BULGARIA

PA PROGRAM at the Faculty of Infrastructure, University of National and World Economy

1. BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM OF PA:

(1) COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

#	SUBJECT	CONTACT HOURS (LECTURES/SEMINARS)
1.	Basics of Government	75/45
2.	Human Resource Management	45/15
3.	Communications and Public Relations	45/15
4.	Control in Public Administration	60/30
5.	Economics	90/30
6.	Finance	60/30
7.	Accounting	60/30
8.	Introduction to Law	60/0
9.	Basics of Public Law	90/30
10.	Basics of Private Law	60/30
11.	Law of the EU	45/0
12.	Basics of Politics and Public Power	60/0
13.	State Power and State Administration	75/15
14.	Local Power and Administration	75/30
15.	State Policy and Strategies	45/15
16.	Sociology	45/15
17.	Regionalistics (Regional Studies)	75/30
18.	Quantitative Methods in Management	30/30
19.	Information Systems and Technologies	60/60

 

 

(2) SPECIALIZING SUBJECTS:

(A) SPECIALIZING COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

#	SUBJECT	CONTACT HOURS (LECTURES/SEMINARS)
1.	Public Finance	45/15
2.	Strategic Management	45/15
3.	Urban Studies	60/15
4.	Territorial Setting and Urban Planning	60/15
5.	Management of the Infrastructure Basis	90/30
6.	Social Policy	60/15
7.	Economy and Administration of Culture Related Activities	45/15
8.	International Institutions and Administration	60/30
9.	Geodemography	45/15
10.	Ethics of Public Administration	30/0
11.	Documenting and Record Keeping	45/15
12.	Foreign Language	0/120

 

 

(B) ELECTIVE SUBJECTS (one of the 2 MODULES is to be chosen):

MODULE I

#	SUBJECT	CONTACT HOURS (LECTURES/SEMINARS)
1.	Higher Administration	60/30
2.	Governmental Policy	60/15
3.	Legislation Process and Parliamentary Behavior	60/15
4.	Psychology	60/30
5.	Comparative State Administration	30/15
6.	History of the Bulgarian Economic and Administrative Institutions	60/30

 

MODULE II

#	SUBJECT	CONTACT HOURS (LECTURES/SEMINARS)
1.	Comparative Local Administration	30/0
2.	Marketing of Municipality Activities	60/30
3.	Local Finance	75/45
4.	Municipality Investments	45/15
5.	Economics and Management of the Municipality Firms	60/30
6.	Municipality Markets and Stock Exchanges	60/15

 

(3) ELECTIVE SUPPLEMENTARY COURSES (3 subjects should be chosen for each of the MODULES):

 

#	SUBJECT	CONTACT HOURS (LECTURES/SEMINARS)
1.	International Law	45/15
2.	Decision Making and Risk Management	45/15
3.	Business Letter Writing	45/15
4.	International Finance Systems	45/15
5.	Civic Communities	45/15
6.	Rhetoric	45/15
7.	Theory of Democracy	45/15
8.	Administration of National Defence and Security	45/15
9.	Economics and Organization of NGOs	45/15
10.	Municipality Legislation	45/15
11.	Intellectual Property	45/15
12.	Nature Resources and Complexes	45/15
13.	Political Parties and Pressure Groups	45/15
14.	Protocol (Official Behavior) in Public Administration	45/15

 

(4) FACULTATIVE ELECTIVE COURSES (free choice):

1. Regional Ecological Conflicts, 45/15

2. Spatial Economic Analysis, 45/15

+ Sports, Second Foreign Language, Fast Writing

 

INTERNSHIP: 4 weeks.

Baccalaureate Diploma Thesis Defence.

 

2. MASTERS PROGRAM OF PA

(A) COMPULSORY FUNDAMENTAL SUBJECTS

#	SUBJECT	CONTACT HOURS (LECTURES/SEMINARS)
1.	Stable Development and Structure of Territories	45/30
2.	Strategy and Structure of the Regional Development	45/30
3.	Administration of Social Activities	45/30
4.	Structure of the Public Sector	45/30
5.	Strategic Human Resource Management	45/30

 

 

(B) ELECTIVE MODULES

MODULE (A)

#	SUBJECT	CONTACT HOURS (LECTURES/SEMINARS)
1.	Managerial Training	45/30
2.	Military Administration	45/30
3.	Police Administration	45/30
4.	Decision Making and Risk Management	45/30

 

MODULE (B)

#	SUBJECT	CONTACT HOURS (LECTURES/SEMINARS)
1.	Auditing of the Public Sector	45/30
2.	Management of Non-profit Organizations	45/30
3.	Managerial Psychology	45/30
4.	European Integration in the Public Sector	45/30