Tourism Management

Faculty of International Economics and Administration
Department of Administration and Management

Speciality: Business Administration and Management – Tourism Management

Awarded qualification: Business Manager in Tourism

Level of qualification: Bachelor

Length of programme: 4 years

Number of credits: 240

Field(s) of study (ISCED-F): 041 Business and administration

Specific admission requirements:
Diploma of Secondary Education or Diploma of Higher Education, successfully passed entrance examination. State matriculation examinations and international certificate examinations in language and computer skills are recognized as entrance examinations.

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:
The ECTS coordinator, Assist. Prof. Gergana Zhelyazkova, (e-mail: gergana.zhelyazkova@vfu.bg, ggzhelyazkova@gmail.com), of the Department of Administration, Management and Political Science provides initial information and guidelines for the existing possibilities for recognition and awarding of credits from prior learning.
The recognition of credits is possible on the basis of submitted documents (an academic transcript of records or a diploma from a previous study; international diplomas and certificates, etc.).
Certification of knowledge and skills is carried out by taking examinations at Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” in the following areas:

foreign languages;
computer literacy;
specific for the professional area knowledge and skills at the Department of Administration, Management and Political Science.

The Department awards ECTS credits in compliance with the major’s curriculum, on the basis of achieved certification results.

Qualification requirements and regulations:
In order to be awarded this qualification, students need to obtain 240 credits, 182 credits are awarded for doing compulsory courses, 30 credits are awarded for doing elective courses, 15 credits are awarded for doing optional courses, 3 credits are awarded for training work placement and pre-graduation internship and 10 credits are awarded for State Examination (Thesis Defence).

Programme profile:
The process of study in "Business Administration and Management – Tourism Management is based on the following fundamental areas: Economics, Sociology, Management, Information Technology. It aims at training highly qualified specialists and experts in the field of tourism management who can work competently and loyally, occupying responsible positions at different types of tourism organizations.
The process of study in "Business Administration and Management – Tourism Management focuses mainly on the problematic and creative presentation of lectures and on the application of active methods - case studies, role plays, individual or team development of presentations and project assignments, doing tests and other forms of training and continuous assessment. Students are encouraged to write essays and develop research papers, participate in contests and student competitions and conferences held at the university, in Bulgaria and abroad.
The curriculum provides students with the opportunity to conduct work placements and pre-graduation internship in tourism organizations at students’ own choice.
The process of training is organized in a way which provides the opportunity for horizontal mobility within the major and offers courses that can be selected by students in other majors at the university. Students are encouraged to participate in academic mobility under the “Erasmus” program.

Programme learning outcomes:
Students acquire specific knowledge and skills such as: develop specific competences enabling them to research and evaluate real facts and phenomena of business practices in tourism; form capabilities for expert analysis and evaluation of management problems and develop options for management decisions in tourism enterprises; adoption of policies to capture target markets; capacity building for implementation of functional strategies of tourism enterprises, development of communication skills by active participation in business games, case studies and the experience gained during the work placement.

Programme structure diagram with credits *:

№	ECTS Code		Course Title	Lectures and Seminars	Out-of-class workload		Credits
1			2	3	4		5
1	MAN1420		Introduction to Management	60	120		6
2	MAN1426		Introduction to Entrepreneurship	60	120		6
3	INF1465		Computing	30	60		3
4			Foreign language	60	120		6
5			Optional course 1	30	60		3
6	MAN1434		Online Positioning of the Organization	30	60		3
7	SPO1007		Sports	30	60		3
Total for semester I				300	600		30
1	PSY1100		Social Communications	60	120		6
2	LAW1156		Fundamentals of Law	30	60		3
3	SOC1082		Sociology	30	60		3
4	MAN1425		Visualizing and Interaction	30	60		3
5	ECO 1067		Micro and Macroeconomics	60	120		6
6			Foreign language	60	120		6
7	SPO1007		Sports	30	60		3
Total for semester II				300	600		30
Total for year I				600	1200		60
1	PSY1040		Psychology of Management	45	90		4,5
2	INF1466		Information and Booking Systems in Tourism	30	60		3
3	MAN1331		Management of Tourist Destinations	30	60		3
4	MAN1435		Fundamentals of Tourist Activity	30	60		3
5	ACC1034		Accounting	45	90		4,5
6			Foreign language	60	120		6
7			Elective course 1	30	60		3
8			Elective course 2	30	60		3
Total for semester III				300	600		30
1	ECO 1195		Globalization of Economy and Development	45	90		4,5
2	MAR1160		Marketing	60	120		6
3	MAN1078		Management of Small and Medium Business	60	120		6
4	MAN1378		Management of Tourism	45	90		4,5
5			Elective course 3:	30	60		3
6			Foreign language	60	120		6
Total for semester IV				300	600		30
Total for year II				600	1200		60
1	MAN1424		Business Planning	60	120		6
2	MAN1303		Human Resource Management	60	120		6
3	MAN3268		Organization and Management of Tourism Company	45	90		4,5
4	MAN1445		Innovation Management	45	90		4,5
5			Elective course 4	30	60		3
6			Elective course 5	30	60		3
7			Optional course 2:	30	60		3
Total for semester V				300	600		30
1	TUR1138		Sustainable Development of Tourism	30	60		3
2	MAN1048		Hotel Management	45	90		4,5
3	PSY1232		Organizational Behaviour	60	120		6
4	MAN1346		Specific Tools of Financing	30	60		3
5	MAN1077		Quality Management	30	60		3
6			Elective course 6	30	60		3
7			Optional course 3:	30	60		3
8			Optional course 4:	30	60		3
9			Workplace training	0	60		1,5
Total for semester VI				285	630		30
Total for year III				585	1230		60
1	MAN1442		Strategic Management	60	120		6
2	MAN1045		Restaurant Management	45	90		4,5
3	MAN1438		Project Organization and Management	45	90		4,5
4	MAN1084		Tour Operators and Travel Agencies Management	45	90		4,5
5	MAN1062		Logistics Management	45	90		4,5
6			Elective course 7	30	60		3
7	.............		Elective course 8	30	60		3
Total for semester VII				300	600		30
1	MAN1431		Cultural Heritage	30	60		3
2	MAN1008		Controlling	45	90		4,5
3			Elective course 9	30	60		3
4			Elective course 10	30	60		3
5			Optional course 5:	30	60		3
6	SPO1007		Sports	20	40		2
7			Pre-diploma internship	0	60		1,5
8			State examination/Thesis defense	0	300		10
Total for semester VIII				185	730		30
Total for year IV				485	1330		60
Elective Courses
1	MAN1423		Business Ethics	30	60		3
2	PSY1246		Social Psychology and Tourist Behavior	30	60		3
3	TUR1105		Sea and Mountain Tourism	30	60		3
4	MAN1350		Leisure Time Management	30	60		3
5	TUR1090		Rural Tourism	30	60		3
6	ADM1034		Business Correspondence	30	60		3
7	TUR1150		Balkan Region Tourism	30	60		3
8	TUR1131		Religious Tourism	30	60		3
9			Specialized foreign language (level 1)	30	60		3
10	MAN1369		Event Management	30	60		3
11	TUR1126		Ecotourism	30	60		3
12	TUR1109		Adventure and Expedition Tourism	30	60		3
13	MAN1422		Outsourcing	30	60		3
14	TUR1120		Health and Social Tourism	30	60		3
15			Specialized foreign language (level 2)	30	60		3
16	TUR1116		Congress Tourism	30	60		3
17	ECO1205		Economics of Tourism	30	60		3
18	MAN3277		Risk Management	30	60		3
19	MAN1353		Educational and Training Company 1	30	60		3
20	MAN1361		Guide and Animation Activity Management	30	60		3
21	ECO1186		Insurance in Tourism	30	60		3
22	SEC1137		Security and Safety in Business Sector	30	60		3
23	MAN1335		Spatial Development in Tourism	30	60		3
24	MAN1436		Behavioural Studies and Analyses	30	60		3
25	MAN1357		Educational and Training Company 2	30	60		3
26	MAN1373		Technology of Tourist Service	30	60		3
Optional Courses
1	PSY3267		Philosophy	30	60		3
2	BLT1002		Language Culture	30	60		3
3	MAT1027		Applied Mathematics	30	60		3
4	QMS1007		Statistics	30	60		3
5	MAN1428		Quantitative Methods in Management	30	60		3
6	SOW1009		Methods and Methodology of Social Research	30	60		3
7	MAN1429		Coaching and Management	30	60		3
8	MAN1252		Benchmarking	30	60		3
9	MAN1432		Leadership	30	60		3
10	MAR1161		Marketing Research	30	60		3
11	PCI1060		Public Relations	30	60		3
12	MAN1443		Spatial Planning	30	60		3
13	MAN1257		Business Processes Management	30	60		3
14	MAN3261		Conflict Management	30	60		3
15	SOC1006		Social Policy	30	60		3
16	MAN1313		Local Self-governance and Regional Development	30	60		3
17	ADM1169		State Governance and Administration	30	60		3
18	ECO1215		EU Institutional System	30	60		3
19	ADM3278		Tools and Mechanisms for Public-Private Partnerships	30	60		3
20	MAN1437		Legal Protection of Business	30	60		3
21	INF1468		E-Governance and E-management	30	60		3
22	LAW1057		European Union Law	30	60		3
23	LAW1018		Constitutional Law	30	60		3
24			Second foreign language( level 1)	30	60		3
25			Second foreign language( level 2)	30	60		3

Foreign Languages
Compulsory
First Year (Level 1)
1.		FLE 1002	English - A2	120		240		12
		FLE 1003	English - B1.1	120		240		12
		FLE 1004	English - B1.2	120		240		12
		FLF 1001	French – A1	120		240		12
		FLG 1001	German – A1	120		240		12
		FLR 1001	Russian – A1	120		240		12
		FLS 1002	Spanish – A2	120		240		12
Second Year (Level 2)
2.		FLE 1003	English B1.1	120		240		12
		FLE 1004	English B1.2	120		240		12
		FLE 1005	English B2	120		240		12
		FLF 1002	French – A2	120		240		12
		FLG 1002	German – A2	120		240		12
		FLR 1002	Russian – A2	120		240		12
		FLS 1003	Spanish – B1.1	120		240		12
Elective
1		Specialized Foreign Language (Level 1)
		FLE 2003	Business English B1.1	30		60		3
		FLE 200 4	Business English B1.2	30		60		3
2.		Specialized Foreign Language (Level 2)
		FLE 2003	Business English B1.1	30		60		3
		FLE 200 4	Business English B1.2	30		60		3
Optional
1.		Second Foreign Language (Level 1)
		FLF 1001	French – A1	30		60		3
		FLG 1001	German – A1	30		60		3
		FLR 1001	Russian – A1	30		60		3
		FLS 1001	Spanish – A2	30		60		3
2.		Second Foreign Language (Level 2)
		FLF 1001	French – A1	30		60		3
		FLG 1001	German – A1	30		60		3
		FLR 1001	Russian – A1	30		60		3
		FLS 100 2	Spanish – A2	30		60		3

Mode of study: full-time, part-time, and distance learning

Examination regulations, assessment and grading scale:
The regulations are specific to each discipline (project or task assignments, research papers, interim tests, project assignment defence, etc.).

Obligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable): none

Work placement(s) (if applicable): Pre-graduation internship

Work-based learning: Workplace training

Occupational profiles of graduates:
The acquired professional qualification allows graduates to successfully realize themselves as managers and organizers of hotels, catering companies and travel agencies; as managers and organizers in marketing, advertising, public relations; in human resource management and the activities of tourism enterprises.

Access to further studies:
The acquired knowledge, skills and abilities in the Bachelor’s degree program are a basis for further studies in Master's and PhD programs.

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

Tourism Management

Faculty of International Economics and Administration Department of Administration and Management

Faculty of International Economics and Administration
Department of Administration and Management