be repeated once. If a complex final session is completed and a grade is awarded, there is no possibility for an upgrading retake examination.

(3) The coordinator of ongoing practice placements is responsible to provide conductive education practice placement periods (individual basic, individual methodological and group conductive education placements)

(4) The coordinator of the sub-specialization is responsible to provide educational and educational rehabilitation practice placement periods (group education, group methodology, teaching and rehabilitation practice placements).

(5) The completion of the practice placement period and the term grade are recorded in NEPTUN by the practice placement lead intructor, the intstructor responsible for the practice placement, the program director or the Registrar’s Office.

(6) Participation in conductive education practice placement periods (individual basic, individual methodological and group conductive education) is compulsory. The student may miss up to 20% of their practice hours, which must be made up for. Any absence at an individual basic and individual methodological practice placement should be remedied by the end of the examination period. The weekly schedule of the individual basic and individual methodological practice placement periods is prepared by the chief practice placement conductor, taking into account the characteristics of the group, the agenda and the students’ requirements. Making up for missed group conductive education practice placements is possible until the end of the study epriod. Taking part in the make-up lessons is the student’s responsibility.

(7) Absences from educational practice placement lessons (school group teaching practice, pre-school group methodology practice, group education practice or rehabilitation education practice) are accepted up to three times. Students who have not successfully met the prerequisites of the subject and have not completed the methodology requirements of the relevant semester cannot take part in group education/methodology/teaching practice placement at school and pre-school.

(8) Absence from a practice placement which is related to a theoretical course may not exceed 20% of the lessons.

(9) In conductive education practice placement periods, the grade/evaluation of the individual basic and the individual methodological practice placement period consists of partial grades and signatures that vary from year to year. All signatures and partial grades are prerequisites for an aggregate grade/evaluation. If the signatures or partial grades required for completion of the semester are missing, the end-semester signatures will be denied. If the ongoing practice placement grade is “fail”, the aggregate grade is “fail”, and the semester shall be repeated. If the grade of the practical report is “fail”, the report may be repeated once before the end of the examination period with the presence of an instructor. If the grade of the repeated practical report is also “fail”, then the aggregate grade is also “fail”. In case of individual basic and individual methodological practice placement, if the aggregate grade is “fail”, there is no possibility for an upgrading retake examination, the subject can only be completed by re-registration. In case of a successful report, there is no possibility to repeat it for gaining a better grade. 

(10) The assessment of pre-school and school practice placements, as well as practice placements in rehabilitation education and methodology (individual, group, external, internal and integrated practice placements) consists of partial grades. The acquisition of all partial grades is required in order to obtain an aggregate grade/evaluation. If the set of partial grades required for completion of a semester is incomplete, the semester cannot be evaluated. If the grade of the practical report is “fail”, it may be repeated once no later than the end of the examination period. If the retaken report is a “fail” again, the aggregate grade is a “fail”. In case of a successful report, there is no possibility to upgrade it. If the aggregate grade of the pre-school and school practice, (educational, methodological, external, internal and integrated practice placements) is a “fail’, the course can only be completed by re-registration.

(11) In 3rd and 4th years, the practice placement period (conductive education, education and rehabilitation education) can be organized in the examination period, in a block schedule.

(12) In the case of conductive educational practice placement periods, the PAK Committee of Practical Training shall act in the composition indicated in paragraph (13), and may authorize the following, on request of the student:

  1. transfer of the student to another group;
  2. completion of a semester practice placement period in an individual schedule (if, due to illness, Erasmus+, or other unforeseen reasons, the student does not complete the required number of hours of practice placement);
  3. to consider an application for a placement abroad.

(13) The members of the Committee shall consist of the Director of the Institute of Conductive Education, the lecturer in charge of the given year (based on the year of the student submitting the application), a student, and, in the case of practice placements abroad, the Head of the International and National Service Centre. The Committee shall be chaired by the lecturer coordinating the on-going practice placements.