University of Economics – Varna

Commodities Science and Customs Activity

Degree: Bachelor

Type of education: Full-time

Number of semesters: 8

Professional qualification: Economics

Professional field: ECONOMICS

First year: 2024

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

Specific courses:

  • Chemistry;
  • Fundamentals of Industrial Commodity Science;
  • Standardization, Metrology and Qualimetry;
  • Microbiology of Commodities;
  • Fundamentals of Food Commodity Science;
  • Commodity Science of Household Goods;
  • Sensor and Expert Methods for Analysis;
  • Commodity Science of Textile and Footwear;
  • Commodity Science of Food Products of Animal Origin;
  • Custom Regimes and Procedures;
  • Commodity Science of Food Products of Plant Origin;
  • Packaging Management;
  • Commodity and Custom Control.

Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
The objective of students' training in this Major is to prepare them to perform managerial functions in the field of customs and stock control, logistics, trade, marketing activities, commodity exchanges. Students receive comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge about composition, properties and quality of goods; processes and changes in storage; methods for quality assessment; organization and implementation of customs control and commodity inspection; standardization and certification of goods.

Employment opportunities upon graduation:

  • quality assessment and control specialists in organizations and companies engaged in production, sale, transportation and storage of commodities;
  • inspectors at customs houses and regional customs directorates;
  • commodity exchange brokers;
  • insurance agents and damages experts;
  • commodity control inspectors at independent control organizations;
  • credit inspectors;
  • quality auditors;
  • specialists and heads of departments of supply and distribution;
  • specialists of standardization and metrology, innovations and qualimetry;
  • managers at marketing and logistics departments of state-owned and private companies with industrial or commercial activities, etc.
Programme
First year
2024
Studied subjects Semester Credits Type of grading Student involvement
Total Self-study Classes
CORE
Informatics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75
Microeconomics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75
Physical Education 1 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30
Applied Mathematics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75
Electives (1)
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Russian
  • Bulgarian Language
1 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30
Management 2 8 Exam 240 165 75
Macroeconomics 2 8 Exam 240 165 75
Physical Education 2 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30
Principles of Law 2 8 Exam 240 165 75
Electives (1)
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Russian
  • Bulgarian Language
2 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30
Introduction to accounting 3 9 Exam 270 195 75
Introduction to Finance 3 9 Exam 270 195 75
Physical Education 3 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30
Marketing 3 8 Exam 240 165 75
Physical Education 4 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30
Fundamentals of statistics 4 9 Exam 270 195 75
Total for CORE 0 0
Special
Academic Research 2 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30
Microbiology of Commodities 4 7 Exam 210 150 60
4 8 Exam 240 180 60
Electives (1)
4 6 Exam 180 120 60
Principles of the Science of Manufactured Goods 5 9 Exam 270 195 75
Sensory and Expert Methods for Analysis 5 8 Exam 240 165 75
Electives (1)
  • Customs Activity
  • Customs Statistics
5 7 Exam 210 150 60
Science of Household Articles 6 8 Exam 240 165 75
Principles of the Science of Food, Wine and Tobacco 6 8 Exam 240 165 75
Electives (1)
  • Customs Policy
  • Commodity and Customs Control
6 4 Exam 120 60 60
Science of Foodstuffs of Animal Origin 7 8 Exam 240 165 75
Customs Regimes and Procedures 7 8 Exam 240 180 60
7 8 Exam 240 165 75
Electives (1)
  • Commodity Exchanges
  • Environmental Security
7 6 Exam 180 120 60
Management of Commercial Transactions 8 5 Exam 150 90 60
Management of Packaging 8 4 Exam 120 60 60
Science of Vegetable Foodstuffs 8 7 Exam 210 135 75
Customs Representation 8 4 Exam 120 60 60
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
Electives (1)
  • Financial Accounting
  • Project Management
  • Trade
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Economics
  • Commercial Law
5 6 Exam 180 120 60
Electives (1) 6 5 Exam 150 90 60
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
Foreign Language - English 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Foreign Language - German 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Foreign Language - French 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Foreign Language - Russian 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Foreign Language - Portuguese 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Bulgarian Language 1 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
European Studies 4 3 90 45 45
Physical Education 5, 6, 7 1, 1, 1 90 0 90
Accounting for Managers 6 3 90 45 45
Taxation and taxation process 7 3 90 45 45
1 The course is available only to foreigners