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THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY


The Faculty of Philosophy

Address:
^ika Ljubina 18-20
11000 BELGRADE
Telephone: (011) 639-222; 639-119
Fax: (011) 639-356

Dean:
Professor Dr. Ljubomir Maksimovi}

Vice deans:
Professor Dr. Panta Kova~evi}
Professor Dr. Nedeljko Trnavac

Secretary:
Vladimir Radovnov, LL. B.

Detailed information in Serbian



ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

Although when it was established the Lycée had the physiognomy of a faculty of philosophy, the institutional beginning of the Faculty of Philosophy was the Philosophy Department, founded in 1853, as one of the three departments of the Lycée. Ten years later, with the foundation of the Superior School (Velika [kola), this department developed into an autonomous faculty. Since that time, the developmental stages of the Faculty of Philosophy have been marked by regroupings of subjects and reorganisation of instruction - which resulted in the separation of new institutional entities from its framework.

Thus, in 1873, law disciplines were removed from the curriculum of the Faculty of Philosophy, and sciences were introduced, which, until then, had been offered at the Faculty of Engineering. Two departments were formed: philology and history, and science and mathematics.

New reorganisation took place in 1896 with the establisment of four departments, with seven majors. Through subsequent reforms the number of majors increased, so that there were 28 in the 1930s.

After the Second World War, in 1947, the Faculty of Philosophy was divided into two faculties: the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Science and Mathematics. Eleven majors were left in the Faculty of Philosophy - those in the spheres of philosophical, pedagogical, historical and philological disciplines.

A new division took place in 1960 when a separate Faculty of Philology was instituted, giving the Faculty of Philosophy its present-day physiognomy.

In 1974 the Faculty moved into a new building - its present location.

In the postwar period 11,674 students graduated from this Faculty, 865 candidates obtained their master's degree, while 433 persons were successful in defending their doctoral dissertations.

Almost fifty members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts have been elected from among the ranks of tthe TEACHING STAFF of this Faculty.



INTERNAL ORGANIZATION

The basic organizational units of the Faculty are departments: the Department of Philosophy; the Department of Sociology; the Department of Psychology; the Department of Pedagogy; the Department of History; the Department of Art History; the Department of Archaeology; the Department of Ethnology-Anthropology; the Department of the Classics. In addition to the departments, there is a Foreign Language Section.

Educational, research and expert activities are carried out within the framework of the following chairs: the Chair of the History of Philosophy; the Chair of Logic and Methodology; the Chair of Ethics and Aesthetics; the Chair of General Sociological Disciplines; the Chair of Special Sociological Disciplines; the Chair of Preschool Pedagogy; the Chair of Adult Education; the Chair of General Pedagogy and Methodology; the Chair of Didactics and Teaching Methods; the Chair of the History of Pedagogy; the Chair of General Psychology; the Chair of Methodology in Psychological Research; the Chair of Social Psychology; the Chair of Developmental Psychology; the Chair of Clinical Psychology; the Chair of Labor Psychology; the Chair of the History of Medieval; the Chair of Medieval National History; the Chair of Byzantine Studies; the Chair of Ancient History; the Chair of Modern National History; the Chair of Modern World History; the Chair of Contemporary History; the Chair of the History of Yugoslavia; the Chair of World Art History; the Chair of National Art History; the Chair of Prehistoric Archaeology; the Chair of Classical Archaeology; the Chair of Medieval Archaeology; the Chair of Middle East Archeaology; the Chair of Methodology in Archaeological Research; the Chair of National Ethnology and Anthropology; the Chair of General Ethnology and Anthropology; the Chair of World Ethnology and Anthropology; the Chair of Classical Studies; and the Chair of Multidisciplinary Anthropology Studies (POSTGRADUATE STUDIES).


Computer Center

The Center for the Pedagogical and Methodological Education of Students and Teacher Training is a separate instruction unit. Within some of the departments there are special instruction and research centers: Experimental Psychology Laboratory; Developmental Psychology Laboratory; Laboratory of Social Phychology and Labor Psychology; Psychological Guidance Center for students; and an Archeological Collection.

The following research units also exist within the Faculty: the Institute of Philosophy; the Institute of Sociology; the Institute of Psychology; the institute of Art History; the Institute of Pedagogy and Adult Education; the Center for Classical Epigraphy and Numismatics; the Archaeological Exploration Center; the Center for Ethnological and Anthropological Research; and the Center for Classical Studies.



TEACHING STAFF

Teaching and research activities at the Faculty are carried out by 54 full professors, 31 associate professors, 39 assistant professors, 9 senior lecturers, 55 assistants, and 29 junior assistants.



UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Tthe UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES enrolment capacity is about 750 first-year students.

Studies last four academic years, namely eight semesters, and are organized within the framework of ten majors: philosophy; sociology; pedagogy; adult education; psychology; history; art history; archaeology; ethnology and anthropology; classical philology.

After graduating from this Faculty, depending on the major, one acquires one of the following professional titles: graduate philosopher; graduate sociologist; graduate psychologist; graduate pedagogue; graduate adult education teacher; graduate historian; graduate art historian; graduate ethnologist and anthropologist; graduate archaeologist; and graduate classical philologist.



POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

The Faculty organizes M.S. studies and grants doctoral degrees in all disciplines studied within the framework of UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: philosophy; sociology; psychology; pedagogy; adult education; history; art history; ethnology; archaeology; ethnology and anthropology; and classical philology.

Specialized courses are offered in the areas of school psychology and social psychology.



PUBLICATIONS

The Faculty publishes the "Miscellarn of Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy", A Series - covering cultural and historical disciplines, and B Series - covering social sciences, as well as the following periodicals: "Psychological Research", "Problems of Ethnology and Anthropology", "Zograf" (icon painter), "Studies of Adult Education Topics", and the "Philosophical Yearbook" (in Serbian).



LIBRARY

The Faculty library holdings total 295,289 units. Ten reading rooms and a computer center are available to users.



SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION

Two clubs are active at the Faculty, one for the students and one for the professors. A fully equipped sports hall is also available.