Counteraction to Crime and Public Order Protection

Department of Security and Safety

Speciality: Counteraction to Crime and Public Order Protection

Awarded qualification: Bachelor in Counteraction to Crime and Public Order Protection

Level of qualification: Bachelor

Specific admission requirements: Diploma of Secondary Education, Entrance examination - essay on a socially important topic.

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning :
• Information and directions: Chief Assist. Prof. Galina Mileva, PhD ECTS – coordinator of Department of Security and Safety, e-mail: galinaa@abv.bg;
• Procedures:
- Recognition of credits on the basis of presented documents: academic transcript or diploma from a previous study; international diplomas and foreign language certificates (English - Cambridge FCE, TOEFEL; German - Zertifikat Deutsch, Sprahdiplom, Zweite Stufe; Russian – ТРКИ; French - DELF; Spanish - DELE); international diplomas and computer skills certificates to meet ECDL (The European Computer Driving Licence).
- certification of knowledge and skills through passing examinations in: foreign language by the Department of Foreign Language Teaching, computer skills by the Department of Computer Studies, specific knowledge and skills for the professional area by the Department of Security and Safety;
- Allocation of credits: the Department of Security and Safety awards relevant to the study programme of the course credits based on the results of certification of knowledge and skills.

Qualification requirements and regulations: To acquire the qualification in the specialization 'Counteraction to Crime and Public Order Protection' 240 credits are needed, 176 of them are from compulsory courses, 34,5 credits are from elective courses, 19,5 credits are from optional courses and 10 credits are from state exams.

Profile of the programme: The contemporary trend of increasing crime and antisocial behaviour require that the prevention and control of crime to be carried out in a new and complicated criminogenic situation by specialists who have a complex set of legal, criminological, pedagogical, psychological and economic knowledge and skills combined with special knowledge that can be acquired by doing courses within the scope of police subjects.
The major has an interdisciplinary character. The study programme includes subjects divided into three blocks – compulsory, elective and optional with a focus on conventional, economic and organized crime.

Key learning outcomes
The major prepares professionals for preventive action, re-socialization of persons with deviant and criminal behaviour, participation in law enforcement and institutions of human rights protection, for correctional facilities, specialists of alternative forms of correction and resocialization, probation and other social workers, specialists in mediation to resolve conflicts (mediators) and others.

Occupational profiles of graduates
The acquired qualification allows graduates to develop a career in the system of the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, in municipal departments of public order and security, in public and private organizations performing functions of public order protection and combating crime, prisons, children's pedagogical rooms, etc.

Access to further studies: Successful graduates can continue their education in Master's Degree programmes "Law", "Legal Expertise", "Customs Intelligence and Investigation" at the Faculty of Law and others.

No	ECTS code	Course	Lectures and seminars	Out-of-class workload	Credits
1.	LAW1047	General Theory of Law, part 1	60	120	6
2.	INF2015	Informatics	30	60	3
3.	SPO1003	Sports - Personal Protection part 1	45	90	4,5
4.		Foreign Language	30	60	3
5.		Elective courses	135	270	13,5
Total for the 1st semester			300	600	30
1.	INF1032	Information Systems and Technology	30	60	3
2.	LAW1017	Constitutional Law, part 1	60	120	6
3.	LAW1047	General Theory of Law, part 2	45	90	4,5
4.	SPO1003	Sports - Personal Protection part 1	30	60	3
5.		Foreign Language	30	60	3
6.		Elective courses	105	210	10,5
Total for the 2nd semester			300	600	30
Total for the 1st year			600	1200	60
1.	LAW1002	Administrative Law and Process, part 1	75	150	7,5
2.	LAW1017	Constitutional Law, part 2	75	150	7,5
3.	LAW1028	Criminology	60	120	6
4.	SPO1012	Sports - Personal Protection part 2	15	30	1,5
5.		Foreign Language	30	60	3
6.		Optional courses	45	90	4,5
Total for the 3rd semester			300	600	30
1.	LAW1002	Administrative Law and Process, part 2	75	150	7,5
2.	SEC1017	Organized Crime	45	90	4,5
3.	LAW1092	Police Law	60	120	6
4.		Foreign Language	30	60	3
5.	SPO1012	Sports - Personal Protection part 2	15	30	1,5
6.		Elective courses	75	150	7,5
Total for the 4th semester			300	600	30
Total for the 2nd year			600	1200	60
1.	LAW2041	Criminal Law – general part	90	180	9
2.	SEC1076	Special Means of Intelligence	45	90	4,5
3.	SEC1034	Theory of Police Operational Search Activities	60	120	6
4.	LAW1063	Intelligence Protection of Constitutional Order	45	90	4,5
5.	SPO1012	Sports - Personal Protection part 2	15	30	1,5
6.		Optional courses	45	90	4,5
Total for the 5th semester			300	600	30
1.	LAW2026	Criminal Law – special part	90	180	9
2.	SEC1083	Police Management	45	90	4,5
3.	SPO1012	Sports - Personal Protection part 2	15	30	1,5
4.	LAW1048	Social Security Law	75	150	7,5
5.	SEC1014	Operational Search Activities for Economic Crime Prevention	45	90	4,5
6.		Optional courses	30	60	3
Total for the 6th semester			300	600	30
Total for the 3rd year			600	1200	60
1.	LAW2027	Criminal Procedural Law, part 1	75	150	7,5
2.	SEC1064	Public Order Protection	60	120	6
3.	SEC1015	Operational Search Activities for Crime Prevention	60	120	6
4.		Elective courses	30	60	3
5.		Optional courses	75	150	7,5
Total for the 7th semester			300	600	30
1.	LAW2027	Criminal Procedural Law, part 2	60	120	6
2.	LAW1021	Forensic Science	80	160	8
3.	LAW1089	Criminal Executive Law	60	120	6
Total for the 8th semester			200	400	20
Total for the 4th year			500	1000	50
State examinations				300	10
Total for the whole course of study			2300	4900	240
Elective courses
1.	LAW1074	Study of the State	45	90	4,5
	LAW1073	Structure of the Judicial Power	45	90	4,5
	LAW1016	History of the Bulgarian State and Law	90	180	9
2.	PED1004	Pedagogy of the Activities of the Criminal Justice Authorities	45	90	4,5
2.	PSY3113	Prosocial Behaviour	45	90	4,5
3.	PSY2003	Legal Psychology	45	90	4,5
3.	PSY1006	Ethnic Psychology	45	90	4,5
4.	SEC1082	Theory of Management	60	120	6
	SEC1030	Critical Infrastructure Protection	30	60	3
	MED1010	Pre-medical Aid	30	60	3
5.	LAW2064	Legal Regime of Public Service	30	60	3
5.	LAW1050	Fundamentals of Civil Law	30	60	3
6.	SEC1009	Road Traffic Control	45	90	4,5
6.	SEC1006	Ecological Security	45	90	4,5
7.	SEC1004	Border Control	30	60	3
	LAW2031	Municipal Law, Local Self-government and Local Administration
	SEC1071	Organization of Crime Prevention
Optional courses
1.	POL1184	History of Political and Legal Thought	45	90	4,5
	SEC1077	Theoretical and Legal Bases of National Security
	SEC1067	EU Policy on Security and Home Affairs
2.	LAW2039	Juvenile Delinquency	45	90	4,5
	SEC1072	Counteraction to Terrorism
		Foreign Language
3.	PHI1008	Ethics	30	60	3
	SOC1025	Sociology
	PHI1006	Philosophy
	SEC2009	Legal Regime of Protection of Classified Information
		Foreign Language
	SEC1128	Expedition Tourism
4.	LАW1058	Law of the European Union	75	150	7,5
	LАW1009	Insurance Law
		Foreign Language

Foreign Languages
1.	FLE 1002	Foreign Language - English A2	120	240	12
2.	FLE 1003	Foreign Language - English B1.1	120	240	12
3.	FLE 1004	Foreign Language - English B1.2	120	240	12
5.	FLF 1001	Foreign Language - French	150	300	15
6.	FLG 1001	Foreign Language - German	150	300	15
7.	FLR 1001	Foreign Language - Russian	150	300	15
8.	FLS 1002	Foreign Language - Spanish	150	300	15

Examination regulations, assessment and grading: For each course, rules for admission to semester examination have been introduced, methodology and assessment criteria presented to students at the beginning of the training course. The main forms of assessment are written and oral semester examination, tests, a course task defence, solving a case study, teamwork. The assessment criteria depend on the methods and forms used in each course.

Graduation requirements: During training, internship with students is conducted using developed and approved in advance methodology outside training hours. Students, depending on their specialization, may choose one of the options: Western Rhodopes, MI structures, enterprises, companies, firms, district and municipal governments. Students can do one-week educational internship in the Republic of Turkey. The internship finishes with a defence before an appointed committee, which is a prerequisite for their admission to the state examination. The Bachelor's degree programme finishes with sitting for state examinations. For the specialization 'National Security' students sit for a state examination in criminal and legal sciences and a state examination in specialized courses.

Mode of study: full-time, part-time

Head of Department: Assoc. Prof. Valentin Todorov, PhD
visiting days – Tuesday and Thursday from 14.00 to 16.00 h
tel.: +359 52 359 563
е-mail: vtodorov@vfu.bg