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Program in State Administration at the Masters Faculty, New Bulgarian University
The Undergraduate Program offers three possible areas of specialisation for 1 year, 2 semesters (during the 4th year) by choice after a 3 year general ground compulsory education ("Qalification level"):
- State and Local Administration
- Administration of Defence and Security
- Administration of Arts and Culture
(0) Qualification Level (3 years):
1. Introduction in Public Administration
2. Introduction in Common Law Theory
3. Introduction in Economics
4. Public Government - I part
5. Application of Informatics in PA
6. Public Government - II part
7. Political History of Bulgaria
8. Political Sociology
9. Regional Economics
10. Human Resource Management
11. Introduction in Personal Psychology
12. Dynamic of Values in Cultural Processes
13. Social and Economical Statistics
14. Constitutional Law
15. World History (after 1900)
16. Managing National Development
17. Political Public Process
18. Public Behaviour in Administration
19. Civil Law
20. Introduction in the Social Psychology
21. How to Manage with Documents
22. Administrative Law and Procedures
23. Regional Development and Administration
24. Social Policy
25. Public Finances
26. Organisational Behaviour
27. Administration of Taxation Services
28. Administrative Etiquette
29. Business Correspondence
30. Comparative Public Administration
31. Public Relations
All students who have successfully completed the Qualification Level may pass to the next level after a comprehensive examination.
1. BACHELOR’s LEVEL (1 year) -- one of the following 3 by CHOICE:
PA - STATE and LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
1. Ecological Problems & Administration
2. Information Technologies in PA
3. Administration of the Internal Services
4. Administration in Arts and Culture
5. Administration in Education & Science-2 cr.
6. International Institutions & Relations
7. Project Management
8. Territorial and Town Planning
9. Public Opinion and Policy
10. Higher Administration
PA - Administration of Arts and Culture
1. Administration of Arts and Culture
2. Contract Relations in Arts & Culture
3. Cultural Policy
4. Introduction in Cultural Science
5. The Fine-Arts Market in Bulgaria
6. Marketing & Public Relations in Arts
7. Fund-raising in Arts
8. Bulgarian Fine-Arts
9. Bulgarian Theatre
10. Organisation of a Museum
10. Theatre and Stage Management
11. Project Management
PA - ADMINISTRATION OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY
1. Principals of Administration in Defence & Security
2. Principals of the Security Policy
3. Administering the Preparation for Defence
4.Information Technologies in Defence & Security
5. Administration of Internal Services
6. Economics of Defence and Security
7. Strategic Management in Defence & Security
8. Operational Analyses in Defence &Security
Elective Courses
At least 4 courses must be selected from those offered below. All listed curses are for 2 credits, or, 30 contact hours.
1. Successful Negotiating
2. Social Thinking
3. Political Behaviour
4. International Law. Selected Problems
5. Ethnically Problems
6. Urbanisation
7. Church and Religion Communities
8. Theatrical Aspects of the Political Process
9. Comparative Local Government
10. Criminology
11. Public Diplomacy and Civil Society
12. Arts Sociology (applied aspects)
13. Theatre Critique
14. Psychology of the Audience
15. History and Theory of the Stage Production
16. Managing Exhibition Area
17. Experts’ Evaluation of Plastic Arts
18. International Humanitarian Law
19. Politology
20. Psychological Aspects of Defence & Security
21. Decision Making in Indefinite and Risky Cases
22. Communication and Negotiation
23. Administration and Sustainable Development
24. Anatomy of Corruption
25. Municipality Investments
26. Legal Requirements in Planning Cities
+ 160 hours Internship and Bachelors' Thesis
2. MASTERS LEVEL (EACH COURSE 30 CONTACT HOURS)
Prerequisite courses:
On admission, all students will be assessed by the MPA programme director to ascertain whether they need to take any of the prerequisite courses.
1. Bulgarian State Policy - Historical Review
2. Philosophy of Government
3. Social and Political Processes
Required courses
All students are required to take the following courses:
1. Perspectives of Public Administration
2. Statistical Analysis
3. Legal Statute of Citizens and Organisations
4. Strategic Human Resource Management
5. Financial Administration
6. Administrative Law and Administrative Procedures. Selected Themes
7. Social Behaviour and Administration
Required Specialisation Courses
1. Business Environment
2. Higher Administration
3. Institutions and Mechanisms of Social Policy
4. Strategy and Structure of Regional Development
CORE MASTERS PROGRAM:
1. International Law. Selected Problems
2. Bulgaria in the European Co-operation
Elective Courses
Five courses must be selected from those offered below, according to each student's preferences.
1. Urban Studies
2. Information Technologies in Administration
3. Taxes, Fees and the Budget
4. Bulgarian Communities Abroad
5. Ecological Conflicts and Administration
6. Ethnic Problems
7. Administration of Security Services
8. Church and Religion Communities in Bulgaria
9. Health Management
10. Research and Education Policies
11. Administration of Non-profit Organisations
12. Audit Organisation (research and technological)
13. Comparative Public Administration
14. Anatomy of Corruption
15. Municipality Investments
16. Legal Requirements in Planning Cities
+240 hours Internship and either Masters’ Thesis or Comprehensive Examination
