Preparation of Forces and Resources for Action in Unconventional Crises

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Faculty of Law
Department of Security and Safety

Master’s Degree Programme: Preparation of Forces and Resources for Action in Unconventional Crises
Qualification awarded: Master in National Security Protection
Level of qualification: Master
Specific admission requirements:
Average grade from the Bachelor’s degree diploma - Good 4.00, entry test and an interview.

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:
Senior Lecturer Galina Mileva, PhD, ECTS – coordinator of the Security and Safety Department, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ;
• Procedures: recognition of credits on the basis of a presented academic transcript or a diploma from prior learning; certification of knowledge and skills by passing examinations in specific for the professional area knowledge and skills at the Security and Safety Department;
• Awarding credits: The Security and Safety Department awards credits corresponding to the study programme of the major on the basis of the results of the certification of knowledge and skills.

Qualification requirements and regulations:
In order to be awarded the qualification, postgraduates need 60 credits (in 2-semester duration of study) or 90 credits (in 3-semester duration of study), 27 credits (57 credits respectively) are awarded from compulsory courses, 9 credits from elective courses, 3 credits from optional courses, 6 credits from a pre-graduation work placement tasks defence and 15 credits from Master’s thesis defence.

Profile of the programme:
The Master’s degree programme is designed to train specialists to manage state forces and resources, public organizations and economic enterprises for actions on the protection of the population, infrastructure, environment and property of natural and legal entities in the event of danger or the occurrence of unconventional character crisis.

Key learning outcomes:
Graduates from the Master’s degree programme acquire a wide range of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which are necessary for the effective counteraction to adverse effects of unconventional crises such as: analysis and prognostication of risks of occurrence of unconventional crises; preparation and acceptance of managerial decisions to neutralize the risk factors generating unconventional crises; preparation of forces and resources of state bodies, public organizations and economic enterprises to effectively counteract the effects of unconventional crisis. They will be able to conduct operational management of forces and resources in conventional crises; to do team work with representatives of various departments, local authorities and local self-governance and civil formations on the prevention and neutralization of consequences of conventional crises.

Occupational profiles of graduates with examples:
Graduates from the programme acquire the necessary qualification to successfully realize themselves in the structural units of the National Service for Civil Protection, the ‘Fire Safety and Rescue’ Directorate General of the Ministry of Interior, regional and municipal administration as well as for expert activities in companies, etc.

Access to further studies:
PhD programmes

No	ECTS Code	Course	Contact Hours	Independent Work	Credits
1	2	3	4	5	6
1	LAW 2270	Unconventional Cataclysms of Natural and Ecological Character	30	60	3
2	LAW 2280	Theory of Catasrophes	30	60	3
3	LAW 2231	Philosophical and Gnoseological Bases of Activities in Unconventional Crises	30	60	3
4	LAW 2215	Distance Methods for Monitoring and Early Signalling for Catastrophic Events	30	60	3
5	LAW 2214	Information-and-analytical Activities in Crises of Unconventional Character	30	60	3
6	LAW 2256	Tactics of Emergency and Rescue Activities in Crises of Unconventional Character	30	60	3
7.		Elective courses	90	180	9
8.		Optional courses	30	60	3
*Total for the 1st semester*			*300*	*600*	30
1	LAW 2275	Management under Conditions of Crises of Unconventional Character	30	60	3
2	LAW 2241	Preparedness and Mobilization of Forces and Resources in Crises of Unconventional Character	30	60	3
3	PSY 3025	Social Psychology	30	60	3
4		Pre-graduation work placement	0	180	6
5		Preparation and defence of a Master's thesis	0	450	15
*Total for the 2nd semester*			90	*810*	30
Total for the whole course of study:			390	1410	60
Elective courses
1	INF 2029	Alternative Information and Communication Systems	30	60	3
1	LAW 2265	Legal Regime of Protection of the Population and the Environment during Crises	30	60	3
2	ECO 2277	Organization and Management of Public Order	30	60	3
2	LAW 2240	Medical Support in Emergency Situations	30	60	3
3	LAW 2301	Personal Safety and Survival under Conditions of Crises	30	60	3
3	LAW 2320	Methods for Modelling and Simulation of Emergency Situations	30	60	3
Optional courses
1	EDU 3001	Methodology for Preparation of a Master's Thesis	30	60	3
1	ADM 3024	Document Study and Document Flow	30	60	3
*Module Equivalency Courses for Bachelors in other majors*
1	SEC 1053	Safety of Rescue and Urgent Emergency Reconstruction Works	45	90	4,5
2	SEC 1054	Evacuation from Buildings and Sites	60	120	6
3	SEC 1050	Emergency and Rescue Equipment	45	90	4,5
4	SEC 1046	Emergency and Reconstruction Works	45	90	4,5
5	SEC 1066	Ecological Security	45	90	4,5
6	SEC 1062	Risk Assessment	60	120	6
*Total for the 3rd semester*			*300*	*600*	30
Total:			690	2010	90

Examination regulations, assessment and grading:
The basic forms of assessment are written and oral examination, task assignment defence and a pre-graduation work placement tasks defence.

Graduation requirements:
Master’s Thesis Defence

Mode of study:
full-time

Programme Director:
Assoc. Prof. Petar Hristov, PhD
visiting day: Wednesday from 10.00 to 12.00
tel: +359 52 359 557
e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it