University of Economics – Varna

Corporate Business and Governance

Degree:

Type of education:

Number of semesters: 2

Professional qualification:

Professional field:

First year: 2017

Duration: 1 year; 1.5 years
Language: Bulgarian
Mode of study: Full-time

Specific courses:

  • Industrial Economics
  • Organization of Production and Labor
  • Planning and Analysis of Enterprise

Specialized Subjects:

  • Corporate Management
  • Competitiveness and Growth Management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Corporate Investments
  • Corporate Controlling
  • Corporate Logistics
  • Master Semester
  • Corporate Culture (elective)
  • Corporate Marketing Strategies (elective)
  • Management of Corporate Intellectual Property (elective)

Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
The focus of the programme is on acquiring thorough knowledge and skill in the field of:

  • corporate management – corporate structures, functions and expertise of the bodies of corporate management, corporate culture, social responsibility and good corporate practices;
  • strategic management of corporations and their subsidiaries – development and justification of strategies for corporate development, corporate marketing strategies and other functional strategies for the development of corporations and their subsidiaries;
  • tactical and operative management of corporations and their subsidiaries – common and by major functions of management: logistics, supply, distribution, marketing, innovation, investments, personnel, expenses, finance, intellectual property, ecological development, international relations and participation in the European economic integration, and etc.

During the training are created skills, habits and attitudes for research, managerial and consulting career, for teamwork, taking responsibility and making optimal decisions.

Employment opportunities upon graduation:
The educational content of the master programme is oriented towards training of specialists with higher qualification, capable for effective work in all major departments and divisions of large corporations and their subsidiaries, to organize and administrate the activities of all core business functions, to take economically justified decisions and to ensure the necessary conditions for development and prosperity of the corporations and their subsidiaries (enterprises, factories, research and development units, and etc.). Graduates are able to find realization as analytical and associate professionals and managers at all levels of government corporations and their subsidiaries, in banks, institutions of state and municipal governance, tax administration and social security, in national and international consulting firms, clusters and other forms of strategic alliances.

Programme
First year
2017
Studied subjects Semester Credits Type of grading Student involvement
Total Self-study Classes
9 8 240 165 75
9 8 240 165 75
9 8 240 180 60
9 6 180 105 75
10 8 225 210 15
10 8 240 180 60
10 8 240 165 75
Electives (1)
10 15 0 0 0
Electives (1)
10 6 180 120 60
Total for 0 0
Total for the entire period of study 75 1785 1290 495
1 The course is available only to foreigners