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Business digital technologies

Degree: Bachelor

Type of education: Full-time

Number of semesters: 8

Professional qualification: Economics

Professional field: ECONOMICS

First year: 2024

The purpose of the education in the specialty "Digital technologies in business" is the training of specialists with higher education with a bachelor's degree who have skills and competences related to the application of digital technologies in business.

The training they have in the field of economics and informatics allows them to occupy a wide range of positions in the IT field. The responsibilities they have are most often related to IT project management, designing and building software systems in the business.

Graduates of the "Digital Technologies in Business" specialty can work in public and business organizations in the following positions:

  • system analysts;
  • software developers;
  • web content and multimedia developers;
  • application programmers;
  • software and software application developers and analysts;
  • database designers and administrators;
  • system administrators;
  • computer network specialists, 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 1, 4, 7, 4, 5
Microeconomics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75 1, 6, 5, 3, 7
Physical Education 1 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30 2, 5, 8, 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 2, 4, 5
Computer Architectures 4 6 Exam 180 120 60 3, 4, 5
Computer Networks and Communication 4 6 Exam 180 120 60 3, 4
Principles of Information Systems 4 9 Exam 270 195 75 4, 7
Database Fundamentals 5 8 Exam 240 165 75 1, 4, 7
Algorithmization and Programming 5 8 Exam 240 165 75 3, 4, 7
Electives (1)
  • Information Logistics
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • Financial Mathematics
5 8 Exam 240 180 60 3, 4, 6
Operating Systems 6 7 Exam 210 150 60 3, 5
Design of Information Systems 6 7 Exam 210 135 75 3, 4, 7
Electives (1)
  • Graphical User Interface Programming in Java
  • Customer Experience Design
6 6 Exam 180 120 60 4, 3, 7
Applied Programming 7 8 Exam 240 165 75 3, 4, 5
Web Technologies 7 8 Exam 240 165 75 3, 4, 7
Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms 7 8 Exam 240 180 60 3, 4, 7
Electives (1)
  • Server-Side Web Programming
  • Statistical Databases
  • Web Content Management Systems
7 6 Exam 180 120 60 3, 4, 7
IT Project Management 8 5 Exam 150 75 75 4, 5, 7
Software Business 8 5 Exam 150 90 60 4, 5, 7
Management of Information Security 8 5 Exam 150 90 60 4, 7
Electives (1)
  • .Net Technologies
  • Management of Cloud Services
8 5 Exam 150 90 60 3, 4, 5
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