VARNA UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT

STUDY PROGRAMME
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Contact hours Student Total

№ Code Module/Subject centred hours of ECTS
Lectures Seminars PBL/CBL Practice Total learning study
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Year One
First semester
Compulsory modules
Module: Economics and business
environment 30 45 45 0 120 180 300 12
ECON101 Economics 30 30 30 90 135 225 9
BUS101 Business environment 15 15 30 45 75 3
Module: Marketing and business
communications 30 60 30 0 120 180 300 12
MAR101 Marketing 30 30 15 75 125 200 8
LAN100 Business communications 30 15 45 55 100 4
Module: Foreign languages I 0 90 0 0 90 90 180 6
LAN101 English for business and management 45 45 45 90 3
Second foreign language
LAN102 (English/German/French/Spanish) 45 45 45 90 3
Total 60 195 75 0 330 450 780 30
Second semester
Compulsory modules
Module: Research and statistics 30 60 30 0 120 180 300 12
RES101 Research and statistics 30 30 15 75 125 200 8
COM101 Information technologies 30 15 45 55 100 4
Module: Accounting and finance 30 60 30 0 120 180 300 12
ACC101 Introduction to accounting 15 30 15 60 90 150 6
FIN101 Introdustion to finance 15 30 15 60 90 150 6
Module: Foreign languages II 0 90 0 0 90 90 180 6
LAN101 English for business and management 45 45 45 90 3
Second foreign language
LAN102 (English/German/French/Spanish) 45 45 45 90 3
Total 60 210 60 0 330 450 780 30
Summer Internship I
Summer Internship I 0 0 0 30 30 150 180 6
INT1 Summer Internship I 30 30 150 180 6
Total 0 0 0 30 30 150 180 6
Year Two
Third semester
Compulsory modules
Module: Management 30 60 30 0 120 180 300 12
MAN201 Management 15 30 15 60 90 150 6
MAN202 Human resource management 15 30 15 60 90 150 6
Module: Organisational behaviour 30 60 30 0 120 180 300 12
BUS102 Intercultural awarness of business 15 30 15 60 90 150 6
MAN203 Organisational behaviour 15 30 15 60 90 150 6
Module: Foreign languages III 0 90 0 0 90 90 180 6
LAN201 English for business and management 45 45 45 90 3
Second foreign language
LAN202 (English/German/French/Spanish) 45 45 45 90 3
Total 60 210 60 0 330 450 780 30
Fourth semester
Compulsory modules
Module: Marketing research and marketing
communications 30 60 30 0 120 180 300 12
MAR201 Marketing research 15 30 15 60 90 150 6
MAR202 Marketing communications 15 30 15 60 90 150 6
Elective module (1 out of 2)
Module: Entrepreneurship 30 45 45 0 120 180 300 12
BUS202 Entrepreneurship 15 15 15 45 80 125 5
BUS204 Project management 15 15 30 45 75 3
ACC201 Managerial accounting 15 15 15 45 55 100 4
Module: Business planning 30 45 45 0 120 180 300 12
BUS203 Business planning 15 15 15 45 80 125 5
BUS204 Project management 15 15 30 45 75 3
FIN201 Financial planning 15 15 15 45 55 100 4
Compulsory modules
Module: Foreign languages IV 0 90 0 0 90 90 180 6
LAN201 English for business and management 45 45 45 90 3
Second foreign language
LAN202 (English/German/French/Spanish) 45 45 45 90 3
Total 60 195 75 0 330 450 780 30
Summer Internship II
Summer Internship ІІ 0 0 0 30 30 150 180 6
INT2 Summer Internship ІІ 30 30 150 180 6
Total 0 0 0 30 30 150 180 6
 Year Three
Fifth semester
Compulsory modules
Module: International business and cultural
diversity 30 30 30 0 90 160 250 10
BUS301 International business and cultural diversity 30 30 30 90 160 250 10
Elective module (1 out of 4)
Module: Change management 30 30 30 0 90 160 250 10
MAN306 Change management 30 30 30 90 160 250 10

Module: International and global marketing 30 30 30 0 90 160 250 10

MAR301 International and global marketing 30 30 30 90 160 250 10
Module: Strategic management of information
systems 30 30 30 0 90 160 250 10
Strategic management of information
COM301 technologies 30 30 30 90 160 250 10
Module: Strategic Management 30 30 30 0 90 160 250 10
MAN301 Strategic management 30 30 30 90 160 250 10
Compulsory modules
Module: Foreign languages V 0 150 0 0 150 150 300 10
LAN301 English for business and management 75 75 75 150 5
Second foreign language
LAN302 (English/German/French/Spanish) 75 75 75 150 5
Total 60 210 60 0 330 470 800 30
Sixth semester

Module: International business management 30 30 30 0 90 160 250 10

MAN302 International business management 30 30 30 90 160 250 10
Module: Diploma project ** 30 30 60 190 250 10
Module: Foreign languages VI 0 150 0 0 150 150 300 10
LAN301 English for business and management 75 75 75 150 5
Second foreign language
LAN302 (English/German/French/Spanish) 75 75 75 150 5
Total 30 210 60 0 300 500 800 30
Total for the 3 years of study 330 1230 390 60 2010 3070 5080 192

** Students choose 1 out of 2 varinats:

Dissertation DPD
Enterprise project DPE