FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT
PROFESSIONAL AREA: ARCHITECTURE, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND GEODESY
Programme: Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Water Supply and Sewerage"
Awarded qualification: Civil Engineer in Water Supply and Sewerage
Level of qualification: Bachelor
Length of programme: years (8 semesters)
Number of credits: 240
Field of study (ISCED-F): 0732 Building and civil engineering (06.4-582)
Specific admission requirements: Diploma for completed secondary or higher education in Bulgarian and foreign educational institutions. Entry is based on admission exams.
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: To acquire a degree of "Bachelor" are required 240 credits, of which 180.5 credits from compulsory courses, 36 credits of electives, 13.5 credits of optional courses and 10 credits from diploma project defence. In Varna Free University a credit equals 30 lessons, of which 10 contact hours (lectures and seminars) and 20 hours independent work. A requirement for acquiring professional qualification is the development and defence of the diploma project - a comprehensive synthesis of knowledge and aptitude for the practical work of the future engineer. The topics for the diploma project are taken from actual constructions. Much of the developments are afterwards implemented in practice. Only those students, who have successfully completed their training semesters and all exams from the curriculum, shall be allowed to elaborate a diploma projects. Diploma project defence takes place in front of the State Board of Examiners and is a final exam, which is the basis for the acquisition of the Bachelor degree.
Profile of the programme: The programme "Construction of Buildings and Facilities" with a profile "Water Supply and Sewerage" aims to train specialists to meet the demand of the water supply and sewerage sector, which is among the priorities of the National Strategy for Development of the Water Sector of the Republic of Bulgaria, adopted in 2012. The training builds upon the fundamental engineering courses, completed within the general training module in the first 5 semesters, and provides comprehensive specialized knowledge in the field of town and building water supply and sewerage systems, natural water and waste water treatment etc. Students are provided with a wide-spectrum basic training on issues related to drinking water supply and the removal of waste water of various sites, the organisation, implementation and operation of the systems and facilities as part of water infrastructure, the protection of surface and undersurface water sources from contamination, the water purification methods, the technical solutions allowing water extraction and control over water resources, issues which are central to achieving integrated water management.
The learning material for the specialized courses is based on the new European regulations and standards for design, implementation and operation of the systems and facilities in the water supply and sewerage sector. The Bachelor programme Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Water Supply and Sewerage" has a national accreditation. Graduates can obtain a license in accordance with the requirements of the Chamber of engineers in the investment design.
Programme learning outcomes: Graduates in programme Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Water Supply and Sewerage" have knowledge and skills enabling them to:
The obtained knowledge and skills will allow the future specialists to solve problems related to water supply, removal and treatment of waste water from buildings and facilities, as well as to make assessments related to water supply and sewerage.
Programme structure diagram with credits:
№ |
Course code ECTS |
Course Title |
Lectures and seminars |
Out-of-class workload |
Number of credits |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
||
1 |
Descriptive Geometry and Technical Drawing |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Descriptive Geometry and Technical Drawing – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
2 |
Mathematical Analysis – part 1 |
60 |
120 |
6 |
||
3 |
Linear algebra and analytic geometry |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
4 |
Chemistry in Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
5 |
Information Systems and Technologies |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
6 |
Elective subject I |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
7 |
Sports |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Renovation of Buildings and Facilities* |
||||||
Total for semester I |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||
1 |
Mathematical Analysis – part 2 |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
2 |
Geodesy |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
3 |
Theoretical Mechanics – part 1 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Theoretical Mechanics – part 1 – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
4 |
Physics in Construction |
40 |
80 |
4 |
||
5 |
Information Systems and Technologies in Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
6 |
Elective subject ІІ |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
7 |
Elective subject ІІІ |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
8 |
Sports |
20 |
40 |
2 |
||
Economics of Construction * |
||||||
Total for semester II |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||
Total for year 1 |
600 |
1200 |
60 |
|||
1 |
Theoretical Mechanics – part 2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Theoretical Mechanics – part 2 – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
2 |
Strength of Materials – part 1 |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
Strength of Materials – part 1 – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
3 |
Engineering Geodesy |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Engineering Geodesy – work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
4 |
Building Construction and Architecture |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Building Construction and Architecture – course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
5 |
Optional Subject І |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
6 |
Elective subject ІV |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
7 |
Sports |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||
Quality Management * |
||||||
Total for semester III |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||
1 |
Building Materials |
60 |
120 |
6 |
||
2 |
Strength of Materials – part 2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Strength of materials – part 2 – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
3 |
Chemistry of water |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
4 |
Elective subject V |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
5 |
Elective subject VІ |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
6 |
Optional Subject ІІ |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
7 |
Sports |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||
Evaluation systems for sustainable development * |
||||||
Total for semester IV |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||
Total for year 2 |
600 |
1200 |
60 |
|||
1 |
Construction Statics – part 1 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Construction Statics – part 1 - course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
2 |
Construction Machinery |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Construction Machinery – work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
3 |
Reinforced concrete structures |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
Reinforced concrete structures - course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
4 |
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering– part 1 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering– part 1 – course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
5 |
Elective subject VІІ |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Elective subject VІІ - course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
6 |
Optional Subject ІІІ |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Total for semester V |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||
1 |
Construction Statics – part 2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Construction Statics – part 2 - course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
2 |
Hydraulics – Part I |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Hydraulics - Part I – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
3 |
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering– part 2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering– part 2 – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
4 |
Engineering Hydrogeology |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Engineering Hydrogeology - course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
5 |
Elective subject VІІІ |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Elective subject VІІІ - course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
6 |
Optional Subject ІV |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Total for semester VI |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||
Total for year 3 |
600 |
1200 |
60 |
|||
1 |
Hydraulics – Part II |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Hydraulics – Part II – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
2 |
Water Supply and Sewerage of Buildings |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
Water Supply and Sewerage of Buildings – course project |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
Water Supply and Sewerage of Buildings – work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
3 |
Steel and Wooden Structures |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Steel and Wooden Structures – course project |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
4 |
Water Supply of Towns |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Water Supply of Towns – course project |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
Water Supply of Towns – work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
5 |
Optional Subject V |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||
Total for semester VII |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||
1 |
Sewerage Systems of Towns |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Sewerage Systems of Towns – course project |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
2 |
Water Purification |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Water Purification - course project |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
3 |
Technology and Organisation of Water Supply and Sewerage Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Technology and Organisation of Water Supply and Sewerage Construction - course project |
20 |
40 |
2 |
|||
4 |
Elective subject ІХ |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Total for semester VIII |
200 |
400 |
20 |
|||
Total for year 4 |
500 |
1000 |
50 |
|||
Diploma project |
300 |
10 |
||||
Total for the entire course of study |
2300 |
4900 |
240 |
|||
Elective Courses, choose one from the group |
||||||
I.1 |
Foreign Language - English |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
I.2 |
Foreign Language - German |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
I.3 |
Foreign Language - Russian |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
I.4 |
Foreign Language - Italian |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
I.5 |
Computer-aided Design |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
I.6 |
Computer-Aided Engineering |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
II.1 |
Foreign Language - English |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
II.2 |
Foreign Language - German |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
II.3 |
Foreign Language - Russian |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
II.4 |
Foreign Language - Italian |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
II.5 |
Labour Safety and Environmental Protection |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
II.6 |
Protection of Calamities, Disasters and Accidents |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
III.1 |
Computer Programs in Designing |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
III.2 |
Computer Modelling of Building Structures |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
IV.1 |
Selected Chapters of Mathematics |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
IV.2 |
Management and Investment |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
V.1 |
Fire Safety of Buildings and Facilities |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
V.2 |
European Programmes for Project Funding |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
VI.1 |
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
VI.2 |
Modern Technologies in Water Supply and Sewerage Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
VII.1 |
Engineering Installations in Buildings |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Engineering Installations in Buildings - course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
VII.2 |
Infrastructure Projects |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Infrastructure Projects – course project |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
VIII.1 |
Construction Waste Management |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Construction Waste Management – course project |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||
VIII.2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||||
IX.1 |
Modern Methods for Water Supply and Sewerage System Design |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
IX.2 |
Human Resource Management |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Optional Courses, choose one from the group |
||||||
I.1 |
Applied Electronics and Electrotechnics |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
I.2 |
Technology of Finishing works |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
II.1 |
Legal and Normative Regulations in Building |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
II.2 |
Theory of Risk |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
III.1 |
Building Insulations |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
III.2 |
Personnel Management |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
IV.1 |
Energy-efficient Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
IV.2 |
Fire Safety and Ecology |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
V.1 |
Computer Systems in Management and Organization of Construction Process |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||
V.2 |
Psychology of Crisis and Extreme Situations in Construction |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
Foreign languages |
||||||
1 |
Foreign language - English |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
2 |
Foreign language - English |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
3 |
Foreign language - English |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
4 |
Foreign language - German |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
5 |
Foreign language - Russian |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
6 |
Foreign language - Spanish |
90 |
180 |
9 |
* The course is studied by students in part-time training
Mode of study: Full-time/Part-time
Examination regulations and grading scale: The programme includes courses from different scientific fields, which fulfils the requirement of interdisciplinary and wide spectrum training. This defines the various requirements in assessing students' knowledge. Detailed description of methods and evaluation criteria for each discipline and the opportunity to inform the reasons for evaluation are given in the syllabi.
Obligatory or optional mobility windows: Students can take part in appropriate programs for student's mobility available in Varna Free University.
Work placement(s): In the curriculum on some of the special disciplines practices are provided that take place in Bulgarian and foreign companies and laboratories working in the area of design, construction and operation of water supply and sewerage systems.
Work-based learning: In the curriculum of the Bachelors' program in all special subjects, developing of course projects and tasks is provided. The topics of the course projects, as well as these of the diploma project are taken from actual construction topics. Many of the developments are later implemented in the practice.
Occupational profiles of graduates: Graduates will be able to pursue careers in the state and public sectors as managers and staff at design studios, construction and assembly companies, construction labs; specialists at the operating water companies; staff and experts at investment, control and monitoring authorities; specialists at ministries and their departments; experts at municipal administrations; teachers at vocational secondary schools etc.
Access for further training: Students successfully completed their training in the degree of Bachelor have the necessary skills to continue their education at a higher level of qualification - Master programmes on:
After acquiring the Master degree, students can apply for further training and research in doctoral programs:
Head of Construction of Buildings and Facilities Department:
Assoc. Prof. Eng. Milena Kichekova, PhD
Secretary: Eng. Maya Manolova
Tel.: +359 52 359 621/589
E-mail: sss@vfu.bg