Original scientific paper

Analysis of the success of the students in agroeconomic studies at the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb

Magdalena Zrakić orcid.org/0000-0002-0577-1109 ; University in Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Juračak ; University in Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the situation and trends in the performance of higher education in the field of agricultural economics at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture. At this University the principles of the Bologna declaration are implemented since 2005. That year the first generation of agricultural economists was admitted to undergraduate study named Agrarian Economics, which lasts for six semesters. Data were analyzed by using SPSS (Statistical Program for Social Sciences 17.0) package, and to determine the relationship between the variables the χ ² test was used. Variables according to which the success of the study was evaluated are: the level (type of) studies, an academic year of enrollment in the study, the average score on the exams at the undergraduate and graduate level, the number of exams passed at the studies, the number of accumulated ECTS points, secondary education by the type of the secondary school and the county in which the school was finished, completed undergraduate studies, and the gender of the students. In 2008 the first generation was admitted to the graduate studies named Agribusiness and Rural Development in the duration of four semesters. Analysis of the available data showed that significantly more registered students were female, with high school education and completed secondary school in the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County. The first so-called "Bologna-generation" students proved to be the most successful in indicators such as grade point average, number of examinations and the number of collected ECTS points, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. The research further showed that female students achieved better results, while secondary education, and counties where students came from did not show effect on the level of success. Students enrolled in the graduate study Agribusiness and Rural Development at the Faculty of Agriculture completed professional or university graduate program. With regard to completed undergraduate studies ,the students did not show a lower or higher level of success.

Keywords

agricultural economic; undergraduate study; graduate study; success of the studies; the Bologna Declaration

Hrčak ID:

94524

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/94524

Publication date:

1.3.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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