Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT
PROFESSIONAL AREA: ARCHITECTURE, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND GEODESY

Programme: Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Road Construction"

Awarded qualification: Civil Engineer in Road Construction

Level of qualification: Bachelor

Length of programme: 4 years (8 semesters)

Number of credits: 240

Field of study (ISCED-F): 0732: Building and civil engineering (06.4-582)

Specific admission requirements: Diploma for completed secondary or higher education in Bulgarian or foreign educational institutions. Entry is based on admission exam.

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:

Information is available from the ECTS coordinator of the Construction of Buildings and Facilities Department – Assoc. Prof. Rositsa Petkova-Slipets, Eng., PhD, tel: +359 52 359 589/588, e-mail: sss@vfu.bg;
The recognition of credits procedure is based on documents submitted by the candidate:
Diploma or a transcript of prior learning;
International foreign language diplomas and certificates (English – Cambridge FCE, TOEFL; German - Zertifikat Deutsch, Deutsche Sprachdiplom (DSD), Zweite Stufe; Russian – ТРКИ; French – DELF; Spanish – DELE);
International computer skills diplomas and certificates, corresponding to ECDL (The European Computer Driving Licence).
Allocation of credits is done in compliance with the respective major's curriculum, and is based on the diplomas and certificates submitted by the candidate.

Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: to acquire a degree of "Bachelor" 240 credits are required as follows: 189.5 credits from compulsory courses, 31.5 credits of electives, 9 credits from optional courses and 10 credits from diploma project defence. In Varna Free University, a credit equals 30 lessons, of which 10 contact hours (lectures and seminars) and 20 hours independent work. A requirement for acquiring professional qualification is the development and defence of the diploma project - a comprehensive synthesis of knowledge and aptitude for the practical work of the future engineer. The topics for the diploma project are taken from actual constructions. Much of the developments are afterwards implemented in practice. Only those students, who have successfully completed their training semesters and all exams from the curriculum, shall be allowed to elaborate a diploma projects. Diploma project defence takes place in front of the State Board of Examiners and is a final exam, which is the basis for the acquisition of the Bachelor degree.

Profile of the programme: The programme Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Road Construction" aims to train specialists to meet the demands of the road construction sector, which is among the priorities of the National Strategy for Development of the Transport System of the Republic of Bulgaria until 2020. The training builds upon the fundamental engineering courses, completed within the general training module in the first five semesters, and provides comprehensive specialized knowledge in the field of design, construction and operation of roads, transport hubs and railways. Students are provided with a wide-spectrum basic training on issues related to the implementation of transport links in towns and villages and outside of them, the organisation, implementation and operation of the systems and facilities used in road infrastructure developing, their impact on the environment and people, issues which are central to achieving integrated development and management of the road sector. The learning material for the specialized courses is based on the new European regulations and standards for design, implementation and operation of the road infrastructure systems and facilities. The Bachelor programme Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Road Construction" has a national accreditation. Graduates can obtain a license in accordance with the requirements of the Chamber of engineers in the investment design.

Programme learning outcomes: Graduates in programme Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Road Construction" have knowledge and skills enabling them to:

Choose the right building materials for building and reconstructing roads and transport hubs, in order to guarantee sufficient extent of road throughput, reliability and durability of the facilities;
Work with the latest computer programmes in road and transport systems design;
Apply the construction and technical regulations at all stages of road construction;
Design road and transport systems in towns and villages and outside of them which comply with the requirements of the legal framework for construction;
Apply the technology of implementation of different kinds of road and transport systems;
organize and manage road construction.

The obtained knowledge and skills will enable the future specialists to solve problems which may arise when designing, implementing and operating road and transport systems

Programme structure diagram with credits:

№	ECTS Code		Course Title	Lectures and seminars	Out-of-class workload		Number of credits
1			2	3	4		6
1	MAT1004		Descriptive Geometry and Technical Drawing	30	60		3
			Descriptive Geometry and Technical Drawing – course task	30	60		3
2	MAT1014		Mathematical Analysis – part 1	60	120		6
3	MAT1008		Linear algebra and analytic geometry	45	90		4,5
4	CHE1028		Chemistry in Construction	30	60		3
5	INF1062		Information Systems and Technologies	30	60		3
6			Elective subject I	45	90		4,5
7	SPO1007		Sports	30	60		3
	MAN1465		Transport Systems*	30	60		3
*Total for semester I*				300	600		30
1	MAT1025		Mathematical Analysis – part 2	45	90		4,5
2	GED1001		Geodesy	30	60		3
3	PHY1002		Theoretical Mechanics – part 1	30	60		3
			Theoretical Mechanics – part 1 – course task	30	60		3
4	PHY1007		Physics in Construction	40	80		4
5	INF1470		Information Systems and Technologies in Construction	30	60		3
6			Elective subject ІІ	45	90		4,5
7			Elective subject ІІІ	30	60		3
8	SPO1007		Sports	20	40		2
	ECO2007		Economics of Construction*
*Total for semester II*				300	600		30
*Total for year 1*
1	PHY1003		Theoretical Mechanics - part 2	30	60			3
			Theoretical Mechanics - part 2 - course task	30	60			3
2	MAS1008		Strength of Materials -part 1	45	90			4,5
			Strength of Materials -part 1- course task	30	60			3
3	GEO2003		Engineering Geodesy	30	60			3
			Engineering Geodesy - work placement	15	30			1,5
4	CIE1044		Building Construction and Architecture	30	60			3
			Building Construction and Architecture - course task	15	30			1,5
5			Optional course 1	30	60			3
6			Elective Course 4	30	60			3
7	SPO1007		Sports	15	30			1,5
	MAN1042		Quality Management*
*Total for semester III*				300	600		30
1	CIE1019		Construction Materials	60	120		6
2	MAS1009		Strength of Materials -part 2	30	60		3
			Strength of Materials -part 2- course task	30	60		3
3	CIE1061		Hydraulics and Water Supply and Sewerage	30	60		3
			Hydraulics and Water Supply and Sewerage – work placement	15	30		1,5
4			Elective Course 5	45	90		4,5
5			Elective Course 6	45	90		4,5
6			Optional Course 2	30	60		3
7	SPO1007		Sports	15	30		1,5
	CIE1191		Evaluation Systems for Sustainable Construction*
*Total for semester IV*				300	600		30
*Total for year 2*				600	1200		60
1	CIE1015		Construction Statics – part 1	30	60		3
			Construction Statics – part 1 - course task	30	60		3
2	CIE1020		Construction Machines	30	60		3
			Construction Machines – work placement	15	30		1,5
3	CIE1046		Reinforced Concrete	45	90		4,5
			Reinforced Concrete – course task	30	60		3
4	CIE1027		Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – part 1	30	60		3
			Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – part 1 - course task	15	30		1,5
5			Elective Course 7	30	60		3
			Elective Course 7 - course task	15	30		1,5
6			Optional course 3	30	60		3
*Total for semester V*				300	600		30
1	CIE1016		Construction Statics – part 2	30	60		3
			Construction Statics – part 2 - course task	30	60		3
2	CIE1025		Wooden and Plastic Structures	30	60		3
			Wooden and Plastic Structures - course task	15	30		1,5
3	CIE1028		Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – part 2	30	60		3
			Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – part 2 - course task	30	60		3
4	CIE1211		Urban Traffic and Streets	30	60		3
			Urban Traffic and Streets – course project	30	60		3
5			Elective course 8	30	60		3
			Elective course 8 - course task	15	30		1,5
6			Optional course 4	30	60		3
*Total semester VI*				300	600		30
*Total for year 3*				600	1200		60
1	CIE1199		Steel Structures - part 1	45	90		4,5
			Steel Structures - part 1- work placement	15	30		1,5
2	CIE1215		Technology and Organisation of Road Construction	30	60		3
			Technology and Organisation of Road Construction - course project	15	30		1,5
			Technology and Organisation of Road Construction – work placement	15	30		1,5
3	CIE1216		Concrete structures	30	60		3
			Concrete structures - course task	30	60		3
4	CIE1217		Road Design	30	60		3
			Road Design - course project	30	60		3
			Road Design – work placement	15	30		1,5
5			Elective course ІХ	30	60		3
6			Optional course V	15	30		1,5
*Total for semester VII*				300	600		30
1	CIE1014		Reinforced Concrete Bridges	30	60		3
			Reinforced Concrete Bridges	15	30		1,5
2	CIE1219		Railway Design and Construction	30	60		3
			Railway Design and Construction - course project	15	30		1,5
3			Road Construction	30	60		3
			Road Construction – course project	20	40		2
4	CIE1221		Road Operation	30	60		3
			Road Operation – course task	15	30		1,5
			Road Operation – work placement	15	30		1,5
*Total for semester VIII*				200	400		20
*Total for year 4*				500	1000		50
*Diploma project*					300		10
Total for the course of study				2300	4900		240
Elective Courses (choose one of the group)
I.1		FLE1001	Foreign Language - English	45	90	4,5
I.2		FLG1001	Foreign Language - German	45	90	4,5
I.3		FLR1001	Foreign Language - Russian	45	90	4,5
I.4		FLS1001	Foreign Language - Italian	45	90	4,5
I.5		ARC1232	Computer-aided Design	45	90	4,5
I.6		CIE1185	Computer-Aided Engineering	45	90	4,5
II.1		FLE1001	Foreign Language - English	45	90	4,5
II.2		FLG1001	Foreign Language - German	45	90	4,5
II.3		FLR1001	Foreign Language - Russian	45	90	4,5
II.4		FLS1001	Foreign Language - Italian	45	90	4,5
II.5		SEC1140	Labour Safety and Environmental Protection	45	90	4,5
II.6		SEC1212	Protection of Calamities, Disasters and Accidents	45	90	4,5
III.1		INF1491	Computer Programs in Designing	30	60	3
III.2		INF1492	Computer Modeling of Building Structures	30	60	3
IV.1		MAT1171	Mathematical Theory of Traffic Flow	30	60	3
IV.2		MAN1180	Management and Investment	30	60	3
V.1		CIE1204	Fire Safety of Buldings and Facilities	45	90	4,5
V.2		ADM1192	European Programmes for Project Funding	45	90	4,5
VI.1		CIE1205	Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology	30	60	3
VI.2		CIE1206	Modern Technologies and Road Construction	30	60	3
VII.1		MAN1465	Transport systems	30	60	3
			Transport systems – course task	15	30	1,5
VII.2		CIE1209	Infrastructure Projects	30	60	3
			Infrastructure Projects – course task	15	30	1,5
VIII.1		CIE1212	Construction Waste Management	30	60	3
			Construction Waste Management – course project	15	30	1,5
VIII.2		CIE1213	Transport Facility Condition Assessment and Testing	30	60	3
			Transport Facility Condition Assessment and Testing – course project	15	30	1,5
IX.1		CIE1218	Modern Design Methods in Road Construction	30	60	3
IX.2		CIE1303	Human Resource Management	30	60	3
Optional Courses, choose one of the group
I.1		INF1493	Applied Electronics and Electro-technics	30	60	3
I.2		CIE1196	Technology of Finishing works	30	60	3
II.1		CIE1207	Legal and Normative Regulations in Building	30	60	3
II.2		SEC1210	Theory of Risk	30	60	3
III.1		CIE1210	Building Insulations	30	60	3
III.2		MAN1466	Personnel Management	30	60	3
IV.1		CIE1214	Traffic Organization and Safety	30	60	3
IV.2		CIE1198	Fire Safety and Ecology	30	60	3
V.1		INF1494	Computer Systems in Management and Organization of Construction Process	15	30	1,5
V.2		CIE1188	Psychology of Crisis and Extreme Situations in Construction	15	30	1,5

Foreign languages
1	FLE 1002	Foreign language - English	90	180	9
2	FLE 1003	Foreign language - English	90	180	9
3	FLE 1004	Foreign language - English	90	180	9
4	FLG 1001	Foreign language - German	90	180	9
5	FLR 1001	Foreign language - Russian	90	180	9
6	FLS 1001	Foreign language - Spanish	90	180	9

* The course is studied by students in part-time training

Mode of study: Full-time/ Part-time

Examination regulations and grading scale: The programme includes courses from different scientific fields, which fulfils the requirement of interdisciplinary and wide spectrum training. This defines the various requirements extremes in assessing students' knowledge. Detailed description of methods and evaluation criteria for each discipline and the opportunity to inform the reasons for evaluation are given in the syllabi.

Obligatory or optional mobility windows: Students can take part in appropriate programs for student's mobility available in Varna Free University.

Work placement(s): In the curriculum on some of the special disciplines are provided practices that take place in Bulgarian and foreign companies and laboratories working in the area of design, construction and operation of roads and road equipment.

Work-based learning: In the curriculum of the Bachelors' program in all special subjects the developing of course projects and tasks is provided. The topics of the course projects, as well as these of the diploma project are taken from the actual construction activity. Many of the developments are later implemented in the practice.

Occupational profiles of graduates: Civil engineer, specialist in road constructions and road building. Graduates can be employed in the public and/or private sector as design specialists, investors and executives in the field of Road Construction, building of urban communications, facilities, etc.; employees and experts in investment, control and supervisory services; lecturers in Universities and Colleges, research associates in scientific institutions.

Access to further studies: Students successfully completed their training in the degree of "Bachelor" have the necessary skills to continue their education at a higher level of qualification - Master programs on:

Building Constructions;
Road Construction;
Water Supply and Sewerage with two profiles: "Water supply networks and facilities" and "Water purification"
Construction engineering
Fire-safety equipment and automation

After acquiring the Master degree, students can apply for further training and research in doctoral programs:

Building construction;
Building Materials, Products and Technology of their production;
Techniques of Labor Safety and Fire Equipment.

Head of Construction of Buildings and Facilities Department:

Assoc. Prof. Eng. Milena Kichekova, PhD

Secretary: Eng. Maya Manolova

tel.: +359 52 359 621/589

е-mail: sss@vfu.bg