Degree: Master
Type of education:
Number of semesters: 2
Professional qualification: Economics
Professional field: ECONOMICS
First year: 2019
Specific courses:
Specialized courses:
Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
Graduate students gain professional competencies to plan, organize and manage production in the agricultural sector; to optimize the use of land, material, and labor resources of the companies; to carry out economic research, analyses and economic forecasts, and etc. They successfully can provide consultancy for companies and to perform expert activities, to realize and make decisions in public policy for the sector. The most important competencies that are acquired by graduates are related to: building skills for better learning; promoting the entrepreneurial skills, capacity building to teamwork; creativity in the research planning, commitment to the agricultural matters, and etc.
Employment opportunities upon graduation:
Graduates acquire knowledge, skills and competencies to organize and manage economic system in the agricultural sphere – production and trade of agricultural products and food, alternative production activities in rural areas, companies in production infrastructure, and etc. Graduates can successfully make independent entrepreneurial initiative or consulting in the field of agriculture.
Master students are economics who can successfully occupy positions in state and municipal structural funds and divisions, directed to agricultural activities, national policies and financial support for the sector. They can continue their education as PhD students in Bulgaria and abroad.
Studied subjects | Semester | Credits | Type of grading | Student involvement | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Self-study | Classes | ||||
Specialised | ||||||
Agrarian Policy | 9 | 8 | Exam | 240 | 165 | 75 |
European Programmes and Projects in Agribusiness | 9 | 8 | Exam | 240 | 165 | 75 |
Investment Management in Agribusiness | 9 | 6 | Exam | 180 | 120 | 60 |
Marketing Research in Agribusiness | 9 | 8 | Exam | 240 | 165 | 75 |
Quality Management in Agribusiness | 10 | 8 | Exam | 240 | 180 | 60 |
Master Degree Seminar | 10 | 8 | Ongoing assessment | 240 | 210 | 30 |
Social Capital and Social Networks in Agribusiness | 10 | 8 | Exam | 240 | 165 | 75 |
Electives (1)
|
10 | 6 | Ongoing assessment | 180 | 135 | 45 |
Total for Specialised | 0 | 0 | ||||
Graduare | ||||||
Electives (1)
|
10 | 15 | Exam | 450 | 450 | 0 |
Total for Graduare | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total for the entire period of study | 75 | 2250 | 1755 | 495 | ||
Optional courses | Semester | Credits | Student involvement | |||
Total | Self-study | Classes | ||||
Foreign Language - Russian | 10 | 3 | 90 | 60 | 30 | |
Foreign Language - French | 10 | 3 | 90 | 60 | 30 | |
Foreign Language - German | 10 | 3 | 90 | 60 | 30 | |
Foreign Language - English | 10 | 3 | 90 | 60 | 30 |