Subject-Specific Resources

Subject-specific resources cover the academic competencies gained in your studies and research which you can transfer to other contexts. Each study program results in its own subject-specific resources, depending on how your discipline pursues academic learning:

• On the questions that are posed and answered
• On the methods practiced to provide answers
• On the instruments used to communicate results

While differing from subject to subject, these resources enable you to analyze and assess an issue in a subject-specific way, and to draw up and communicate solutions.

Academic levels: Descriptors of the national qualifications framework

The National Qualifications Framework (nqf.ch) uses descriptors to define the standards a student must reach in order to earn a Bachelor's, Master's, or doctoral degree. On the CRUS website there is a list (arrow -> level -> descriptor) which describes the abilities in terms of

• Knowledge and understanding
• Applying knowledge and understanding
• Making judgments
• Communication skills
• Learning skills and innovation abilities

that a graduate of a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or doctoral degree program will be able to demonstrate. 

Subject areas: Description of the study programs

Individual subject areas explicitly mention the subject-specific resources in their program descriptions, such as the program goals in Philosophyor Human Medicine. In other subject areas, the resources can be determined from the descriptions, such as in Psychology.

Find your subject area at www.degrees.uzh.ch