Number of hours: 660 hours. (22 credits)

Skills and abilities that the student will receive after completing the program:

Study of the ethnogenesis, history, cultural heritage, ethnographic characteristics, social stratification, and specific socio-political movements of the Roma people worldwide and in Ukraine, in particular, aims to provide a deeper understanding and knowledge about the Roma ethnic group. 

This knowledge will help combat negative stereotypes concerning the Roma community and promote the integration of the Roma people in Transcarpathia into Ukrainian society, fostering the development of a more inclusive and cohesive civil society in Ukraine.

The purpose of the integrated certificate program is to ensure that the participants acquire knowledge about the history, cultural heritage, ethnography, social life, social and political movement of the Roma; to help overcome negative stereotypes; establish a mutual dialogue between the Roma and non-Roma population of Transcarpathia in order to build a harmonious civil society in Ukraine

The integrated certification program includes the study of six disciplines:

• "Ethnogenesis and Ethnic History of Roma"
• "History and Culture of Roma in Ukraine"
• "Roma Holocaust (Porajmos, Kalí Traš, Samudaripen)"
• "Ethnography and Sociology of Roma"
• "Cultural Heritage of Roma"
• "Roma Civil-Political Movement"

The program is conducted by experts in the field of Romology, political scientists, and public figures from the Transcarpathia region. Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate from the Uzhhorod National University.

The integrated certification program is open to students of all majors, whether in full-time or part-time education, as well as those who already possess a basic or full higher education and seek self-improvement and professional development. 

Professors

- associate professor, candidate of historical sciences Zan Mykhailo

- a teacher of the highest category, an excellent teacher of education of Ukraine Evgeniya Navrotska

- candidate of historical sciences Nataliya Zinevych

- teacher of social sciences Horvat Myroslav master of political science, teacher of social sciences Gabryn Petro.

Contact person: teacher of social sciences Horvat Myroslav,

phone: 050-538-02-41.

Additional Information:

Recruitment for a new group, which will start training on September 15, 2016, is announced.

There are 25 places for participants in the group. You can sign up by phone:

050-538-02-41 – Horvat Myroslav Vasyliovych

050-131-86-25 – Petro Volodymyrovych Gabryn

The practical implementation of "Roma Studies at UzhNU" takes place with comprehensive organizational and financial support from the "Renaissance" International Foundation (Kyiv).

UzhNU will host a methodological seminar on Roma studies

The seminar will be held on April 29, 2016 (1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.) at the address: Uzhhorod, square Narodna, 3 (hall of the UzhNU Academic Council). For detailed information, follow the link Methodological seminar"Roma studies at UzhNU".