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International Negotiations

International Economics and Administration Faculty
Department of International Ecnomics and Politics

 

Speciality: International Relations

Specialization: International Negotiations

Awarded qualification: Master in International Relations

Level of qualification: Master

Specific admission requirements:
Average grade Good from the Bachelor’s degree, an interview.

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:
Formal, recognition of credits on the base of a Bachelor’s degree.

Qualification requirements and regulations:
In order to be awarded the qualification, 60 credits are needed, 27 credits of them are awarded from compulsory courses, 6 credits from elective courses, 3 credits from optional courses, 9 credits from educational work placement and 15 for a state examination. 

Profile of the programme:
Students of the Master’s degree programme ‘International Negotiations’ should acquire: 
- understanding of basic regularities and trends in the international system development 
- skills in making expert analysis in the field of foreign policy.

Key learning outcomes:
Graduates from the Master’s degree programme ‘International Negotiations’ will possess:
- abilities to develop foreign policy documents and to plan models for solving international issues and processes;
- abilities and inclinations to work in various national and international institutions, political parties and non-governmental organizations.

Occupational profiles of graduates with examples:
Work in national (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Administration) and international institutions (the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Council of Europe, European Commission), political parties and NGOs

Access to further studies:
PhD programmes

 

 
№ ECTS code Course Contact Hours Independent Work Credits
1 PSY 3041 Negotiations and Conflicts 30 60 3
2 ECO 1015 External Relations of the EU 30 60 3
3 ECO 3003 Negotiation Process and the Media 30 60 3
4 LAW 2110 International Humanitarian Law 30 60 3
5 POL 1120 Eurasia – Accents and Alternatives 30 60 3
6 PSY 2022 Models of Communication 30 60 3
7 LAW 2209 Diplomacy and Security 30 60 3
8 POL 3013 International Negotiations and Minority Rights 30 60 3
9 PSY 2121 Conflicts and Economic Destructuralism 30 60 3
Module Optional courses (students choose one out of the two courses)
1 POL 3008 Islamic Fundamentalism 30 60 3
2 POL 1241 State Sovereignty – Past and Present 30 60 3
Total for the 1st semester 300 600 30
Module Elective courses (students choose two out of four courses)
1 SEC 3027 Security in the World Risk Society 30 60 3
2 PSY 3040 Psychology of Conflict 30 60 3
3 POL 3002 Geopolitical Aspects of Conflicts 30 60 3
4 LAW 1212 International Maritime Law and Logistics 30 60 3
5   Pre-graduation work placement 0 90 9
6   Master's Thesis defence 0 150 15
Total for the 2nd semester 90 270 30
Module Equivalency courses for Bachelors in other majors
1. POL 1021 History of International Relations 90 180 9
2. POL 1065 Theory of International Relations 45 90 4,5
3. POL 1063 Theory of Foreign Policy 60 120 6
4. POL 1062 Тheory and Practice of International Negotiations 45 90 4,5
5. POL 1016 European Political Cooperation and Integration 30 60 3
6. LAW 1035 International Public Law 30 60 3
Total number of credits: 300 600 30
 
Examination regulations, assessment and grading:
Written examinations, course assignments, written report in a given form on the defence of a work placement. 

Graduation requirements:
Master’s Thesis Defence

Mode of study: 
full-time

Programme Director:
Assoc. Prof. Dragomir Krastev, PhD
room D-2
tel: +359 52 359 578
e-mail: drago75@abv.bg