NATIONAL SECURITY PROTECTION

FACULTY OF LAW
DEPARTMENT SECURITY AND SAFETY
PROFESSIONAL AREA NATIONAL SECURITY

Speciality: NATIONAL SECURITY PROTECTION

Profile: National security

Awarded qualification: Bachelor in "Protection of National Security"

Level of qualification: FIRST

Length of programme: FOUR/FIVE

Number of credits: 240

Field(s) of study (ISCED-F):

Specific admission requirements: A student exam, an essay on a socially significant subject

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: Information and Guidance: Assoc. Prof. Galina Mileva, ECTS - Coordinator of the Department of Security and Safety, e-mail: galinaa@abv.bg;

• Procedures:
- Recognition of credits on the basis of submission of documents: academic or diploma from previous training; International diplomas and certificates in foreign languages (English Cambridge FCE, TOEFEL, German - Zertifikat Deutsch, Sprahdiplom, Zweite Stufe, Russian - TRKY, French - DELF, Spanish - DELE); International diplomas and ECDL compliant certificates (The European Computer Driving License).
- Certification of knowledge and skills by passing exams in: foreign language from the Department of Foreign Language Education, computer skills from the Department of Informatics, specific for the field of knowledge and skills of the Department of Security and Safety;
- Credit award: The Department of "Security and Safety" "assigns appropriate credits to the curriculum of the specialty credits based on the results of the certification of knowledge and skills."

Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation equirements*:240 credits are required to acquire the qualification in the "National Security" specialization, of which 176 credits from compulsory courses, 30 credits from elective courses, 24 credits from optional courses and 10 credits from state exams;
Profile of the programme: In the specialty "Protection of the National Security", specialists with higher education are trained to be professionally employed in the field of public security, in the state, municipal and private sector, and the training organization is based on a basic module and a module of specialized disciplines.

Programme learning outcomes: In the course of the training, students in the Bachelor's program "Protection of National Security" receive knowledge and practical skills that allow them to disclose and evaluate in a timely manner the dangers and threats to national security, corporate security and personal security, to take sound risk decisions, Manage forces and means of redress in a way that will prevent undesirable events - crimes, accidents, disasters, neutralize their consequences and prepare conditions for disclosure Plates, guilty persons, and so on.

Programme structure diagram with credits *:

№	ECTS Code	Course Title	Lectures and seminars	Out-of-class workload	Number of credits
1	SEC1079	Risk Analysis and Risk Control	60	120	6
2	SPO1009	Sports – Personal Protection, part 1	60	120	6
3	FLT1003	Foreign Language, part 1 - English	60	120	6
	PHI1006	Philosophy	30	60	3
	PHI2005	Logic
4	LAW1074	Study of the State
	INF1021	Informatics
	INF1034	Information Systems and Technology
5	SEC1086	Security Services Management	45	180	4,5
	POL1184	History of Political and Legal Thought	45		4,5
	LAW1016	History of the Bulgarian State and Law	90		9
Total for semester I			300	600	30
1	LAW1047	Study of the State	105	210	10,5
2	SEC1105	Introduction to vocational guidance	30	60	3
3	ECO1052	Globalization of Economy and Development	45	90	4,5
4	SPO1014	Sports – Personal Protection, parts 2 and 3	30	60	3
	SPO1015	Sports – Hiking, Alpinism, Orienteering and Mountain Rescue
	SPO1016	Sports – Applied Water Sports and Water Rescue
	SPO1017	Sports - Survival in Extreme Situations
5	SEC1061	Cultural Heritage Protection	30	60	3
6	FLT1003	Foreign Language, part 1 - English	60	120	6
Total for semester II			300	600	30
		Total for year 1	600	1200	60
1	SEC1006	Ecological Security	45	90	4,5
2	LAW1017	Constitutional Law	135	270	13,5
3	SPO1014	Sports – Personal Protection, parts 2 and 3	30	60	30
	SPO1015	Sports – Hiking, Alpinism, Orienteering and Mountain Rescue
	SPO1016	Sports – Applied Water Sports and Water Rescue
	SPO1017	Sports - Survival in Extreme Situations
4	SEC1078	Theory of Intelligence and Counterintelligence	60	120	6
5	PSY2003	Legal Psychology	30	60	3
	PSY1065	Psychology of Crisis
	SOC1080	Social Communication
	SEC1227	practice
Total for semester IІІ			300	600	30
1	LAW1108	Administrative Law and Process	150	300	15
2	LAW1041	Criminal Law – general part	90	180	9
3	SEC1059	History of Special Services	30	60	3
4	SPO1014	Sports – Personal Protection, parts 2 and 3	30	60	3
	SPO1015	Sports – Hiking, Alpinism, Orienteering and Mountain Rescue
	SPO1016	Sports – Applied Water Sports and Water Rescue
	SPO1017	Sports - Survival in Extreme Situations
Total for semester IV			300	600	30
		Total for year 2	600	1200	60
1	LAW1085	International Public Law	90	180	9
2	LAW1092	Police Law	60	120	6
3	LAW2026	Criminal Law – special part	90	180	9
4	SEC1086	Security Services Management	60	120	6
Total for semester V			300	600	30
1	LAW1058	European Union Law	75	150	7,5
2	SEC1212	Organization and Management of Evacuation	45	90	4,5
3	SEC1983	Management of Forces and Resources during Crises	45	90	4,5
4	SEC1077	Theoretical and Lawful Bases of National Security	60	120	6
5	SEC2009	Legal Regime of Protection of Classified Information	30	60	3
6	SEC1071	Counteraction to Terrorism	45	90	4,5
Total for semester VІ			300	600	30
		Total for year 3	600	1200	60
1	LAW1044	Criminal Procedural Law	135	270	13,5
2	SEC1055	Information security	30	60	3
3	SEC1060	Unconventional Character Crises	30	60	3
4	SEC1214	Ssafety in fires, accidents and disasters	30	60	3
5	LAW1063	Intelligence Protection of Constitutional Order	45	90	4,5
6	SEC1130	Protection of the Population from Disasters, Emergencies and Catastrophes	30	60	3
Total for semester VІІ			300	600	30
1	SEC1063	Fundamentals of Informational and Analytical Activities	40	80	4
2	SEC1070	Counteraction to Intelligence and Informational Activities	40	80	4
3	LAW1020	Forensic Science	75	150	7,5
4	SEC1076	Special Means of Intelligence	45	90	4,5
Total for semester VІІІ			200	400	20
		Total for year 4	500	1000	50
		Total for the entire course of study :	2300	4900	240
		Elective courses , choose 3 from 9
1
		Optional courses , choose 2 from 8
1

* In Varna Free University, a credit equals 30 lessons, of which 10 contact hours (lectures and seminars) and 20 hours independent work.

Mode of study: Regularly and distance learningно

Examination regulations and grading scale: The rules for admission to the semester examination, methodology and evaluation criteria, introduced at the beginning of the training course in front of the students, have been introduced by the holder of each discipline in the specialty "Protection of the national security". Various methods are used in the teaching process - lectures, seminars, practical exercises, field studies, consultations / incl. On-line / and others. Forms and methods of assessment are: course assignments, course assignments and projects, control papers, tests, case studies, field studies, etc. The evaluation criteria depend on the methods and forms used in each discipline. The results are documented in a specific form "Teacher's Diary" and reported orally or electronically during the current control and after the end of the semester examination.

Obligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable): Are not applicable

Work placement(s) (if applicable): Internship: Students have a compulsory internship in the Academy of the

Ministry of the Interior or in the CCPP at the Academy of the Ministry of Interior, Varna

Work-based learning: Are not applicable

Occupational profiles of graduates: : In the course of the training, students in the Bachelor's program "Protection of National Security" receive knowledge and practical skills that allow them to disclose and evaluate in a timely manner the dangers and threats to national security, corporate security and personal security, to take sound risk decisions, Manage forces and means of redress in a way that will prevent undesirable events - crimes, accidents, disasters, neutralize their consequences and prepare conditions for disclosure Plates, guilty persons, and so on.

Access to further studies: Training in masters programs

Program Director:
(Head of department: , Assoc. Prof. Valentin Todorov, secretary of the department: Katina Kisyova)