University of Economics – Varna

1. Purposes of the qualifications characteristics

The purposes of the qualifications characteristics are as follows:

• to outline the courses;
• to describe the professional knowledge, skills and competences;
• to improve the curriculum and the syllabuses;
• to describe job opportunities.

2. Professional knowledge and skills

The programme develops knowledge, skills and competences in several areas of Computer science such as:

1. Development and support of web applications and e-business systems;
2. Business process modeling and automation.
3. Data science.
4. Mobile application development.

3. Education in „Computer Science“

The curriculum includes courses such as: E-Commerce; .NET Web Development; Business Process Modeling; E-Finance; Server-Side Web Programming, etc.

The programme is available to study full-time. The students complete their studies by writing a master’s thesis or by passing a comprehensive state exam (by choice). Graduates are awarded the title „Master in Computer Science“.                   

4. Job options

CS graduates have various job opportunities. Jobs directly related to CS degree include:

• Computer systems analyst;
• Computer systems administrator;
• Network designer;
• Business analyst;
• Information systems designer;
• Software developer;
• Web developer (front end and back end);
• Database developer;
• Database administrator;
• E-business systems developer;
• E-business systems manager, etc.

5. Competencies acquired by programme graduates

Master graduates possess the following competencies:

Autonomy and responsibility:

• ability to establish administrative structures and to manage teams to solve complex problems in an unpredictable environment with a multitude of interacting actors and intermodal opportunities;
• demonstrate knowledge in operational synergies in managing changes in a complex environment;
• demonstrate creativity and innovation in the development of projects;
• initiate processes and organizes activities requiring a high degree of consistency;
• develop policies and demonstrate leadership qualities for their implementation;

Learning competences:

• systematically and deeply evaluation of knowledge and identification of needs for new knowledge;
• demonstrated a high level of autonomy and ability to orient on complex content, using their own methods and approaches to controlling it;
• use of variety of methods and techniques for utilizing of complex curriculum;
• knowledge of rich notions and shows skills for conceptual and abstract thinking;

Communication and social competences:

• ability to present clear and accessible own ideas, formulations of problems and possible solutions to specialized and non-specialized audiences using a wide range of techniques and approaches;
• development and explosions of justified beliefs about social processes and practices and ability to arguing proposals for their improvement or change;
• speaking some of the most popular European languages;

Professional competences:

• collect, process and interpret specific information needed to solve the complex problems in the field of study;
• integrate a wide range of knowledge and sources of information in a new and relatively unfamiliar context;
• make reasoned judgments and find solutions in complex environment of diverse interactions;
• demonstrate ability to adequately conduction and cooperation in business and / or professional sectors;
• ability to solve problems by integrating complex sources of knowledge in terms of insufficient information available in a new unfamiliar environment;
• ability to initiate changes and to manage development processes in complex conditions;
• engagement with important scientific, social and ethical issues arising in the course of work or training;

Programme

Computer Science (in English), Full-time (January Admission) (2021) Informatics (in English), Full-time (2020) Computer Science (in English), Full-time (January Admission) (2020) Computer Science (in English), Full-time (January Admission) (2019)

First year

2021