Speciality: Digital Economy

 

Awarded qualification: Bachelour of Economics

 

Level of qualification: Bachelour

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Length of programme: 4 years (8 semesters)

 

Number of credits: 240

 

Field(s) of study (ISCED-F): 0311: Economics

 

Specific admission requirements: Completed secondary or higher education and a passed entrance exam. The grades of the state examinations are recognized for an entrance exam too.

 

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:

The recognition of credits based on prior learning is done on the basis of presented diplomas and transcripts, as well as internationally recognized professional certificates.

• Recognition procedure: Application for recognition, accompanied by the relevant documents shall be submitted to the Secretary of the program. The application is considered by the ECTS coordinator of the Department and lecturers. Scientific adviser prepares an individual plan of the student, which reflects the recognized disciplines. The individual plan is approved Departmental Council of the Department "Computer Science and Economics".

• Procedure for the recognition of non-formal education: recognition of the knowledge obtained through informal channels or through self-learning happens after submitting an application for certification by the student and passing a certification exam.

 

Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation equirements*:

In order to get their qualification students must be allocated 240 credits -161 credits from compulsory courses, 48 from elective courses, 18 credits from optional courses, 3 credits from a pre-graduation internship and 10 credits from state examination (theoretical exam or  diploma project defense).

 

Profile of the programme: Bachelor program of digital economy develop integrated knowledge and skills in key areas of science, education and business practice in the field of economics in the context of the digital economy, Forth industrial revolution and continuously developing digital markets. In excellent conditions offered by Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar"  training undergraduate program, students acquire relevant and useful knowledge and skills in the national and international economy, information technology, international and digital business, finance, traditional and digital marketing, financial markets IT business analysis, digital entrepreneurship and others. Training is most closely connected and determined by the interests and perspectives of economics and modern business to grow and works in real and virtual environments.

In the curriculum is clearly visible presence of international experts such as Professor Vredeveld and Professor McDonald (long-term partners of VFU), professors from partner universities (Sanda, China) as well as experts from practice, who will participate in Peer Review key themes (Martin Paev, Sortis Group and Yavor Jacev, Pioneer investment) in the disciplines "Financial markets and investment", "International finance" and "Capital budgeting".

 

Programme learning outcomes: The degree is designed to prepare and train students with professional interests in economics, information technology and their interrelated as digital marketing, digital economy, digital business, digital enterprise, IT business analysis and others. Attention is paid to the international economic centers, international finance, marketing and management, financial management of companies and banks. For this purpose curriculum includes basic and specialized courses.

 

Programme structure diagram with credits *:

№	ECTS Code	Course Title	Lectures and seminars	Out-of-class workload	Number of credits
1	ECO 1037	Microeconomics	60	120	6
2	MAN1231	Introduction to Management	30	60	3
3	MAN1071	Introduction to Entrepreneurship	30	60	3
4		Digital Competence (in English)**	60	120	6
5	FLE 1002	Foreign Language	90	180	9
6	SPO 1015	Sport	30	60	3
Total for semester I			300	600	30
1	ECO 1053	Globalization of Economics and Development	45	90	4,5
2	ЕСО 1197	Macroeconomics	60	120	6
3	MAN1425	Visualization and Interaction	45	90	4,5
4	LAW 1053	Introduction to Law	30	60	3
5	INF 1322	Content Management Systems	30	60	3
6	FLE 1002	Foreign Language	60	120	6
7	SPO 1015	Sport	30	60	3
Total for semester II			300	600	30
Total for year I			600	1200	60
1	ECO 1064	International Economics	45	90	4,5
2	АСС 1010	Fundamentals of Accounting	45	90	4,5
3	INF 1293	Databases	30	60	3
4	ACC 1030	Financial Mathematics	60	120	6
5		Financial Statements	60	120	6
6		Elective course 1	30	60	3
7		Elective course 2	30	60	3
Total for semester III			300	600	30
1	MAR 1004	Introduction to Marketing	60	120	6
2	ECO 1011	European Economic Integration (in English)**	60	120	6
3	QMS 1014	Statistics	60	120	6
4		Financial Risk Management	60	120	6
5		Elective course 3	30	60	3
6		Elective course 4	30	60	3
Total for semester IV			300	600	30
Total for year II			600	1200	60
1	FIN 1012	Money and Banking	60	120	6
2		Technology Infrastructure	60	120	6
3	MAR1163	International Business	60	120	6
4		Digital Entrepreneurship (in English)**	60	120	6
5		Elective course 5	30	60	3
6		Optional course 1	30	60	3
Total for semester V			300	600	30
1	FIN1145	Financing Iinternational Trade	60	120	6
2		Digital Marketing	60	120	6
3	INF 1308	IT Security	45	90	4,5
4	FIN 1010	International Finance	45	90	4,5
5		Business Information Technology	30	60	3
6		Elective course 6	30	60	3
7		Optional course 2	30	60	3
Total for semester VI			300	600	30
Total for year III			600	1200	60
1	FIN 1148	Financial Management	60	120	6
2	INF 1376	Business Intelligence	60	120	6
3	FIN 1026	Financial Markets and Investment	60	120	6
4		Optional course 3	30	60	3
5		Optional course 4	30	60	3
6		Elective course 7	30	60	3
7		Elective course 8	30	60	3
Total for semester VII			300	600	30
1	MAN1057	E- Business	60	120	6
2	ECO1221	International Economic Centers	30	60	3
3		Smart Specialisation (in English)**	30	60	3
4	SPO 1015	Sport	20	40	2
5		Optional course 5	30	60	3
6		Pre-graduation internship		90	3
7		State exam and thesis defense		300	10
Total for semester VIII			300	600	30
Total for year IV			600	1200	60
		Elective courses, choose  8  from  10
1		Statistical Data Analysis	30	60	3
2	FIN 1080	Investment Valuation	30	60	3
3		Analysis of Financial Statements (in English)**	30	60	3
4	INF 1075	Accounting Software	30	60	3
5	MAR1166	Prices and Pricing Policy	30	60	3
6	ACC 1023	Management Accounting	30	60	3
7	MAN 2036	Quality Management	30	60	3
8		Behavioral Economics	30	60	3
9	INF 1485	Social Networks in Business Management	30	60	3
10		E-Government	30	60	3
11	INF 1429	Business Processes Management	30	60	3
12		Financing of Projects	30	60	3
13		Organization and Management of Projects	30	60	3
14	INF 1348	Business Systems and Technologies for Knowledge Management	30	60	3
15	FIN 1139	Capital Budgeting and Investment Choice	30	60	3
		Optional courses,  choose 5 from 14
1	PSY 1002	Social Communications	30	60	3
2	PHI 1006	Philosophy	30	60	3
3	MAN 1049	HR Management	30	60	3
4	FLE 1014	Foreign Language - specialized	30	60	3
5		Doing Business in China (in English)**	30	60	3
6		Decision Making Theory	30	60	3
7	INF 2134	IT Projects Management	30	60	3
8	INF 1489	Outsourcing in IT Industry	30	60	3
9	INF 1065	Operating Systems	30	60	3
10	INF 1063	Introduction to Programming	30	60	3
11	INF 1425	Web Services and Cloud Technologies	30	60	3
12	INF 2300	Web Design	30	60	3
13		Communication skills - practice	30	60	3
14		Selling techniques	30	60	3

 

* In Varna Free University, a credit equals 30 lessons, of which 10 contact hours (lectures and seminars) and 20 hours independent work.

 

Mode of study:н full-time, part-time

 

Examination regulations and grading scale: for each course is held semester examination. Currently in the process of learning to prepare and decide test cases and tasks or develop coursework. Practice ends with the development of a course project. In curricula out the elements of the exam and the precise evaluation criteria. Students must be introduced at the beginning of each course requirements for exam and evaluation methods in the respective discipline.

 

Obligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable) – after successful completion of the first course on the rules of the Erasmus +  program

 

Work placement (if applicable) – not applicable

 

Work-based learning - part of the lessons of the curriculum are taught by business representatives based on real cases and projects practice and in some cases are held in the company itself. Students have the opportunity to further attend in internships and practices in program's partner companies, master classes by prominent scientists and practitioners within which to acquire entrepreneurial skills and knowledge on actual topics as gamification, digital marketing practices, smart technologies and others.

 

Occupational profiles of graduates: The resulting education is a sound basis for a successful career in business administration, economic structures and scientific institutions. Bachelor's degrees of education in the digital economy have the necessary training to implement as:

• Managers and specialists in industrial and commercial organizations with international activities, public administration and international organizations;
• Marketing specialists in various institutions and enterprises;
• Entrepreneurial in innovative IT business and digital marketing;
• Heads of IT departments of various institutions, companies, banks, IT companies for marketing, advertising, digital business, web services and more.

Access to further studies: Successful graduates can continue their education in Master programs in the field of Economics and if they pass all needed courses from elective they can continue in Master programs from professional area of informatics and computer science.

 

Head of Department: Assoc. Prof. Galina Momcheva, PhD

phone: +359 052 359 573/4, e-mail: galina.momcheva@vfu.bg

 

Program secretary: Pavleta Krasteva

phone: +359 052 359 572, e-mail: pavleta.krasteva@vfu.bg