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Agricultural Business

Degree: Bachelor

Type of education: Full-time

Number of semesters: 8

Professional qualification:

Professional field: ECONOMICS

First year: 2024

Faculty: Faculty of Economics
Duration: 4 years
Language: Bulgarian
Mode of study: Full-time

Specific courses:

  • Fundamentals of Agriculture and Mechanization;
  • Plant Production Organization and Technologies;
  • Livestock Production Organization and Technologies;
  • Fundamentals of Agricultural Business;
  • Finance and Investment in Agricultural Business;
  • Land Resources Management in Agricultural Business;
  • Human Resources in Agricultural Business;
  • Agricultural Entrepreneurship;
  • Agricultural Marketing;
  • Agricultural Management;
  • Diagnostics of Agricultural Business;
  • Pricing in Agricultural Business;
  • Innovation in Agricultural Business.

Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
Students in this major acquire knowledge and develop expertise in economics, technologies, organization, management and marketing of agricultural business units, specifics of land, labor and financial resources management on micro and macro level.

Employment opportunities upon graduation:
Graduated students are able to find employment as:

  • expert economists or managers in agricultural companies;
  • expert economists or specialists in agricultural departments;
  • expert economists, experts and other specialists in state and municipal institutions related to the agricultural sector;
  • expert economists in other businesses, consultants in economics and management of agricultural companies, etc.
Programme
First year
2024
Studied subjects Semester Credits Type of grading Student involvement
Total Self-study Classes Competence2
CORE
Informatics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75 4, 5
Microeconomics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75 3, 7
Physical Education 1 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30 5
Applied Mathematics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75 3, 4
Electives (1)
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Russian
  • Bulgarian Language
1 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30 2
Management 2 8 Exam 240 165 75 5, 6, 7
Macroeconomics 2 8 Exam 240 165 75 3, 6
Physical Education 2 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30 5
Principles of Law 2 8 Exam 240 165 75 6, 7
Electives (1)
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Russian
  • Bulgarian Language
2 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30 2
Introduction to accounting 3 9 Exam 270 195 75 3, 7
Introduction to Finance 3 9 Exam 270 195 75 3, 7
Physical Education 3 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30 5
Marketing 3 8 Exam 240 165 75 4, 5, 7, 8
Physical Education 4 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30 5
Fundamentals of statistics 4 9 Exam 270 195 75 3, 4
Total for CORE 0 0
Special
Academic Research 2 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30 5, 6, 8
Principles of Agribusiness 4 6 Exam 180 120 60 3, 4, 6
Principles of Agriculture and Mechanization 4 9 Exam 270 195 75 3, 4, 7
Electives (1)
  • Agrarian Information Systems
  • International Agribusiness
4 6 Exam 180 120 60 2, 4, 8
Organization and Technology in Plant-Growing 5 8 Exam 240 165 75 3, 4, 7
Organization and Technology in Stock-Breeding 5 8 Exam 240 165 75 3, 7
Electives (1)
  • Non-traditional Activities in Rural Areas
  • Environmental Practices in Agribusiness
5 8 Exam 240 180 60 5, 6, 7
Finance and Investment of Agribusiness 6 7 Exam 210 135 75 3, 4, 7
Land Management in Agribusiness 6 7 Exam 210 135 75 4, 6, 7
Electives (1)
  • Food Safety Control
  • Insurance in Agribusiness
6 6 Exam 180 120 60 5, 6, 7
Agrarian Marketing 7 8 Exam 240 165 75 4, 5, 7
Diagnostics in Agribusiness 7 8 Exam 240 180 60 3, 4, 7
Pricing in Agribusiness 7 8 Exam 240 180 60 3, 4, 7
Electives (1)
  • Graduate Seminar
  • Развитие на селските райони
  • Consulting in Agribusiness
7 6 Exam 180 120 60 5, 6, 8
Agrarian Entrepreneurship 8 5 Exam 150 75 75 4, 6, 7
Human Resources Management in Agribusiness 8 5 Exam 150 90 60 5, 6, 7
Management of Agribusiness 8 5 Exam 150 90 60 5, 6, 7
Innovations in Agribusiness 8 5 Exam 150 90 60 5, 6, 7
Total for Special 0 0
University specialised
Electives (1)
  • Labour Economics
  • Career Development
  • Economic Psychology
  • Business History
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Commercial Correspondence
3 4 Exam 120 60 60 1, 5, 8
Electives (1)
  • Financial Accounting
  • Project Management
  • Trade
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Economics
  • Commercial Law
5 6 Exam 180 120 60 6, 7
Electives (1) 6 5 Exam 150 90 60 3, 4
Total for University specialised 0 0
Practical
Practical Training 6 8 Exam 240 240 0
Total for Practical 0 0
Graduate
Electives (1)
  • Thesis Defense
  • Comprehensive State Exam
8 10 Exam 300 300 0
Total for Graduate 0 0
Total for the entire period of study 247 7410 5145 2265


Optional courses Semester Credits Student involvement
Total Self-study Classes Competence2
Foreign Language - English 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90 2, 8
Foreign Language - German 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90 2, 8
Foreign Language - French 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90 2, 8
Foreign Language - Russian 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90 2, 8
Foreign Language - Portuguese 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90 2, 8
Bulgarian Language 1 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90 2, 8
European Studies 4 3 90 45 45 6, 8
Physical Education 5, 6, 7 1, 1, 1 90 0 90 5
Accounting for Managers 6 3 90 45 45 4, 5, 7
Taxation and taxation process 7 3 90 45 45 6, 7
1 The course is available only to foreigners
2 Competence: 1 - Literacy, 2 - Multilingualism, 3 - Numerical, scientific and engineering skills, 4 - Digital and technology-based competences, 5 - Interpersonal skills, and the ability to adopt new competences, 6 - Active citizenship, 7 - Entrepreneurship, 8 - Cultural awareness and expression