BA IN PHILOSOPHY

(TAUGHT IN BULGARIAN)

Brief presentation of the program: Training in the program during the first two years covers
general education; training in basic scientific directions in two-Semester courses: Philosophy of
morality, The law and politics, general sociology, aesthetics and art theory, political science,
historical knowledge, human culture, philosophy of science; practical courses: Great
philosophers, Platon: The State, the problems of philosophy and others. During the third and
fourth year training is organized in specialized courses in the program and extracurricular
learning modes. In the fourth year the program offers three specializations that lead to
professional qualifications.

Major and qualification:

Major: Philosophy
Qualification: philosopher

First year, First Semester

Basic courses
GENB028 Philosophy of morality, law and politics, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB014 Political Science, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB027 Philosophy of Science, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB043 Basics of Social Policy, 30h, 3 ECTS

Practical credit courses

OOOK003 Basic philosophical concepts, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK055 Everyday world, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK139 Contemporary philosophical issues, 30h, 3 ECTS

First year, Second Semester

Basic courses
GENB028 Philosophy of morality, law and politics, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB014 Political Science, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB027 Philosophy of Science, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB043 Basics of Social Policy, 30h, 3 ECTS

Practical credit courses

OOOK002 Introduction to Philosophy, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK033 What is philosophy, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK073 What is a parliamentary state - history and functioning, 30h, 3 ECTS

Second Year, Third Semester

Basic courses
GENB010B General Sociology, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB019 Historical knowledge, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB026Human culture , 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB029 Aesthetics and Theory of Art, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB033 Neurobiological foundations of human behavior, 30h, 3 ECTS

Practical credit courses

OOOK030 Basic Course on Ethics, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK048 Introduction to Psychoanalysis, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK070 Christianity - culture, politics, religion, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK092 Risk society, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK095 The Conquest of America, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK110 Practical logic, 30h, 3 ECTS
Second Year, Fourth Semester
Basic courses
GENB010B General Sociology, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB019 Historical knowledge, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB026Human culture, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB029 Aesthetics and Theory of Art, 30h, 3 ECTS
GENB033 Neurobiological foundations of human behavior, 30h, 3 ECTS

Practical credit courses

OOOK034 University worlds, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK087 Social change in Bulgaria (1878-1944), 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK088 Citizens and civil society, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK100 "Madness" and "crime" in modern societies, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK142 New youth cultures and alternative groups, 30h, 3 ECTS
OOOK143 Culture and Geography of Wine, 30h, 3 ECTS

Third year, Fifth Semester

Basic courses
PHIB403 Philosophical theories of truth, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB408 Philosophy of flavor, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB409 Man in the ancient world, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB507Platon and Platonism, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB524 Justice and happiness in the "State" of Platon and the "Nicomachean Ethics" of Aristotle,
30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB560 Empiricism and pragmatism, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB704 The philosophy of Kant, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB707 Descartes and modern rationalism, 30h, 3 ECTS

Extracurricular credit courses

PHIB520 Seminar "Philosophy Café" (European dialogues), 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB521 Seminar "Ad hoc course - Part I", 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB561 Practice: Working with electronic resources and shaping the idea of a research project,
90h, 9 ECTS

Third year, Sixth Semester

Basic courses
PHIB633 Man in the medieval world, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB634 Political Philosophy, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB635 Meanings and values in the philosophy of existentialism, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB637 Kantian tradition in philosophy, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB638 Philosophical Aesthetics, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB639 Philosophy of mind and action, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB703 Aristotle and aristotelism , 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB710 Philosophy and Metaphysics of XVII century: Pascal, Spinoza, Leibniz, 30h, 3 ECTS

Extracurricular credit courses

PHIB631 Seminar "Ad hoc course - Part II", 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB702 Seminar: Applied ethics - Workshop for the Study of professional communities, 30h, 3
ECTS
PHIB862 Practice: Implementation of an independent research project under the standard for
scientific publication, 90h, 9 ECTS
Fourth year, Seventh Semester
Basic courses
PHIB512 The philosophy of Hegel, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB717 Analytical philosophy, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB725 The philosophy of Freud, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB733 The philosophy of Nietzsche, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB735 Phenomenology, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB736 Renaissance: philosophy, culture, art, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB737 free will and / or necessity, 30h, 3 ECTS

Extracurricular credit courses

PHIB835 Philosophy of morality, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB863 Internship: Organization, participation and media coverage of scientific conferences and
seminars, 120h, 12 ECTS

Fourth year, Eighth Semester

Basic courses
PHIB617 Social Philosophy, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB716 Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB719 Critical theory and contemporary social criticism, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB729 Religion and Politics, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB826 Structuralism and post structuralism, 30h, 3 ECTS
PHIB845 Philosophy, Fantasy, Fiction, 30h, 3 ECTS

Extracurricular credit courses

PHIB864 Internship in the archives of the NBU, 180h, 18 ECTS