Specialties - College of Tourism

Faculty:College of Tourism
Duration:3 years
Language:Bulgarian
Mode of study:Full-time

Specific courses:

Introduction into Tourism;
Restaurant Management;
Restaurant Service Technology;
Hotel Management;
Hotel Service Technology;
Bar Service Technology;
Computer Systems in Restaurants and Hotels;
Traineeship in Hotel or Restaurant, etc.

Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
Students acquire theoretical knowledge in tourism, hospitality management, tourism marketing and human resources management in tourism.
They gain specialized skills to lead teams, departments and sectors in hotel and tourism complexes, in companies, providing food and drinks, entertainment. They are able to develop, offer, advertise and sale tourist products on the market, to plan, organize and control technological processes in the hospitality, to use communications and information technics, technologies and information systems in hotels and restaurants, to communicate in several foreign languages for quality service to customers with different nationalities, to keep records, to perform accounting operations and other.

Employment opportunities upon graduation:

Managers in hotel, camping, holiday village or other places of stay;
Managers in restaurants or other types of places for dinner and leisure;
Front-office manager or senior administrator in hotel;
Saloon manager, chef and manager of the kitchen at a restaurant;
Executives and managers in the tourist service sector or in offices of hotel and restaurants chains and others.
Entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry.

Disciplines studied	Semester	Credits	Assessment	Student workload
Disciplines studied	Semester	Credits	Assessment	Total	Self-study	Classroom
CORE
Introduction into Tourism	1	5	Exam	150	105	45
Informatics	1	5	Exam	150	105	45
Elective disciplines (1) • Special-Interest Tourism • Economic of the Tourist Company	2	5	Exam	150	105	45
Marketing in Tourism	3	5	Exam	150	105	45
Accounting in Tourism	3	5	Exam	150	105	45
Tourism Management	4	5	Exam	150	105	45
Human Resource Management in Tourism	5	5	Exam	150	105	45
Tourism Industry Law	6	5	Exam	150	105	45
Total for CORE		40		1200	840	360
Special
Food studies	1	4	Exam	120	75	45
Physical Training	1	2	Ongoing assessment	60	0	60
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	1	5	Ongoing assessment	150	90	60
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	1	9	Ongoing assessment	270	180	90
Restaurant management	2	3	Exam	90	60	30
Restaurant operations and service	2	6	Exam	180	105	75
Culinary and food safety	2	6	Exam	180	90	90
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	2	4	Ongoing assessment	120	75	45
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	2	5	Exam	150	60	90
Hotel operations and service	3	4	Exam	120	90	30
Elective disciplines (1) • Social Psychology in Tourism • Walking and Trekking • Catering and Special Events	3	4	Exam	120	90	30
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	3	4	Ongoing assessment	120	75	45
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	3	5	Ongoing assessment	150	60	90
Leisure and Entertainment in Tourism	4	3	Exam	90	60	30
Hotel management	4	4	Exam	120	75	45
Elective disciplines (1) • The Sommelier Art • Marketing and Business Communications • Entrepreneurship in Tourism	4	4	Exam	120	90	30
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	4	4	Ongoing assessment	120	75	45
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	4	7	Ongoing assessment	210	120	90
Bar operations and service	5	5	Ongoing assessment	150	105	45
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	5	4	Ongoing assessment	120	75	45
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	5	7	Ongoing assessment	210	150	60
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	6	4	Ongoing assessment	120	90	30
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	6	8	Ongoing assessment	240	180	60
Total for Special		111		3330	2070	1260
Practical
Supervised on-the-job training /restaurant/	2	4	Ongoing assessment	120	90	30
Supervised on-the-job training /restaurant/	3	3	Ongoing assessment	90	60	30
Supervised on-the-job training /hotel/	4	3	Ongoing assessment	90	60	30
Supervised on-the-job training /bar/	5	3	Ongoing assessment	90	60	30
Digital Technologies in Hospitality	5	3	Exam	75	60	15
Customer Care	6	2	Ongoing assessment	60	45	15
Luxury Hospitality	6	1	Ongoing assessment	30	15	15
Total for Practical		19		555	390	165
Practical
Summer Work Experience	3	4	Ongoing assessment	120	120	0
Summer Work Experience	5	4	Ongoing assessment	120	120	0
Total for Practical		8		240	240	0
Graduate
Written Exam in the First Foreign Language	6	2	Exam	60	60	0
Written Exam in the Second Foreign Language	6	2	Exam	60	60	0
Interdisciplinary Theoretical Exam	6	3	Exam	90	90	0
Interdisciplinary Practical Exam	6	3	Exam	90	90	0
Total for Graduate		10		300	300	0
Total for the entire course		188		5625	3840	1785

Facultative disciplines	Semester	Credits	Assessment	Student workload
Facultative disciplines	Semester	Credits	Assessment	Total	Self-study	Classroom
Foreign Language - Spanish	3, 4	3, 3	Ongoing assessment	180	90	90
Foreign Language - French	3, 4	3, 3	Ongoing assessment	180	90	90
Foreign Language - Romanian	3, 4	3, 3	Ongoing assessment	180	90	90
Physical Training	3, 4	1, 1	Ongoing assessment	60	0	60
Gambling Tourism	4	2	Ongoing assessment	60	15	45

Disciplines studied	Semester	Credits	Assessment	Student workload
Disciplines studied	Semester	Credits	Assessment	Total	Self-study	Classroom
CORE
Introduction into Tourism	1	5	Exam	150	128	22
Informatics	1	5	Exam	150	128	22
Elective disciplines (1) • Special-Interest Tourism • Economic of the Tourist Company	2	5	Exam	150	128	22
Marketing in Tourism	3	5	Exam	150	128	22
Accounting in Tourism	3	5	Exam	150	127	23
Tourism Management	4	5	Exam	150	127	23
Human Resource Management in Tourism	5	5	Exam	150	127	23
Tourism Industry Law	6	5	Exam	150	127	23
Total for CORE		40		1200	1020	180
Special
Food studies	1	4	Exam	120	97	23
Physical Training	1	2	Ongoing assessment	60	30	30
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	1	5	Ongoing assessment	150	120	30
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	1	9	Ongoing assessment	270	225	45
Restaurant management	2	3	Exam	90	75	15
Restaurant operations and service	2	6	Exam	180	142	38
Culinary and food safety	2	6	Exam	180	135	45
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	2	4	Ongoing assessment	120	97	23
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	2	5	Exam	150	105	45
Hotel operations and service	3	4	Exam	120	105	15
Elective disciplines (1) • Social Psychology in Tourism • Walking and Trekking • Catering and Special Events	3	4	Exam	120	105	15
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	3	4	Ongoing assessment	120	98	22
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	3	5	Ongoing assessment	150	105	45
Leisure and Entertainment in Tourism	4	3	Exam	90	75	15
Hotel management	4	4	Exam	120	98	22
Elective disciplines (1) • The Sommelier Art • Marketing and Business Communications • Entrepreneurship in Tourism	4	4	Exam	120	105	15
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	4	4	Ongoing assessment	120	98	22
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	4	7	Ongoing assessment	210	165	45
Bar operations and service	5	5	Ongoing assessment	150	128	22
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	5	4	Ongoing assessment	120	97	23
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	5	7	Ongoing assessment	210	180	30
Elective disciplines (1) • First Foreign Language - English • First Foreign Language - German • First Foreign Language - French • First Foreign Language - Russian	6	4	Ongoing assessment	120	105	15
Elective disciplines (1) • Second Foreign Language - English • Second Foreign Language -German • Second Foreign Language - French • Second Foreign Language - Russian	6	8	Ongoing assessment	240	210	30
Total for Special		111		3330	2700	630
Practical
Supervised on-the-job training /restaurant/	2	4	Ongoing assessment	120	105	15
Supervised on-the-job training /restaurant/	3	3	Ongoing assessment	90	75	15
Supervised on-the-job training /hotel/	4	3	Ongoing assessment	90	75	15
Supervised on-the-job training /bar/	5	3	Ongoing assessment	90	75	15
Digital Technologies in Hospitality	5	3	Exam	83	75	8
Customer Care	6	2	Ongoing assessment	60	53	7
Luxury Hospitality	6	1	Ongoing assessment	30	22	8
Total for Practical		19		563	480	83
Practical
Summer Work Experience	3	4	Ongoing assessment	120	120	0
Summer Work Experience	5	4	Ongoing assessment	120	120	0
Total for Practical		8		240	240	0
Graduate
Written Exam in the First Foreign Language	6	2	Exam	60	60	0
Written Exam in the Second Foreign Language	6	2	Exam	60	60	0
Interdisciplinary Theoretical Exam	6	3	Exam	90	90	0
Interdisciplinary Practical Exam	6	3	Exam	90	90	0
Total for Graduate		10		300	300	0
Total for the entire course		188		5633	4740	893

Facultative disciplines	Semester	Credits	Assessment	Student workload
Facultative disciplines	Semester	Credits	Assessment	Total	Self-study	Classroom
Foreign Language - Spanish	3, 4	3, 3	Ongoing assessment	180	135	45
Foreign Language - French	3, 4	3, 3	Ongoing assessment	180	135	45
Foreign Language - Romanian	3, 4	3, 3	Ongoing assessment	180	135	45
Physical Training	3, 4	1, 1	Ongoing assessment	60	30	30
Gambling Tourism	4	2	Ongoing assessment	60	37	23

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