INTERNAL REGULATIONS FOR BIOCHEMISTRY COURSES
FOR 2nd-YEAR STUDENTS OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY
2014/2015
General regulations
1. The student groups participating in the lessons consist of 10-15 people. The division
into groups takes place at random, based on the names lists of the faculty office.
2. The preparation for the lessons includes the knowledge of the theoretical issues.
3. Any excused absence from the lessons must be compensated in form of credits for the
practical part earned in an oral test with the assistant lecturer within one week after the
end of the absence. The credits for the theoretical part of the lessons can be obtained
during the resit examinations organized at the end of each semester.
4. In case no credits are obtained for the practical part within the set deadline, the student
will receive a fail for the given lesson (included in the average grade for the semester
and the academic year).
5. Three unattended lessons can be compensated within one academic year: one in the
winter semester, two in the summer semester. If a student was absent at four or more
lessons during the academic year, no credits will be awarded for the given subject and
the student will be excluded from the examination.
6. In exceptional cases, longer absences from the lessons, for example due to a prolonged
illness, can be treated individually in agreement with the Dean of the Medical Faculty.
7. In order to receive the final credits and signature for biochemistry, the student has to
have the credits for medical chemistry, an average yearly grade in biochemistry of at
least 3.0 and must have been present at all the lessons or, in case of absences,
compensated for the unattended lessons, provided they do not exceed the permissible
number.
8. The presence during the lectures in biochemistry is not compulsory. The knowledge
conveyed during the lectures is required for the lessons, the credits and the
examinations.
Control of studying results
1. Written knowledge tests are carried out regularly during the lessons.
2. Students who are unprepared for the theoretical part of the lesson are not admitted to
the written test.
3. The written tests consist of 5 questions. The time granted for answering the questions
depends on the type of the questions. 5 minutes are given for essay questions and 2
minutes for choice questions (multiple-choice tests). A written test cannot last longer
than 30 minutes.
4. The credits for a lesson depend on the number of points obtained. For an answer to an
essay question, students can obtain 0, 0.5 or 1 point, for a choice question 0 or 1 point.
In order to pass a lesson, students have to obtain over 50% of the total achievable
points. The points are converted into grades. Failing grades obtained during the
current lessons are not included in the average semester and year grades, since it is
possible to improve failing grades during the resit examinations in each semester.
5. In order to receive the credits for a semester it is necessary to achieve an average
grade of at least 3.0.
6. The final assessment period is the academic year. The average yearly grade is the sum
of all the grades obtained in the lessons in both semesters divided into the number of
these grades.
7. Resit examinations are held in each semester, but they are not compulsory. Only fail
grades received during the regular lessons can be improved. The grades received
during the resit examinations, also fail grades, are included in the average grade for
the semester and the year.
8. The last possibility to compensate missing credits is to take voluntary credit tests in
order to qualify for the final examination. These credit tests take place in the form of
written essays including the material from all the lessons in the semester, for which the
student did not receive an average grade of at least 3.0. In order to qualify for the final
examination, the student has to achieve over 50% of correct answers. This credit test
(final corrective test) is held only once, necessarily before the term of the first
examination in biochemistry.
9. The first examination in biochemistry is a multiple choice test and consists of 60
questions. The second (1st resit examination) takes place in the form of an essay and
consists of 9 questions. The third (2nd resit examination) is an oral examination
conducted by the director of the department. On request of the director of the
department or of the students taking the third examination, the examination can be
taken before a board.
10. In order to pass the first and second examination in biochemistry, the students have to
achieve at least 60% of correct answers.
11. Students who receive the minimum result in the first and second examination can take
an additional oral examination with the director of the department within 1-2 days
from the date of the examination, on condition they have an average yearly grade of at
least 3.5 and average semester grades of at least 3.0.