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Article 29.
The teachers, in order to carry out their tasks satisfactorily, must be free from other employment which cannot be reconciled with their duty to do research and to instruct, according to what the Statutes require for each rank of teacher.
Article 30.
The Statutes must state:
a) when and under which conditions a teaching post ends;
b) for what reasons and in which ways a teacher can be suspended, or even deprived of his post, so as to safeguard suitably the rights of the teachers, of the Faculty or University, and, above all, of the students and also of the Ecclesial community.
Section IV
Students
Article 31.
Ecclesiastical Faculties are open to all, whether ecclesiastics or laity, who can legally give testimony to leading a moral life and to having completed the previous studies appropriate to enrolling in the Faculty.
Article 32.
§1. To enrol in a Faculty in order to obtain an academic degree, one must present that kind of study title which would be necessary to permit enrolment in a civil university of one's own country or of the country where the Faculty is located.
§2. The Faculty, in its own Statutes, should determine what, besides what is contained in §1 above, is needed for entrance into its course of study, including ancient and modern language requirements.
Article 33.
Students must faithfully observe the laws of the Faculty about the general program and about discipline - in the first place about the study program, class attendance, and examinations - as well as all that pertains to the life of the Faculty.
Article 34.
The Statutes should define how the students, either individually or collectively, take part in the university community life in those aspects which can contribute to the common good of the Faculty or University.
Article 35.
The Statutes should equally determine how the students can for serious reasons be suspended from certain rights or be deprived of them or even be expelled from the Faculty, in such a way that the rights of the student, of the Faculty or University, and also of the Ecclesial community are appropriately protected.
Section V
Officials and Staff Assistants
Article 36.
§1. In governing and administering a University or Faculty, the authorities are to be assisted by officials trained for various tasks.
§2. The officials are, first of all, the Secretary, the Librarian, and the Financial Procurator.
Article 37.
There should also be other staff assistants who have the task of vigilance, order, and other duties,according to the needs of the University or Faculty.
Section VI
Study Program
Article 38.
§1. In arranging the studies, the principles and norms which for different matters are contained in ecclesiastical documents, especially those of the Episcopal Council, must be carefully observed. At the same time account must be taken of sound advances coming from scientific progress which can contribute to answering the questions being currently asked.
§2. In the single Faculties let that scientific method be used which corresponds to the needs of the individual sciences. Up-to-date didactic and teaching methods should be applied in an appropriate way, in order to bring about the personal involvement of the student and their suitable, active participation in their studies.
Article 39.
§1. Following the norm of the Episcopal Council, according to the nature of each Faculty:
1) just freedom should be acknowledged in research and teaching so that true progress can be obtained in learning and understanding divine truth;
2) at the same time it is clear that:
a) true freedom in teaching is necessarily contained within the limits of God's Word, as this is constantly taught by the Church's Magisterium;
b) likewise, true freedom in research is necessarily based upon firm adherence to God's Word and deference to the Church's Magisterium, whose duty it is to interpret authentically the Word of God.
§2. Therefore, in such a weighty matter one must proceed with prudence, with trust, and without suspicion, at the same time with judgment and without rashness, especially in teaching, while working to harmonize studiously the necessities of science with the pastoral needs of the People of God.
Article 40.
In each Faculty the curriculum of studies is to be suitably organized in steps or cycles, adapted to the material. These are usually as follows:
a) first, a general instruction is imparted, covering a coordinated presentation of all the disciplines, along with an introduction into scientific methodology;
b) next, one section of the disciplines is studied more profoundly, at the same time that the students practice scientific research more fully;
c) finally, there is progress toward scientific maturity, especially through a written work which truly makes a contribution to the advance of the science.
Article 41.
§1. The disciplines which are absolutely necessary for the Faculty to achieve its purposes should be determined. Those also should be set out which in a different way are helpful to these purposes and, therefore, how these are suitably distinguished one from another.
§2. In each Faculty the disciplines should be arranged in
such a way that they form an organic body, so as to serve the solid and coherent formation of the students and to facilitate collaboration by the teachers.
Article 42.
Lectures, especially in the basic cycle, must be given, and the students must attend them, according to the norms to be determined in the Statutes.
Article 43.
Practical exercises and seminars, mainly in the specialization cycle, must be assiduously carried on under the direction of the teachers. These ought to be constantly complemented by private study and frequent discussions with the teachers.
Article 44.
The Statutes of the Faculty are to define which examinations or which equivalent tests the students are to take, whether written or oral, at the end of the semester, of the year, and especially of the cycle, so that their ability can be verified in regard to continuing in the Faculty and in regard to receiving academic degrees.
Article 45.
Likewise the Statutes are to determine what
value is to be given for studies taken elsewhere, especially in regard to being dispensed from some disciplines or examinations or even in regard to reducing the curriculum, always, however, respecting the prescriptions of the Congregation for Christian Education.
Section VII
Academic Degrees
Article 46.
§1. After each cycle of the curriculum of studies, the suitable academic degree can be conferred, which must be established for each Faculty, with attention given to the duration of the cycle and to the disciplines taught in it.
§2. Therefore, according to the general and special norms of this Constitution, all degrees conferred and the conditions under which they are conferred are to be determined in the Statutes of the individual Faculties.
Article 47.
§1. The academic degrees conferred by an Ecclesiastical Faculty are:
Bachelor, Master,and Doctorate.
§2. Special qualifications can be added to the names of these degrees according to the diversity of Faculties and the order of studies in the individual Faculties.
Article 48.
Academic degrees can be given different names the Statutes of the individual Faculties, taking account of in the university practice in the local area, indicating, however, with clarity the equivalence these have with the names of the academic degrees above and maintaining uniformity among the Ecclesiastical Faculties of the same area.
Article 49.
§1. Nobody can obtain an academic degree unless properly enrolled in a Faculty, completing the course of studies prescribed by the Statutes, and successfully passing the examinations or tests.
§2. Nobody can be admitted to the doctorate unless first having obtained the licentiate.
§3. A requisite for obtaining a doctorate, furthermore, is a doctoral dissertation that makes a real contribution to the progress of science, written under the direction of a teacher, publicly defended and collegially approved; the principal part, at least, must be published.
Article 50.
§1. The doctorate is the academic degree which enables one to teach in a Faculty and which is therefore required for this purpose; the licentiate is the academic degree which enables one to teach in a major seminary or equivalent school and which is therefore required for this purpose.
§ 2. The academic degrees which are required for filling various ecclesiastical posts are to be stated by the competent ecclesiastical authority.
Article 51.
An honorary doctorate can be conferred for special scientific merit or cultural accomplishment in promoting the ecclesiastical sciences.
Rector Magnificus
+Horst-Karl,Xth BP TIFPEC
St. Andrew's Ecumenical Church Foundation ®
St. Andrew's Ecumenical Research Fellowship Intercollegiate ®
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