Specialty: "International Public And Business Management"

 

Awarded qualification: Business Manager International Relations and Law

 

Level qualification: Degree 'bachelor''s education degree "bachelor"

 

Length of programme:

For full-time study: 8 semesters / 4 years

For part-time training: 9 semesters / 4.5 years

For distance learning: 8 semesters / 4 year

 

Number of credits: 240 credits

 

Field(s) of study (ISCED-F): 0413

 

Specific admission requirements:

Secondary or higher education, successfully passed entrance examination. For entrance exam scores are recognized by the state matriculation exams and the results of international certificates for language and computer skills. For existing civil servants exam can be a motivational interview.Завършено средно образование и успешно положени конкурсни изпити.

 

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:

The ECTS coordinator of the Department of Administration, Management and Political Science, Assist. Prof. Pavlina Yamukova, PhD, (e-mail:pavlina.yamukova@vfu.bg, p_yamukova@abv.bg), provides initial information and guidelines for the existing possibilities for recognition and awarding of credits from prior learning.

Procedures:

- Recognition of knowledge and skills based on submitted documents: transcript or diploma from prior learning; international diplomas and certificates in a foreign language (English Cambridge FCE, TOEFEL; German - Zertifikat Deutsch, Sprahdiplom, Zweite Stufe; Russian - TRKI, French - DELF; Spanish - DELE); international diplomas and certificates for computer skills meet the ECDL (The European Computer Driving Licence).

- Certification of knowledge and skills by passing examinations at VSU "Free University" by: Foreign Language Department of language training; computer skills at the Department "Informatics and economy"; specific professional field knowledge and skills at the Department "Administration, management and political science": for part-time students (active employees in state administration) - practical training and internship and courses whose educational content directly corresponds to the performance of their obligations.

- Awarding credits: The department awards adequate for curriculum credits, based on the results of certification of knowledge and skills.

 

Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation equirements*:

To acquire the qualifications required 240 credits, 176 credits from compulsory courses, 36 credits from elective courses, 15 credits of optional courses, 3 credits from educational training and internship and 10 credits for state examination (thesis defense).

 

 

Profile of the programme:

Training in "International Public and Business Management" is based on the following basic scientific fields: law, management, economics, political science, sociology. It aims to prepare qualified specialists and experts in Public and Business Administration and Management to work competently and fairly responsible positions in public and business administration in a changing socio-political and economic environment in the European Union and the world. They should have general theoretical knowledge and practical skills: decision support for the formation of innovative public policy and business organizations, timely and qualitative study of consumer demand, capacity building for the implementation of corporate strategies at national and international level. Effectively support the organs of state and local government and the holding of national and local politics; timely and quality delivery of public services to citizens and businesses based on European norms and standards for good governance; capacity building for full inclusion of Bulgarian administration to European administrative space, as well as the effective absorption of EU funds.

 

Programme learning outcomes:

As a result of training students should possess and demonstrate specific theoretical knowledge and understanding of:

-  role and place of organization including international in contemporary global society;

-  basic governance structures of organizations, businesses and modern forms of interaction between them with regard to Bulgarian, European and world practice;

-  transnational companies, the forms in which they exist, their mergers and acquisitions;

-  principles, challenges and forms for successful realization of the objectives in the field of international entrepreneurship;

-  Bulgarian and European institutional, administrative and legal system;

-  the role and place of the administration in the public sector and its interaction with civil society and business;

-  principles, challenges and forms for successful realization of the objectives in the field of public administration and local government;

-  interpretation and application of European and Bulgarian legislation concerning the management, policies and practices in the public sector;

-  strategic and tactical management in the public sphere, as well as common approaches, methods and technologies for its practical implementation in various sectors of government, local government and civil society;

-  mechanisms for selection, appraisal, staff development and motivation of employees in the new highly professional, depoliticised and mobile administration;

-  modern requirements and standards for establishing and shaping the managerial and administrative documentation;

-  the main state-legal and political structures of the European Union, European principles and best practices in administrative activities;

-  challenges and responsibilities before the Bulgarian administration in line with European criteria and requirements and expectations of Bulgarian society for competent and economical administration.

Acquired practical skills are oriented to:

•  identification of problems in the management of international organizations;
•  analysis and diagnostics of competitiveness in international organizations;
•  development of marketing, business and strategic plans;
•  identification of problems in the area of ​​policies and practices in government, local government and public sectors and their hierarchical prioritization chain 'goals, priorities, activities, tasks ";
•  skillful use of the mechanisms of public competition and public choice, as well as those for improving the quality of public services for natural and legal persons;
•  analyzing and diagnosing the degree of consistency between the powers of state bodies and business administration;
•  formation of a professional position and identification tools for creating and implementing public strategies at different levels;
•  competent assessment of current developments and trends in the globalized world in terms of their predictability;
•  conducting functional-structural and targeted analyzes to optimize the functions and structure of the administration and improving the quality of preparation of public decisions;
•  use of modern technologies for the development and implementation of public projects and programs and targeted comprehensive events on topical public issues; adequate computer and language knowledge and skills for communication in European administrative space; ability to work in the Internet environment; appropriate use of information technology in administration.

The training is organized in a way that ensures the horizontal mobility within the specialty and offering disciplines that can be selected by students in other disciplines of the university.

 

Programme structure diagram with credits *:

 

№	ECTS Code	Course Title	Lectures and seminars	Out-of-class workload	Number of credits
1	MAN1420	Introduction to Management	45	90	4.5
2	AMG1004	Fundamentals of Public Administration	60	120	6
3	INF1465	Informatics	30	60	3
4	LAW1156	Basics of law	30	60	3
5	ECO1060	Fundamentals of economic theory	30	60	3
6		Optional course 1	30	60	3
7	FLE1002	Foreign language	60	120	6
8	SPO1007	Sport	15	30	1.5
Total for semester I			300	600	30
1	PSY1100	Social communications	60	120	6
2	SOC1082	Sociology of management	30	60	3
3	MAN1425	Visualization and interaction	30	60	3
4	ECO1067	Micro and macroeconomics	60	120	6
5		Elective 1	30	60	3
6		Foreign Language (Level ...)	60	120	6
7	SPO1007	Sport	30	60	3
Total for semester II			300	600	30
		Total for year 1	600	1200	60
1	PSY1040	Psychology of Management	45	90	4.5
2	ADM3273	Government and Administration	60	120	6
3	FIN1137	Organization and technology management	45	90	4.5
4	ACC1034	accounting	45	90	4.5
5		Elective 2	30	60	3
6		Elective 3	30	60	3
7		Free elective course 2	30	60	3
8	SPO1007	Sport	15	30	1.5
Total for semester IІІ			300	600	30
1	ECO1195	Globalization of Economy and Development	45	90	4.5
2	MAR1160	marketing	45	90	4.5
3	ADM1028	Local Government and Regional Development	60	120	6
4	ADM1016	Spatial Planning	60	120	6
5		Elective 4	30	60	3
6		Elective 5	30	60	3
7		Optional discipline 3	30	60	3
Total for semester IV			300	600	30
		Total for year 2	600	1200	60
1	MAN1303	Human resource Management	60	120	6
2	ADM1013	regional economy	45	90	4.5
3	MAN1070	Planning and Forecasting	45	60	4.5
4	MAN1311	International Financial Management	30	60	3
5	LAW1157	Administrative Law and Procedure	60	120	6
6		Elective 6	30	60	3
7		Optional discipline 4	30	60	3
Total for semester V			300	570	30
1	ADM1017	project management	45	90	4.5
2	ADM3278	Tools and mechanisms for public-private partnerships	45	90	4.5
3	MAN1437	Legal protection of business and public sector	45	90	4.5
4	SEC1137	economic security	45	90	4.5
5		Elective 7	30	60	3
6		Elective 8	30	60	3
7		Elective 9	30	60	3
8		sport	20	40	2
9		Educational practice	0	20	1
Total for semester VІ			290	600	30
		Total year 3	590	1170	60
1	MAN1036	Strategic Management	60	120	6
2	MAN1430	Crowdsourcing and kraudfanding	45	90	4.5
3	ADM1018	Sustainable Development	45	90	4.5
4	MAN1429	Coaching and management	30	60	3
5		Elective 10	30	60	3
6		Elective 11	30	60	3
7		Elective 12	30	60	3
8		Optional discipline 5	30	60	3
Total for semester VІІ			300	600	30
1	MAN3283	Management of conflicts	60	120	6
2	ADM1183	Application of reengineering in an administrative environment	30	60	3
3		Elective 13	30	60	3
4		Elective 14	30	60	3
5		Optional discipline 6	30	60	3
6		Internship	0	40	2
7		State examination / Diploma Thesis	0	200	10
Общо за VІІІ семестър			180	600	30
		Total year 4	480	1200	60
		Total for the entire course of study :	2270	4770	240
		ELECTIVE COURSES, SHOOSE  14 FROM 40 **
	MAT1027	Applied Mathematics	30	60	3
	INF1434	Online positioning the organization	30	60	3
	MAN1441	Social Networking in Business Management	30	60	3
	INF1476	E-Governance and E-management	30	60	3
	MAN1071	Entrepreneurship	30	60	3
	ADM1034	Business correspondence	30	60	3
	MAN1078	Management of Small and Medium Business	30	60	3
	MAN1077	Quality management	30	60	3
	MAN1083	Approaches and mechanisms for property management in publ.sektor	30	60	3
	FIN1136	Corporate Taxation	30	60	3
	MAN1432	Leadership	30	60	3
	MAN1421	Оutsourcing	30	60	3
	MAN1073	Production management	30	60	3
	MAM1444	Management of international projects	30	60	3
	FIN1016	Public finances	30	60	3
	FIN1135	Corporate finance	30	60	3
	MAN1440	Social innovation and business	30	60	3
	ECO1017	Еconomic analysis	30	60	3
	PCI1060	Public Relations	30	60	3
	MAR1161	Marketing research	30	60	3
	MAN1445	Innovation Management	30	60	3
	MAN1055	International Business	30	60	3
	MAN1270	Investment Management	30	60	3
	ADM1190	Logistics migration	30	60	3
	MAN1252	Benchmarking	30	60	3
	POL3105	European policies and initiatives in support of business and public sector	30	60	3
	POL1013	Policies and instruments for cross-border cooperation	30	60	3
	POL1039	Politics and Government	30	60	3
	MAN1436	Behavioral research and analysis	30	60	3
	MAN3277	Risk management	30	60	3
	ADM1193	Tax Administration	30	60	3
	MAN1062	Logistics management	30	60	3
	ECO3110	Business Economics	30	60	3
	MAN1396	Event Management	30	60	3
	POL3122	European cooperation and regional integration	30	60	3
	ADM1051	Counteraction to Corruption in Public Administration. Conflict of Interests.	30	60	3
	FLE1013	Specialized language (level A1)	30	60	3
	FLE1013	Specialized foreign language (level 2)	30	60	3
	MAN1353	Training firm 1	30	60	3
	MAN1357	Training firm 2	30	60	3
		Optional courses ,   choose  6
	PSY3267	Philosophy	30	60	3
	ADM1010	Fundamentals of civil society	30	60	3
	QMS1007	Statistics	30	60	3
	BLT1002	Language culture	30	60	3
	ECO1024	Labour Economics	30	60	3
	MAN1423	Business ethics	30	60	3
	MAN1090	Ecological management	30	60	3
	SOC1006	Social Policy	30	60	3
	PSY1232	Organizational behavior	30	60	3
	ADM1033	Administrative protocol
	POL1113	Theory of International Relations	30	60	3
	SOW1009	Methodology and social research	30	60	3
	MAN1428	Quantitative Methods in Management	30	60	3
	MAN1081	Managing change in organizations	30	60	3
	MAN1427	European policies	30	60	3
	MAN1431	Cultural Heritage	30	60	3
	MAN1010	Mediamenidzhmant	30	60	3
	ECO1018	Adjusting the economy and business	30	60	3
	ECO1215	Institutional system of the European Union	30	60	3
	POL1092	Comparative European Public Administration	30	60	3
	POL1012	Contemporary political systems	30	60	3
	LAW1057	EU law	30	60	3
	LAW1018	Constitutional Law	30	60	3
	LAW1143	Basics of civil law	30	60	3
	LAW1006	Intellectual Property Law	30	60	3
	LAW1152	Commercial Law	30	60	3
	LAW1155	International Trade Law	30	60	3
	FLE1015	Foreign language (business)	30	60	3
	FLF1007	Foreign language (business correspondence)	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: Regular, part-time, distance.

 

Examination regulations and grading scale:

The conduct of semester exams, methods and evaluation criteria, as well as an opportunity to inform students about the motives of the evaluation, including current ratings are specific to each discipline and are detailed in the respective curricula. In the majority of curricula is stated that:

- Semester grade is based on an ongoing assessment and evaluation of the final exam, a pre-announced criteria;

- Current assessment is based on team and individual performance to put theoretical and practical tasks (term papers, essays, essays, interim tests, projects, business games, case studies, etc.) And active participation in discussions;

- Final exam is written: developing a topic from the syllabus and / or specify tasks for self and / or solving test with open or closed issues;

- Students have the opportunity to be informed about their assessments and reasons for assessment during lectures and tuition exercises during consultations immediately after the exam, by email, by business and mobile phones, which are available on the website of the university .

Admission to the state exam / thesis defense the students have successfully passed all semester exams curriculum and they awarded 230 credits (176 credits from compulsory courses, 36 credits from elective courses, 15 credits of optional courses, 3 credits from educational training and internship). By thesis defense allowed students with a GPA of semester exams not lower than 5.00.

 

 

Occupational profiles of graduates

Successful graduates can work as: Employees and experts in business administrations in the structural units of companies and organizations from the public and private sector agencies, ministries in the country and abroad, experts and heads of sectors, consultants and collaborators; as well as civil servants in the central, devolved and decentralized administration; employees under labor contract (contract) in the central, devolved and local administration; employees in budget organizations for public services - education, health, social welfare, protection of public order; officials in the non-state public bodies (NGOs) - associations, foundations and other organizations for the realization of public objectives; officials in the administration of businesses that are public state or public municipal property and serving the public sector; international officials.

 

Access to further studies:

• Successful graduates can immediately continue their education at preferential terms in graduate programs "European Administration and Management", "Management of projects financed from EU funds", "Administration and Management", "Leadership in a Global Environment", "Management and international marketing "," Online management and marketing "and the line of continuing (postgraduate) lifelong learning.
• Can be selected and other graduate programs, announced at VSU.
• Specialty is accredited four scientific fields for PhD studies on self-study.

 

Head of Department:

• Assoc. Prof. Mariya Velikova, PhD
• Visiting day: Monday (16:00 – 17:00h.), Office A 403;
• tel.: +359 52 359 595
• е-mail: mariya.velikova@vfu.bg, velikova.mariya@gmail.com