ADAPTING REQUIREMENTS OF HIGER EDUCATION TO THE EUROPEAN REQUIREMENTS. NEW EDUCATION STANDARDS IN DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY ILLUSTRATED BY THE COURSE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING

Education at higher level according to the Declaration of European Ministers of Education (Bologna 1999) assumes cooperation within the scope of three level academic education by means of the adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable stages, also through the implementation of the Diploma Supplement, in order to promote European citizens employability and the international competitiveness of the European higher education system The next step was to establishment of a system of credits –the ECTS system - as a proper mean of promoting the most widespread student mobility and getting the points also when studying at universities in other countries. It should be added that Poland has joined in implementation of Bologna Declaration by taking on steps to common usage of the Diploma Supplement since 2005/2006 academic year and in development of two levels of studies and the ECTS system by setting up National Accreditation Committee. Bologna Declaration also assumes incorporation of Polish higher education into European Education Area which results in actions connected with the assurance of high quality of teaching. The decree of the function of the Committee is supported by regulations which impose education standards at the particular courses of studies [7]. They include agreement on the content of minimum syllabus requirements and formal criterion such as academic staff minimum or didactic base. Fulfilment of the requirements set by National Accreditation Committee for a given course raises the prestige of a university greatly. As Mr. A. Jamiolkowski, the chairman of the committee, writes ‘the consciousness that particular courses will be evaluated by independent panels of visitors causes totally new approach to