This catalog was prepared by the Office of the dean of faculty on the basis of the best information available at the time of publication. All information, including statements of tuition and fees, course offerings, policies, and admission and graduation requirements, is subject to change without notice or obligation. Updates after publication can be found at www.aubg.edu/catalog ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2017–18

Fall 2017 Student Orientation Begins August 31 Unification Day Holiday September 6 Classes Begin September 7 Add/Drop Week Ends (5 pm) September 13 Bulgarian Independence Day (No Classes) September 22 Board Meeting October 20-22 Fall Break Begins October 30 National Revival Holiday November 1 Classes Resume November 6 Students' Holiday (No Classes) December 8 Classes End December 14 Final Exams Begin December 16 Final Exams End December 20 State Exams December 21

Spring 2018 Student Orientation Begins January 17 Classes Begin January 22 Add/Drop Week Ends (5 pm) January 26 Board Meeting January 27-29 Bulgarian Liberation Holiday (No Classes) March 3 Spring Break Begins March 12 Classes Resume March 19 Orthodox Good Friday (No Classes) April 6 Orthodox Easter Monday (No Classes) April 9 Honors Convocation April 11 Student-Faculty Research Conference April 28 Labor Day Holiday (Classes Held) May 1 Classes End May 4 St. George's Day Holiday May 6 Final Exams Begin May 7 Final Exams End May 11 State Exams Begin May 14 State Exams End May 16 Board Meeting May 17-19 Commencement May 20 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2018–19 Contents

Fall 2018 Academic Calendar 2017–18...... iii Student Orientation Begins August 29 Academic Calendar 2018–19 ...... iv Classes Begin September 5 About The University ...... 1 Unification Day Holiday (No Classes) September 6 Our Mission ...... 1 Add/Drop Week Ends (5 pm) September 12 Our Aspirations for 2018 ...... 1 Bulgarian Independence Day (No Classes) September 22 Liberal Learning ...... 1 Board Meeting October 19-21 Student-Centered Learning ...... 1 Fall Break Begins October 27 Community ...... 2 National Revival Holiday November 1 Accreditation ...... 2 Classes Resume November 5 Graduate Programs ...... 3 Equal Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Policy ...... 3 Students' Holiday (No Classes) December 8 Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria ...... 3 Classes End December 12 History of the University ...... 5 Final Exams Begin December 18 Panitza Library ...... 5 Final Exams End December 19 Bookstore ...... 6 State Exams December 20 Aspire Innovation Hub ...... 6 Computing ...... 7 Spring 2019 Conferences, Institutes, and Events Office ...... 7 Student Orientation Begins January 16 Cooperative Relationships ...... 7 Classes Begin January 21 Admissions ...... 9 Add/Drop Week Ends (5 pm) January 25 Application ...... 9 Board Meeting February 1-3 Additional Information ...... 12 Bulgarian Liberation Holiday (No Classes) March 3 Tuition and Fees ...... 14 Spring Break Begins March 18 Full-Time Students ...... 14 Classes Resume March 25 Part-Time Students ...... 14 Honors Convocation April 10 Student Visas and Insurance ...... 14 Student-Faculty Research Conference April 20 Refund Policy ...... 14 Orthodox Good Friday (No Classes) April 26 Student Accounts ...... 15 Orthodox Easter Monday (No Classes) April 29 Other Fees and Deposits ...... 15 Labor Day Holiday (Classes Held) May 1 Financial Aid, Student Loans, and Scholarships ...... 18 Classes End May 3 AUBG Financial Aid ...... 18 Final Exams Begin May 6 Student Loans ...... 19 St. George's Day Holiday (Exams Held) May 6 Student Assistants Program ...... 19 Final Exams End May 10 English Language Institute ...... 20 State Exams Begin May 13 University Preparatory Program (UPP) ...... 20 State Exams End May 14 Short-Term TOEFL, SAT, CAE, IELTS Preparation ...... 21 Board Meeting May 17-18 TOEFL (Summer Intensive) ...... 21 SAT I (Summer Intensive) ...... 22 Commencement May 19 Certificate of Advanced English (Summer Intensive) ...... 22 International English Language Testing System (Summer Intensive) ...... 23 TOEFL iBT Center ...... 23 Test Center ...... 23 Student Services ...... 24 Advising Center ...... 24 Career Center ...... 24 Counseling Center ...... 25 Medical Leave of Absence ...... 54 Health Center ...... 26 Mid-Semester Progress Reports ...... 54 Dining Services ...... 26 Course Overload ...... 54 International and Exchange Programs ...... 26 Pass/Fail ...... 55 Campus Buildings and Grounds ...... 26 Pre-Registration ...... 55 Residence Life and Housing ...... 27 Registration ...... 56 Clubs and Organizations ...... 28 Religious Holidays ...... 56 Performing Arts ...... 28 Repeating a Course ...... 56 Athletics ...... 28 Transcripts and Copies/Duplicates of Diplomas ...... 56 Student Government ...... 28 Transfer Credit Policy for AUBG Students ...... 56 Student Conduct Council ...... 28 Unscheduled Class Meetings ...... 57 Academic Integrity ...... 29 Withdrawal from Courses ...... 58 What Academic Integrity Is ...... 29 Withdrawal from the University ...... 58 Why Academic Dishonesty Is Self-Defeating ...... 30 Department Structure ...... 59 Academic Integrity and Appeals Council ...... 31 Degree Requirements ...... 60 Academic Policies And Procedures ...... 39 General Education ...... 62 Academic Hours ...... 39 Philosophy of General Education ...... 62 Academic Records ...... 39 Foundations Courses ...... 62 Academic Standing ...... 40 General Education Modes of Inquiry and Descriptions ...... 62 Add/Drop Week ...... 42 Writing-Intensive Courses (WICs) ...... 70 Administrative Withdrawal from a Course ...... 42 Modern Languages ...... 70 Administrative Withdrawal from the University ...... 42 Major Programs ...... 71 Bulgarian State Exams ...... 43 Business Administration ...... 71 Class Attendance ...... 43 Computer Science ...... 74 Course Audit ...... 44 Economics ...... 78 Curriculum Changes ...... 44 European Studies ...... 80 Declaring and Changing a Major ...... 44 History and Civilizations ...... 82 Deferred Enrollment ...... 45 Information Systems ...... 84 Double-Counting Courses ...... 45 Journalism and Mass Communication ...... 87 Exclusion ...... 45 Literature ...... 90 Final Examinations ...... 46 Mathematics ...... 92 Full-Time Status ...... 47 Political Science and International Relations ...... 94 Grade Changes ...... 47 Self-Designed Major ...... 95 Grade Point Average and Grading System ...... 48 Minor Programs ...... 98 Grade Point Average in Major ...... 48 Anthropology ...... 98 Graduation with Honors ...... 48 Computer Science ...... 98 Dean’s List ...... 49 Economics ...... 100 President’s List ...... 49 Entrepreneurship ...... 100 Failing and Unsatisfactory Grades ...... 49 European Studies ...... 101 Incomplete Grades ...... 49 Film Studies ...... 101 Non-Credit Grades ...... 49 Fine Arts ...... 102 Graduation Requirements ...... 50 History ...... 104 Independent Study ...... 50 Information Systems ...... 104 International Study ...... 51 Integrated Marketing Communications ...... 106 Internships ...... 51 Journalism and Mass Communication ...... 107 Late-Arriving Students ...... 53 Literature ...... 107 Leave of Absence ...... 53 Mathematics...... 108 Modern Languages and Cultures ...... 109 ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY Philosophy and Religion ...... 112 Political Science and International Relations ...... 113 In this section, you will find general information about the university: its mission Public Policy ...... 114 and its vision of the future, its educational aims and accreditation information, a Southeast European Studies ...... 114 description of its community and its history, as well as information on some of the Courses ...... 116 university's many services and facilities. Anthropology ...... 117 OUR MISSION Business Administration ...... 118 Computer Science ...... 124 The mission of the American University in Bulgaria is to educate students of Economics ...... 129 outstanding potential in a community of academic excellence, diversity, and English ...... 133 respect and to prepare them for democratic and ethical leadership in serving the Entrepreneurship ...... 138 needs of the region and the world. European Politics ...... 140 Fine Arts ...... 142 OUR ASPIRATIONS FOR 2018 History and Civilizations ...... 145 We envision a community of diverse and creative students of outstanding potential Information Systems ...... 151 living and learning together in an engaging and rigorous academic environment on Journalism and Mass Communication ...... 154 a campus that offers world-class academic, recreational, and residential facilities. Mathematics ...... 159 Mentored by internationally respected faculty committed to the liberal arts Modern Languages ...... 162 tradition, AUBG graduates will be fully prepared for lives of professional Philosophy ...... 169 achievement and personal fulfillment. Political Science and International Relations ...... 170 Psychology ...... 172 LIBERAL LEARNING Religion ...... 172 AUBG strives to provide its students with a liberal education—an education that Science ...... 173 nurtures both the skills needed for successful careers and an ongoing intellectual Self-Designed Major ...... 174 curiosity that leads to a thirst for a rewarding life and productive role in a Southeast European Studies ...... 175 democratic society. A liberal education prepares students to live responsible, Statistics ...... 175 productive, and creative lives in a dramatically changing world. It is an education Faculty ...... 176 that fosters a well-grounded intellectual resilience, a disposition toward lifelong Full-Time ...... 176 learning, and an acceptance of responsibility for the ethical consequences of ideas Emeritus ...... 179 and actions. In Memoriam ...... 179 Fulbright Scholar ...... 179 Students experience the benefits of a liberal education by pursuing intellectual Balkan Scholars ...... 180 work that is honest, challenging, and significant and by preparing themselves to Adjunct ...... 180 use knowledge and authority responsibly. A liberal education is not confined to any Board Of Trustees ...... 182 particular field of study. What matters are substantial content, rigorous Trustees Emeritus ...... 183 methodology, and active engagement with the societal, ethical, and practical Staff to the Board of Trustees ...... 183 implications of learning. The value of liberal learning is equally relevant to all AUBG Representatives to the Board of Trustees ...... 183 fields of higher education and to all students. University Council ...... 184 Contact Information ...... 185 This statement is based on the “Statement on Liberal Learning” adopted by the Telephone Information ...... 185 Board of Directors of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. For GPS Coordinates ...... 185 more information, please see www.aacu.org. Mailing Addresses ...... 185 STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING Street Addresses ...... 190 Index ...... 191 AUBG is committed to an actively engaged, student-centered learning community. This can be seen in our curricular and co-curricular environment, activities, and experiences that maximize student involvement at all levels within the university. Our goal is to involve all students in a larger university community Bulgarian Accreditation that promotes high levels of self-direction, self-assessment, and self-reflection as The American University in Bulgaria and its major programs are accredited in they move through the university to become engaged professionals and leaders Bulgaria by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency of the Council of after graduation. The university uses a variety of approaches to accomplish this, Ministers. AUBG is chartered as an institution of higher education by an act of the including collaboration among faculty, staff, and students in teaching, research, Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria and is authorized to grant and service—all within the context of a larger local, regional, and global Bulgarian diplomas and has the same rights and responsibilities as other Bulgarian community. universities. We regularly collect information about our students' learning and achievements and use this to assess and enhance our curriculum and the learning opportunities GRADUATE PROGRAMS we offer to our students and the larger community. For this reason, our students This catalog describes the university's undergraduate programs offered at the find the learning environment at AUBG responsive not only to external changes, Blagoevgrad campus. AUBG has an additional instructional location for its but also to evolving student needs. graduate programs in Sofia at the Elieff Center for Education and Culture, a COMMUNITY modern state-of-the-art facility designed for outreach and graduate education. The flagship programs at the Elieff Center are the Executive MBA and the Executive To support the ongoing mission of AUBG, the university builds its community Master in Finance, Banking & Real Estate (a joint program with SDA Bocconi). In based on civility, mutual respect, and professional behavior. All members of our addition, the Elieff Center supports continuing education and training programs community, including students, faculty, staff, and administration, are expected to for the professional community. For more information on activities in Sofia, please uphold at all times these ideals, in addition to other standards of behavior that visit www.aubg.edu/graduate-programs. reflect well upon, and bring credit to, themselves, the university, and the greater community. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY ACCREDITATION The American University in Bulgaria does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnic origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, or physical U.S. Accreditation ability in the administration of its admissions policies, educational programs, The American University in Bulgaria is accredited in the United States by the New employment opportunities, or other university programs. England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) through its Commission Questions concerning this policy may be directed to the following: on Institutions of Higher Education. Office of Human Resources Inquiries regarding AUBG's accreditation status by NEASC should be directed to 1 Georgi Izmirliev Square the administrative staff at the following address: Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Office of the Provost Telephone: (+359 73) 888 328 E-mail: [email protected] American University in Bulgaria BLAGOEVGRAD, BULGARIA 1 Georgi Izmirliev Square Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria AUBG is situated in Blagoevgrad—the administrative, cultural, economic, and Telephone: (+359 73) 888 411 E-mail: [email protected] transport center of southwestern Bulgaria. The Blagoevgrad province is the third largest in the country after Burgas and Sofia. The province of Blagoevgrad lies at Individuals may also contact NEASC directly: the foot of the Rila and Pirin Mountains, just 100 km south of the national capital, The Commission on Institutions of Higher Education Sofia, and the region abounds with natural beauty and tourist attractions, including New England Association of Schools and Colleges the Rila Monastery, the Bansko ski resort, the spa town of Sandanski, and the 3 Burlington Woods Drive Seven Lakes in the Rila Mountains. Suite 100 Blagoevgrad is a picturesque city of 80,000 people with a pedestrian downtown Burlington, MA 01803-4514 and an Old Town with fine examples of nineteenth-century architecture and Telephone: (781) 425 7700 E-mail: [email protected] numerous restaurants and cafés. www.cihe.neasc.org Blagoevgrad is a student-friendly city. Its two universities, South-West University and AUBG, make the city the educational hub of southwestern Bulgaria, and with Since the beginning of the democratic changes in Eastern Europe, Bulgaria has achieved macroeconomic stability, joined NATO, and entered the European Union as a full member state. HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY AUBG was founded in 1991 as a joint endeavor of the U.S. and the Republic of Bulgaria to create an institution that educates future leaders for the region of southeast Europe who can respond to the challenges of transition and build societies based on democracy, free enterprise, civic responsibility, and a thorough understanding of cultural diversity. This exceptional educational partnership enjoyed a broad base of support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); the Open Society Institute and its founder, Mr. George Soros; the University of Maine; and the city of Blagoevgrad, which provided buildings for instructional and residential facilities. When its doors opened on September 30, 1991, AUBG welcomed a class of 208 first-year students and had 16 full-time faculty members. Today, AUBG's student body is a varied society of 1,100 young people from over 40 nations, and their cultural and ethnic diversity shape a unique academic setting. The university has an international reputation based on its distinctive blend of academic excellence and cultural diversity. Romania, Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Spain, and the United States are just a few of the many countries that are currently represented. Courses are taught by a high- quality, international faculty experienced in teaching in a multicultural, learner- centered environment. In the last twenty years, more than 4,000 students have graduated from AUBG, and these alumni are fast becoming important agents of change for the advancement of their own countries. AUBG repeatedly ranks as the leading university in the country in terms of its clean, quiet surroundings, walking plaza, shops, and restaurants, Blagoevgrad is graduate employment and graduate earned income, according to the Bulgarian small enough for students to find anything they need within a few minutes. At the University Ranking System maintained by the Ministry of Education. This yearly same time, the dynamic environment of outdoor cafés, movie theaters, and survey includes five AUBG academic programs—Economics, Computer Science, recreational facilities allows students to successfully balance hard work and play. Business Administration, Political Science and International Relations, and Journalism and Mass Communication—all of which are ranked among the top in Blagoevgrad is located in the southwestern corner of Bulgaria, which in turn the country. occupies the northeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. A land of great natural beauty, with stunning mountain scenery and beautiful coastline, Bulgaria contains AUBG has also developed a growing portfolio of educational outreach programs, 7 million people and occupies an area of 110,099 sq. km. To the north, via the including an Executive MBA program; technical training at the government level Danube River, Bulgaria shares a border with Romania; to the west, it borders for participation in EU programs; and courses in business, entrepreneurship, Serbia and Macedonia; and to the south, Greece and Turkey. To the east lies computer skills, and English acquisition. Most of these programs are offered at the Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, which links it to Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia. AUBG Elieff Center for Education and Culture, the university's additional instructional location in Sofia. Sitting at a crossroads between civilizations, Bulgaria has more than thirteen centuries of recorded history and one of the richest cultural legacies in Europe. PANITZA LIBRARY Modern Bulgarian culture derives from three ancient civilizations: Bulgars, Panitza Library facilitates the creation, application, and dissemination of Thracians, and Slavs. The territory was also part of the Byzantine and Ottoman knowledge through the provision of information resources, services, and empires for several centuries. instruction in a supportive research environment. It is open eighty-eight hours per week, Monday through Sunday, during the semester and offers extended working COMPUTING hours during final exam weeks. The library aims at supporting AUBG's curriculum The AUBG computer system is an important element of the educational experience and fostering students' personal growth as well as the development of lifelong and an essential part of student life. Computer and communications facilities are learning skills. available as shared resources intended to support and facilitate the teaching, The library offers a comfortable environment for individual and group study that research, and administrative functions of the university. Students, faculty, staff, provides printing and scanning rooms, computer kiosks, and other study facilities. and authorized guests are encouraged to use these resources to their maximum The library houses a collection of 118,000 books; more than 10,000 volumes of benefit. periodicals; 260,000 e-books; 40,000 electronic journal titles, magazines, and All students and faculty have personal accounts that give them access to the entire newspapers; a growing collection of audiovisual materials; and numerous university system. All computer labs offer standard office applications and Internet electronic databases. Electronic resources are conveniently organized through the access, as well as other discipline-specific applications. Students are encouraged to library website and are available for research and study around the clock, both on use AUBG computing facilities for their assignments, and many courses utilize site and remotely. dedicated computer labs during their regular class hours. Panitza Library's services assist the learning goals of AUBG students and faculty. The usefulness of the computing facilities depends upon the integrity of its users. The Information Literacy Program works to provide course-integrated instruction Therefore, these facilities may not be used in any manner prohibited by law or in collaboration with faculty and in alignment with course objectives and student disallowed by software and university licenses, contracts, or regulations. learning outcomes. This program offers training in developing research skills both Individuals are accountable for their own actions and activities involving the use of through in-class and online instruction, in addition to individual training. their accounts. Reference Services offers professional help to library patrons in locating and retrieving information. Patrons can contact reference librarians in person, through Network and system administrators treat the contents of electronic files and instant messaging and e-mail. The Interlibrary Loan service augments the library network communications as private and confidential. Any inspection of electronic holdings by supplying documents from partner and consortium libraries to meet files, and any action based upon such inspection, will be governed by all applicable the expanding research needs of AUBG faculty and students. Bulgarian and U.S. laws and by AUBG policies. The same standards and principles of copyright and intellectual property rights protected by U.S. and EU law that For further information, please see www.aubg.edu/library. apply to the AUBG's Panitza Library also apply to electronic materials obtained BOOKSTORE from the network. The bookstore is housed on the ground floor of the ABF, between the Aspire Hub The full text of AUBG's policies on computing and data communications may be and the café, and carries all required textbooks (both in print and electronic copy), found online at www.aubg.edu/computing. teaching cases, and supplemental materials for courses offered at AUBG, and CONFERENCES, INSTITUTES, AND EVENTS OFFICE offers a range of general books for sale (including SAT and TOEFL preparation materials, other textbooks, and dictionaries), as well as office supplies. The AUBG has a specialized Conferences, Institutes, and Events Office to arrange bookstore can also place special orders for books, supplies, or special items upon small and large conferences, symposia, seminars, and workshops. The office customer request. serves as a “one-stop shop” for a variety of conference services, including transportation, catering, meeting rooms, and equipment. These services are ASPIRE INNOVATION HUB available to both public and private organizations. The office also organizes an Aspire is a shared working space that aims to encourage the exchange of ideas annual Educational Summer Camp in English for teenagers from Bulgaria and among the AUBG community and to facilitate the transformation of creative abroad. visions into reality. The goal of Aspire is to bring people from different areas within COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS the university to one place, where all share one common aspiration to create something, whether it is a start-up business, a tech venture, or a book. Aspire is AUBG maintains close relationships with universities both in Bulgaria and abroad. housed on the ground floor of the ABF, next to the bookstore. Aspire is open daily, 8 In Bulgaria, AUBG has cooperative relationships with New Bulgarian University; am to 11 pm. Sofia University; the University of National and World Economy; South-West University – Blagoevgrad; and the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies. There is also a joint agreement with the Bulgarian Academy of Science. In the U.S., AUBG students can study through exchange programs at the ADMISSIONS University of Maine, the State University of New York – Fredonia, and campuses of several hundred members of the International Student Exchange Program AUBG seeks to enroll students from diverse backgrounds who demonstrate (ISEP). academic promise, leadership ability, and intellectual curiosity. But admission to a university is a process of mutual selection; all potential students are therefore In Europe, AUBG is the holder of a standard Erasmus Charter and has bilateral encouraged to learn as much as possible about the university, its courses and Erasmus agreements with over fifty European institutions in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, programs, its student body, and its highly successful graduates. AUBG also Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, the Netherlands, welcomes inquiries and encourages interested students and their families to Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey. contact an admissions counselor with questions or to arrange a campus visit. APPLICATION Because AUBG is selective, admission is competitive. The Admissions Committee reads each application carefully and evaluates it on the basis of its merit as a whole. If the applicant's native language is not English, the applicant's score on one of the English-language proficiency tests must reflect the ability to communicate effectively in English. The applicant's secondary school record is reviewed not only for grades but also for the quality of courses taken and their relative difficulty. Letters of recommendation, honors, extracurricular activities, and a personal interview complete the evidence of an applicant's potential for success at AUBG. Application Form The application form for admission must be submitted online at www.aubg.edu/apply. Application Deadlines Admission is offered on a rolling basis, which means students may begin the admissions process at any time. Nevertheless, students interested in entering in the fall semester should try to meet the following deadlines:  March 1 for early admission with preferential financial aid and scholarship consideration  June 1 for regular admission and financial aid for non-EU students For students entering in the spring semester, the recommended application deadline is November 1. Non-EU citizens applying in the spring should apply by October 1. Notification and Confirmation Deposit AUBG ordinarily notifies applicants of their application status by e-mail and regular mail. The Admissions Committee's deliberations are confidential, and students who are not admitted should not expect an explanation of the committee's decision. Within one month of notification, students must confirm the acceptance of the offer and must pay a non-refundable deposit of $350. If the deposit is not received before the confirmation deadline, the applicant forfeits the financial aid accredited) high school that uses English as the language of instruction, but and/or scholarship offer. operates in a country where the primary language is not English. These four years must be immediately prior to attending AUBG. The applicant's high school Application Materials transcripts must attest to their education in English. Additional interview will be All applications must include the following: conducted to verify English proficiency.The English proficiency requirement may be waived for residents of the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland,  Completed application form Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.  Evidence of proficiency in English Applicants who have already taken an English proficiency test should send their  Official educational records (original documents or notary-certified scores using official channels for the given test. copies) with a certified English translation unless the records are in English SAT/ACT  Two confidential letters of recommendation from teachers, professors, SAT or ACT scores are optional for admission to AUBG. To register to take the guidance counselors, or academic advisors SAT or to order official score reports, visit www.sat.collegeboard.org. The AUBG  Application essay institutional code number for receiving official SAT scores is 2451.  Portfolio of achievements and/or CV To register to take the ACT or to order official score reports, visit www.actstudent.org. The AUBG institutional code number for receiving official  Application interview scheduled by the Admissions staff ACT scores is 5465. All documents submitted as part of the application process remain the property of Educational Records AUBG and are not returned to the applicant. Diplomas. All applicants must submit a certified copy of their high school diploma English-Language Proficiency before beginning study at AUBG. These records must list courses taken, grades Minimum requirements for proficiency in English apply to all university earned or examination results in each subject, secondary school cumulative grade applicants. The minimum acceptable score for each proficiency exam is as follows: point average (GPA), and certificates or diplomas awarded. English Proficiency Qualifications Required Non-Bulgarian diplomas are considered true copies if certified by an apostille. Minimum Information about the Hague Convention on legalization of foreign public documents is available at www.hcch.net. Applicants who do not hold a high school IBT – Internet Based TOEFL 80 diploma at the time of application must present an official high school transcript or PBT – Paper Based TOEFL 550 record for the last three years of secondary school study. IELTS – International English Language Testing System 6.5 Any documents not in English or Bulgarian must be accompanied by a certified CPE – Certificate of Proficiency in English C English translation. CAE – Certificate in Advanced English B High school transcripts. Transcripts are considered official if they bear an official ECPE – Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English 650 high school stamp and the signature of the high school principal. Academic PTE Academic – Pearson Test of English 59 transcripts should include the school's contact information. Transcripts must list International Baccalaureate (IB) – English B, English A, the subjects taken, grades earned or examination results in each subject, and English A: Literature, English A: Language and Literature, certificates or diplomas with a calculated annual grade point average (GPA). (either Higher-level (HL) or standard-level (SL)) 5 Applicants should ordinarily have a high school grade point average of 3.00 or better on a 4.00 scale [or the equivalent of 3.00 in a different scale]. For admissions Advanced Placement – AP English Language & Composition purposes, high school transcripts may be in English, Bulgarian, or Russian. or AP Literature & Composition 4 Application essay. The essays help the Admissions Committee become acquainted High School in English – Four or more consecutive years of full-time education in with the applicants, understand their motives for attending AUBG, and determine an accredited high school based in an English-speaking country or at an how well they express themselves. The essays are evaluated on the basis of content, international (CIS-accredited, US-accredited, IB or other internationally grammar and mechanics, and style. Letters of Recommendation. Two confidential letters of recommendation are ELI provides comprehensive English-language preparation through three course required from teachers, professors, guidance counselors, or academic advisors modules totaling 1,300 hours of instruction. The program is designed for bright familiar with the student's academic performance and leadership potential. Any and ambitious students whose English is insufficient or who have not had the letter not written in English must be accompanied by a certified translation. opportunity to learn English in high school. Many students find that through this Recommendation letters must contain the contact information and the signature of option they are able to achieve admissions-level English proficiency in six to the person writing the recommendation. eighteen months. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Transfer Applicants First-Year Applicants Transfer applicants must meet the same standards and deadlines as first-year applicants. Transfer applicants should submit the following: First-year students may begin studies at AUBG in either the fall or spring semester and should submit the information and documents noted above. The following  completed application form (submitted online at www.aubg.edu/apply) provides information about additional requirements for students wishing to apply  names and addresses of all schools and colleges previously attended to the university.  official English proficiency test score (if applicable) Advanced Placement  official college transcripts and a course catalog or syllabi for all courses Students may receive credit for Advanced Placement (AP) exams or College Level completed Examination Program (CLEP) exams given by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). An official copy of the examination scores must be sent to the Admissions  high school diploma for students with fewer than thirty college credits Office with the application materials. Three credit hours (or one course credit) will Transfer credit for work completed at other universities will be limited to (1) be awarded for a score of 4 or 5 on an AP exam. Students who achieve a minimum courses completed with a grade of C+ or higher, (2) academic coursework similar score of 55 on a CLEP may be granted one course credit. to what AUBG offers, and (3) a maximum of sixty credit hours from accredited International Baccalaureate Program institutions or institutions recognized by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education. AUBG also recognizes academic work completed under the International A full explanation of how transfer credit is awarded can be found under “Transfer Baccalaureate (IB) program. Students who complete a full IB diploma may be Credit Policy.” awarded up to three credit hours for scores of 5 or higher on both higher-level and Visiting Student Applicants standard-level examinations. Students who do not receive the full IB diploma may receive credit for scores of 5 or higher only on higher-level examinations; students Visiting students must be in good standing at their home institution, have a 3.00 may receive six credit hours for scores of 6 or 7 and three credit hours for scores of GPA on a 4.00 scale, and meet the English-language-proficiency requirements for 5. Credits are awarded only upon receipt of the official IB transcript and with the new students if they are not native speakers of English. (See the minimum approval of the dean of faculty. Once academic credit has been awarded, individual acceptable scores under “English-Language Proficiency” in this catalog.) departments will decide on course equivalency and whether an AP, CLEP, or IB If the home institution is affiliated with AUBG directly or through a consortium, examination covers the AUBG General Education and/or major or minor students should apply through their institution's study abroad or international requirements. programs office. Other applicants should submit an official transcript from their Conditional Admittance home institution, proof of English-language proficiency, and the relevant portions of the standard application form directly to AUBG. Visiting students wishing to Applicants to AUBG who require additional preparation in order to meet AUBG transfer to AUBG must meet the same requirements as other transfer students. admission standards may be offered conditional admittance pending successful completion of a one to three semester preparation program at the English Language Institute (ELI). Conditionally-admitted students studying in ELI live in AUBG residence halls (if space is available) and may participate in all events of AUBG student life. TUITION AND FEES second week of the term billed for 20% of the net tuition In this section, you will find descriptions of the tuition, fees, and additional third week billed for 40% of the net tuition expenses to help you plan your finances. fourth week billed for 60% of the net tuition FULL-TIME STUDENTS fifth week billed for 80% of the net tuition Tuition for full-time students for 2017-18 is $11,700 per year. Tuition is set sixth week billed for 100% of net tuition annually and students may anticipate some increase over the four years of study. The annual residence hall fee for 2017-18 is $1,410 for residents of the Skaptopara STUDENT ACCOUNTS I and II residence halls, and $1,750 for the Skaptopara III residence hall. A limited Accounts are established at the Accounting Office in order to handle both charges number of beds are available at $1,210. All students enrolled in nine or more credit and credits. Tuition, housing and student activity fees, meal plan deposit, and hours per semester are also charged a student activity fee of $580 per year to cover health insurance for international students are applied to the student account before co-curricular activities, clubs, special events, and recreational and athletic the start of each semester. Payment must be received by AUBG in full by August 10 activities. This activity fee will be applied to all students, including those living off for the fall semester and by January 10 for the spring semester. Students whose campus, dependents of AUBG employees, and students from Blagoevgrad. All payments are not received by those dates will be assessed a late fee of $100 and full-time students are required to live on campus unless they live locally with their may have their registration canceled without prior notice. immediate family. The cost for textbooks averages $300 per semester, an amount that varies depending on the courses selected. Meals at the AUBG Canteen are Throughout the semester, students may charge purchases from the bookstore, estimated at $1,200 a year. These charges are subject to annual adjustment. There restaurant, and campus cafes. Credits for the Student Assistants Program, are no additional fees for the use of health and counseling services, Internet scholarships, and other sources are applied to the account during the semester or at service, or technology labs. the beginning of the next semester. Student accounts do not need to be prepaid, but accounts must be current in order for students to participate in course pre- PART-TIME STUDENTS registration and room selection for the following semester, and accounts must be Tuition for part-time students is calculated on a credit-hour basis. The current rate made current at the end of the semester. The student accounts of graduating seniors is $490 per credit hour. Part-time, non-degree-seeking students are ineligible for must be current prior to commencement. Students seeking to obtain a leave of any support through AUBG, student loans, scholarships, and participation in the absence or to study abroad must pay any balance due before the leave is requested. Student Assistants Program. Students with overdue accounts are subject to cancellation of their registration AUBG students enrolled in an independent study, senior thesis, senior project, or without prior notice. Students, former students, and alumni must pay their academic internship over the summer pay $245 per credit hour. accounts in full to receive official transcripts, diplomas, or other documents. STUDENT VISAS AND INSURANCE OTHER FEES AND DEPOSITS International students are responsible for additional fees for mandatory health Fees and deposits listed below are subject to change. insurance ($100 estimated), entry visa (EUR 100), and Bulgarian ID card for Course material download fee. Some instructors may require copyrighted international students (BGN 158.90). Students should include travel costs to and materials, such as cases or papers, that are under a single-user, single-use copyright from their home and the university as part of their financial planning. limitation. In order to ensure that the copyright limitations are upheld, the REFUND POLICY university will charge the cost to download the required materials to each student registered in the course at the end of add/drop week. The course registration system Students withdrawing or taking a leave of absence from the university during the and course syllabus should alert students whenever this fee applies. semester remain responsible for charges to their accounts. Books are charged at the amounts actually spent. Refunds of residence hall fees are according to the policies Graduation fee. The graduation fee covers all costs associated with graduation and found in the Student Handbook (also available online at www.aubg.edu). The meal must be paid prior to participation in commencement and prior to the release of the plan deposit and the housing confirmation deposit are nonrefundable. The charge final transcript and/or diploma. for tuition and the student activity fee depends on when the student leaves. Refunds Housing confirmation deposit. All students who live on campus, except for visiting for withdrawals or leaves of absence adhere to the following scale: and exchange students, must pay a deposit of $150 per semester to confirm their add/drop period a full refund of net tuition place in the residence halls. The deposit is assessed on November 15 for housing in the spring semester and on April 15 for housing in the fall semester. Students who Certified diploma copies. A certified diploma copy is a photocopy of the original withdraw or take a leave of absence forfeit this deposit. authenticated by the University. A certified copy can be issued upon request. Because the University does not keep copies of diplomas, the original diploma or a Meal plan deposit. Effective fall 2017, each full-time student will be assessed a clear photocopy of it must be presented. Certified copies of diplomas are $5 each. meal plan deposit of $150 per semester that can be used for purchasing meals in the restaurant or in campus cafes. An extra $150 of value will be added to meal cards of Diploma duplicates. Duplicate American and Bulgarian diplomas cost $20 and can students who live on campus (i.e., who pay the residence hall fee). Additional be produced only upon request. Such copies will be stamped “Duplicate Diploma.” funds can be deposited to the meal card. Late drop/add fee. There is no fee for dropping or adding courses during the first week of classes. In exceptional circumstances, a student may be permitted by the dean of faculty to add or drop a course during the second week of classes. Whenever this is allowed, an additional fee of $100 per transaction (add, drop, or combination add/drop) will be assessed. Late withdrawal/leave of absence fee. Students who withdraw or take a leave of absence after April 15 for the fall semester and November 15 for the spring semester will be subject to late fees. The fee scale for leave of absence or withdrawal for the fall semester is as follows: April 15 – May 31 $100 June 1 – June 30 $200 After June 30 $300 The fee for a leave of absence or withdrawal for the spring semester is $200 after November 15. Late payment fee. Students are assessed a late payment fee of $100 if payment for their semester tuition and mandatory fees is not received by the relevant deadline and are also subject to having their course registration canceled without prior notice while tuition is unpaid. Overload fee. Students who register for an academic overload are assessed a fee of $100 per credit hour for the eighteenth and nineteenth credit hour registered in a semester, and $245 for each credit hour beyond nineteen. No student may take more than twenty-two credits in a semester (see Academic Policies in this catalog). Excess credit hour fee. Students who attempt an excessive number of credit hours are subject to a supplemental fee. The supplemental fee is $40 for each hour attempted in excess of 132 hours attempted. A definition of hours attempted can be found in the Academic Policies section under “Academic Hours.” Transcript and certificate fee. An official transcript is $7. An additional fee of $3.25 per order applies to Credentials eScrip-Safe company transcript service charge for online requests. Enrolment and other certificates are $2 per copy. Paper transcripts and certificates are issued in English and in Bulgarian. The fee for same day service is $5.00. FINANCIAL AID, STUDENT LOANS, SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENT LOANS This section discusses the ways in which you can finance your education. For Bulgarian and EU students, Raiffeisenbank, DSK Bank, Allianz Bank Bulgaria, Postbank, and First Investment Bank provide government-guaranteed AUBG FINANCIAL AID loans up to the full amount of tuition with an interest rate of 7% per year for a In order to attract diverse and highly qualified students to AUBG and make an maximum of eight semesters of AUBG attendance. AUBG education affordable for those students, the university makes both financial Several banks offer loan programs that support education at AUBG, including First aid and scholarship support available. Financial aid is based on the academic merit Investment Bank, UniCredit Bulbank, and SG Expressbank. All full-time, degree- and the financial need of the student. Financial need is determined through an seeking students in good academic standing who are not full scholarship recipients analysis of the application for financial assistance and supporting documents are eligible for these loans. submitted as part of the application packet. Students must file an application for financial assistance to be eligible for need-based financial aid. All AUBG-funded AUBG participates in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program which financial aid awards are valid for a maximum of eight semesters of enrollment and offers low interest loans for US students and parents to help make university are contingent on maintaining a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA). education an affordable journey. The lender is the US Department of Education, Most awards require the student to maintain a 2.50 cumulative GPA (on a scale although the entity students deal with – their loan servicer – can be a private from 0.00 to 4.00). Some awards have a higher requirement, which is specified in business. Students and permanent residents from the United States can obtain US the award letter. A multiyear scholarship recipient may extend the termination date federal and private loans (Sallie Mae) to help finance part or all of their studies. of the award by up to two semesters by filling an approved leave of absence request Our mission is to provide educational access and opportunity for all students. We by the appropriate deadline. promote participation in higher education by providing programs of assistance to Scholarship awards are made to meet the intentions of the donor(s) providing the help bridge the gap between the cost of attending the University and the family's funds; such intentions include fostering academic excellence, encouraging own resources. leadership potential, and/or promoting diversity among the student body. AUBG's federal school code is G34423. Scholarship awards are limited in duration according to the particular scholarship and may require the recipient to maintain a higher GPA than that required for For more information about US Federal and private loans and the application financial aid awards. Students are responsible for reading and understanding the procedures, please visit www.aubg.edu/loansfor-us-citizens. scholarship terms that are outlined in the award letter. Check the AUBG website at www.aubg.edu/loans for additional loan programs Transfer credits from other institutions—including those from AUBG-approved and for the loan application procedure. exchange and study-abroad programs—reduce the number of eligible semesters Students, former students, and alumni with overdue loan balances are not for AUBG-funded financial aid and scholarships to the minimum number permitted to receive official transcripts, diplomas, or other documents until the necessary to complete graduation requirements. A student who has a legitimate loan account is settled. reason for an extension of either form of assistance beyond the limits expressed above – such as a required course not being offered or inability to complete a For further information contact the Student Loan Coordinator by phone at (+359 semester because of illness – may apply for an extension by sending an e-mail to 73) 888 311 or (+359 73) 888 302. The coordinator may also be reached by e-mail [email protected], explaining the reasons for the request. If an at [email protected]. additional semester of financial aid is not granted, the student must pay the full cost STUDENT ASSISTANTS PROGRAM of enrollment. In addition to tuition grants, many students are eligible to participate in the on- Financial aid and scholarship support for new students are awarded in the campus Student Assistants Program. Earnings from the program are not paid in admissions letter and must be confirmed by payment of a $350 deposit within cash but are credited to the student's account and applied to the costs of tuition, thirty days of receipt of the letter. If the deposit is not received before the housing, textbooks, and meals from campus dining services. Participation depends confirmation deadline, the applicant forfeits the financial aid and/or scholarship on the positions available. Full-time students are eligible for up to 360 hours per offer. academic year. Students who receive scholarships covering all AUBG expenses For further information on all financial aid and scholarship support available, (tuition, housing, student activity fee, meal plan, textbooks, etc.) are ineligible—as please contact the AUBG Financial Aid Office by phone at (+359 73) 888 222 or by are part-time, visiting, and exchange students. e-mail at [email protected]. ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE Step Three The The mission of the English Language Institute at AUBG is to provide quality Step Three is offered twice a year from September to November and from January English-language instruction to prospective students and to all others interested in to April. learning English as a foreign language. Established in 1992 as an auxiliary unit to Step Three is shorter than Steps One and Two to allow time for students to (re)take the university, the ELI is designed to offer academic and general English courses, TOEFL and (re)apply for full admission to AUBG. Step Three is a highly advanced TOEFL and SAT preparation, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and a variety of English-language course designed to prepare students with a good command of community-oriented, tailor-made services. English for university-level work. It builds on the strengths of Step Two, but is also UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY PROGRAM (UPP) open to high school graduates who have studied English intensively and reached a high level of proficiency. The ELI offers a comprehensive English language program consisting of three By providing students with solid language support, the course helps them steps totaling 1,300 hours of instruction designed for bright, ambitious students consolidate their knowledge of both formal English grammar and the subtleties of whose English is insufficient or who have not had the opportunity to learn English usage. It enhances their skills in all areas of language acquisition: listening in high school. This is a way to learn English and achieve admissions-level TOEFL comprehension, structure, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. All in scores in one to three semesters. Students can apply to enter the program at any of all, it helps boost students' confidence as proficient users of English. the three steps with an English placement test. In its second part, Step Three emphasizes detailed TOEFL preparation, offering AUBG applicants who submit a full application package to the Admissions Office successful TOEFL test-taking strategies. The course allows students to acquire the may be referred to the ELI if they need extra help with English to meet admissions knowledge and skills necessary for the test, but leaves ample time for self- criteria. These students are conditionally accepted to AUBG and prepare at the preparation and for memorizing, building, and activating their own TOEFL ELI. Upon completing the University Preparatory Program, these conditionally vocabulary. Writing classes are also included. admitted students retake the TOEFL and, if successful, become fully admitted AUBG students. Unless conditionally accepted and referred by the Admissions Office, Bulgarian applicants must submit an application form and a high school diploma (5.00 and Step One above) to apply. Step One is offered twice a year from September to December and from January to International students can only apply through the AUBG Admissions Office after May. they submit a full application package and are conditionally accepted to AUBG. This course is intended for those new to the study of English. It consists of 500 SHORT-TERM TOEFL, SAT, CAE, IELTS PREPARATION hours taught over four months for six hours a day, five days a week. During the course, students are expected to master basic grammar and spelling rules and to For high school graduates with a strong command of English, the ELI offers acquire a vocabulary of about 4,000 lexical units (words and phrases). At the end of intensive three-week TOEFL and SAT preparation courses in the summer. the course, students should have developed intermediate-level English skills in TOEFL (SUMMER INTENSIVE) listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course offers a quick vocabulary and grammar review that emphasizes Step Two language subtleties and successful test-taking skills and strategies. Enrolled Step Two is offered twice a year from September to December and from January to students have the unique opportunity to complete a number of sample TOEFL tests May. in an exam-like setting. Through completion of this course students can This course continues the Step One material and develops it to an advanced level. The course is suitable for students who have finished Step One as well as for  significantly improve their listening comprehension and speaking skills; applicants with intermediate knowledge of English. Step Two covers 500 hours  taught over four months for six hours a day, five days a week. The participants gain become comfortable with English spoken by a variety of native speakers; fluency in spoken and written English and acquire linguistic and communicative  grow accustomed to the structure and accurate use of English; competence in the language. At the end of the course, students should have  developed an advanced level of English skills in listening, speaking, reading, and learn effective strategies for reading and understanding academic and writing. literary texts; and  gain experience writing short expository and argumentative essays on a INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM number of exam topics. (SUMMER INTENSIVE) SAT I (SUMMER INTENSIVE) The main goal of the course is to build up practical skills for success in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test by enhancing In this course, students work on all sections of the test with a team of language and students' vocabulary and familiarizing them with useful test-taking strategies. math professionals. The course emphasizes the logic and reasoning skills students Students have the opportunity to complete a large number of sample tests in a real need to improve their SAT scores, rather than focusing on grammar and style. test-taking environment. Through completion of this course students can TOEFL iBT CENTER  gain a better understanding of all major types of SAT questions (sentence completion, reading comprehension, sentence and paragraph The ELI functions as a certified TOEFL iBT (Internet-based test) center (code improvement, and error identification); STN13646A). The center administers the test two to four times a month. Test dates are available on the ETS website.  improve essay-writing skills; For fast and convenient service, registration is available online, twenty-four hours  reinforce math skills and acquire the required math terminology; and a day, seven days a week. Early registration closes seven days prior to the test date,  acquire knowledge that helps them improve their scores and approach the and late registration closes three days prior to the test date. For students with no SAT with confidence. access to the Internet, registration is also possible in person at the ELI Office, Monday through Friday. CERTIFICATE OF ADVANCED ENGLISH (SUMMER INTENSIVE) TEST CENTER The chief goal of the course is to build up practical skills for success in the Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) test by reviewing basic and subtle AUBG is a regular test center for the SAT, both the SAT I Reasoning Test and SAT grammatical items, enriching students' vocabulary, and acquainting them with II Subject Tests. Registration for the exams ends two months before the actual date useful test taking strategies. Most of all, students have the unique opportunity to of the test. Scores are expected no earlier than six weeks after the test date. For complete a variety of reading, listening, speaking, and writing tasks as well as registration brochures, please contact the AUBG Admissions Office. AUBG also several authentic CAE tests. administers paper-based GRE Subject Tests as a regular test center and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as a non-published test center. The course will  acquaint students with the format of the test;  improve students' listening comprehension skills by having them complete a number of CAE listening and speaking tasks;  allow students to gain accuracy in structure and written expression and gain speed in choosing the standard structure or recognizing the error;  teach students effective strategies for reading and understanding academic and literary texts;  give students the opportunity to write a report, an essay, a proposal, a review, and an informal letter; and  help students become familiar with the CAE test and thereby build confidence in doing it. STUDENT SERVICES complete career-planning tool for measuring students' interests in a broad range of occupations, work and leisure activities, and school subjects. Its validity and In this section, you will find descriptions and information concerning AUBG's reliability far exceed those of any other interest inventory. student life, such as extracurricular activities, student clubs, and student government, and concerning the various services available to students, including Through multimedia and Internet resources, the center provides information about career and mental health counseling, healthcare, dining services, and many more. graduate and postgraduate academic programs, funding sources, job openings, internship opportunities, and company profiles. The Career Center also keeps ADVISING CENTER credential files for current students and alumni and maintains a specialized library AUBG is committed to the academic success of all its students. The Advising of preparatory textbooks and software for the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and TOEFL Center is located in the America for Bulgaria Student Center and coordinates the computer-adaptive format (CAT) and facilitates student and alumni test delivery of advising services to enhance the students' educational experience and registration. foster academic and personal growth. The annual Job and Internship Fair brings together employers and AUBG students The Center's services and programs include: and alumni on campus. This event facilitates companies' recruitment processes while presenting students and alumni with outstanding opportunities for  Selection of appropriate courses and other educational experiences internships and summer or full-time employment and allowing for person-to-  Interpretation of the institution's policies and procedures person inquiries.  Development of a suitable educational plan The Career Center has been a member in good standing of the National Association  Clarification of career and life goals of Colleges and Employers (NACE) since 1998.  Awareness of all support services available on campus COUNSELING CENTER  Evaluation of students' progress towards their degrees The professional staff of the Counseling Center provides private, confidential counseling for students to assist them in assessing and improving their choices  Learning support services such as tutoring, learning style tests, and study regarding personal, educational, and career goals. All students are encouraged to skills workshops participate in workshops that promote interpersonal growth and development.  Self-assessment of career and personal interests and personal qualifications Counseling services are provided free of charge to AUBG students and include the following: The Advising Center has been a member of NACADA – The Global Community for Academic Advising since 2006.  crisis intervention Tutoring Services are available in the America for Bulgaria Student Center and  personal and emotional counseling provide discipline specific and writing tutoring for AUBG students. The program  individual and group therapy collaborates with AUBG faculty, who recommend well-prepared and well-trained  tutors in English, Accounting, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, and workshops and skill-building opportunities other areas as needed. Tutoring services are free for all AUBG students.  peer educators who assist the professional staff in providing services to the CAREER CENTER AUBG community  The AUBG Career Center provides an extensive set of services focused on referrals assisting students and alumni in career planning and placement. The Career Center All counseling service staff adhere to established ethical principles and codes of is located in the American for Bulgaria Student Center. professional practice. These include patient confidentiality, privacy, dignity, and The center offers counseling to help students and alumni make educated career informed consent. When the condition of the client indicates clear and imminent choices by identifying talents, interests, and values. Workshops and presentations danger to self or others, counseling service professionals must take reasonable on various topics (job search strategies, CV/résumé and cover letter writing, action that may involve informing responsible authorities and, when possible and interview techniques, career expectations) strengthen professional skills in order appropriate, consulting with other professionals. to better respond to employment demands. The Counseling Center is open Monday through Friday in the America for The Career Center coordinator is certified by G/S Consultants and Consulting Bulgaria Student Center. Counseling assistance is also available after hours by Psychologists Press (CPP) to offer the Strong Interest Inventory—the most telephone at (+359 73) 888 517. HEALTH CENTER end of town near the rail station. The Main Building (MB) is the original location of The goal of the AUBG Health Center is to meet the health services needs of AUBG the University; it currently houses administrative and faculty offices and serves as students, faculty, and staff. The center is staffed by a physician and a nurse assistant one of the University's two classroom buildings. The Main Building is shared with who are available to provide prompt evaluation and treatment of common medical Southwest University and is owned by the city of Blagoevgrad. It is open 24/7, and problems and is equipped to provide routine diagnosis, lab tests, and treatment of the University maintains a security presence in the building at all times. common problems. When necessary, students can be referred to a local outpatient The Skaptopara campus is the site of all three residence halls, the Balkanski clinic, hospital, or medical specialist for consultation and/or additional tests. Academic Center (BAC), and the America for Bulgaria Foundation (ABF) Student The Health Center operates under the regulations established by Bulgarian Center. BAC houses Panitza Library, the Andrey Delchev Auditorium, and legislation and the standards of the American College Health Association. All administrative and faculty offices, and serves as the University's second classroom requirements for confidentiality and privacy are guaranteed according to Health building. The ABF Center houses Student Services, the University restaurant and Center policies and procedures and the laws in effect. café, the Sports Hall, and the Dr. Carl Djerassi Theater Hall. The Health Center is located in the Skaptopara I residence hall and is open Monday The grounds of the Skaptopara campus are open for use to all University through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. The phone numbers at the office are (+359 73) community members. The area around the residence halls has spaces designed for 888 207 and (+359 73) 888 210. The doctor and the nurse make home visits in case outdoor relaxation, including park benches, a gazebo, and barbeque grills. The of emergency. ABF Center grounds include outdoor sports facilities, such as tennis courts, a football pitch, and a basketball court. Emergency Services can be contacted 24-hours a day, 7-days per week by dialing 112. University facilities are available for use by student organizations with prior approval. DINING SERVICES RESIDENCE LIFE AND HOUSING Dining services operates a restaurant and a café in the America for Bulgaria Student Center that provide regular and vegetarian meals daily. The restaurant AUBG provides student housing in the Skaptopara residence hall complex, though offers a salad and sandwich bar, a pasta bar, pizza on demand, and a variety of main additional housing facilities may be used to meet demand. All full-time students and side dishes and desserts. An additional café is available in the Skaptopara I are required to live on campus unless they live locally with their immediate family residence hall. or unless written permission to live off campus for the semester is given by the Director of Residence Life. All individual rooms and suites are wired for Internet INTERNATIONAL AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS access, and each residence hall offers computer labs, cafés, and lounges equipped AUBG values diversity and encourages students from around the world to apply with televisions, Wiis, and DVD players. Skaptopara I and II have a laundry for short-term study and/or as degree candidates, for both our faculty and our service. students benefit from a highly diverse student body. Throughout the academic Residence hall programs and procedures are designed to carry out and support the year, international programs designed to promote intercultural awareness are educational mission of AUBG as a residential university. All students sign a carried out through the Office of Student Services. These activities include contract agreeing to abide by university housing regulations. This contract excursions, international dinner evenings, dance and theater performances, includes a $150 deposit to confirm the student's place for the following semester. picnics, seasonal or themed parties, and athletic events. Resident Assistants (RAs) are students hired to help manage the residence halls. Students in good standing who have completed at least three semesters in residence They provide counseling, assist in orientation and registration, inform students of may apply to study abroad for a semester or an academic year. (Students must earn residence hall policies, and help create a learning/living environment in the a minimum of sixty credits from AUBG. See “Graduation Requirements” under residence halls. They also provide assistance to AUBG security and local police “Academic Policies and Procedures.”) Costs for travel, books, and other expenses when necessary. RAs are hired for a full academic year, and the position includes vary from program to program and are the responsibility of the student. Details on housing compensation. These positions are highly competitive and open to international exchange opportunities are available in the Office of Student students after their first year in residence. Services. For further information, please refer to the Student Handbook, available online at CAMPUS BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS www.aubg.edu/student-handbook and in hardcopy in the Office of Student The campus is divided into two locations: the Main Building, located on Services, or visit the Residence Life and Housing Office in the America for Blagoevgrad's central square, and the Skaptopara Campus, located on the south Bulgaria Student Center. CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS ACADEMIC INTEGRITY At AUBG, students are encouraged to form groups based on common interests and In this section, you will find AUBG's policies and procedures regarding academic then to establish clubs and organizations to pursue their shared goals in a focused integrity. way. Clubs that are officially recognized by the university are eligible for partial funding. Students have organized societies for a wide variety of interests, WHAT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IS including chess, cinema, and photography clubs; economics and business groups; All members of the AUBG community are expected to abide by ethical standards a literary magazine; and a TV station. both in their conduct and in their exercise of responsibilities toward others. As part PERFORMING ARTS of this, the university expects students to understand and adhere to basic standards of honesty and academic integrity. The university defines academic dishonesty as The ABF Student Center houses a 350-seat, state-of-the-art theatre (the Dr. Carl any action or activity intended to achieve academic gain through deceit, Djerassi Theater Hall) for student theatrical and musical performances and for misrepresentation, or the inappropriate use of unauthorized materials or conference presentations and panel discussions. The university is also proud to assistance. Engaging in academic dishonesty is a severe violation of acceptable host the highly regarded student choir and the annual student-run musical, as well academic standards and will be dealt with appropriately. Sanctions for academic as concerts, guest lectures, art shows, and other special events that are open to the dishonesty include, but are not limited to, failure in the course and dismissal from public and that serve the community of Blagoevgrad. the university. Some examples of academic dishonesty are described below. ATHLETICS Plagiarism. The term “plagiarism” includes, but is not limited to, the use—by The America for Bulgaria Student Center houses a fully equipped fitness center, an summary, paraphrase, or direct quotation—of the published or unpublished work indoor running track, and a sports arena for basketball, volleyball, football, and of another person (including those on the Internet) without full and clear other team sports. Intramural clubs and teams have been formed by AUBG acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared community members in aerobics, baseball, softball, basketball, football, American by another agency. football, volleyball, tennis, karate, boxing, dancing, hiking, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, and many others. For more information on co-curricular activities Incorrect Reporting of Data. In any project involving the collection of data, see the Student Handbook or visit the university website at www.aubg.edu. students must accurately report the data observed and not intentionally alter or falsify data for any reason. STUDENT GOVERNMENT Destruction of Resources or the Work of Others. Students must not destroy or alter Student Government is the directly elected representative body of the students at either the work of other students or of the university's educational resources and AUBG. Members of Student Government have the opportunity to develop materials. These materials include, but are not limited to, computer accounts, valuable leadership and parliamentary skills. According to its Constitution, papers, textbooks, and course notes. Student Government holds weekly sessions and consists of a President, a Vice President, and a Student Senate of twelve members. The Student Government Violating Course Policies, Rules, and Regulations. Students may not deliberately voices the opinions of the student body before the faculty and administration and disregard course policies, rules, and regulations in their classroom behavior or in seeks to improve the quality of student life. Student Government has an the development and submission of course requirements. independent budget, which it allocates among the various AUBG clubs and Use of Work in One Course from Another. Students must not represent work organizations. completed for one course as original work for another course or deliberately STUDENT CONDUCT COUNCIL disregard course rules and regulations. This includes not only similar papers, but also any work stemming from the same basic research. AUBG conscientiously strives to ensure representation of students, faculty, and staff on most of its committees. One of the most important committees at the Altering Academic Records. Students must not alter, or attempt to alter, any records university is the Conduct Council, which hears cases of alleged misconduct and of their academic performance. Such alterations include, but are not limited to, violations of university regulations and whose members include faculty, staff, and altering official transcripts or other registration materials; altering the grade on any students. Procedures can be found in the Student Handbook and online at course assignment; or reporting a false GPA. www.aubg.edu. Cheating. Unless directed by a faculty member, students should neither give nor receive assistance on assignments or examinations. The term “cheating” includes, but is not limited to  use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or the immediate moment, instead of reflecting on how this particular assignment, examinations; test, or exam fits within their life considered as a total.  dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the Dishonest students harm their character. Your mind works like Google instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or autocomplete. Your conscious mind starts a thought and your subconscious carrying out other assignments; and completes it. Dishonest students are programming their mental “autocomplete” to throw up “cheat” every time they face a challenge. Unless they change their mental  the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material habits, what starts off as cheating on a 5% test becomes cheating on a final, which belonging to a member of the university faculty or staff. becomes cheating on a CV, which becomes cheating on a work project, and so on. WHY ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IS SELF-DEFEATING Students who get caught cheating are lucky, because they get immediate feedback Why is academic dishonesty wrong? Dishonest students sabotage their self- that cheating does not work. Students who do not get caught are unlucky, because development. they are fooled into thinking that they benefited from their dishonesty, when in fact they are acting against their own lives. An obvious benefit students obtain from taking a course is knowledge of the subject they are studying. If they take a course on object-oriented programming, ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND APPEALS COUNCIL they learn about object-oriented programing. If they take a course on game theory, These are the procedures for addressing alleged violations of the standards of they learn about game theory. academic integrity. Questions about these procedures should be referred to the A less obvious benefit is that they learn the skill of thinking. A literature major dean of faculty. studying mathematics is training his or her mind, as is a mathematics major I. Purpose of the Procedures studying literature. As the mind is the human tool of survival, this is a skill that advantages students in every aspect of their lives. All members of the AUBG community are expected to abide by ethical standards both in their conduct and in their exercise of responsibilities towards others. The Students have to obtain the above benefits themselves. Education is a do-it- University expects students to understand and adhere to basic standards of honesty yourself activity. Your professors can guide you, however their thinking will not and academic integrity. The purpose of these procedures is to allow the University put knowledge in your head. To obtain knowledge, you have to engage your brain. to uphold these standards while preserving the rights of the accused to a fair The above are not separate benefits. You learn the skill of thinking while obtaining hearing, to impartial treatment, to timely resolution of the case, and to protection of knowledge about a subject. confidentiality of academic records. A grade signifies your professor's assessment of your mastery of the subject you II. Scope of the Procedure are studying. Whether or not you agree with a grade, this is how an expert in the field has evaluated your expertise. This procedure is to be followed when there are instances in which there are violations or alleged violations of AUBG academic honesty standards. The Dishonest students rely on other people thinking that the grade signifies their procedures cover cheating, plagiarism, incorrect reporting of data, destruction of professor's assessment of their mastery of the subject, when in fact it signifies their resources or the work of others, use of the same or substantially the same work in ability to fool their professor. The problem with dishonesty is that the facts do not more than one course, or theft of intellectual property. change. A pseudo-A does not give you knowledge of a subject you have not studied, and does not provide you with thinking skills you have not practiced. III. Initiation of the Procedure A pseudo-A on your transcript is a fraud that will stay with you for the rest of your There are two ways in which violations of academic integrity can be handled: 1) life. Dishonest students commit fraud against their scholarship provider, their directly by either the faculty member or the dean of faculty or 2) by a hearing by the classmates, their parents, any professor who writes a recommendation letter for Academic Integrity and Appeals Council. For initial review, a student, faculty them, any graduate school they apply to, and all of their future employers. member, or the dean of faculty may refer a case through the President to the Council for adjudication. Generally, people don't like to think of themselves as bad people. This includes dishonest students. Typically, a dishonest student reduces his or her mental focus to A. Right of Student Appeal the particular assignment, test, or exam in front of them. “It's only a 5% test,” they When a case is heard for the first time in front of the Council, the student may might tell themselves. This is an even greater self-harm than failing to obtain the appeal the Council's decision to the President within ten days. When the President above benefits. They are training their mind to think like an animal's, to focus on is unavailable, this authority may be exercised by the President's designee. The it to the Academic Integrity and Appeals Council for determination of the decision of the President or her/his designee shall be final and shall be appropriate sanction. communicated to the student in writing. A student may also bring a case to the The dean of faculty may exercise administrative authority and take action when: Council as an appeal of a decision taken under Faculty Authority or Administrative Authority within ten days. In the case of appeals, the Council limits its  an allegation of academic misconduct has been referred to the dean by a consideration of the case to the issues under appeal. The decision of the Council is faculty member for determination of fact, responsibility and/or appropriate final and shall be communicated to the student in writing. sanction; or The Council may decline to hear a case if a preliminary meeting reveals that there is  the dean believes that sanctions beyond those undertaken by the faculty no evidence supporting the basis of the appeal. member in the most recent violation are appropriate because of a record of previous academic misconduct by the same student. The dean must inform B. Faculty Authority the student in writing of the instigation of administrative authority within Faculty who suspect a violation of academic integrity must adhere to the following two days and the supporting reasons. The student may accept the finding of procedures. If the faculty member elects to handle the matter within the context of fact and responsibility under Administrative Authority or may request that the course, s/he will inform the student in writing of the allegation, outline the the allegation be referred to the Council. nature of the evidence supporting the allegation, and inform the student that a The permitted sanctions under Administrative Authority are: decision regarding the alleged infraction is to be taken. The student must have at least seven calendar days to respond to the written allegation. An email sent to the  The grade on the assignment or exam is changed student's AUBG email account shall be considered written notice. If the student  The student must repeat the assignment or exam or complete an alternative does not respond within the allowed time to the written notice, the absence of assignment response will be considered to represent acceptance of fact and responsibility under Faculty Authority. If the student accepts Faculty Authority, the permitted  The student receives an F on the assignment or exam sanctions in such an instance include:  The student receives an F or X in the class 1. The grade on the assignment or exam is changed  The student receives an F or X in the class and because of repeated offenses 2. The student must repeat the assignment or exam or complete an alternative is suspended for one or more terms from the University either immediately assignment or at the end of the semester. 3. The student receives an F on the assignment or exam Instead of handling a case under Administrative Authority, the dean may choose to refer a case to the Academic Integrity and Appeals Council for a determination of 4. The student receives an F or X in the class. fact, responsibility and/or appropriate sanction. A student who commits a second The faculty member must inform the student in writing of any decision taken. If the violation of academic honesty standards can ordinarily expect to be subject to an student accepts Faculty Authority and the faculty member chooses to impose academic suspension for one or more semesters. A student who commits a third sanctions (3) or (4), the faculty member must inform the dean of faculty in writing violation is ordinarily dismissed. of the decision. This information will be kept on file and be used to monitor A student may appeal any decision taken under Administrative Authority to the multiple violations of the academic integrity code by the same student. Academic Integrity and Appeals Council. A student may appeal any decision taken under Faculty Authority to the Academic IV. Responsibilities of the Academic Integrity and Appeals Council Integrity and Appeals Council within five days of receiving the written decision of the faculty member. The student's right to attend and participate in class activities The Council examines allegations of violations of academic honesty standards that cannot be eliminated or reduced until the student has exhausted or forfeited his/her are brought to its attention by a student, a faculty member, or the dean of faculty. rights to appeal. The Council also reviews appeals from students of findings and/or sanctions imposed under Faculty Authority or Administrative Authority. In all cases, the C. Administrative Authority Council's decisions are based upon the evidence presented to it from both sides. Instead of handling a case under Faculty Authority, a faculty member may choose Both referrals for initial hearing and appeals should be submitted to the President to refer a case to the dean of faculty for a determination of responsibility and/or using the Academic Integrity and Appeals Council referral form, which briefly appropriate sanction under the provisions of Administrative Authority or may refer states the allegation and supporting evidence or the basis for the appeal. These have a reasonable opportunity to prepare her/his defense before the hearing forms shall be available in the Registrar's Office and in the office of the dean of (usually seven days). faculty. A. Hearing Preliminaries Upon concluding that there is significant basis for proceeding, the Council shall 1. The chair shall make arrangements for keeping a tape-recorded record of the notify the student in writing of the charge(s), the date(s) of alleged occurrence(s), proceedings of the Council hearing. In case of appeal, the student(s) may have the evidence, the University regulation(s) alleged to have been violated, the date, access to the tapes for purposes of review relating to the appeal. Such tapes shall be place, and time of the hearing, and the names of the members of the Council. kept by the Registrar's Office together with all records of all hearings until all rights Hearings must take place in a timely manner. The student will be permitted to to appeal have been exhausted, at which time such tapes will be destroyed. These remain in his/her classes pending resolution of the case before the Council. tapes will be deemed to be Student Education Records and may not be disclosed publicly without the consent of the student(s) involved. The Chair is responsible V. Composition of the Council for submitting the tapes to the Registrar's Office. The Registrar's Office is A. The Council shall consist of eight members: Three faculty and one alternate ultimately responsible for maintenance of records. (nominated by Faculty Assembly); one staff member; and three students and one 2. The hearing shall normally be open but it may be closed at the request of the alternate (selected by Student Government). At the first meeting of the Council, a accused student or the complainant. The Council chair may also close the hearing, chairperson (who must be a faculty member elected by the faculty members of the or any portion, in order to protect witnesses or other parties. Council) and vice chairperson (who must be a student) will be elected. The chairperson is a nonvoting member except in a tie. All terms will be for one 3. If the student or the complainant is not present at the hearing, the Council shall academic year. The dean of faculty serves as a non-voting advisor to the Council, first attempt to determine the reason for that person's absence. The Council may who oversees procedure and provides information. When a student appeals a proceed in a normal manner, may hear only a portion of the testimony and adjourn decision of the dean under Administrative Authority, the Council Chair fills the to a later date, or may continue the entire hearing at a later date. The Council may role of overseeing procedure. not consider the absence of a party as relevant to whether the accused committed the alleged violation(s). B. The alternate student (faculty) representative will serve when one of the regular student (faculty) representatives is unable to attend because of other personal or 4. If a hearing must take place outside the fall or spring semester in order to provide professional responsibilities, or when the presence of one of the regular student a timely resolution to a case, the Council may hold a hearing without the physical (faculty) representatives in a hearing would compromise the impartiality or presence of the student or faculty member, questioning witnesses by telephone or appearance of impartiality of the Council. conference call if necessary. C. In order to provide a timely resolution of the case, it may be necessary for the 5. The student has the right (but no obligation) to exclude one member from Council to meet outside of the regular semester. In such cases, when the regular consideration of the case. If any member of the Council believes that he or she is members may be unavailable for personal or professional reasons, the President of unable to consider the case impartially, he or she can excuse him/herself from the Student Government may appoint one or more alternates for the student case, and an alternate can be appointed. The Chair may also ask any member of the representatives and the dean of faculty may appoint one or more alternates for Council to be excused from the hearing if the Chair believes it to be in the interest of faculty representatives and/or staff members. When circumstances prevent producing a Council recommendation that will be accepted by all parties as appointment of student or faculty representatives, the student may choose either impartial. If the Chair is excused from a case, the senior remaining faculty member (a) to have the case heard promptly by the Council with ad hoc members appointed will act in the Chair's place. as necessary by the dean of faculty, or (b) to defer the hearing until the Council can B. Hearing Procedures be composed normally. When the student chooses the latter option, he/she cannot appeal on the grounds that the hearing was not conducted promptly. 1. The hearing procedures will include: D. No student who is on disciplinary or academic probation, or who is under review a. The opportunity for the student to call one character witness (character by the Council, shall serve. The Council has the right to suspend or dismiss from witness to be defined as a witness who has no knowledge of the incident the Council a member who has been convicted of a violation of University rules. but instead is acquainted personally with the party who calls her or him); VI. Hearing Before the Council b. The opportunity for the student to be accompanied at all times during the hearing by a member of the AUBG community who will not appear as a The Council Chair shall apprise the student of all evidence and the student shall witness. This person will not speak for the party but instead will act as 12. The notice to the student of the finding of the Council shall include: adviser or support person. For the purpose, AUBG community means  The charges are found to be true or not true. another student or member of the faculty or staff.  2. All parties will make available to the Council and to each other a list of the The sanction to be taken. names of witnesses they intend to call and photocopies of all written statements or  The student's right to appeal and the expiration date for the filing of that other documents they intend to use at the hearing. These copies must be provided to appeal. the chair of the Council and to the parties one week before the hearing.  Minority report and recommendations, if any. 3. The language of the Council hearings is English. If necessary, an impartial interpreter may be used if a participant in the hearing requires it, or if there is 13. The sanctions that may be considered by the Council include: documentary evidence which is not in English.  The grade on the assignment or exam is changed 4. All witnesses will remain outside the hearing room until after they have given  The student must repeat the assignment or exam or complete an alternative their testimony. No witness (including character witness) will be allowed to hear assignment any part of the hearing until his or her appearance is finished.  The student receives an F on the assignment or exam 5. At any time during the proceedings, members of the Council may question witnesses or parties to the proceeding.  The student receives an F or X in the class 6. The student should be given an opportunity to testify and to present evidence and  The student receives an F or X in the class and is suspended for one or more witnesses. S/he should have an opportunity to hear and question adverse witnesses. terms from the University either immediately or at the end of the semester. In no case should the committee consider statements against her/him unless the  The student is dismissed from the University. student has been advised of their content and of the names of those who made them, C. Miscellaneous Provisions and unless the student has been given an opportunity to rebut unfavorable inferences that might otherwise be drawn. 1. In cases of absence from the University or conflict of interest, the dean of faculty will be replaced by the provost, and the provost by the president. 7. Responsibility for recognizing and permitting persons to speak lies exclusively with the Chair. 2. As used in this policy, the term “days” will mean calendar days in which the University is in session, including reading and examination periods, but excluding 8. Persons disruptive to any stage of the hearing may be evicted at the discretion of weekends and excluding the days after the last examination in one semester and the the Chair. first day of class in the following semester or term. 9. During the hearing, the Council may consider any relevant information, shall not 3. Failing a class for reasons of academic dishonesty while on academic probation be bound by the strict rules of legal evidence, and may take into account will be considered non-fulfilment of the student's obligations under probation. information that is of value in determining the issues involved. Efforts will be made to obtain the most reliable information available. If the student defendant or 4. When the offense is sufficiently serious to merit failure of the course, the student person supporting the complaint against the student claims that evidence was will be assigned a failing grade (F or X) effective at the conclusion of the appeal improperly obtained, the burden of proof that it was improperly obtained must rest process. If there is no appeal, the assignment of grade will take place ten days after with the person so charging. Evidence proven to have been improperly obtained the student receives written notification from the faculty member. The student may shall be disregarded and dismissed by the Council. not withdraw from a class in which an allegation of an academic violation is pending. Until the matter is resolved, a student has a right to continue participating 10. After all parties have presented their respective information, the Council shall go into closed session. Council decisions are determined by a majority vote by fully in the class. secret ballot based on a preponderance of the evidence. The chairperson and the 5. A student who receives a failing grade and receives a lowered grade from a vice-chairperson are responsible for counting the ballots. course will not be entitled to any refund or credit of tuition for that course. If a 11. After making its decision, the Council shall inform the President and the student is suspended or dismissed in the middle of the semester, s/he will be subject student in writing of the disposition of the case as soon as possible. Sanctions to the normal rules for administrative withdrawal from the University. imposed by the Council shall be operative immediately upon notification, unless 6. When a student who is suspended through either Administrative Authority (that otherwise specified, or unless the student appeals the decision. is not appealed by the student) or president's decision following a Council hearing, ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES the suspension takes place immediately if the decision takes place on or before the end of the fourth week of classes, otherwise the suspension commences with the In this section, you will find AUBG's policies and procedures regarding credit following semester. hours, grade point average, withdrawal from a course of the university, and many more. The information in this section may be vitally important as you pursue your 7. If a violation of academic honesty is discovered after the final grade is submitted education at AUBG; it is therefore highly recommended that you read this section to the Registrar, the student must be informed in writing within two days of the carefully and become acquainted with its contents in order to help ensure a discovery and provided the opportunity to have the case considered by the Council successful conclusion to your time in the university. or accept Faculty Authority as described above. If the result is a change in reported grade, the faculty member may submit a “change of grade report” which states the ACADEMIC HOURS reason(s) for the grade change. A copy of this report must be sent to the student. GPA Hours 8. Internal records of a student's violation of academic standards will be retained GPA hours are the sum of the credit hours associated with courses taken at AUBG for a period of two years from the date of the student's graduation from the in which grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, F, X, and U have been earned University, or five years from the date of the student's attendance at the University, and which have not been subsequently retaken. if the student ceases to enroll prior to graduation. All such records will be maintained in the Registrar's Office in a separate file following the student's Hours Earned in Residence academic record. Hours earned in residence is the sum of credit hours associated with courses taken 9. Determinations of responsibility made by the faculty member, dean of faculty, at AUBG in which grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, and P have been and Council are to be made based upon a preponderance of the evidence, which is earned and which have not been subsequently retaken. defined as evidence sufficient to show that the accused person more likely than not Hours Earned committed the charged offense. Hours earned is the sum of hours earned in residence plus the credit hours associated with advance placement and transfer credit. Hours Attempted Hours attempted is the sum of credit hours associated with all courses in which students were officially enrolled. This includes not only hours associated with classes in which a student earned a passing grade but also hours associated with (1) courses in which grades of F, X, U, and W were earned; (2) courses taken on an audit basis; and (3) courses that were retaken. It also includes credit hours earned in AUBG-approved exchange programs and credit hours transferred from other institutions. ACADEMIC RECORDS Students' academic records are maintained in the Registrar's Office. Students have access to their grades online. Paper copies of grade reports are sent only upon written request of the student and are sent to the address designated by the student. AUBG maintains the confidentiality of student records in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and EU privacy regulations. Student academic records—including grades and graded material—cannot be released to third parties without the written consent of the student. Considerable care is taken to ensure that all grades on a student's permanent record are accurate. Any student who suspects an error in a semester grade report should contact the professor without delay. (See the “Grade Changes” subsection in this section.) ACADEMIC STANDING  has a term GPA between 1.70 and 2.00 with a cumulative GPA above 2.00 and has already been on academic warning. Classification by Level All students placed on academic probation are required to complete AUB 106 A student must have twenty-seven earned credit hours for sophomore standing, Strategies for Academic Success in the first semester of their probationary period. fifty-seven for junior standing, and eighty-seven for senior standing. Students are not removed from probation until AUB 106 is completed successfully. Good Standing Each student on probation is also required to meet regularly with the Advising Center coordinator and with the student's academic advisor. Students on probation Good standing requires that a student meet the following minimum academic will be assigned a student mentor/tutor to assist them on a regular basis with their requirements: studies.  completion of each semester with a minimum GPA of 2.00 Students on probation may not carry an overload and are ineligible for grades of I  a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 (Incomplete).  successful completion of the introductory mathematics requirement and Students with fewer than eighteen credit hours attempted whose GPA falls below the General Education Foundations courses (ENG 100, ENG 101, ENG 1.60 will be placed on a restricted course schedule and required to meet weekly 102, STA 105) by the end of the first year with the Advising Center coordinator and/or their academic advisor and to successfully complete AUB 106. Academic Warning Students on probation who are found guilty of violating the university's policies on A student is placed on academic warning when his or her term GPA falls between academic integrity or who fail to fulfill the probation status requirements will be 1.70 and 2.00 but his or her cumulative GPA is still above 2.00. All students placed suspended or dismissed. on academic warning are strongly encouraged to discuss the warning with the Advising Center coordinator and their faculty advisor and to use the AUBG Suspension and Dismissal academic support services available in the Advising Center. A student is suspended or dismissed when his or her academic performance falls Students placed on academic warning must regain good standing in the next below the following GPA standards: semester; otherwise, they will be placed on probation. An academic warning can Hours Attempted Dismissal Suspension occur only once during the student's academic career. Students on academic warning who withdraw from the university or take a leave of absence remain on 18 – 30 N/A N/A academic warning if/when they return. 31 – 60 1.50 1.70 Academic Probation 61 – 90 1.60 1.80 A student is placed on academic probation when his or her academic performance 91 and above 1.70 1.90 is unsatisfactory, indicating that his or her academic future is in question, but does not warrant suspension or dismissal. A student is placed on probation when he or Additionally, students may be suspended for failing to complete the conditions of she their probation, failing to pass at least 40% of their attempted credit hours in a semester (unless granted formally approved incompletes) regardless of their GPA,  has a term GPA below 1.70 but a cumulative GPA above 2.00; or failing to attain good standing during the first semester on probation.  has a cumulative GPA that is below 2.00 but is not low enough to warrant Academic suspension separates a student from the university for one semester with suspension or dismissal; return guaranteed. Students returning from academic suspension will be placed on  fails to regain good standing after one semester on academic warning or a restricted course schedule, will be required to complete AUB 106 (if they have academic probation; not already done so), and must meet weekly with the Advising Center coordinator and/or the student's academic advisor.  fails to complete all of the General Education Foundations courses (ENG 100, ENG 101, ENG 102, MAT 100, STA 105) by the end of their first year; Students on academic suspension must confirm to the Registrar their intention to return to the university at the end of the suspension. This is usually done by pre-  returns from academic suspension or is re-admitted after dismissal; or registering for courses for the following semester. Failure to do so will result in an administrative withdrawal from the university. Academic dismissal separates a student from the university for a minimum of two Students who do not register for courses and do not file a leave of absence request semesters. A dismissed student will be re-admitted only if the Admissions by the end of the add/drop period will be administratively withdrawn from the Committee is convinced that the student is likely to achieve academic success. university. Students unable to register for classes because of overdue student Students re-admitted following dismissal are placed on academic probation for a accounts are also administratively withdrawn from the university. minimum of one semester. There is no guarantee of re-admission. A student who is BULGARIAN STATE EXAMS dismissed twice may not reapply to the university. The Bulgarian State Exam is a cumulative exam focused on the learning outcomes ADD/DROP WEEK of the student's major field of study and is graded by a team of three faculty members. Successful completion of a senior thesis or a state exam is a prerequisite The add/drop period begins on the first day of classes each semester. Add/drop is a for issuance of a Bulgarian diploma. All students are encouraged to sit for the state designated period of one week during which a student can take any of the following exam at the conclusion of their last semester at AUBG, just prior to graduation. actions without penalty: Only students who have successfully completed all degree requirements for their  add a course primary major(s) as of the date of the state exam(s) will be permitted to sit for the  change a section of a course exam(s) or diploma defense. Students with outstanding coursework or Incomplete grades are not eligible to sit for state exams.  change credit status Students who sit for state exam(s) and fail to meet all graduation requirements due  change the grading status of a course to failing grade(s) submitted after the state exam(s) or who have a cumulative GPA  drop a course or GPA-in-major below the required minimum must repeat the state exam(s) or diploma defense. Students must abide by all enrollment regulations when adding classes. During this time period students may drop courses for any reason. A student must successfully complete the state exam within the first three exam dates following completion of coursework. In exceptional cases, a student may First-year students require the approval of their advisor for registration. Requests apply for permission to sit for an exam after this period by submitting a written for changes can be made online at www.reg.aubg.bg or through the Registrar's appeal to the dean of faculty. For more detailed information, please contact the Office. To drop a course after the add/drop period, see the “Withdrawal from Registrar's Office. Courses” subsection in this section. CLASS ATTENDANCE In the case of seven to eight week short courses, which end half-way through the semester, or which start half-way through the semester, students may drop the Students are expected to attend classes regularly. Specific attendance policies are course after the first class for any reason. However, students who drop a short determined by individual professors. course cannot add a new course after add/drop week. The normal add/drop policy Regardless of the published attendance policy, any faculty member may remove a applies to short courses which are scheduled across the full semester. Students student from a course if the student misses three classes without prior permission cannot add or drop other short courses. of the professor. The Registrar's Office will send a notice to each student removed ADMINISTRATIVE WITHDRAWAL FROM A COURSE from a course in this manner. If the action occurs after the add/drop period but before the withdrawal deadline, the action is treated as a withdrawal from the After the first week of classes, but before the withdrawal deadline (the end of the course and the student is assigned a W for the course. If the action occurs after the seventh week of classes), any faculty member may remove a student from a course withdrawal deadline, the student is assigned an F or X for the course. if the student fails to adhere to the written policies of the class syllabus or if the student's performance is so deficient that the faculty member judges that the Not all instructors follow this policy since it is not mandatory. Therefore, students student has no realistic prospect of finishing the course successfully. The faculty should not assume that they have been removed from a course for non-attendance. member must inform the student and the Registrar's Office in writing when taking Students should review their registration status with the Registrar's Office and this action. A grade of W will appear on the student's transcript, and the course is contact their academic advisors. counted towards the student's attempted hours. Any faculty member may remove a student from a course if the student fails to ADMINISTRATIVE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY attend one class meeting during the first week of classes. Faculty are required to report a student's non-attendance at the first class meeting of the semester to the A student is administratively withdrawn from the university when he or she does Registrar's Office. Students reported absent may be asked to visit the Registrar's not fulfill the academic or financial requirements to maintain student status. Office to prove their presence on campus, otherwise they will be dropped from all choose to declare one or two majors, as well as one or two minors, but a student's courses. No record appears on the student's transcript for courses dropped during academic record may contain no more than two majors and no more than two the first week. minors. Students dropped from a class during the first week for non-attendance may re- Students may declare their major(s) or minor(s) after completing their first year at enroll using the usual add/drop process. No provision or guarantee can be made AUBG, and minors may be declared at any time before graduation. Majors must be that spaces are available in any particular course or that courses will still be declared no later than the completion of the fifth semester at AUBG. This last available to students whose registration is canceled due to non-attendance. There requirement does not include semesters spent in the English Language Institute. will be no special exceptions made for year of study, prerequisites, or majors or Students may declare second majors (either dual- or single-diploma) if they are in minors. If the re-enrollment occurs after the normal add/drop deadline, the late good academic standing and can demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of add/drop fee will apply (see “Other Fees and Deposits” under Tuition and Fees). completing all requirements for both majors within the normal number of When absences are due to illness, university-related activities, or other conditions semesters and without taking an overload in any of those semesters. Students must beyond the student's control, the student should inform his or her professors maintain an GPA-in-major of at least 2.50 to earn a degree in that major. (Students immediately and ask for confirmation from the Health Center or other appropriate should refer to the “Double-Counting Courses” subsection below to understand the party. Please note that no faculty member is required to excuse a student from class. limited number of classes that can be used for more than one major or minor.) Faculty members also are not under any obligation to allow make-ups, re- Students may change majors at any point after declaration. A student who decides submissions, retakes, or chances to change work and/or submit additional to declare or change a major or majors must complete and submit the appropriate coursework, regardless of the reason for student absence. form to the Registrar's Office. COURSE AUDIT DEFERRED ENROLLMENT A student may audit a course with the written permission of the faculty member AUBG permits accepted applicants to defer university enrollment for up to one teaching the course. Permission depends on available space in the course and must year. Candidates approved for deferred enrollment must submit a non-refundable be filed with the Registrar's Office. deposit that is held in the student's university account. Candidates requesting A student auditing a course is normally required to meet only the normal deferred enrollment status must make their request in writing to Admissions Office attendance policies of the class; however, a faculty member may impose additional prior to August 1 for fall semester enrollment and prior to December 1 for spring conditions before granting audit approval. The faculty member has no enrollment. responsibilities to the student other than those agreed to in the original audit DOUBLE-COUNTING COURSES authorization. The required courses of each major/minor program are designed to differ An audited course counts toward hours attempted and appears on the transcript substantially from every other major/minor program. Therefore, students who with a grade of AU. A student who audits a course and does not meet the attendance double-major must take courses that (1) satisfy the course requirements of each policy or other requirements agreed with the faculty member will receive a grade major and (2) satisfy both sets of required courses without double-counting more of NA (Not Attending). The student may subsequently enroll and retake the course than three courses. For programs that have more than three common required for credit (see the “Repeating a Course” subsection in this section). courses, one additional course in either major is required to replace each additional CURRICULUM CHANGES common course by the third. A senior thesis or senior project cannot be double- counted. Collateral requirements (courses outside the major that are prerequisites When the requirements for a major or minor program change, students may choose for required courses in that major) are not included as credit hours earned toward either to complete the program under the requirements of the catalog in effect on that major, nor are they included when calculating a student's GPA-in-major (see the date the students declared the major or to satisfy the requirements of the new “Grade Point Average in Major” subsection below). catalog. Students choosing the later catalog must meet all the new requirements. Students taking two minors or a major and a minor may double-count no more than DECLARING AND CHANGING A MAJOR two courses towards satisfying the requirements of both programs. Students must complete all requirements for at least one dual-diploma major to be EXCLUSION eligible for graduation. (See the “Major Programs” section in this catalog for descriptions of dual-diploma and single-diploma major programs.) Students may Faculty members may recommend to the dean of faculty that a student be excluded from a course at any time during the semester for failure to comply with the professor's written guidelines, including those related to lack of attendance, Classes holding final exams for Spring 2018 will follow the schedule below: academic dishonesty, or disruptive behavior that detracts from the classroom learning environment. Students who engage in uncivil and unprofessional Class meeting time Final exam time behavior in their interactions and communication with faculty members and/or MW 9:00 – 10:15 1st Day 9:00 – 11:00 students may also be excluded. When such an action is taken, the faculty member MR 10:45 – 12:00 4th Day 9:00 – 11:00 must inform both the student and the dean of faculty in writing of the rationale for MW 12:30 – 13:45 5th Day 11:45 – 13:45 the action. Exclusion will result in a grade of X on the student's transcript. For the MR 14:15 – 15:30 2nd Day 11:45 – 13:45 purposes of computing academic standing, GPA, academic honors, and similar MR 16:00 – 17:15 1st Day 14:30 – 16:30 matters, an X is equivalent to a grade of F. (See also the policies under “Class MW 17:45 – 19:00 3rd Day 14:30 – 16:30 Attendance” and “Academic Integrity” in this section.) TR 9:00 – 10:15 2nd Day 9:00 – 11:00 th FINAL EXAMINATIONS TF 10:45 – 12:00 5 Day 9:00 – 11:00 TR 12:30 – 13:45 4th Day 11:45 – 13:45 Final examinations are held according to a regular schedule at the end of each TF 14:15 – 15:30 1st Day 11:45 – 13:45 semester and cannot be given during the last week of classes. Students who are TF 16:00 – 17:15 2nd Day 14:30 – 16:30 scheduled for more than two final examinations in one day may have an TR 17:45 – 19:00 4th Day 14:30 – 16:30 examination rescheduled with the consent of one of the instructors. The student is W 10:45 – 12:00, F 9:00 – 10:15 3rd Day 9:00 – 11:00 responsible for seeking this arrangement, and the faculty member's agreement W 14:15 – 15:30, F 12:30 – 13:45 3rd Day 11:45 – 13:45 must be secured in writing and must receive the approval of both the appropriate department chair and the dean of faculty at least three weeks prior to the beginning For classes scheduled at irregular meeting times or for multi-section classes, of final exams week. consult the instructor or the official final exam schedule posted at the Registrar's Office by the end of the twelfth week of classes. A student who misses a scheduled final examination at the end of a semester for a legitimate reason (such as sudden illness) should make the necessary arrangements FULL-TIME STATUS with the professor to make up the examination. A scheduled final exam can be A student must take a minimum of twelve credit hours per semester to be made up only at the discretion of the faculty member. considered a full-time student and to be eligible for AUBG financial aid and Final Examination Schedule student loans. A student enrolled in fewer than twelve credit hours as a result of Due to the adjusted class schedule for the fall term, there will be different final withdrawing from one or more courses after the add/drop period is not entitled to exam schedules for the fall and spring semesters. any tuition refund. Classes holding final exams for Fall 2017 will follow the schedule below: GRADE CHANGES Class meeting time Final exam time If a student suspects that an error has been made in recording a final course grade, he or she should immediately contact the professor involved. If an error has been MW 9:00 – 10:20 1st Day 9:00 – 11:00 made, the faculty member will complete a form indicating both the correction and MR 10:45 – 12:05 4th Day 9:00 – 11:00 the reason for the error. Upon approval of the appropriate department chair and the MW 12:30 – 13:50 5th Day 11:45 – 13:45 dean of faculty, the Registrar's Office will make the correction. MR 14:15 – 15:35 2nd Day 11:45 – 13:45 MR 16:00 – 17:20 1st Day 14:30 – 16:30 Generally, grade changes are related to computational errors. Students are not MW 17:45 – 19:00 3rd Day 14:30 – 16:30 allowed to submit extra work, retake class examinations, or revise or re-submit TR 9:00 – 10:20 2nd Day 9:00 – 11:00 course materials after the end of the course (the last day of finals) in order to change TF 10:45 – 12:05 5th Day 9:00 – 11:00 a course grade after it has been submitted. All requests for grade changes must be TR 12:30 – 13:50 4th Day 11:45 – 13:45 made no later than the end of the fifth week of the semester following that in which TF 14:15 – 15:35 1st Day 11:45 – 13:45 the original grade was assigned. After the end of the sixth week of the following TF 16:00 – 17:20 2nd Day 14:30 – 16:30 semester, all grades previously submitted are final. th TR 17:45 – 19:05 4 Day 14:30 – 16:30 If a student believes the grade assigned is unfair, that student may file a written rd W 10:45 – 12:05, F 9:00 – 10:20 3 Day 9:00 – 11:00 appeal with the dean of faculty. W 14:15 – 15:35, F 12:30 – 13:50 3rd Day 1:45 – 13:45 GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND GRADING SYSTEM DEAN'S LIST Dividing total quality points by total GPA hours yields the grade point average If a student's semester GPA is 3.80 or above and does not include any withdrawals (GPA), which is carried to two decimal points. GPA hours are the sum of the credit or incompletes, he or she will qualify for the AUBG Dean's List for that semester. hours associated with courses taken at AUBG in which grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, PRESIDENT'S LIST C+, C, C-, D+, D, F, X, and U have been earned and that have not subsequently been retaken. The quality points for each course equal the number of credit hours If a student's cumulative GPA is 3.80 or above and does not include any taken for that course multiplied by the numerical value of the letter grade. The withdrawals or incompletes, he or she will qualify for the AUBG President's List. numerical value of each letter grade (the grading system) is as follows: FAILING AND UNSATISFACTORY GRADES Excellent A=4.00 A-=3.67 Failing grades count toward the student's GPA and include the following: Good B+=3.33 B=3.00 B-=2.67 F – Fail Satisfactory C+=2.33 C=2.00 C-=1.67 U – Unsatisfactory performance in a pass/fail course in which any grade Poor D+=1.33 D=1.00 lower than a C- is considered unsatisfactory Passed P=degree credit, not included X – Student dismissed from class for failure to adhere to written rules; this in GPA computation is the usual grade assigned when a student is dismissed from a course for academic dishonesty. Failure F=0.00 X=0.00 U=0.00 INCOMPLETE GRADES Incomplete I=temporary designation to be replaced by an ordinary letter grade, A grade of I (Incomplete) is given under extraordinary circumstances in which a not included in GPA computation student's inability to submit required work prevents a faculty member from assigning an ordinary letter grade. Incompletes are given only at the discretion of When a student subsequently retakes a course, neither the original quality points the individual professor until the beginning of the last week of classes. After the nor the credit hours attempted are considered in determining the cumulative GPA beginning of the last week of classes, a grade of I requires the permission of both for the first three courses retaken. If any further repeats are permitted, both quality the appropriate department chair and the dean of faculty. Students on academic points and credit hours are included in determining GPA. (See the “Repeating a probation are not allowed to receive grades of Incomplete. Course” subsection in this section.) A proposed contract will be signed between the student and the professor GRADE POINT AVERAGE IN MAJOR explaining the rationale for the incomplete grade and detailing what the student Graduation requirements include a minimum GPA-in-major of at least 2.50. For must do to complete the course. This contract must include a deadline for the purposes of this requirement, collateral requirements (courses outside the completion of the incomplete work, and it must be approved by the appropriate major that are prerequisites for required courses in that major) are not included. department chair, who may suggest a revision of the contract or may reject the Individual degree programs may set additional GPA requirements before students application entirely. are allowed to declare a major. In all cases, students must complete all outstanding course requirements by the end GRADUATION WITH HONORS of the fifth week of classes of the following semester. Instructors must submit grades no later than the end of the sixth week of classes of the following semester. A At graduation, students who have achieved a certain cumulative GPA for four grade of I that is not converted into a regular grade by these deadlines automatically years' work earn the following honors: becomes an F. 3.90 Summa Cum Laude (With Highest Praise) A student may graduate with an incomplete on her or his transcript only if he or she would be able to graduate with a grade of F in the course. 3.75 Magna Cum Laude (With Great Praise) NON-CREDIT GRADES 3.50 Cum Laude (With Praise) Non-credit grades include AU (course audited), NA (course registered for audit but not attended), NR (no grade reported by the professor; a temporary grade used until the professor submits the official course grade), and W (withdrawn). These grades course or project description, and a copy of that description must be submitted to are not considered in calculating GPA, but they are counted when computing hours the dean of faculty. The description must include an outline of the subject, a attempted. schedule of meetings, and a method of grading. Independent studies must incorporate at least two graded assignments and must meet for at least one hour per GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS week. In order to graduate a student must have Students enrolled in an independent study over the summer pay $245 per credit  completed at least 120 earned credit hours; hour.  completed at least 60 credit hours in residence; Exceptions to the above policies can be made only by the dean of faculty.  completed at least 30 of their final 60 hours in residence; INTERNATIONAL STUDY  earned a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00; Students who have completed at least three semesters in residence and who are in  completed all requirements for at least one major with a GPA-in-major of at good academic standing may participate in an exchange program for up to one least 2.50; academic year. (See “International and Exchange Programs” in the Student  completed all General Education requirements and Foundations courses; Services section.) Transfer students must complete at least sixty credit hours in residence to be eligible for international study.  completed at least 3 writing-intensive courses (WICs); and To ensure that the credits from the courses taken while on the exchange program  satisfied all financial obligations to the university. will apply to the AUBG degree, students need to complete a “Prior Approval for A student may participate in the commencement exercises only if he or she satisfies Off-Campus Study” form with their academic advisor. Forms are available on the all of the above requirements or can do so with no more than eight credit hours of Registrar's website. additional coursework. INTERNSHIPS INDEPENDENT STUDY AUBG students are eligible for internships, some of which may be taken for Independent study provides AUBG students with the opportunity to undertake academic credit. All internships that carry academic credit must satisfy the specialized study and to work closely with individual faculty in the model of an guidelines for “Academic Internship” (see below). Internships must be completed English tutorial. All registration policies and deadlines for regular courses apply to and grades submitted prior to sitting for the Bulgarian state exam. independent studies. Academic Internship The supervisor must be a full-time faculty member, and cannot supervise more An academic internship combines work experience with academic components than two independent study courses in a semester. No faculty member is required to and is directed and supervised by a faculty member. Academic credit is granted for supervise an independent study. the internship based upon the scale and scope of the academic component of the An independent study is normally only granted for general elective credit or for internship experience. An academic internship results in a measurable output of elective courses within the major or minor field of study. Courses taken as an academic work that is graded according to the standards of the discipline awarding independent study may not normally duplicate courses currently in the AUBG the credit. Examples of academic internships include the following: catalog regardless of the term or offerings, nor may they normally count for  an analysis of a company's marketing strategy (drawing on the intern's General Education requirements or writing-intensive courses (WICs). direct experience) in contrast to marketing theory or strategies drawn from Only students who have completed thirty credit hours and have a cumulative GPA academic research of 3.10 may undertake independent study courses. No student may take more than  a study of and term paper on how a media company ensures unbiased two independent study classes in a single semester and no more than five in the treatment of political issues and how the company handles particular issues course of an undergraduate career. from the perspective of the ethical practice of journalism An independent study contract must be obtained from the Registrar's Office,  a study of how a bank monitors credit risk and interest rate risk and an signed by the faculty member, and returned to the Registrar's Office prior to the end economic analysis of the theory of asymmetric information with of add/drop week. In addition, the appropriate department chair must approve a knowledge of a particular bank's processes Whenever feasible, internships should include periodic meetings between the working in the corporate finance department of a bank. intern and the faculty sponsor. Ordinarily internships will also include a written Unlike an academic internship, a professional internship does not carry academic report upon conclusion. credit (though it is noted on a student's transcript) and can be filed after completion; Students pursuing an academic internship must ensure that the internship adheres furthermore, a professional internship does not require registration as a course, nor to strict academic principles. Academic internships must does it require demonstration of academic output.  carry academic credit; A professional internship may be arranged either by the individual student or with the assistance of a faculty member. With approval from the appropriate department  be registered for the semester (possibly summer) in which the majority of chair prior to beginning the internship, the professional internship may be the academic work takes place; recognized on the student's transcript following the completion of a report from the  be prearranged with a faculty supervisor and are never granted post hoc; student and the employer's confirmation of the nature of the internship. This report must then be approved by the department chair or the chair's designee. Forms for  involve repeated and contemporaneous involvement of a faculty member recording professional internships are available in the Registrar's Office. with an academic project; and LATE-ARRIVING STUDENTS  produce an end product that can be graded according to normal academic standards. Students are expected to return to campus in time for their first class of the semester. If a student misses the first class of the semester, the student may be A maximum of three academic credits may be awarded for academic internship dropped from the class to allow other students to enter the course in the absent experiences. This credit can be awarded under the following conditions: student's place.  The student obtains a faculty sponsor who will be responsible for academic A late-arriving student may be permitted to add courses during the second week oversight of the internship. under emergency situations only if all of the following conditions are met:  The student's internship petition is signed by the faculty sponsor and  The student submits a written request to the dean of faculty for permission indicates the student's responsibilities and the number of credit hours to register late and it is accepted. sought.  The student has the professor's written permission to add the course late.  The student presents a formal internship petition to the dean of faculty, who has the sole authority to approve internships and to determine the number of  The course that is added has space available under the course cap. credits to be awarded.  The student pays the late add fee for each course added (see the “Other Fees  The internship includes a minimum of eighty hours of internship and Deposits” subsection under Tuition and Fees). employment per each academic credit hour (only employment hours Faculty members are under no obligation to accommodate late-arriving students. completed after registering for the internship may be counted toward the eighty-hour minimum). LEAVE OF ABSENCE Academic internships may require registration and tuition in accordance with After matriculating at the university, students are expected to either enroll each tuition for part-time students. Students enrolled in an academic internship over the regular semester until they graduate or withdraw from the university or take an summer pay $245 per credit hour. Please see details on the internships application approved leave of absence. Unless students withdraw from the university or obtain form. an approved leave of absence, they are liable for all normal academic fees associated with enrollment. Professional Internship A leave of absence permits a student to re-enter the university after a semester or A professional internship provides work experience directly related to an academic more away from the institution. Applications for a leave of absence are available program, but the experience itself is the essence of the internship. Professional from the Registrar's Office. Completed applications establishing that the student internships do not require any academic output, nor do they require any has cleared all financial and other obligations to the university are due no later than supervision by a faculty member. April 15 for a leave for the fall semester and no later than November 15 for a leave Examples of professional internships could include working as a reporter for a during the spring. Applications received after the deadlines will be subject to a late- newspaper, working in the marketing department of a multinational firm, or leave-of-absence fee and may be rejected by the university if deemed detrimental to the institution. Students intending to be on leave should not pre-register for A student with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 may take a maximum of nineteen courses that meet during the leave. Existing pre-registrations will be canceled credit hours in a semester with the permission of his or her advisor. Students who when a student files a leave of absence request. could graduate at the end of the semester may exceed this limit and waive the 3.30 GPA requirement for that semester with the permission of the dean of faculty. No In exceptional circumstances, a student may petition for a leave of absence for the student may enroll in more than twenty-two credits in one semester. Only under remainder of a semester in progress. When such an exception is granted, the extraordinary circumstances and at the discretion of the dean of faculty may a non- student leaving the university prior to the end of the seventh week of the semester graduating student with a cumulative GPA below 3.30 exceed the nineteen-hour will be dropped from all enrolled courses. Those withdrawing after that date will limit. receive a grade of W in each of their enrolled courses. PASS/FAIL While on leaves of absence, students are expected to pre-register for courses during the designated course registration period for the semester following the period of A student may take a maximum of three courses (and no more than one per absence (See “Pre-Registration” below). Failure to pre-register or to renew a leave semester) on a pass/fail basis during his or her academic career at AUBG. A student of absence with the university will result in an administrative withdrawal. wishing to enroll in a course on a pass/fail basis must have junior standing or Subsequent re-entry requires a formal application for readmission. higher and have a minimum GPA of 2.00. The decision to take a course on a pass/fail basis must be made when registering for the semester, and a course cannot MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE be converted from pass/fail to regular enrollment or vice versa after the add/drop A student who suffers a serious medical incapacity during the semester may be period. permitted to withdraw from all enrolled courses. The student must request the A course taken on a pass/fail basis may not be used to fulfill General Education withdrawal in writing. If the student is incapable of making the request, the student and/or major or minor requirements unless a course in the major is designated may be administratively placed on leave of absence by recommendation of the specifically as pass/fail by the discipline; in the latter case, it counts toward the university physician with the approval of the dean of students. Medical leave is total hours required for graduation. based upon the medical opinion that the student is unable to complete the semester or to complete remaining work in courses before the incomplete deadline. Medical A passing grade will not be used to compute GPA, though a failing grade will be leave applies to all courses in which the student is enrolled, except for short courses figured into GPA. in which all coursework, including the final exam, has been completed, and the PRE-REGISTRATION student receives a grade of W in each course. The normal fees for late leave of absence apply to medical leaves requested after the seventh week of the semester. Course registration information is available ten days before registration begins at www.reg.aubg.bg and through the Registrar's Office. Course registration normally MID-SEMESTER PROGRESS REPORTS begins on April 16 for the fall semester and November 20 for the spring. Students At the midpoint of each semester, progress reports are issued for all first-year are limited during the initial pre-registration period to no more than seventeen students and for all students on academic probation or academic warning. The credit hours of pre-registered (including wait-listed) courses. symbols used are S for satisfactory and U for unsatisfactory. These reports are The policy of the university is to assign registration priority to students in designed to assist students in solving academic difficulties and are thus forwarded accordance with the need of the students to enroll in a course in order to complete to academic advisors but do not appear on academic transcripts. graduation requirements. Ordinarily, this will proceed in reverse order of class COURSE OVERLOAD standing—second-semester seniors first, then first-semester seniors, then second- semester juniors, and so on—until all students are registered. Exceptions to this The normal course load in any semester is fifteen credit hours, but students in good can be made at the discretion of the dean of faculty for cases in which the need of standing may enroll for up to seventeen credit hours per semester. A semester underclassmen for access to some courses is greater than that of upperclassmen or schedule with more than seventeen hours is considered an overload and is subject to preserve spaces in courses suitable for incoming students. Any such unusual to the overload fee and may result in an excess credit fee. (See the “Other Fees and restrictions should be explained on the registrar's website. Deposits” subsection under Tuition and Fees.) Students with overdue balances on their student accounts will not be permitted to First-year students and students on academic probation may not take overloads. pre-register. Students with one or more outstanding I (Incomplete) grades will not ordinarily be permitted to take an overload. REGISTRATION AUBG courses. The number of credits accepted for transfer from a single semester of study cannot exceed seventeen credits per semester or the equivalent. To receive credit for coursework taken during a particular term, a student must be officially registered for all courses through the Registrar's Office. It is the student's For transferred courses to count towards satisfying the AUBG General Education responsibility to comply with this regulation. Registration procedures are listed in requirements, a student must seek preapproval for the General Education credit. the schedule of classes, which is available from the Registrar's Office prior to the Forms for preapproval for credit and General Education credit are available in the beginning of each term and online at www.aubg.edu. Students taking overloads are Registrar's Office. Evaluation of the application for preapproval will be based subject to overload fees (see “Other Fees and Deposits” at page 15). upon examination of course descriptions, syllabi, textbook titles, and (if required) sample exams. If these documents are in a language other than English, they must RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS be accompanied by an officially certified translation. AUBG takes no position on religious holidays. Students who plan to be absent for a Grades received in transfer courses will not be considered in the calculation of religious holiday should discuss the matter with their professors. GPA. Except for AUBG-approved exchange programs, credit will only be awarded REPEATING A COURSE for courses completed with the equivalent of a C+ or higher, and transfer credit will not be accepted for the student's last full-time semester prior to graduation. When a student repeats a course taken for credit, the new grade will be used in all future computations of the student's cumulative GPA for the first three courses the No more than eighteen transfer credit hours can be applied toward a student's student repeats. The student may normally repeat no more than three courses major, and no more than nine transfer credit hours can be applied towards a minor, during his or her career at AUBG, each of them only once, regardless of the grade except in the case of AUBG-approved exchange programs. A student may, with received. Both grades will be recorded and will appear on the official transcript. prior written permission of the dean of faculty, transfer up to eight credit hours The course only counts once toward accumulating the total number of credit hours from another institution in order to complete AUBG graduation requirements. but counts twice toward hours attempted. AUBG applies the following formula to convert ECTS (European Credit Transfer Students who fail or withdraw from a course may pre-register or register to repeat and Accumulation System) credits to AUBG credits: 2 ECTS credits = 1 AUBG the course according to the normal registration priority system. Students wishing credit. Transferred ECTS credits are recorded on the student transcript precisely, to repeat a course to improve a passing grade will be permitted to register only after including fractions (i.e., half-credits). the third day of add/drop week and only if space is available. If on the second UNSCHEDULED CLASS MEETINGS attempt a student fails a core course or a course required for completion of the student's only major, the student may file a petition with the dean of faculty for a The published course schedule will indicate all recurring course-meeting times. waiver of the limits on retaking the course. However, even in this case, the waiver Extra or alternative class sessions may be held outside of the normal class schedule will be granted only upon presentation of some evidence that future performance is to accommodate unforeseen circumstances after reasonable consultation with the likely to result in a passing grade. students in the class. Faculty who schedule alternate sessions must avoid time conflicts and should not use the Wednesday meeting-time break in the schedule. TRANSCRIPTS AND COPIES/DUPLICATES OF DIPLOMAS Alternative sessions must be preceded by timely notice and may not result in an Official transcripts (in hard or electronic copy) may be requested at the Registrar's increase in the total number of contact hours for the semester. Faculty may not Office. Each official copy costs $7. AUBG also issues European Diploma require a student to attend one class over another. Supplements (EDS) for its Bulgarian diplomas. The EDS is provided Exams should normally be held during scheduled class meetings. However, there automatically and free of charge to all graduates who successfully pass the state are times when scheduling exams outside of the normal schedule is appropriate. examinations in their major field(s). Students may also receive photocopies of Examples include group exams for multi-section courses and lengthier exam their diplomas certified as authentic by the Registrar's Office for a fee of $5 per periods to enhance student performance. copy. When exams are scheduled outside of regular meeting times, the scheduling of TRANSFER CREDIT POLICY FOR AUBG STUDENTS such exams must include consultation with students. The exams must not conflict No credits from other institutions earned after a student enters AUBG can be with any other scheduled class meetings of the students, should be announced at counted toward an AUBG degree unless the student has acquired preapproval of least three weeks in advance, and may not be held between 5 pm Friday and 8 am the proposed course/credits. Students may not transfer credit earned at other Monday. For every exam held outside the regular class meeting time, the instructor institutions during periods in which the student is simultaneously enrolled in should cancel one regular class. WITHDRAWAL FROM COURSES DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE In the case of full-semester courses, no withdrawals will be permitted after the AUBG's academic faculty is divided into eight academic departments housing conclusion of the seventh week of classes. Following add/drop and prior to the twenty-nine distinct disciplines and programs. conclusion of the seventh week of classes, courses may be dropped at the request of the student with a resulting grade of W. Ws will count neither toward the credit Department of Arts, Languages, and Literature hours earned nor in the calculation of GPA. They do count toward hours attempted. Film Studies (See also the “Medical Leave of Absence” subsection in this section.) Fine Arts Literature In the case of seven to eight weeks short courses, which end half-way through the semester, or which start half-way through the semester, no withdrawals will be Modern Languages and Literature permitted after the third week of the course. Following the second class of the Writing course and prior to the conclusion of the third week of the course, short courses Department of Business may be dropped at the request of the student with a resulting grade of W. Ws will Business Administration count neither toward the credit hours earned nor in the calculation of GPA. They do Entrepreneurship count toward hours attempted. (See also the “Medical Leave of Absence” Executive Master in Finance, Banking & Real Estate (Graduate) subsection in this section.) The policy for full-semester courses applies to short courses which meet throughout the semester. No withdrawals will be permitted Executive MBA Program (Graduate) from other short courses. Integrated Marketing Communications WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY Department of Computer Science Computer Science Withdrawal from the university is a serious step that terminates a student's Information Systems relationship with AUBG. Readmission is only possible through re-application. An application to withdraw from the university is available from the Registrar's Department of Economics Office, and applications declaring the intent to withdraw must be submitted by Department of History and Civilizations April 15 for the fall semester and by November 15 for the spring semester. Anthropology Applications received after the deadline will be subject to a late fee and may be rejected by the university if deemed detrimental to the institution. History and Civilizations Philosophy Students should discuss their situation with the dean of faculty before submitting Religion an application to withdraw. Southeast European Studies Students wishing to withdraw from the university must also clear all financial and Department of Journalism and Mass Communication other obligations to the university before withdrawal. Students withdrawing after Integrated Marketing Communications the beginning of classes in any semester will be liable for part or all of the tuition and other costs associated with enrollment. (See the “Other Fees and Deposits” Department of Mathematics and Science subsection under Tuition and Fees.) Mathematics Students withdrawing from the university after classes begin but before the end of Science the fifth week of the semester will be dropped from enrolled classes. Those Department of Politics and European Studies withdrawing after that date will receive grades of W in each of their enrolled European Studies classes, except for short courses in which all the coursework, including the final Political Science and International Relations exam, has been completed before the application to withdraw is submitted to the Psychology Registrar's Office. Public Policy Interdepartmental Self-Designed Major DEGREE REQUIREMENTS Fine Arts History A minimum of 120 credit hours is required to earn the Bachelor of Arts degree at AUBG. Prior to graduation, each student must complete all General Education Information Systems requirements and all the requirements of at least one dual-diploma major program Integrated Marketing Communications with a GPA-in-major of at least 2.50. Students may complete more than one dual- Journalism and Mass Communication diploma major or may complete one dual- and one single-diploma major. Literature DUAL- AND SINGLE-DIPLOMA MAJORS Mathematics Dual-diploma majors are accredited in the United States and in Bulgaria and allow Modern Languages and Cultures students to sit for the Bulgarian State Examination upon degree completion and receive both an American and a Bulgarian diploma. Single-diploma majors are Philosophy and Religion accredited only in the U.S. and result in an American diploma only. Political Science and International Relations Students are required to enroll in at least one dual-diploma major. Public Policies Southeast European Studies Dual-diploma majors include the following: Business Administration See pp. 71-115 for descriptions of the majors and minors and their respective requirements. Computer Science Economics HONORS European Studies Graduation with disciplinary honors denotes both outstanding work within the requirements of a given major and significant effort in addition to the minimum History and Civilizations requirements. Excellence in these areas can be measured by overall GPA, Information Systems performance in designated courses within a major, and/or completion of a senior Journalism and Mass Communication thesis or senior project within the specific major. A student who double-majors can Mathematics earn honors in both majors only by fulfilling the requirements for both majors. A single senior thesis or senior project cannot be used to fulfill honors requirements Political Science and International Relations in two majors. See individual major program requirements for specific criteria. Single-diploma majors include the following: Literature Self-Designed Major The number of credit hours required for a major, and the specific course requirements, vary from major to major. MINOR PROGRAMS In addition to its major programs, AUBG offers the following minors: Anthropology Computer Science Economics Entrepreneurship European Studies Film Studies GENERAL EDUCATION  Aesthetic Expression (one three-credit-hour course, or multiple courses equaling at least three credit hours) PHILOSOPHY OF GENERAL EDUCATION  Historical Analysis (two courses: one Historical Sources course and one The philosophy of the General Education requirements rests on the conviction that Historical Research course) AUBG graduates should be prepared to act responsibly as participants in a democratic society and find fulfillment and enjoyment in the moral, intellectual,  Textual Analysis (two courses: one Principles of Textual Analysis course and artistic achievements of the human enterprise—both past and present. and one Case Studies in Textual Analysis course) AUBG graduates should possess a breadth of general knowledge that is not simply  Moral and Philosophical Reasoning (two courses) a collection of facts emanating from specialized investigations, but a genuine  Quantitative Reasoning (two courses) understanding of the intellectual experience of the practitioners of various disciplines as they observe, experiment, and research. Consequently, the General  Scientific Investigation (one course) Education program is less concerned with surveying the current factual  Social and Cultural Analysis (two courses) information in a field than with introducing students to the major intellectual modes of inquiry. Aesthetic Expression In addition, although AUBG graduates will become specialists in one or more Courses in Aesthetic Expression engage students in direct encounters with a disciplines, a well-educated person needs a broad understanding of all fields in significant number of existing works of art or in a creative or performance activity. order to communicate successfully with non-specialists. In a complex society Learning Outcomes for Aesthetic Expression Courses where debates among experts often have a bearing on issues of broad social concern, educated people should be capable of evaluating the competing Students will be able to arguments of specialists in fields other than their own. Moreover, since the world  recognize formal and stylistic features of works or performances of and our knowledge of it are interrelated, the General Education program strongly creative expression; emphasizes interdisciplinary perspectives when investigating important issues.  understand the relation of creative expression to its cultural context; FOUNDATIONS COURSES  analyze and interpret works or performances of creative expression using Foundations courses in verbal and mathematical skills must be completed in the appropriate, relevant terminology; and first year. These courses are as follows:  appreciate the expressive and performing dimensions of various art forms. ENG 100 English Structure and Grammar* ENG 101 Exposition Courses that satisfy the Aesthetic Expression mode of inquiry include the following: ENG 102 Persuasion FAR 101 Introduction to Music MAT 100 Introductory Mathematics** FAR 105 AUBG Choir STA 105 Statistics FAR 109 Music Theory *The requirement for ENG 100 may be satisfied upon admission by designated FAR 121 Beginning Drawing scores on the SAT exam or by the placement exam given during Orientation Week. FAR 122 Intermediate Drawing **The requirement in MAT 100 may be satisfied upon admission by designated FAR 151 Introduction to Theater scores on the SAT exam or by the placement exam given during Orientation Week. FAR 160 Introduction to Art History and Theory GENERAL EDUCATION MODES OF INQUIRY AND DESCRIPTIONS FAR 203/FAR 403 Piano, Harp, Voice General education courses in the several branches of human intellectual endeavor, FAR 250 Applied Theater called modes of inquiry, introduce students to a variety of perspectives on the world and several methods for exploring it. The modes of inquiry and their FAR 251 Beginning Acting individual course requirements are as follows: FAR 252 Intermediate Acting FAR 307 History of Jazz HTY 222 The Modern Balkans FAR 309 Bulgarian Folk Music HTY 223 History of the Ottoman Empire FAR 310 Music in Latin American Culture HTY 224 Civilizations at the Crossroads: The Bulgarian Case JMC 200 Visual Communication Theory and Practice HTY 230 Byzantine History Historical Analysis HTY 241 United States History to the Civil War A two-course sequence introduces students progressively to various issues in history and equips them to recognize, interpret, and present information about the HTY 242 United States History from 1865 to Present past. A course in Historical Sources is prerequisite for a course in Historical Historical Research: Historical Research courses introduce students to the Research. historical mode of research, the construction of original arguments, and the use of Learning Outcomes for the Historical Analysis Courses sources in supporting claims. Courses in this area are taken only after the Historical Sources requirement is met and after ENG 102 is completed. Students will be able to Courses that satisfy the Historical Research mode of inquiry include the following:  understand the nature, use, and importance of sources; ECO 222 Economic History  distinguish the proper use of primary and secondary sources; HTY 291 Historical Methods  read a document critically with consideration of motives, viewpoint, and HTY 301 Falsifications in History authority; HTY 304/EUR 397 Topics in European History*  design and execute a research project; and HTY 305 Topics in Southeast European History*  construct and support an original argument. HTY 306 Topics in Ottoman History* Historical Sources: Historical Sources courses introduce students to the historical HTY 307 Topics in American History* mode of analysis (that is, how to recognize, interpret, and analyze sources about the HTY 308 Topics in Global History* past). HTY 310 History of Christianity Courses that satisfy the Historical Sources mode of inquiry include the following: HTY 311 History of Islam and Islamic Civilization EUR 111 EU Integration and the Transformation of Diplomacy from 1945 HTY 312 Cultures and Societies in Latin America to Present HTY 313 American History and Film HTY 101 Global History to 1500 HTY 401 Critical Issues in History HTY 102 Global History since 1500 *See Registration site for designation of Gen Ed.: Historical Research on each HTY topics course. HTY 201 Mythmaking in History Textual Analysis HTY 208 Greece, Thrace, the Black Sea, and the Ancient World A two-course sequence introduces students progressively to interpretive methods HTY 209 Rome and the Ancient World and terminology for both the formal and the contextual study of texts and the ways HTY 210 Medieval Europe in which texts create meaning. A course in Principles of Textual Analysis is prerequisite to courses in Case Studies in Textual Analysis. HTY 212 Early Modern Europe Learning Outcomes for Textual Analysis Courses HTY 213 Modern Europe Students will be able to HTY 214 Eastern Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries  read a text with close attention to the ways that language and form create HTY 221 The Medieval Balkans meaning, including objectivist, constructivist, and subjectivist approaches;  apply the terms of textual analysis to a broad range of texts across multiples ENG 360 Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism genres and mediums (e.g., drama, novel, life writing, film, poetry, essay); ENG 370 Genre and Topical Studies  apply the methodological approaches of literary critical theory, rhetoric, ENG 371 History, Memory, and Narrative in Balkan Cinema film criticism, and/or linguistics to those texts; and ENG 380 Major Authors  produce a research paper in which those methodological approaches are ENG 388 Shakespeare applied with scholarly rigor. Moral and Philosophical Reasoning Principles of Textual Analysis: Principles of Textual Analysis courses introduce students to the theory and practice of textual analysis, emphasizing close reading Courses in Moral and Philosophical Reasoning engage students in developing techniques and the construction of textual interpretations. their abilities to identify ethical issues and make decisions in the context of conflicting values. Courses that satisfy the Principles of Textual Analysis mode of inquiry include the following: Learning Outcomes for Moral and Philosophical Reasoning Courses ENG 205 Introduction to Creative Writing – Fiction Students will be able to ENG 206 Introduction to Creative Writing – Poetry  understand the fundamental principles of philosophical or ethical ENG 210 Introduction to Literature reasoning and ethical decision making; ENG 220 Film Criticism  apply philosophical or ethical principles in investigations to better ENG 221 Screenwriting understand complex contemporary or historical issues or better understand the complexities of ethical decision making; ENG 231 World Literature – Landmark Texts  ENG 232 World Literature – Literatures in Translation understand and appreciate the historical development of philosophical or ethical thought; and ENG 241 American Literature – Beginnings to 1865  write and speak in the area of philosophical or ethical reasoning. ENG 242 American Literature – 1865 to the Present ENG 251 British Literature – Beginnings to 1785 Courses that satisfy the Moral and Philosophical Reasoning mode of inquiry include the following: ENG 252 British Literature – 1785 to Present BUS 300 Business Ethics ENG 260 Balkan Literature JMC 356 Media Law and Ethics MLL 217 Intermediate French Reading PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy MLL 227 Intermediate German Reading PHI 220 Ethics MLL 257 Intermediate Spanish Reading PHI 301 Topics in Philosophy: Science and Religion Case Studies in Textual Analysis: Case Studies in Textual Analysis introduce PHI 304 Modern and Contemporary Political Philosophy students to the modes of research and the in-depth application of the tools and principles of various forms of textual analysis to the construction of argument. POS 101 Introduction to Politics Courses in this area are taken only after the Principles of Textual Analysis RLG 200 New Age Spirituality requirement is met and after ENG 102 is completed. RLG 201 Introduction to World Religions Courses that satisfy the Case Studies in Textual Analysis mode of inquiry include RLG 301 Topics in Religion the following: Quantitative Reasoning ENG 300 The Bible as Literature ENG 320 Topics in Film Courses in Quantitative Reasoning develop sound thinking, both inductive and deductive, based on the systematic use of logic and numbers in constructing and ENG 340 Topics in American Literature applying models of the phenomenal as well as the noumenal world. They provide a ENG 350 Topics in British Literature basic foundation and a broad-based knowledge in problem solving and abstract thinking and develop the ability to analyze and apply abstract knowledge in SCI 150 Principles of Biology various contexts. SCI 160 Introduction to Environmental Science Learning Outcomes for Quantitative Reasoning Courses Social and Cultural Analysis Students will be able to Courses in Social and Cultural Analysis provoke students to better understand  identify important questions and formulate hypothesis and arguments to people, societies, and the social logics that they create. These courses also help answer them effectively; students to better understand what happens as societies interact, both peacefully and confrontationally, in the context of a larger society.  find, analyze, and apply information to solve problems through critical thinking and creative synthesis; Learning Outcomes for Social and Cultural Analysis Courses  reason analytically and quantitatively when creating or using abstract Students will be able to models;  understand the role of conceptualizing our social experience into specific  employ and critique quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis; and concepts and how we use different methodological tools to develop these concepts;  recognize appropriate and inappropriate uses of quantification.  understand how existing theories help organize concepts into explanations Courses that satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning mode of inquiry include the of societal phenomena; following:  critically evaluate competing theoretical explanations; and, MAT 102 Finite Mathematics MAT 103 Calculus I  present social and cultural analysis through writing and/or oral presentation. MAT 104 Calculus II MAT 105 Elementary Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry Courses that satisfy the Social and Cultural Analysis mode of inquiry include the following: Scientific Investigation ANT 101 Introduction to Anthropology Courses in Scientific Investigation examine natural phenomena empirically and ANT 237 Ethnicity and Culture Conflict systematically. They develop students' grasp of scientific methodology, including ANT 312 Anthropology of Religion observation, modeling, rigorous quantitative analysis, and the prediction of natural phenomena. Lastly, they emphasize the importance of science in terms of its ANT 350 Comparative Mythology technological, environmental, philosophical, social, and personal implications. ECO 101 Principles of Microeconomics Learning Outcomes for Scientific Investigation Courses ECO 102 Principles of Macroeconomics Students will be able to EUR 212 EU Politics EUR 213 Comparative Politics of Europe  understand scientific methodology; JMC 141 Communication, Media, and Society  understand the importance of observation, experiment, and quantitative analysis in the exploration of natural phenomena; and MLL 175 Introduction to Language and Culture Studies MLL 215 Intermediate French: Perspectives on French and Francophone  understand the promise and limits of scientific methodology. Cultures Courses that satisfy the Scientific Investigation mode of inquiry include the MLL 225 Intermediate German: Perspective on German-Speaking following: Cultures SCI 111 Principles of Classical Physics MLL 255 Intermediate Spanish: Perspectives on Spanish-Speaking SCI 113 Physics – Theory and Experiment Cultures SCI 130 Astronomy MLL 301 Modern France – Society, Politics, and Culture MLL 302 Modern Germany – Society, Politics, and Culture MAJOR PROGRAMS MLL 303 Modern Spain – Society, Politics, and Culture AUBG currently offers nine dual-diploma majors and two single-diploma majors. POS 102 Introduction to Global Politics In this section, you will find descriptions and program requirements for each of PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology these majors. PSY 102 Introduction to Social Psychology BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SES 238 Archaeology of Southeast Europe The Business Administration major provides the foundation for students who want SES 325 Environmental Issues and Education in Southeast Europe to work for small- and medium-sized enterprises or for multinational corporations, start their own business, pursue professional qualifications, or go on to graduate WRITING-INTENSIVE COURSES (WICS) study. Students have the opportunity to specialize in accounting, finance, The university is committed to developing students' ability to write effectively in a marketing, or management, and our top students may pursue a senior thesis or variety of areas. In addition to the basic required expository writing courses (ENG project. Entrepreneurially minded students have the opportunity to form a limited 101 and ENG 102), students are required to complete at least three writing- liability company and present a business plan to potential investors. They can also intensive courses (WICs). WICs vary from semester to semester, but all require a complement the Business Administration major with a minor in Entrepreneurship. significant amount of written work—work that is developed and refined through Those interested in pursuing a career in marketing can couple the Business an iterative process. WICs have limited enrollment to allow for enhanced faculty- Administration major with a minor in Integrated Marketing Communications. student interaction on writing assignments. Because of the workload, WICs carry The Business Administration curriculum is designed to enable all graduates to four hours of academic credit. Courses may not be transferred in as WIC, meet the following skill- and competency-based outcomes: regardless of the content and the amount of writing involved.  read, analyze, and make recommendations based upon organizational MODERN LANGUAGES research AUBG offers language courses in French, German, Spanish, and Bulgarian as  use systematic, proactive, progressive, and creative problem-solving electives. Learning one or more modern European languages in addition to English strategies not only contributes to students' personal development but also increases their career opportunities in today's globalized society.  use and manage information and technology effectively In addition to understanding a modern European language for better  develop and use effective leadership skills communication, students also acquire knowledge of cultures and societies where  understand and respond to the interpersonal and group issues that influence the languages are spoken and further develop their critical thinking skills as part of productivity, satisfaction, and quality in the workplace their liberal arts education at AUBG.  be committed to ethical principles, high standards of professional conduct, The Modern Languages and Literature (MLL) faculty offers a number of courses personal and professional excellence, and lifelong learning in these languages on a semester-by-semester schedule. See the list of MLL courses at p. 162 to view the classes offered each term.  develop and use successful team development and decision-making strategies  develop competencies for effectively integrating the functional areas of business  analyze and manage the processes of designing, producing, and distributing products and services  use quantitative and qualitative procedures for organizing, understanding, and presenting data to aid decision making  acquire the analytical skills necessary to make effective and efficient business decision  develop and apply strategic management concepts in a socially acceptable EUR 320 Internal Market and EU Competition Law manner JMC 370 Public Relations Fundamentals  analyze and understand a firm's internal and external business JMC 389 Advertising Fundamentals environments SES 360 Cross-Cultural Management and Corporate Culture  understand and respond positively to global, political, economic, and legal Concentrations and regulatory aspects of business The concentrations within the Business major build upon the nine required courses Our graduates have been hired by large international companies such as Anheuser- to create a specific focus within the discipline. Students may declare one of the Busch InBev, Citigroup, Colgate-Palmolive, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Google, ING, following concentrations: KPMG, Kraft, Nestle, Phillips, Price-Waterhouse-Coopers, and Procter & Gamble. Others have achieved success in smaller companies or with their own Accounting Concentration businesses, and others have completed graduate degree programs in prestigious BUS 220 Financial Accounting American and European universities. BUS 221 Managerial Accounting Total: 38 credit hours Plus six credit hours out of the following: Required Courses (29 credit hours): BUS 320 Intermediate Accounting I BUS 100 Management Information Systems BUS 321 Intermediate Accounting II BUS 200 Business Law BUS 428 Topics in Accounting Practice BUS 220 Financial Accounting BUS 429 Topics in Accounting BUS 221 Managerial Accounting Finance Concentration BUS 260 Marketing BUS 300 Business Ethics (WIC) BUS 330 Corporate Finance BUS 330 Corporate Finance I BUS 430 Corporate Finance II BUS 340 Organizational Theory and Behavior Plus six credit hours out of the following: BUS 448 Strategic Management (WIC) BUS 431 Investment and Portfolio Management BUS 433 Company Valuation and Value Creation BUS 220 is substitutable by ENT 220. BUS 260 is substitutable by ENT 261. BUS 438 Topics in Finance Practice Note: To declare the Business Administration major, a student must earn a GPA of at least 2.50 in the first five required Business Administration courses: BUS 100, BUS 439 Topics in Finance BUS 200, BUS 220, BUS 221, and BUS 260. Marketing Concentration Elective Courses (9 credit hours): BUS 260 Marketing Nine credit hours out of any of the additional 300- and 400-level Business BUS 361 Consumer Behavior Administration major and Entrepreneurship minor courses are required. Plus six credit hours out of the following: A completed senior project (BUS 490) or thesis (BUS 491 and BUS 492) may JMC 220 Multimedia Journalism substitute for the state exam; a maximum of three credit hours from these courses may count as electives. BUS 362 Marketing Research BUS 468 Topics in Marketing Practice Three credit hours may come out of the following non-BUS electives: BUS 469 Topics in Marketing JMC 220 Multimedia Journalism ENT 462 New Product Development EUR 303 Policies and Policy Making in the EU NOTE: Students cannot declare a minor in Integrated Marketing Communications The Computer Science program cooperates closely with the computing industry, and a concentration in Marketing. other universities, and AUBG alumni to provide a modern curriculum. For example, the program creates partnerships with regional and international Management Concentration universities and institutions and regularly organizes a seminar series with speakers BUS 300 Business Ethics (WIC) from both academia and industry. BUS 340 Organizational Theory and Behavior The Computer Science curriculum is designed according to the recommendations BUS 448 Strategic Management (WIC) of the Association for Computing Machinery/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (ACM/IEEE) and enables students to meet the following Plus six credit hours out of the following: skill- or competency-based outcomes: BUS 449 Topics in Management  demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply current theories, BUS 450 Human Resource Management models, techniques, and technologies that provide a basis for problem BUS 451 HRM Issues I – Staffing and Compensation solving BUS 452 HRM Issues II – Performance Management  work as an effective individual and as part of a team to develop and deliver BUS 458 Topics in Management Practice quality software ENT 300 Entrepreneurship  communicate effectively both orally and in writing ENT 400 Topics in Entrepreneurship  be aware of key ethical issues affecting computer science and the ENT 401 Topics in Entrepreneurship Practice responsibilities of computer science professionals ENT 440 Conflict Management  learn new theories, models, techniques, and technologies as they emerge ENT 441 Change Management and appreciate the necessity of such continuing professional development Independent studies may be counted towards a specialization at the discretion of Some of our graduates have gone on to successfully complete postgraduate degree the department chair. programs in prestigious universities in the United States and Europe, including Stanford, MIT, John Hopkins University, Oxford University, and University Disciplinary Honors in Business College – London, as well as many other top European universities. Others have Disciplinary honors may be given to a Business major who upon graduation has joined international companies such as Microsoft, Google, IBM, Hewlett-  achieved a GPA-in-major of at least 3.66; Packard, and Accenture. Still others have established their own successful software development companies, such as Progress Telerik, Melon, Eastisoft,  successfully completed and publicly defended a senior project or senior MammothDB, and Transmetrics. thesis in front of a panel of BUS faculty; and, Total: 36 credit hours  received a grade of A for the senior project or thesis. Required Courses (21 credit hours) The panel will decide whether or not to recommend honors based upon the project research, complexity, development, professionalism, presentation, demonstration, COS 120 C++ Programming (or placement test) and documentation. COS 150 Discrete Structures NOTE: A successfully completed senior project or senior thesis counts as a COS 221 Fundamental Data Structures Bulgarian Diploma Thesis and substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam. COS 235 Computer Architecture COMPUTER SCIENCE COS 240 Object-Oriented Programming The Computer Science program focuses on helping students gain the necessary COS 315 Software Engineering skills to become productive leaders in computing and related industries. As such, COS 491 Senior Project I our graduates are expected to be highly competent, well-qualified computer professionals with broad training in software development. Graduates are also As the basic programming language used across the COS major curriculum is expected to be well prepared for graduate study. C++, every student must either demonstrate an appropriate level of C++ expertise in a placement test or pass the COS 120 course. Students who pass the placement COS 492 Senior Project II test may choose another course to take from the list of electives.Students who fail COS/INF L97 Special Topics in Computer Science (one or more) or do not take the placement test must take COS 120. COS/INF 498 Independent Study Note: A senior project counts as a Bulgarian Diploma Thesis and substitutes for the Bulgarian State Exam. The course COS 310 Topics in Computer Science and its description are defined for every particular offering. Students may take more than one COS 310 course. Elective Courses (15 credit hours) This designation is generally used to represent one credit, short courses. Students may take no more than six credit hours from each of the groups below. The course COS L97 Special Topics in Computer Science and its description are COS/INF/MAT 200-level: defined for every particular offering. Students may take more than one COS L97 course. The letter L defines the level of the course. COS 220 Concepts of Programming Languages Concentrations COS 230 Basics in Java Programming COS 231 Introduction to UNIX The concentrations within the Computer Science major build upon the seven required COS courses to create a specific focus within the discipline. Students may COS 260 Assembly Language Programming declare one or more of the following concentrations if they take the appropriate INF 130 Basics in C# Programming* electives in addition to the seven required COS courses. Students declaring a INF 280 Database Systems* concentration must also meet the requirements for elective courses as defined by the major. MAT 201 Mathematical Statistics MAT 214 Numerical Analysis Foundations of Computing Concentration COS/INF 300-level: Fifteen credit hours chosen from: COS 301 Compiler Theory COS 220 Concepts of Programming Languages COS 331 Operating Systems COS 301 Compiler Theory COS 340 Programming in Python COS 331 Operating Systems INF 320 Mobile Computing* COS 430 Cloud Computing INF 335 Web Server Technologies* COS 440 Computer Networks INF 370 Information Security* COS 460 Algorithms INF 375 Web Client Technologies* COS 470 Artificial Intelligence and AI Programming COS 481 Internship COS/INF 400-level: INF 280 Database Systems COS 430 Cloud Computing MAT 214 Numerical Analysis COS 440 Computer Networks COS 460 Algorithms Software Development Concentration COS 470 Artificial Intelligence and AI Programming Twelve credit hours chosen from: COS 480 Data Mining COS 230 Basics in Java Programming INF 480 Big Data Analytics* COS 231 Introduction to UNIX * Not more than three non-COS courses may be counted towards a COS major. COS 340 Programming in Python COS 481 Internship An additional group of general elective courses are represented by the following: INF 130 Basics in C# Programming COS 310 Topics in Computer Science (one or more) INF 280 Database Systems COS/INF 481 Internship INF 320 Mobile Computing  analyze how the markets function, how they allocate real and financial INF 335 Web Server Technologies resources, and when they may fail to function properly INF 375 Web Client Technologies  explain in written and in oral form the reasoning and application of economic analysis to social or political issues Three credit hours chosen from: BUS 260 Marketing The Economics program not only trains students for advanced education in graduate and professional schools but also prepares students for immediate entry ENT 300 Entrepreneurship into business and government careers that value economic insight and analytical ENT 462 New Product Development ability. Independent Study or Special Topics courses, if relevant, may be counted towards Some of our graduates have gone on to successfully complete postgraduate degree a concentration at the discretion of the department chair. programs at prestigious universities, including Cornell, Duke, Harvard University, the London School of Economics, the University of California – Berkeley, the Disciplinary Honors in Computer Science University of Michigan, and Yale University. Others have joined international Disciplinary honors may be given to a Computer Science major who upon companies and institutions such as Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Barclays graduation has Capital, BNP PARIBAS, BTC/Vivatel, the Bulgarian National Bank, Citigroup, Deloitte & Touche, the European Central Bank, General Electric, Kraft Foods,  achieved a GPA-in-major of at least 3.50; Morgan Stanley, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the World Bank.  successfully completed and publicly defended a senior project in front of a Total: 12 courses panel of Computer Science faculty; and, Required Courses (6 courses)  received a grade of A for the senior project. ECO 101 Principles of Microeconomics The panel will decide whether or not to recommend honors based upon the project research, complexity, development, professionalism, presentation, demonstration, ECO 102 Principles of Macroeconomics and documentation. ECO 300 Quantitative Methods in Economics ECONOMICS ECO 301 Intermediate Microeconomics ECO 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics The program in Economics provides both the theoretical foundation and the practical empirical tools necessary to function as an economist in today's complex ECO 310 Econometrics I economic world. These theories and tools are analyzed both within the institutional Elective Courses (6 courses) structure of developed market economies and in their specific applications to developing and non-market economies. Although the fields of specialization of the Three courses out of the following list and any three additional ECO courses Economics major are not formally specified, one can identify three broad topics: (including additional courses from the list below): macroeconomics, microeconomics, and empirical (data) analysis. ECO 400 Topics in Econometrics* The Economics curriculum is designed to enable all graduates to meet the ECO 401 Topics in Advanced Microeconomics* following skill- or competency-based student outcomes: ECO 402 Topics in Advanced Macroeconomics*  analyze social phenomena in the context of their interrelationships with ECO 404 Advanced Topics economic outcomes ECO 491 and 492 Senior Thesis I/II  use appropriate graphical or statistical analysis to demonstrate the effects of ECO 498 Independent Study changes in significant variables to economic outcomes *ECO 400, 401, 402, and 404 may be repeated for credit provided the specific  analyze and predict the effect of changes in economic variables on related topic of the course topic differs. variables within the context of a coherent interrelated economic model NOTE: A successfully completed senior thesis substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam. Disciplinary Honors in Economics  pursue independent research through a range of methodologies and methods of social science research Disciplinary Honors may be given to an Economics major who upon graduation has  articulate in both oral and written forms coherent arguments drawing upon  achieved a GPA-in-major of at least 3.50; academic literature, media, non-governmental, and governmental/EU sources  met the requirements for undertaking a senior thesis and completed a six- credit senior thesis in economics;  demonstrate proficiency in an official EU language other than English  presented the senior thesis (ECO 492) to a committee made up of two (e.g., Spanish, German, French) economics faculty members and one faculty from outside of the discipline; Over the years, alumni have gone on to graduate studies, joined the ranks of young and trainees in the EU institutions in Brussels, become full-time EU technocrats,  received a grade of A or A- on the senior thesis (ECO 492). entered governmental structures and NGOs, or become journalists covering EU affairs either in Brussels or in their respective countries. Graduates have also EUROPEAN STUDIES completed graduate and postgraduate programs in European Politics and related Whether a manager, a financial analyst, a political scientist, an economist, or a fields at prestigious universities such as University of Cambridge, University of lawyer, whether living in Europe or outside it, all AUBG graduates will function in Oxford, the College of Europe, the London School of Economics and Political an environment where the norms, rules, and laws of the European Union (EU) Science, King's College, Sciences Politiques (Paris), and Stanford University. impact policies, regulate transactions, and consolidate individuals' rights. While Total: 31 credit hours many talk about the EU, few have control over a field that is in perpetual movement, as it changes and adjusts to internal and external challenges. The major Required Courses (9 credit hours) in European Studies aims to make students more competitive on the job market by EUR 111 EU Integration and the Transformation of Diplomacy from 1945 providing pragmatically grounded knowledge, transferable skills, and solid to Present conceptual foundations. Through the variety of its course offerings, the European EUR 212 EU Politics Studies major aims to introduce students to the atmosphere and spirit of Europe. The major also offers the opportunity of a one-semester Erasmus exchange to a EUR 213 Comparative Politics of Europe European university, such as Bordeaux (France), Grenoble (France), Jagiellonian Elective Courses (Poland), Leiden (Netherlands), Limerick (Ireland), and Pécs (Hungary). Ten credit hours out of the following: The European Studies curriculum is designed to enable all graduates to acquire the EUR 301 General Principles of EU Law following conceptual- and skills-based student outcomes: EUR 303 Policies and Policy Making in the EU  understand the complexity of current European affairs and acquire analytical skills to examine these from an interdisciplinary perspective EUR 307/POS 307 Research Methods EUR 320 Internal Market and EU Competition Law  master the conceptual framework necessary for analyzing government affairs, electoral systems, party politics, public policies, and political Nine credit hours out of the following: culture across Europe EUR 404 Topics in European Politics*  understand both the EU's role in the international arena and how EU EUR 405 Topics in Areas Related to the European Union* policies, laws, and institutions affect national policy making, the economic EUR 481 Internship environment, and European citizens * Topics courses (EUR 404/405) may be repeated for credit as long as the precise  examine EU policies through specific case studies within the framework of topic is different. EU law, including primary and secondary legislation Required Language Proficiency  acquire skills to critically evaluate sources of data or information and achieve mastery of the management of bibliographic material and official One course out of the following: databases MLL 301 Modern France – Society, Politics, and Culture MLL 302 Modern Germany – Society, Politics, and Culture Graduates of the program have gone on to work for regional businesses and NGOs. MLL 303 Modern Spain – Society, Politics, and Culture The majority go on to graduate degree programs in history in the U.S. and Western Europe, including the Central European University, Columbia University, the Prerequisites for 300-level MLL courses consist of four language courses: University of Illinois, the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, and for French: MLL 115, MLL 116, MLL 215, and MLL 216 or MLL 217 the University of Pittsburgh. for German: MLL 125, MLL 126, MLL 225, and MLL 226 or MLL 227 Total: 12 courses (a minimum of 36 credits) for Spanish: MLL 155, MLL 156, MLL 255, and MLL 256 or MLL 257 Required Courses (3 courses) Disciplinary Honors in European Studies HTY 101 Global History to 1500 Disciplinary Honors may be given to a European Studies major who upon HTY 102 Global History since 1500 graduation has achieved a GPA-in-major of at least 3.50 and earned a grade of B+ HTY 291 Historical Methods or above in EUR 492 Senior Thesis. Elective Courses (9 courses) A successfully completed senior thesis substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam, but EUR 492 does not count as credit hours earned towards a EUR major. At least two courses out of the following: HTY 201 Mythmaking in History HISTORY AND CIVILIZATIONS HTY 210 Medieval Europe The study of History and Civilizations seeks a deeper understanding of humanity through the study of the past and provides students with a framework for the HTY 212 Early Modern Europe analysis of trends, institutions, and motivations that shape the world. Students HTY 213 Modern Europe learn to think with rigor, to write with clarity and precision, to organize and assess HTY 214 Eastern Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries evidence, to evaluate problems, and to interpret complex events. HTY 241 United States History to the Civil War The major in History and Civilizations provides students with analytical tools HTY 242 United States History from 1865 to Present useful for all aspects of decision making and research in academia, government, law, journalism, business, and other careers. The program offers a general program At least two courses out of the following: of study with a focus on course offerings in Europe and a sub-concentration in HTY 208 Greece, Thrace, the Black Sea, and the Ancient World Southeastern Europe. HTY 209 Rome and the Ancient World The program is intended to provide core historical research and reading skills. Key HTY 221 The Medieval Balkans outcomes of the program for all graduates include the following: HTY 222 The Modern Balkans  the ability to place existing national historical education in a larger context HTY 223 History of the Ottoman Empire  a broad contextual knowledge of history, provided by some knowledge of HTY 224 Civilizations at the Crossroads: The Bulgarian Case the distribution areas and of a historical issue of significant contemporary HTY 230 Byzantine History importance SES 238 Archeology in Southeast Europe  an awareness of contemporary theories and methods in the field of history At least four courses out of the following:  the ability to critically read and analyze primary materials HTY 301 Falsifications in History  the development of very strong writing skills HTY 304 Topics in European History  the development of oral communication skills through discussion seminars HTY 305 Topics in Southeast European History and oral presentations HTY 306 Topics in Ottoman History  the ability to plan, conduct, and write an original historical research project HTY 307 Topics in American History HTY 308 Topics in Global History HTY 310 History of Christianity expert; web designer; database designer; and system and database administrator. HTY 311 History of Islam and Islamic Civilization Total: 36 credit hours HTY 312 Cultures and Societies in Latin America Required Courses (18 credit hours) HTY 313 American History and Film INF 130 Basics in C# Programming (or placement test) HTY 401 Critical Issues in History INF 270 Analysis and Design of Information Systems HTY 491 Senior Thesis I INF 280 Database Systems HTY 492 Senior Thesis II INF 335 Web Server Technologies SES 325 Environmental Issues in Southeast Europe INF 440 Technologies for Web-based Information Systems Disciplinary Honors in History and Civilizations INF 491 Senior Project Disciplinary Honors may be given to a History and Civilizations major who upon Note: A senior project counts as a Bulgarian Diploma Thesis and substitutes for the graduation has completed the two semesters of HTY 491/492 (Senior Thesis I and Bulgarian State Exam. Senior Thesis II) with a grade of A- or better in both courses. A successfully completed senior thesis substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam. As the basic programming language used across the Information Systems curriculum is C#, every student must demonstrate an appropriate level of C# INFORMATION SYSTEMS expertise by passing either a placement test or INF 130. Students who pass the The major in Information Systems is designed to train professionals who are placement test in C# may choose another course to take from the list of electives. competent to solve problems in a vast and growing world of computer-based Students who fail or do not take the placement test must take INF 130. information systems and services. The major provides a broad understanding of the Elective Courses (18 credit hours) role played by modern computer and communication technologies in every area of human activity and trains students to analyze problems and to provide solutions At least nine credit hours chosen out of the following: using up-to-date information technologies. A student will benefit from this INF 150 Personal Productivity with Information Technologies program as either a stand-alone major or as a second major since the courses INF 210 Programming in Visual Basic offered may complement the student's mainstream of education. INF 240 Website Development The curriculum of Information Systems major is designed to enable students to achieve the following skill- or competency-based outcomes: INF 320 Mobile Computing  provide knowledge about existing computer languages, development INF 370 Information Security environments, and technologies INF 375 Web Client Technologies  develop skills to specify, implement, and monitor the development of an INF 450 Managing Information Systems Development Projects information system INF 480 Big Data Analytics  create an understanding of the role of information as a strategic resource as No more than six credit hours out of the following: well as the specific problems in its management COS 150 Discrete Structures  develop skills to better utilize the positive effects of implementing computer-based information technologies while avoiding negative results COS 230 Basics in Java Programming and possible conflicts between people and technology COS 231 Introduction to UNIX  provide knowledge about models, measurements, and optimization COS 240 Object-Oriented Programming techniques COS 315 Software Engineering  develop effective communication skills by creating and implementing COS 480 Data Mining information systems solutions Typical employment positions for our graduates include data and network analyst; system analyst; information systems developer, designer, or quality assurance No more than three credit hours chosen out of the following: Data Science Concentration ECO 300 Quantitative Methods in Economics Fifteen credit hours chosen from: ECO 310 Econometrics I COS 120 C++ Programming JMC 411 Design and Layout COS 230 Basics in Java Programming MAT 201 Mathematical Statistics COS 340 Programming in Python MAT 214 Numerical Analysis COS 430 Cloud Computing MLL 1XX German/French/Spanish* COS 480 Data Mining MLL 2XX German/French/Spanish* INF 480 Big Data Analytics * Only one MLL course at either the 100- or the 200-level may be counted for INF INF 481 Internship major credits. MAT 201 Mathematical Statistics An additional group of general elective courses are represented by the following: Independent Study or Special Topics courses, if relevant, may be counted towards INF 310 Topics in Information Systems a concentration at the discretion of the department chair. INF/COS L97 Special Topics in Information Systems Disciplinary Honors in Information Systems INF/COS L98 Independent Study Disciplinary honors may be given to an Information Systems major who upon The course INF 310 Topics in Information Systems and its description are defined graduation has for every particular offering. Students may take more than one INF 310 course.  achieved a GPA-in-major of at least 3.50; This designation is generally used to represent one credit, short courses.  successfully completed and publicly defended a senior project in front of a The subject of the course INF L97 Special Topics in Information Systems and its panel of Information Systems faculty; and, description are defined for every particular offering (L defines the level of the  received a grade of A for the Information Systems senior project. course). Students can take more than one INF L97 course. The panel will decide whether or not to recommend honors based upon the project Concentrations research, complexity, development, professionalism, presentation, demonstra- The concentrations within the Information Systems major build upon the six tion, and documentation. required INF courses to create a specific focus within the discipline. Students may A successfully completed senior project substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam. declare one or more of the following concentrations, if they take the appropriate electives in addition to the six required INF courses. Students declaring a JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION concentration must also meet the requirements for elective courses as defined by The Journalism and Mass Communication faculty is committed to an academic the major. and professional program that encompasses the knowledge and skills necessary to e-Commerce Concentration succeed in twenty-first-century media. The program emphasizes critical thinking, Fifteen credit hours chosen from: research, writing, and visual communication skills within an ethical framework across all media and professional disciplines. COS 315 Software Engineering COS 430 Cloud Computing The JMC faculty recognizes that media throughout the world are changing. New information technologies, media convergence, cross-cultural perspectives, and INF 240 Website Development new economic realities are shifting the ways we communicate. At the same time, INF 320 Mobile Computing the principles of journalism and mass communication remain essential to a INF 370 Information Security democratic society. Accuracy and balance in reporting, high ethical standards, and INF 375 Web Client Technologies a commitment to serving the interests of the public are central to our aims. INF 450 Managing Information Systems Development Projects The core required courses are the foundation of the program. They provide the INF 481 Internship theoretical, historical, ethical, and cultural background that underlies journalism and mass communication today. The elective courses, presented in two tracks, JMC 220 Multimedia Journalism focus on the skills needed to function in global media. The internship further JMC 356 Media Law and Ethics enhances the acquired concepts and skills, as does participation in extracurricular activities on campus (e.g., magazines, online news websites, 24/7 radio station). Internship Requirement JMC 481 Professional Internship (Cr. 0) or JMC students are encouraged to enroll in other courses to expand their cultural and disciplinary perspectives and to major or minor in a separate discipline. This JMC 482 Academic Internship (Cr. 1-3) opportunity to shape a multidisciplinary course of study within the liberal arts Elective Courses (21 credit hours) tradition is an invitation for students to enrich their knowledge base in preparation for further inquiry, research, and understanding. The traditional approach to the major requires completion of the core courses, a professional internship, seven electives, and sitting for the Bulgarian state exam. Upon graduation, students are prepared to pursue a range of careers in a variety of fields ranging from media organizations, advertising and public relations agencies, An academic internship counts towards the required credit hours and requires design studios, production houses, and others or to continue their education with working with a faculty advisor (see the course description of JMC 482 for more graduate studies at leading universities around the world. information). A professional internship does not count towards the required credit hours. Theoretical Student Learning Outcomes (core courses): Track Options  understand the history, function, and development of journalism and mass communication in society Students majoring in JMC may also choose to focus their studies in either Journalism or Mass Communication by completing a minimum of five courses  analyze global media issues and functions from electives in either the Journalism Track or the Mass Communication Track.  develop media and visual communication literacy and awaken creativity Journalism Track (5 courses)  integrate liberal arts knowledge in research, study, and professional activity To complete the Journalism Track, students must complete at least five JMC major  understand the role of advertising and public relations electives out of the following:  apply principles of media law, policies, and ethics JMC 233 Introduction to Video Journalism Professional Student Learning Outcomes (elective courses): JMC 250 Writing and Reporting JMC 321 Digital Photojournalism  master research methods by learning to evaluate and use documents from a variety of sources JMC 333 Television News Reporting  learn interviewing techniques and critical thinking and analytical skills JMC 435 Magazine Journalism JMC 345 Specialized Writing  learn to write, report, and edit content for print and online media platforms JMC 455 Global Comparative Media  learn to respond creatively to challenges and apply principles of design in shaping communications JMC 470 Topics in Journalism JMC 491 Capstone Project*  learn to use software programs to design, produce, and communicate effectively *The Capstone Project requires minimum 3.25 GPA in the major and may count as a state exam.  develop presentation and public speaking skills Mass Communication Track (5 courses) Total: 36 credit hours To complete the Mass Communication Track, students must complete at least five Required Courses (15 credit hours) JMC major electives out of the following: JMC 141 Communications, Media, and Society INF 240 Website Development JMC 150 Writing for Media JMC 370 Public Relations Fundamentals JMC 200 Visual Communication Theory and Practice JMC 389 Advertising Fundamentals JMC 411 Design and Layout in the liberal arts; and for professional programs leading to the study of law. JMC 425 Advanced Communications Design NOTE: The Literature major is available only as a single-diploma, American JMC 480 Topics in Media degree program. JMC 491 Capstone Project* Total: 12 courses (a minimum of 36 credit hours) *The Capstone Project requires minimum 3.25 GPA in the major and may count as Required Courses (6 courses) a state exam. ENG 210 Introduction to Literature Disciplinary Honors in Journalism and Mass Communication ENG 388 Shakespeare Disciplinary Honors may be given to a JMC major who upon graduation has Plus four courses out of the following:  achieved a GPA-in-major of at least 3.50; ENG 231 World Literature – Landmark Texts  completed a capstone project and publicly defended the project before a ENG 232 World Literature – Literatures in Translation panel of JMC faculty; and, ENG 241 American Literature – Beginnings to 1865  received a grade of A for the capstone project. ENG 242 American Literature – 1865 to Present The final decision to award honors rests with the panel. ENG 251 British Literature – Beginnings to 1785 LITERATURE ENG 252 British Literature – 1785 to Present The Literature major is a rigorous, critical, academic program that pairs close Elective Courses (6 courses) textual analysis and theoretical perspectives. Students who major in Literature will engage with a wide variety of texts in order to develop skills in close reading and One from each of the following topics courses: textual analysis. They will also develop an understanding of literary history, genre ENG 340 Topics in American Literature conventions, and modern practices in literary theory and research. ENG 350 Topics in British Literature Literature majors will learn to develop, support, and articulate complex arguments ENG 360 Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism about texts and to present those arguments and insights in a well-crafted, articulate, and responsive manner. The Literature major also promotes the development of a Plus three additional courses out of the following: sense of literary, cultural, and social history across multiple nations, ethnicities, ENG 205 Introduction to Creative Writing – Fiction and eras. ENG 206 Introduction to Creative Writing – Poetry The Literature major is designed to enable all graduates to meet the following ENG 220 Film Criticism outcomes: ENG 221 Screenwriting  demonstrate an understanding of major works of British, American, and ENG 231 World Literature – Landmark Texts world literatures ENG 232 World Literature – Literatures in Translation  demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which meaning is created and crafted in literary works ENG 241 American Literature – Beginnings to 1865  develop close reading skills and an understanding of literary and rhetorical ENG 242 American Literature – 1865 to Present conventions ENG 251 British Literature – Beginnings to 1785  produce logically developed, rhetorically coherent, thoroughly researched ENG 252 British Literature – 1785 to Present papers that are both convincing and creative ENG 260 Balkan Literature  demonstrate literary knowledge, both theoretical and practical, necessary ENG 300 The Bible as Literature to flourish in liberal arts professions and/or future graduate studies ENG 311 Public Speaking Literature majors will thus be well prepared for careers in such areas as writing, publishing, public relations, library sciences, and teaching; for graduate programs ENG 340 Topics in American Literature* ENG 350 Topics in British Literature* Total: 12 courses ENG 360 Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism* Required Courses (7 courses) ENG 370 Genre and Topical Studies* MAT 103 Calculus I ENG 371 History, Memory, and Narrative in Contemporary Balkan Cinema MAT 104 Calculus II ENG 380 Major Authors* MAT 105 Elementary Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry *ENG topics courses may be repeated for credit as long as the precise topics differ. MAT 201 Mathematical Statistics MATHEMATICS MAT 205 Introduction to Abstract Algebra The Mathematics major is based on a variety of courses in pure and applied MAT 212 Calculus III – Multivariate Calculus and Geometry mathematics. Students who complete the major will acquire a broad background in MAT 213 Introduction to Differential Equations the fundamental branches of classical and modern analysis, algebra and discrete structures, differential equations and applications, probability theory, and both Elective Courses (5 courses) theoretical and applied statistics. The major will provide an invaluable opportunity Five additional MAT courses, at least three of which must be selected out of the for students interested in developing significant mathematical skills through a following: selection of advanced courses that will introduce them to some modern lines of MAT 214 Numerical Analysis contemporary mathematics and its applications to other sciences. The major prepares students for professional careers or advanced academic work not only in MAT 225 Advanced Linear Algebra mathematics but also in many mathematics-intensive areas, including quantitative MAT 305 Topics in Abstract Algebra finance, actuary science, economics, computer science, natural sciences, and many MAT 313 Calculus IV with Differential Geometry more. MAT 314 Complex Analysis The Mathematics curriculum is designed to enable all graduates to achieve the following skill- or competency-based student outcomes: MAT 315 Real Analysis  articulate basic and advanced mathematical information accurately and MAT 491/492 Senior Thesis effectively The major requirements may be completed with any other Mathematics courses  learn classical and modern mathematical theories, models, and techniques except MAT 100 and MAT 102.  show mastery of basic and specialized mathematical knowledge and skills Note: After consultation with the Mathematics faculty, one of the elective courses  create models of real phenomena and analyze them using a broad may be replaced with courses in other disciplines that use essential mathematics, background of methods from classical and modern analysis, algebra, such as COS 150, COS 460, ECO 300, ECO 310, or ECO 400. discrete mathematics, probability theory, and theoretical and applied Disciplinary Honors in Mathematics statistics  Disciplinary honors may be given to a Mathematics major who upon graduation work as an effective individual and as a part of a team on problems and has projects requiring specific mathematical knowledge  achieved a GPA-in-major of at least 3.50;  gain abilities to abstract essential information; make correct logical deductions; and read, understand, and construct solutions for multiple-step  successfully completed and publicly defended a Mathematics senior thesis problems from various areas of pure and applied mathematics in front of a panel of Mathematics faculty; and, Some of our graduates have gone on to successfully complete graduate degree  received a grade of A for the Mathematics senior thesis. programs in prestigious universities in the U.S., including Cornell, Duke, Johns Based upon the overall performance in the Mathematics major and the thesis's Hopkins University, Northwestern University, the University of Maryland, the sophistication and/or originality, the Mathematics faculty will decide whether or University of Pittsburgh, and Vanderbilt University. Some have participated in not to confer honors in Mathematics. prestigious international summer schools, research conferences, and workshops such as the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehevot, Israel; and the Abdus Salam A completed senior thesis substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam. International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POS 101 Introduction to Politics Globalization, liberalization, migration, regionalization, integration, revolution, POS 102 Introduction to Global Politics digitalization, climate change, demographic change, interdependence…We may POS 103 Topics in Contemporary Politics hear these words and may find it difficult to make sense of them. Yet, they affect us. or POS 104 Model UN Preparation In our world of continuous change, we need to understand the forces and actors that POS 201 Comparative Politics affect how we think, how we work, how we live, and how we live with others. The or EUR 213 Comparative Politics of Europe major in Political Science and International Relations prepares and encourages you to recognize, analyze, and evaluate the role of major actors, structures, and POS 202 Foreign Policy Analysis processes in our world. Elective Courses A more developed understanding of the world allows you, the citizen, to choose Three courses out of the following: and advocate better public policies on the local, national, and global levels. It allows you, the person, to approach problems from other viewpoints and develop POS 301 Bulgarian Government and Politics different solutions that others may not see. POS 303 Conflict and Conflict Resolution The Political Science program seeks to help you achieve the following learning POS 304 Global Political Economy outcomes over the course of your studies: POS 305 International Law and Organizations  Understand political processes and institutions at the local, national, POS 306 Public Policy Analysis regional, and global levels; POS 307 Research Methods in Politics  Appreciate other viewpoints, cultures, and identities; Nine credit hours out of the following:  Consider the ethical implications of political issues, institutions, and POS 401 Topics in Politics* processes; POS 481 Internship**  Research political issues and policy problems using appropriate methodologies; * POS 401 topics may be repeated for credit as long as the precise topic is different. POS majors may substitute one course with a non-POS designator for POS Topics  Identify relevant information gathered from reliable sources; credit toward the major from the following: PHI 304; ECO 310, and any EUR-  Communicate clearly in a variety of formats; designated course at the 400 level.  Interact with others effectively to organize and complete projects. ** MLL 301, 302, or 303 may be substituted for POS 481. The Political Science and International Relations major is traditionally considered Disciplinary Honors in Political Science and International Relations excellent training for careers in government and diplomatic service, law, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and businesses that To fulfill the requirements for a degree with honors in Political Science and work with the public sector, as well as further education in graduate programs. International Relations students must have a 3.5 or higher GPA in courses counted toward the major and earn a grade of B+ or above in POS 492 Senior Thesis. Graduates of the Political Science and International Relations program have gone on to complete graduate programs in politics and other fields at prestigious A successfully completed senior thesis substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam, but universities such as Harvard University, College of Europe, London School of POS 492 does not count as credit hours earned towards a POS major. Economics and Political Science, Princeton University, Oxford University, SELF-DESIGNED MAJOR Stanford University, and University of Pennsylvania. Graduates have gone on to careers in European and North American universities, non-governmental As a liberal arts institution, AUBG encourages students to develop and utilize their organizations, national ministries, European Union institutions, corporations, and knowledge across areas of study, and the Self-Designed Major (SDM) is designed private companies. to allow this by fostering a broader understanding of academic knowledge and methodologies. This degree offers students an opportunity for a unique, intensive Total: 32 credit hours educational and research experience through a self-designed program. Examples Required Courses (5 courses): of interdisciplinary fields for an SDM might include the following: Twentieth-Century Cultural Studies Requirements for Self-Designed Major Ancient Studies A self-designed program requires well-developed thinking skills, a strong sense of Business Communications and Public Relations academic motivation, a keen interest in exploring linkages in fields of study, and Eastern European Studies strong self-discipline. Working with a discipline-appropriate faculty member, the interested student must develop a proposal for a Self-Designed Major that is Early Modern Studies intellectually cohesive and does not duplicate other educational learning Environmental Policy opportunities available through minors and other majors, singularly or in Film Studies combination. The student will work with this faculty member to develop an academically sound and intellectually rigorous SDM proposal that will be Marketing and Communication reviewed by the Self-Designed Major Committee for approval as a single-diploma Medieval and Renaissance Studies major. Modern Languages and Cultures Proposal Performing and Visual Arts The proposal is written in conjunction with a faculty member who will serve as the Political Communication chair of the student's program. Proposal forms for the SDM are available at the Social Sciences Registrar's Office. Theatre and Film The proposal will be reviewed by the Self-Designed Major Committee composed Visual Communications of three faculty members (one from the humanities, one from the social sciences, and one from the sciences or math disciplines). The committee will examine the Women's Studies proposal for clarity and precision of focus; the intellectual and methodological NOTE: The Self-Designed Major is available only as a single-diploma American skills to be acquired from the proposed plan of study; and the plan's divergence of degree program. content, intent, and ethos from currently offered programs. This SDM is offered for students with exceptional motivation, vision, and Total: 36 credit hours creativity. In consultation with faculty members, the student creates a unique plan Required Courses (2 courses; 3 credit hours) of study that is not part of the current AUBG curriculum and that bridges two or more content areas (other than two major program areas) and is not a SDM 301 Junior Capstone Project (one credit) subcomponent of one major or minor discipline. The result is an interdisciplinary SDM 401 Senior Thesis (two credits). degree that focuses on integrated learning in multiple areas with sufficient depth to conduct research across fields of knowledge. Elective Courses (33 credit hours) 18 credit hours completed at the 300- and/or 400-level Students completing an SDM will receive diplomas with their specific, interdisciplinary field listed as the title of the degree (e.g., “B.A. in Political No more than 18 credit hours from any one discipline Communication” or “B.A. in Women's Studies”). With approval, students may transfer up to sixteen credit hours from other Students graduating with a Self-Designed Major will be able to do the following: accredited institutions and may take up to six credits of independent study. Policies on double-counting courses for majors and minors apply to this program, as do all  develop critical thinking skills by locating, identifying, and utilizing the General Education requirements. relationships between academic disciplines  · synthesize theories, methodologies, and experiences gained from at least two disciplines  demonstrate mastery of interdisciplinary praxis (i.e., the ability to turn multiple theories and knowledge bases into fully realized, concrete demonstrations of new knowledge and applications)  value the pursuit of academic knowledge utilizing creative and individualized objectives that result in intellectual growth MINOR PROGRAMS  learn new theories, models, techniques, and technologies as they emerge and appreciate the necessity of such continuing professional development In addition to its eleven majors, AUBG also offers eighteen minor programs. In this Typical employment positions for graduates include programmer/analyst, systems section, you will find descriptions and requirements for these programs. analyst, software quality assurance analyst, network systems and data ANTHROPOLOGY communications analyst, Internet developer or web designer, database The mission of the Anthropology minor program is to explore human variation and administrator, system administrator, or network administrator. cultural diversity and to transmit the anthropological perspective as a way of Total: 18 credit hours thinking, a method of problem solving, and a model for future learning. For many To complete the requirements for a Computer Science minor, a student must students, anthropology becomes a framework for integrating knowledge and a complete one required course and fifteen credit hours from the list of elective system of organization for their formal education. The anthropological perspective courses, with at least one course chosen from each group. is holistic, for each piece or aspect of a culture is viewed within the context of the whole culture. Required Unique among the social sciences and humanities, anthropology studies people COS 120 C++ Programming (or placement test) and behavior in a cross-cultural perspective. This aspect of the discipline has wide As the basic programming language used across the COS curriculum is C++, every ramifications for expanding students' worldviews and approaches to other studies student must demonstrate an appropriate level of C++ expertise by passing either a by increasing their awareness of ethnocentric perspectives. placement test or the course COS 120. Students who pass the placement test may Total: 6 courses choose another course from the list of electives. Students who fail or do not take the placement test must take COS 120. Required Courses (3 courses) Electives ANT 101 Introduction to Anthropology Fifteen credit hours with at least one course chosen from each of the following ANT 237 Ethnicity and Culture Conflict groups. ANT 304 Political Anthropology Fundamentals Elective Courses (3 courses) COS 150 Discrete Structures Three additional ANT courses or any other approved course with an emphasis on COS 220 Concepts of Programming Languages the region of Southeastern Europe. COS 235 Computer Architecture COMPUTER SCIENCE COS 331 Operating Systems The Computer Science minor is available to students majoring in other disciplines, such as mathematics and economics, who wish to study some aspects of a Software Development traditional computer science curriculum but who are unable to take the full COS 221 Fundamental Data Structures Computer Science major. COS 240 Object-Oriented Programming The Computer Science minor curriculum is designed to enable students to show COS 315 Software Engineering mastery of some computer science knowledge and skills by meeting the following COS 460 Algorithms skill- and competency-based outcomes: Advanced Topics  demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply current theories, models, techniques, and technologies that provide a basis for problem COS 231 Introduction to UNIX solving COS 301 Compiler Theory  work as an effective individual and as part of a team to develop and deliver COS 440 Computer Networks quality software COS 470 Artificial Intelligence and AI Programming  have the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing All prerequisites, procedures, and other conditions specified for any of the courses  be aware of key ethical issues affecting computer science and their in the Computer Science major apply to the courses in the minor as well. responsibilities as computer science professionals ECONOMICS * EUR 212 is a prerequisite for EUR 303. Students wishing to pursue a minor in Entrepreneurship will need to take EUR 212 in addition to the other courses in the The Economics minor provides a program of study of micro- and macroeconomics minor. in both theoretical and applied courses so that students will have significant exposure to economic reasoning and analysis. Although less rigorous than the Elective Courses (2 courses) Economics major, the Economics minor will be useful to students preparing for ENT 400 Topics in Entrepreneurship professional careers in business or for graduate study in a variety of other fields in ENT 401 Topics in Entrepreneurship Practice which economic analysis is complementary to the advanced practice of the discipline. ENT 402 Entrepreneurship Internship Total: 6 Courses ENT 440 Conflict Management ENT 441 Change Management Required Courses (3 courses) ENT 462 New Product Development ECO 101 Principles of Microeconomics ECO 102 Principles of Macroeconomics ENT 220 is substitutable by BUS 220. ENT 261 is substitutable by BUS 260. ECO 301 Intermediate Microeconomics* EUROPEAN STUDIES or ECO 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics The European Studies minor provides the opportunity for students to supplement another academic major with a series of courses designed to familiarize them with *ECO 300 is a prerequisite for ECO 301, so students choosing this option must the issues and policies of the European Union and its enlargement. take ECO 300 plus two other ECO electives to fulfill the requirements of the minor. Total: 5 courses (15 credit hours) Elective Courses (3 courses) Any other ECO courses. Required Courses (3 courses) ENTREPRENEURSHIP Two courses out of the following: EUR 111 EU Integration and the Transformation of Diplomacy from 1945 to The Entrepreneurship minor is appropriate for students who wish to develop a Present business or work for a startup. The Entrepreneurship minor complements other majors at AUBG by teaching non-business students how to turn their passion into a EUR 212 EU Politics business. EUR 213/POS 213 Comparative Politics of Europe The Minor in Entrepreneurship will enable students to understand Elective Courses (3 courses)  the vocabulary of accounting; Two courses out of the following:  the principles of marketing a new product or startup; EUR 301 General Principles of EU Law  the development of a business plan and the pursuit of funding; EUR 303 Policies and Policy Making in the EU  the creation of a business model that strives for continuous innovation; and EUR 320 Internal Market and EU Competition Law  the management of conflict and change within an organization. One course out of the following: Total: 6 courses EUR 404 Topics in European Politics Required Courses (4 courses) EUR 405 Topics in Areas Related to the European Union ENT 220 Financial Accounting for Entrepreneurs EUR 307/POS 307 Research Methods ENT 261 Marketing for Entrepreneurs FILM STUDIES ENT 300 Entrepreneurship The Film Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program appropriate for students EUR 303 Policies and Policy Making in the EU* who wish to study both the practical and theoretical aspects of film and media production. The program provides a good foundation for understanding the main issues of film criticism and theory as well as basic training in documentary and samples of creative work, and other evidence of creative achievements, including video production. Combining introductory courses in film analysis and video participation in public performances and/or exhibitions, as part of study toward the production with electives from Journalism and Mass Communication; History and minor. Civilization; and Arts, Languages, and Literature, the minor complements the Total: 6 courses (18 credit hours) respective majors in each of these departments. The minor in Film Studies will enable students to Required Courses (12 credit hours)  understand the vocabulary of film and film criticism; One course out of the following:  understand the principles of video and documentary production; FAR 101 Introduction to Music  analyze films in terms of their aesthetic, historical, and political FAR 109 Music Theory dimensions; FAR 151 Introduction to Theater  understand the relationship between film and historical representation; and FAR 160 Introduction to Art History and Theory  produce a short film. One course out of the following: At least two of the six courses taken for the minor must be at the 300- or 400-level. FAR 307 History of Jazz Total: 6 courses FAR 309 Bulgarian Folk Music Required Courses (2 courses) FAR 310 Music in Latin American Culture ENG 220 Film Criticism Courses totaling six credit hours out of the following: JMC 233 Introduction to Video Journalism FAR 105 AUBG Choir Elective Courses (4 courses) FAR 121 Beginning Drawing The following two courses in film production: FAR 122 Intermediate Drawing ENG 221 Screenwriting FAR 203 Beginning Applied Music JMC 444 Documentary Filmmaking FAR 250 Applied Theater At least two out of the following courses in film theory and history: FAR 251 Beginning Acting ENG 320 Topics in Film FAR 252 Intermediate Acting ENG 371 History, Memory, and Narrative in Contemporary Balkan Cinema FAR 403 Advanced Applied Music HTY 313 American History and Film Elective Courses (6 credit hours) JMC 363 History of Documentary Film A student may undertake a project as an independent study with the approval of the Additional FAR courses, excluding FAR 101, FAR 109, FAR 151, and FAR 160. chairs of two departments involved in the minor. Restrictions FINE ARTS FAR 203, 250, and 403 may be taken for one to three credits with permission of the The Fine Arts minor provides an interdisciplinary approach to creative human instructor. No more than six credits of applied music (FAR 203 or 403) may be expression for students interested in artistic performance, process, and inquiry. counted toward the minor. When more than one course is chosen from FAR 307, Students have flexibility in designing their course of study within the minor and FAR 309, or FAR 310, at least one course must be chosen from among the FAR may choose to acquire either an in-depth understanding of a particular offerings. performance or process art (such as music or theater) or a broader critical Concentrations awareness of the visual and performing arts. FAR 109 is recommended for students concentrating in music. For a concentration Students pursuing the Fine Arts minor are also encouraged to develop a portfolio in theater, both FAR 251 and FAR 252 and at least one independent study or special documenting their creative activities at AUBG. This personal archive will topics course in theater should be taken. generally consist of written programs, lists of repertoire studied and performed, HISTORY  develop skills to better utilize the positive effects of implementing computer-based information technologies while avoiding negative results The History minor is for students who want to go beyond the Historical Analysis and possible conflicts between people and technology component of the General Education curriculum but who do not wish to complete the History and Civilizations major. It complements other programs of study at  provide knowledge about models, measurements, and optimization AUBG both by enhancing tools of analysis and by providing greater historical techniques context for many other courses offered at AUBG.  develop effective communication skills in creating and implementing information systems solutions Total: 6 courses Total: 18 credit hours Required Courses (2 courses) HTY 101 Global History to 1500 Required Courses (9 credit hours) HTY 102 Global History since 1500 INF 130 Basics in C# Programming (or placement test) INF 270 Analysis and Design of Information Systems Elective Courses (4 courses) INF 280 Database Systems Two courses out of the following: As the basic programming language used across the INF curriculum is C#, every HTY 301 Falsifications in History student must demonstrate an appropriate level of C# expertise by passing either a HTY 304 Topics in European History* placement test or the course INF 130. Students who pass the placement test may HTY 305 Topics in Southeast European History* choose another course from the list of electives. Students who fail or do not take the HTY 306 Topics in Ottoman History* placement test must take INF 130. Students who fail or do not take the placement test must take INF 130. HTY 307 Topics in American History* Elective Courses (9 credit hours) HTY 308 Topics in Global History* At least six credit hours out of the following: HTY 311 History of Islam and Islamic Civilization INF 150 Personal Productivity with Information Technologies HTY 312 Cultures and Societies in Latin America INF 240 Website Development HTY 313 American History and Film INF 335 Web Server Technologies HTY 401 Critical Issues in History* INF 370 Information Security Two additional HTY courses. INF 375 Web Client Technologies *Topics courses may be repeated for credit as long as the precise topic is different. INF 440 Technologies for Web-based Information Systems INFORMATION SYSTEMS INF 450 Managing Information Systems Development Projects The minor is designed to provide knowledge and skills in the area of information INF 480 Big Data Analytics systems and to provide courses oriented to a better understanding of IT problems, No more than three credit hours may be chosen out of the following: methods of analysis, and techniques for problem solving. ECO 300 Quantitative Methods in Economics The curriculum of the Information Systems minor is designed to enable students to develop the following skill- or competency-based outcomes: ECO 310 Econometrics I  provide knowledge about existing computer languages, development JMC 411 Design and Layout environments, and technologies MAT 201 Mathematical Statistics  develop skills to specify, implement, and monitor the development of an MAT 214 Numerical Analysis information system MLL 1XX German/French/Spanish*  create understanding of the role of information as a strategic resource as MLL 2XX German/French/Spanish* well as the specific problems in its management * Only one MLL course at either the 100- or the 200-level may be counted for INF BUS 361 Consumer Behavior minor credits. ENT 462 New Product Development All prerequisites, procedures, and other conditions specified for any of the courses BUS 468 Topics in Marketing Practice in the Information Systems major apply to the courses in the minor as well. BUS 469 Topics in Marketing INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS JMC 480 Topics in Media The minor in Integrated Marketing Communications will enable interested JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION students to build advanced skills that are in demand across a variety of professional arenas. The minor will be geared towards students interested in demonstrating a The Journalism and Mass Communication minor introduces students to the specific skill/knowledge set in marketing and communications to enhance their theoretical framework of the fundamentals of journalism and mass communication majors. The minor will be structured to help students gain advanced knowledge in and gives students the opportunity to develop professional skills in information marketing and communications, as well as specific skills that are directly gathering, critical thinking and analysis, writing, editing, and reporting. The applicable to professional contexts across different fields. A strong focus will be electives allow students to choose an area of interest for further development. The placed on developing specific capacities that are in demand in the contemporary skills taught in the courses of a JMC Minor are applicable to most professions as professional arena, such as social media communications. they involve learning to communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively through text and images. By the completion of the Integrated Marketing Communications minor, students will possess Total: 6 courses  a general knowledge of marketing and the role of media in society; Required Courses (5 courses)  a working knowledge of how to conceive of, conduct interviews for, report, JMC 141 Communications, Media, and Society and write accurate, informative, and original news stories from multiple JMC 150 Writing for Media sources; JMC 200 Visual Communication Theory and Practice  knowledge of public relations and advertising tools (such as press releases, JMC 220 Multimedia Journalism e-mails, and social media) to communicate an organization's mission internally and externally; JMC 356 Media Law and Ethics  knowledge of and practical skills in the communication tools necessary for Elective Courses (1 course) a successful integrated marketing communications plan; Any other JMC course or INF 240 Website Development  advanced professional skills that can be applied across different LITERATURE professional contexts (public and private sector, profit or non-for-profit, multinational companies, startups, etc.). The purpose of the Literature minor is to offer students interested in literature the opportunity to study in-depth canonical texts and contemporary works or even Total: 6 courses delve into producing their own literary texts. The Literature minor is designed to Required Courses (4 courses) initiate students into the diverse literatures of the world in order to sharpen their JMC 141 Communication, Media and Society awareness of the imagination's power to represent and shape human life and thought within and across cultural boundaries. JMC 150 Writing for Media BUS 260 Marketing (or ENT 261 Marketing for Entrepreneurs) The objectives of the Literature minor are  BUS 362 Marketing Research to help students develop their ability to read closely and analyze literary texts; Elective Courses (6 credit hours)  to help students understand the place of literature in the larger cultural JMC 220 Multimedia Journalism context of representative texts; JMC 370 Public Relations Fundamentals  to help students hone their skills in researching and writing about literature; JMC 389 Advertising Fundamentals and/or  to help students produce pieces of poetry or prose of their own and offer Required Courses (5 courses) critiques of their peers' writing in a real context. MAT 103 Calculus I Total: 6 courses MAT 104 Calculus II Required Course (1 course) MAT 105 Elementary Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry ENG 210 Introduction to Literature* MAT 212 Calculus III – Multivariate Calculus and Geometry *This course must be completed before students take 300-level courses. MAT 201 Mathematical Statistics or MAT 213 Introduction to Differential Equations Elective Courses (5 courses) Elective Courses (1 course) At least one course out of the following: ENG 205 Introduction Creative Writing – Fiction One course out of the following: ENG 206 Introduction to Creative Writing – Poetry MAT 201 Mathematical Statistics ENG 231 World Literature – Landmark Texts MAT 205 Introduction to Abstract Algebra ENG 232 World Literature – Literatures in Translation MAT 213 Introduction to Differential Equations ENG 241 American Literature – Beginnings to 1865 MAT 214 Numerical Analysis ENG 242 American Literature – 1865 to Present MAT 225 Advanced Linear Algebra ENG 251 British Literature – Beginnings to 1785 MAT 305 Topics in Abstract Algebra ENG 252 British Literature – 1785 to Present MAT 313 Calculus IV with Differential Geometry ENG 260 Balkan Literature MAT 314 Complex Analysis MAT 315 Real Analysis At least three courses out of the following: ENG 300 The Bible as Literature MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES ENG 340 Topics in American Literature The minor in Modern Languages and Cultures is an interdisciplinary program for ENG 350 Topics in British Literature students who wish to acquire linguistic, cultural, and literary proficiency in German, French, Spanish, or Bulgarian. The minor can be easily combined with ENG 360 Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism many disciplines offered at AUBG, such as Business Administration, Economics, ENG 370 Genre and Topical Studies Journalism and Mass Communication, European Studies, or Political Science and ENG 371 History, Memory, and Narrative in Balkan Cinema International Relations. ENG 380 Major Authors The curriculum of the minor in Modern Languages and Cultures is designed to ENG 388 Shakespeare enable students to  communicate effectively with native or other competent speakers of the MATHEMATICS target language while maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy The Mathematics Minor is based on a diversity of courses in pure and applied and using and presenting material in the target language (in written and oral mathematics. Students who complete the minor will acquire an essential forms) in a clear and appropriate manner; background in some important branches of classical mathematics and statistics and  demonstrate substantial knowledge of specific aspects of the culture and their applications. The minor will also provide an opportunity for students to society of the countries in which the target language is spoken; develop significant mathematical skills through a selection of advanced courses  describe, analyze, and evaluate the similarities and differences between that will introduce them to some modern lines of contemporary mathematics and “target language” cultures and their own. its applications to other sciences. Total: 6 courses Total: 6 courses Required Courses (4 courses) Other courses as approved by the discipline coordinator and the dean of faculty For German-language focus For French MLL 175 Introduction to Language and Culture Studies MLL 216 Intermediate French Composition and Conversation MLL 225 Intermediate German: Perspectives on German-Speaking Cultures or MLL 217 Intermediate French Reading MLL 226 Intermediate German Composition and Conversation MLL L97 Special Topics in French Language and Culture or MLL 227 Intermediate German Reading BUS 340 Organizational Theory and Behavior MLL 302 Modern Germany – Society, Politics, and Culture SES 360 Cross-Cultural Management and Corporate Culture For French-language focus Other courses as approved by the discipline coordinator and the dean of faculty MLL 175 Introduction to Language and Culture Studies For Spanish MLL 215 Intermediate French: Perspectives on French and Francophone Cultures MLL 256 Intermediate Spanish Composition and Conversation MLL 216 Intermediate French Composition and Conversation or MLL 257 Intermediate Spanish Reading or MLL 217 Intermediate French Reading MLL L97 Special Topics in Spanish Language and Culture MLL 301 Modern France – Society, Politics, and Culture BUS 340 Organizational Theory and Behavior For Spanish-language focus SES 360 Cross-Cultural Management and Corporate Culture MLL 175 Introduction to Language and Culture Studies FAR 310 Music in Latin American Culture MLL 255 Intermediate Spanish: Perspectives on Spanish-Speaking HTY 312 Cultures and Societies in Latin America Cultures Other courses as approved by the discipline coordinator and the dean of MLL 256 Intermediate Spanish Composition and Conversation faculty or MLL 257 Intermediate Spanish Reading For Bulgarian MLL 303 Modern Spain – Society, Politics, and Culture MLL L97 Special Topics in Bulgarian Language and Culture ENG 260 Balkan Literature For Bulgarian-language focus ENG 371 History, Memory, and Narrative in Balkan Cinema MLL 136 Introduction to Bulgarian Language and Culture II FAR 309 Bulgarian Folk Music MLL 175 Introduction to Language and Culture Studies POS 301 Bulgarian Government and Politics MLL 235 Intermediate Bulgarian I SES 360 Cross-Cultural Management and Corporate Culture HTY 224 Civilizations at the Crossroads: The Bulgarian Case Other courses as approved by the discipline coordinator and the dean of Elective Courses (2 courses) faculty Two courses out of the following: Students may count the following courses either as a required or as an elective course in the respective language of their minor: for French – MLL 216 and MLL For German 217; for German – MLL 226 and MLL 227; for Spanish – MLL 256 and MLL 257. MLL 226 Intermediate German Composition and Conversation Students may waive MLL 136, MLL 215, MLL 225, or MLL 255 based on a or MLL 227 Intermediate German Reading placement test. In such cases, they are required to take an additional 200 or higher- MLL L97 Special Topics in German Language and Culture level course in the language of their minor. The level of the substituting MLL BUS 340 Organizational Theory and Behavior course will be determined by a placement test. In case such a course has not been offered by their senior year, students must choose an MLL course in a language SES 360 Cross-Cultural Management and Corporate Culture other than the one of their minor. The subject of the course MLL L97 Special Topics in German/ French/ Spanish/ At least one course out of the following: Bulgarian Language and Culture and its description are defined for every ANT 312 Anthropology of Religion particular offering. Students must consult with their language instructor on when such a course will be offered. MLL L97 Special Topics classes in the chosen ANT 350 Comparative Mythology language may be repeated for credit as long as the precise topic is different. ENG 300 The Bible as Literature No more than two courses taken abroad may be counted for the minor. HTY 310 History of Christianity HTY 311 History of Islam and Islamic Civilization PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION RLG 200 New Age Spirituality The Philosophy and Religion minor is an interdisciplinary program appropriate for students who wish to study the philosophical and religious components of human RLG 301 Topics in Religion* experience, which are considered fundamental elements of civilizations. It *PHI 301 and RLG 301 may be repeated for credit as long as the precise topic is provides a good foundation for understanding the historical background and social different. significance of current philosophical, ethical, and religious issues. Moreover, the minor offers courses on different traditions and perspectives than Western culture. Two additional PHI and/or RLG courses. The objectives of the minor in Philosophy and Religion are designed to help Note: At least two courses, totaling six credit hours, must be taken at the 300- students and/or 400-level.  consider philosophical, ethical, and religious issues from an POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS interdisciplinary viewpoint and in light of various perspectives; The Political Science and International Relations minor introduces the student to  understand the historical background of current philosophical, ethical, and the role of major actors, structures, and processes in politics. It also helps promote religious issues; understanding of some of the forces affecting our lives within our rapidly  appreciate the significance of philosophical, ethical, and religious issues globalizing, interdependent world. The minor provides a good foundation for for human existence (i.e., for both individual life and human communities); understanding current affairs and can complement other majors. and Total: 19 credit hours  develop the ability to reflect on specific philosophical, ethical, and Required Courses religious problems and questions related to the contemporary world and everyday life. Ten credit hours out of the following: Total: 6 courses POS 101 Introduction to Politics POS 102 Introduction to Global Politics Required Courses (2 courses) POS 103 Topics in Contemporary Politics PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy or POS 104 Model UN Preparation RLG 201 Introduction to World Religions POS 201 Comparative Politics Elective Courses (4 courses) or EUR 213 Comparative Politics of Europe At least one course out of the following: POS 202 Foreign Policy Analysis BUS 300 Business Ethics Elective Courses JMC 356 Media Law and Ethics Nine credit hours out of the following: PHI 220 Ethics POS 301 Bulgarian Government and Politics PHI 301 Topics in Philosophy* POS 303 Conflict and Conflict Resolution PHI 304 Modern and Contemporary Political Philosophy POS 304 Global Political Economy POS 101 Introduction to Politics POS 305 International Law and Organization POS 306 Public Policy Analysis the peoples of Southeastern Europe. The program is built on the foundations of POS 307 Research Methods anthropology, archaeology, social history, political science, art history, and comparative literature. The interdisciplinary perspective of the SES minor aims to POS 401 Topics in Politics* provide a contextual background for the more effective application of academic * May be repeated for credit as long as the precise topics differ. disciplines (e.g., Journalism and Mass Communication, European Studies, and Business Administration). The program thereby aspires to contribute to the debate PUBLIC POLICY surrounding contemporary policy challenges and social issues throughout the Public policy is an interdisciplinary field that draws on economics, European Southeastern European community in a globalizing world. studies, and political science. Students in this minor develop skills in analyzing Total: 6 courses policy-making processes, evaluating policy decisions and outcomes, and understanding specific policy-making contexts. At least two courses out of the following: Total: 6 courses HTY 208 Greece, Thrace, the Black Sea, and the Ancient World HTY 209 Rome and the Ancient World Required Courses (4 courses) HTY 221 The Medieval Balkans ECO 101 Principles of Microeconomics HTY 222 The Modern Balkans ECO 224 Economics of Public Policy HTY 223 History of the Ottoman Empire POS 201 Comparative Politics HTY 224 Civilizations at the Crossroads: The Bulgarian Case POS 306 Public Policy Analysis HTY 230 Byzantine History Elective Courses (2 courses) SES 238 Archaeology in Southeast Europe One course out of the following: At least two courses out of the following: ECO 211 Environmental and Energy Economics ENG 260 Balkan Literature ECO 221 Public Finance ENG 371 History, Memory, and Narrative in Balkan Cinema ECO 223 Economic Development HTY 305 Topics in Southeast European History ECO 231 Labor Economics SES 325 Environmental Issues and Education in Southeast Europe One course out of the following: SES 360 Cross-Cultural Management and Corporate Culture EUR 303 Policies and Policy Making in the EU Two additional courses from the above.* EUR 405 Topics in Areas Related to the European Union* *Multiple HTY 305 topics may be taken toward this requirement as long as the POS 304 Global Political Economy precise topics differ. POS 307 Research Methods* Note: At least two of the six courses taken for the minor must be at the 300- and/or POS 401 Topics in Politics** 400-level. *Requires research proposal relevant to public policy. **Topics courses in EUR and POS must be approved in advance for the minor by the chair of the Department of Politics and European Studies. SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN STUDIES The Southeast European Studies minor promotes an understanding of regional parallels and individual differences among the peoples of Southeast Europe. Addressing the causes of conflict and resources for conflict resolution, the SES minor focuses on the dynamic, prevailing images of the self and the “other” among COURSES may not be used to satisfy General Education or WIC requirements. Credits are defined for every particular offering. Offered every semester as contracted. In this section, you will find descriptions, by discipline, of courses offered at AUBG. Included in these descriptions are credit hours each course is worth, ANTHROPOLOGY prerequisites, an explanation of what (if any) General Education requirements ANT 101 Introduction to Anthropology each course satisfies, WIC designation (if applicable), and an indication of when each course is offered. This class serves as a general introduction to anthropology and its four subfields: archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology. It AUB 106 Strategies for Academic Success covers the integration of subfields in approaches to the definition of humanity and This course is designed to help students learn and apply habits and skills that are the meaning of being human. The nature of the anthropological approach is necessary for both completion of a university degree and success in the provided. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered professional world. Such skills include self-awareness, goal setting, time irregularly. management, listening, discussion, teamwork, exam taking, resource use, ANT 237 Ethnicity and Culture Conflict presentation skills, career planning, and other related topics. Cr. 1 (2 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. The course is a study of ethnicity in historical and contemporary perspective examining factors involved in intergroup relationships, with emphasis on majority DDD L96 General Education Special Topics and minority groups. The focus upon the dynamics of ethnicity stresses those Each academic discipline may offer “special topics” courses that are either social processes that surround it. It covers an analysis of efforts by political, social, experimental or devoted to current topics in the discipline and that have been racial, and ethnic movements and organizations to change the stratification system approved for General Education credit. These courses may be also approved by the to improve their social conditions. Major stress is placed upon the substantive department for credit within the major/minor. The first three letters (DDD) will study of ethnicity in a variety of specific enclaves. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural refer to the discipline offering the course (e.g., ANT, BUS, ENG); the first digit (L) Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. in the course number refers to the level of student for whom the course is ANT 304 Political Anthropology appropriate (e.g., 300-level or 400-level). Credits are defined for each particular offering. Courses may be designated WIC, if appropriate. See the Registrar's This course covers political and legal institutions from a cross-cultural perspective website for details and prerequisites. Offered irregularly. and covers problems of political boundaries, allocation of authority, and resolution of conflict. The impact of modern nation-states on other societies is also explored. DDD L97 Special Topics Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. Each academic discipline may offer “special topics” courses that are either ANT 312 Anthropology of Religion experimental or devoted to current topics in the discipline and that are not approved for General Education credit. These courses may be approved by the This course includes the study of religions in their cultural contexts; of magic and department for credit within the major/minor. The first three letters (DDD) will witchcraft as aspects of religion; of myths, rituals, and symbols; and of priests and refer to the discipline offering the course (e.g., ECO, INF, HTY); the first digit (L) shamans. The course also covers change in religions and looks at theoretical in the course number refers to the level of student for whom the course is approaches. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered appropriate (e.g., 300-level or 400-level). Credits are defined for each particular irregularly. offering. See the Registrar's website for details and prerequisites. Offered ANT 350 Comparative Mythology irregularly. The course investigates analogies and parallels in the legends of Greek, Roman, DDD L98 Independent Study and Thracian societies. It will discuss how far the myths of the preliterate societies Each faculty member may supervise an independent study course in an academic reflect the complexities of social family structures and explains different discipline of his/her expertise. The first three letters (DDD) will refer to the approaches to understanding myth (e.g., Freud, Jung, Levi-Strauss, Propp, and discipline offering the course (e.g., JMC, COS, PHI); the first digit (L) in the Burket). Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered course number refers to the level of student for whom the course is appropriate irregularly. (e.g., 300-level or 400-level). Independent study courses may not substitute for regularly scheduled courses in the discipline (i.e., courses found in the catalog) and BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION considers the role of moral character in effective business leadership. Topics may include the relationship between ethics and politics, the importance of moral BUS 100 Management Information Systems principles, and the relationship between ethics and wealth creation. This course This course is an introduction to the use of information systems in organizations to also uses case analysis. Gen. Ed.: Moral and Philosophical Reasoning. WIC. support decision making. Its scope includes computer hardware and system Prerequisite: declared BUS major. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. software concepts, application software concepts, and telecommunication concepts. Assignments require use of information technologies to support written BUS 320 Intermediate Accounting I and oral communication. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. This course develops knowledge and skills in understanding and applying BUS 200 Business Law international accounting standards in the preparation of financial statements of entities and groups. This course also focuses on issues related to the statement of This course focuses on practical business law principles. Students will be able to financial position and profit or loss. Prerequisites: completion of BUS 221 with a read and understand contracts, know the differences between business forms and grade of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. when to choose them, think critically about legal issues, and develop a logical strategy for when and how to litigate. Students will be introduced to a wide variety BUS 321 Intermediate Accounting II of legal topics, including torts, crimes, constitutional rights of individuals and Building on BUS 320, this course further develops knowledge and skills in businesses, business formation, contracts, and property rights. Prerequisite: understanding and applying international accounting standards in the preparation sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. of financial statements of entities and groups. Topics may include issues related to BUS 220 Financial Accounting the statement cash flows, special topics in accounting, and how to analyze and interpret financial statements. Prerequisites: completion of BUS 320 with a grade This course introduces students to accounting systems and terminology from a user of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. perspective. Students will learn how to provide customers, lenders, shareholders, and others with the knowledge they need to understand financial accounts. Topics BUS 330 Corporate Finance I may include how to analyze company performance, how to understand a This course provides students with the fundamentals of corporate finance, which company's annual report and accounts, the ethical responsibilities of accountants, enables students to understand what capital funds the business needs, how funds and the role of the accountant in modern society. Prerequisite: sophomore are obtained, and how funds are managed. At the end of the course students should standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. understand and be able to make managerial decisions about (1) capital budgeting, BUS 221 Managerial Accounting (2) capital structure, (3) how to calculate the cost of capital from the various sources, (4) how to manage and minimize the use of working capital, and (5) how This course introduces students to management accounting. Topics may include to calculate the results of bankruptcy and merger. Prerequisite: declared BUS cost measurement, product costing, cost-volume profit relationships, budgeting, major. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. treatment of budget variances, and evaluation of performance and capital investment decisions. Students will use spreadsheets to analyze planning and BUS 340 Organizational Theory and Behavior decision making. Prerequisites: ECO 102, STA 105, and BUS 220 or ENT 220. Cr. This course introduces students to the theories and concepts of organizational 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. behavior. Topics may include the development of skills in management, problem BUS 260 Marketing solving, decision making, learning, group interaction, leadership, and communication. Students will have the opportunity to apply acquired knowledge This course introduces students to major concepts and methods in marketing. in analyzing cases and organizational situations. Prerequisite: declared BUS Taking a managerial perspective and using case analysis, this course discusses the major. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. wide variety of decisions necessary for effective marketing and emphasizes the importance of research and planning, as well as ethical and legal issues pertaining BUS 361 Consumer Behavior to marketing. Prerequisites: ECO 101 and sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). This course introduces students to behavioral science concepts and principles and Offered every semester. how they contribute to effective and efficient marketing activities from the BUS 300 Business Ethics perspective of the consumer, the marketer, and the public policy maker. Prerequisites: completion of BUS 260 or ENT 261 with a grade of C or better and This course introduces students to utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics, junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. and considers their application within a business context. In addition, this course BUS 362 Marketing Research BUS 431 Investment and Portfolio Management This course introduces students to major concepts and techniques for designing This course introduces the concepts and tools of security analysis and valuation, and conducting research to assist in making marketing decisions. Topics include and portfolio management. The course includes issues related to capital market major approaches to marketing research, research objectives, research design, structure and trade execution, client characteristics, asset and security allocation selection of data collection techniques, sampling, data collection instruments, decisions, market efficiency and trading strategies, and the use of option and future statistical techniques for data analysis, and analysis of results. This course provides contracts to manage risk. The course provides the background to enter the opportunity to practice developing skills through primary research. Prerequisites: investment industry or related fields. Students should already be familiar with net STA 105, completion of BUS 260 or ENT 261 with a grade of C or better, and junior present value models, accounting statements, and basic statistical methods standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. (including regression analysis). Prerequisite: completion of BUS 330 with a grade of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. BUS 400 Internship BUS 433 Company Valuation and Value Creation Students in Business Administration participating in a formal, academically structured work experience may seek faculty sponsorship for an internship. This course aims to prepare students to use modern finance theory to better Internship opportunities must have observable, measurable, and documented understand how companies are valued and to make capital allocation decisions that learning outcomes and consist of supervised, practical experience focused on the lead to long-run value maximization for the corporation. The course emphasizes major. To enroll, a student must secure faculty sponsorship of the internship, applications and financial model building, and a portion of the course deals with receive the department and dean of faculty's permission one term in advance of the company valuation and value-based management (i.e., merging financial, experience, and complete a learning contract. AUBG guidelines on internship corporate, and business strategy to measure and manage the value of a must be met. Prerequisites: junior standing and permission of supervisor. Cr. 1-3 corporation). Students develop knowledge about spreadsheet models and how to (2-6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester as contracted. use Monte Carlo simulation as a risk and investment analysis tool. Prerequisite: completion of BUS 330 with a grade of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered BUS 428 Topics in Accounting Practice every spring. This is a short course taught by a practitioner in accounting. Topics will vary BUS 438 Topics in Finance Practice according to instructor and student interests. Topics will address contemporary, real-world business issues in accounting. Prerequisite: completion of BUS 221 This is a short course taught by a practitioner in finance. Topics will vary according with a grade of C or better. Cr. 1-2 (2-4 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. to instructor and student interests. Topics will address contemporary, real-world business issues in finance. Prerequisite: completion of BUS 330 with a grade of C BUS 429 Topics in Accounting or better. Cr. 1-2 (2-4 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. This course consists of advanced studies of issues of accounting topics, accounting BUS 439 Topics in Finance theory, or current accounting issues. Topics will vary according to instructor and student interests. Examples include auditing, international accounting standards, This course consists of advanced studies of issues in finance. Topics will vary and advanced accounting. Prerequisite: completion of BUS 221 with a grade of C according to instructor and student interests. Examples include financial statement or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. analysis, corporate financial distress and bankruptcy, the impact of mergers and acquisitions on stock prices of companies, and international corporate finance. BUS 430 Corporate Finance II Prerequisites: completion of BUS 330 with a grade of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS This course is intended to give the student an operational knowledge of corporate Cr.). Offered irregularly. finance by combining theory and application. It introduces the advanced concepts BUS 448 Strategic Management of risk, return, and cost of capital as applied to valuation of capital budgeting decisions, and surveys the principles and practices underlying corporate financial This course includes a study of international administrative decision making and management. The course also develops an understanding of the corporate financial policy setting with consideration of social and political forces and ethical values. decision-making process. Students develop knowledge in corporate governance This is a capstone course in the Business Administration major. WIC. issues such as corporate control, bankruptcy, liquidation, and reorganization. Prerequisites: BUS 300, BUS 330, and BUS 340. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every Prerequisite: completion of BUS 330 with a grade of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS semester. Cr.). Offered every fall. BUS 449 Topics in Management BUS 468 Topics in Marketing Practice This course consists of advanced study of issues of management strategy, theory, This is a short course taught by a practitioner in marketing. Topics will vary or practice. Topics will vary according to instructor and student interests. according to instructor and student interests, but will always address Examples include why companies succeed, quality management, international contemporary, real-world business issues in marketing. Prerequisites: completion management, and entrepreneurship. Prerequisite: completion of BUS 340 with a of BUS 260 or ENT 261 with a grade of C or better and junior standing. Cr. 1-2 (2-4 grade of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. BUS 450 Human Resources Management BUS 469 Topics in Marketing This course covers the policies, methods, and techniques utilized in human This course includes advanced study of issues of marketing strategy, theory, or resources management and human relations to ensure that the organization has the practice. Topics will vary according to instructor and student interests. Examples best human resources available and that these resources are deployed in the most include new product development, international marketing, and services efficient and effective ways to meet the organization's mission and to meet and/or marketing. Prerequisites: completion of BUS 260 or ENT 261 with a grade of C or exceed its goals. Specific attention is given to the problems and opportunities better and junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. associated with recruitment, selection, retention, training and development, job BUS 490 Senior Project analysis and design, performance management, benefits, compensation, incentive plans, health and safety, employee and labor relations, and career development. This course allows the student to demonstrate a capacity to individually solve real- Prerequisite: BUS 340. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. world problems in business areas under the supervision of department faculty. The student is expected to present the project proposal the semester prior to enrollment BUS 451 HRM Issues I: Staffing and Compensation and to have the proposal approved by a faculty project supervisor. The student will This course focuses on the strategic issues of acquiring human resources for global work directly with the supervisor throughout the term on the project and will make organizations and providing the appropriate compensation and benefits packages a final written report and a presentation of the project to the department faculty. A to ensure the attraction and retention of high-performance employees. It examines completed senior project may count as a state examination. Prerequisites: recruitment plans and strategies, identifies best practices in recruitment and permission of instructor, completion of 90 credits, completion of all required 300- compensation, and focuses on the development of business strategies to maximize level BUS classes, a 3.66 GPA in BUS, and an overall GPA of 3.50. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS human resources within the organization. Prerequisite: completion of BUS 450 Cr.). Offered every semester. with a grade of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. BUS 491/492 Senior Thesis I and II BUS 452 HRM Issues II: Performance Management A senior thesis option, taken over two semesters, is available to senior students This course emphasizes the role of the human resources department and the who have interest in conducting original research under the direction of a faculty supervising manager in maximizing the performance of individuals and teams member. In BUS 491, students will be introduced to research methods in business within a high-performance organization. This course covers performance and the social sciences and will complete the course with a thesis proposal, evaluation systems and their implementation, including the processes of including a developed research question/hypothesis, a literature review, and an mentoring and coaching. The course also identifies methods and examines models identification of data sources. Students who successfully complete this part of the used for team development and provides opportunities for students to develop and requirement will move into BUS 492 to complete the thesis. Working with a thesis deliver training and development programs. Prerequisite: completion of BUS 450 director in the second term (BUS 492), the student will conduct research and report with a grade of C or better. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. the results in a formal thesis document, including data collection, analysis, and interpretation of results, with recommendations. It will be defended at the end of BUS 458 Topics in Management Practice the second semester in front of a thesis committee. The thesis must be taken for two This is a short course taught by a practitioner in management. Topics will vary semesters. BUS 491 may be counted as a BUS elective, but BUS 492 does not according to instructor and student interests, but will always address count toward the major requirements. A completed senior thesis may count as a contemporary, real-world business issues in management. Prerequisite: state examination. Prerequisites: permission of instructor, completion of 90 completion of BUS 340 with a grade of C or better. Cr. 1-2 (2-4 ECTS Cr.). Offered credits, completion of all required 300-level BUS classes, a 3.66 GPA in BUS, an irregularly. overall GPA of 3.50, and grade of A- or better in BUS 300. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). BUS 491 offered in fall terms; BUS 492 in spring terms. COMPUTER SCIENCE the basic skills of efficient problem solving and software development using as a template the Input-Process-Output model of a computing process and COS 120 C++ Programming conventional concept for software development life cycle. The major topics The purpose of the course is to introduce the basic concepts of computer science covered include algorithms, various technologies to build Java programs, problem using the C++ programming language. Major topics covered include a review of solving, object-oriented programming, and GUI programming. Examples the organization of a general computer, an introduction to algorithms, and a illustrate the syntax and semantics of the language constructs introduced, detailed description of programming constructs. Extensive lab exercises including primitive data types, reference variables, operators, expressions, emphasize the use of the programming language's facilities for computer problem statement control level structures, methods, classes, objects, and programs as a solving, the application of a software development method, and the concept of a collection of classes. This course serves as an extra prelude to a set of COS and INF software life cycle. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. courses in the area of data structures, algorithms, databases, and web and Internet technologies in which more advanced programming concepts are introduced. Cr. 3 COS 150 Discrete Structures (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. This course presents fundamental discrete mathematics concepts that are essential COS 231 Introduction to UNIX to understanding the capabilities and limitations of computers. The material develops a practical command of mathematical structures through a wide selection This course introduces students to the UNIX operating system from the user's of problems. The concepts covered include propositional logic and Boolean point of view and covers the basic structure of UNIX, the basic set of commands, algebra, sets, relations, functions, counting, graphs, and computability on abstract the file system, editors and utilities, shell programming and programming tools, machines. The discrete structures are presented in a formal framework useful for scripting languages, and Perl programming. This course also considered important further study in the field of computer science. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every security issues and proper configuration of the access permissions in a multiuser spring. and multitasking operating system environment. The course programming project trains students to work effectively in teams, share responsibilities and duties, COS 220 Concepts of Programming Languages analyze ideas objectively, and build a consensus. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every This course covers the underlying principles and fundamental paradigms of fall. modern programming languages and provides a comprehensive description of COS 235 Computer Architecture typical programming constructs, including data declarations, operators, expressions, statements, and program units. Lexical, syntactic, and semantic This course examines the design and organization of modern computer systems by aspects of programming languages are studied using precise formal definitions concentrating on the structure and operation of the processor, memory and I/O that provide a sound background for the critical evaluation of various subsystems, and the critical role of performance in driving computer design. The programming paradigms, such as procedural, object-oriented, logic, and course also covers some of the issues involved in multiple processor and vector functional styles. Prerequisite: COS 120 or INF 210. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at processing organizations and considers implementation of the basic storage least once every two years. elements and circuits in digital logic, specifically with combinational and sequential circuits. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. COS 221 Fundamental Data Structures COS 240 Object-Oriented Programming This course introduces the fundamental data structures and algorithms to manipulate collections of objects. Topics presented include the construction of This course examines the main features supported by object-oriented abstract data types, the analysis of algorithms, the implementation and application programming languages, such as classes, instances, inheritance, polymorphism, of data structures (e.g., vectors, strings, lists, queues, and trees), and the study of and others. These features will be illustrated with examples taken from the C++, related classical algorithms. The course is based on the object-oriented paradigm, Java, and C# programming languages. Although not a course that teaches and, specifically, the C++ programming language. Prerequisite: COS 120 and COS advanced programming in such languages, it will cover the rudiments for writing 150. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every other semester. small programs that implement object-oriented features in these languages. Prerequisite: COS 120. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. COS 230 Basics in Java Programming COS 260 Assembly Language Programming This course introduces students to efficient problem solving using the Java programming language. It provides the fundamental principles of procedural The course focuses on writing and debugging programs at the machine level. The programming (both structured and object-oriented approaches) and emphasizes main goal is to broaden the student's interest and knowledge in topics related to assembly-language programming based on the Intel IA-32 processor architecture. and encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, exception handling will be The course demonstrates how to use assembly language to create both system- explained. A variety of data collections including lists, multidimensional lists, level software and application programs. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once tuples, sets and dictionaries are discussed. Different modes for running Python every two years. scripts are explored. The course serves as an extra entry to modern advanced programming in the field of data base handling, algorithms and complexity COS 301 Compiler Theory analysis, multithreading, networks and client/server programming. Prerequisites: The course examines the theory and practice of compiler construction and COS 120 or INF 130. It is recommended that students take COS 240 first. Cr. 3 (6 describes a variety of formal grammars, formal languages, and recognizers, ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. including regular expressions, linear grammars, context-free grammars, finite COS 430 Cloud Computing state automata, and stack automata. This course also discusses distinct models of a compiler, describes and evaluates strategies for lexical analysis, syntax analysis, This course will examine the most popular cloud services models such as Software and code generation; and highlights software tools for computer-aided design and as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) the implementation of compilers. Prerequisite: junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). as offered by public cloud providers including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Offered at least once every two years. and more. The development and deployment of cloud applications will be described. The major software technologies for cloud-based applications such a COS 310 Topics in Computer Science MapReduce and Hadoop will be examined. Enabling technologies behind cloud This course encompasses the study of a particular topic in computer science. computing such as virtualization will be discussed. The structure of data centers Topics vary with instructor and student interest, with credits and specific (i.e. the “cloud”) will be examined. The installation and deployment of a private prerequisites being decided for each particular offering. Cr. 1-3 (2-6 ETCS Cr.). cloud will also be examined. Prerequisites: COS 120 or INF 130. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Offered as required. Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. COS 315 Software Engineering COS 440 Computer Networks This course presents a broad view of software engineering with different software This course introduces the fundamental concepts of data communications and engineering techniques that can be applied to practical projects. It provides the computer networks. It examines such topics as physical media for data knowledge and tools necessary for the specification, design, implementation, and communications, data communication devices, protocol stacks such as TCP/IP and maintenance of reliable, non-trivial software. Topics include process models, OSI, the operation of local-area networks such as Ethernet, packet routing, and human factors, software design and specification methodologies, programming application protocols such as e-mail and WWW. The theoretical concepts will be techniques and tools, and validation principles. The emphasis will be on using the reinforced via practical programming assignments. Prerequisite: COS 240 and at object-oriented approach to the software development life cycle using UML. least junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. Prerequisite: COS 240. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. COS 460 Algorithms COS 331 Operating Systems The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern study of This course introduces the fundamental concepts of a general operating system, computer algorithms. The emphasis is on the creative aspects of the design and examining such topics as the process and thread models for operating system analysis of efficient computer algorithms. A variety of practical algorithms are design, process scheduling, memory management, I/O management, process developed in each of the following areas: sorting, searching, string processing; and synchronization, and resource management. The theoretical concepts will be geometric, graph, and mathematical algorithms. The development is in two stages: reinforced via practical programming assignments. Preliminary UNIX experience (1) analysis of the algorithms' complexities using their informal descriptions and (COS 231) is desirable. Prerequisite: COS 235. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least (2) implementation of the algorithms in the C++ programming language. once every two years. Prerequisite: COS 221. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. COS 340 Programming in Python COS 470 Artificial Intelligence and AI Programming This course introduces students to efficient problem solving using the Python This course introduces the essential principles of artificial intelligence. The programming language. Basic aspects of programming in Python are presented: material includes knowledge representation, methods of reasoning, machine numeric and symbolic data, operators, expressions, statement level control learning, neural networks, and genetic programming. The corresponding structures, functions, methods, objects and classes. Techniques for console and computational algorithms for simulating intelligent behavior are given in a GUI programming are described. OOP Python syntax including class abstraction semiformal notation. The ideas for building practical systems are provided in the supporting programming language LISP through interactive experiments. ECONOMICS Prerequisite: at least junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once ECO 101 Principles of Microeconomics every two years. This course provides analysis of the structure and functioning of modern economic COS 480 Data Mining institutions, with special emphasis on the market. The course analyzes economic The course introduces students to the field of data mining and covers numerous decision making by individuals, the firm, and governments; it also describes and techniques and algorithms. Data mining is a computational process of discovering evaluates alternative market structures. Subjects include gains from exchange; patterns in large data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial economic efficiency; the theory of consumer choice; supply, demand, and the intelligence, machine learning, statistics, and database systems. The overall goal of determination of prices and output levels; production decisions and profit the data-mining process is to extract information from a data set and transform it maximization; and market structures and government regulation. Gen. Ed.: Social into an understandable structure for further use. It involves database and data and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. management aspects, data pre-processing, model and inference considerations, ECO 102 Principles of Macroeconomics interestingness metrics, complexity considerations, and visualization. The actual data-mining task is the automatic or semi-automatic analysis of large quantities of This course provides an analysis of the determinants of national income and data to extract previously unknown interesting patterns such as groups of data employment. Subjects include gross domestic product, unemployment, inflation, records (cluster analysis), unusual records (anomaly detection), and dependencies savings, capital formation, and the financial system. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural (association rule mining). The course balances between theory and practice. Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Prerequisites: COS 221, INF 280, and STA 105; or permission. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). ECO 203 Economics of Reform and Transition Offered at least once every two years. This course provides an integrative comparative overview on the current COS 481 Internship economic reform and transition processes in Eastern Europe. Drawing on the Senior students in Computer Science participating in a formal, academically individual country experiences, the course examines approaches to structural structured work experience may seek faculty sponsorship for an internship. adjustment, privatization, and financial reform and evaluates the means for Internship opportunities must have observable, measurable, and documented participation in the European Union and other regional integrative structures. learning outcomes. An internship consists of supervised, practical experience Prerequisite: ECO 102. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered in the spring, even years. focused on the major. To enroll, a student must secure faculty sponsorship of the ECO 211 Environmental and Energy Economics internship, receive the department and dean of faculty's permission one term in advance of the experience, and complete a learning contract. AUBG guidelines on This course applies microeconomic theory to problems in environmental internship must be met. Prerequisite: at least junior standing. Cr. 1-3 (2-6 ECTS economics and discusses market failure and public goods as laying the foundation Cr.). Offered every semester as contracted. to modeling environmental issues. Analytical tools (such as market models, valuation techniques, and cost-benefit analysis) are used to understand the COS 491 Senior Project I interaction between the economy and the environment. The course also presents This course is a capstone software-development project in computer science for conventional and market-based solutions to environmental externalities and individual students carried out under the direction of a COS faculty supervisor. The presents applications to air quality and water quality. The course also explores student will work on the conception, design, and implementation of a significant topics of energy economics, such as oil and natural gas markets and their project that will result in a demonstrable software package. Prerequisite: COS 315. implications for the environment. Prerequisite: ECO 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Offered in the fall, odd years. COS 492 Senior Project II ECO 212 Money and Banking This course is a software-development project in computer science for individual This course describes the role of financial institutions and financial markets in students carried out under the direction of a COS faculty supervisor. The student modern market economies. Topics include descriptions and uses of financial will work on the conception, design, and implementation of a significant project instruments, including money, asset pricing, and interest rate determination; that will result in a demonstrable software package. This may be an extension of the exchange rate mechanisms in theory and practice; financial market regulation and project undertaken in COS 491 or an entirely different project. Prerequisite: COS innovation; and monetary policy. Prerequisite: ECO 102. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). 491 and permission of a supervisor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Offered every fall. ECO 214 International Trade ECO 231 Labor Economics This course discusses the fundamental problems related to international trade, This course focuses on wage determination and the allocation of human resources. starting with the principle of absolute and comparative advantage, and examines Theories of labor supply and demand are examined with emphasis on human the exchange of both consumer goods and factors of production such as labor and capital acquisition, public policy initiatives, and labor market institutions. Labor capital. Further topics include factor-endowment theory, the Heckscher-Ohlin market dynamics in a transitional economy are explored. Additional topics include model of international trade, tariff and nontariff barriers to trade, protectionism, labor migration, income distribution, and the interrelationship between labor the role of foreign direct investment and the multinational enterprise, trade policy, markets and the macro-economy. Prerequisites: ECO 101 and ECO 102. Cr. 3 (6 and globalization. Prerequisite: ECO 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. ECTS Cr.). Offered in the spring, odd years ECO 215 International Finance ECO 235 Game Theory and Strategic Behavior This course explores issues regarding the international financial system. Topics The course examines fundamental game theory concepts such as static games, include balance of payments, exchange rate determination, alternative exchange games of incomplete information, and dynamic games in the context of strategic rate regimes, monetary policy in open economies, and optimum currency area. behaviors in situations of multi-person decision making. We will also discuss Prerequisite: ECO 102. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. issues related to these behaviors, including the availability of information and ECO 221 Public Finance market failure. Interesting applications of game theory include research and This course covers fundamental concepts of government expenditure and taxation, development in pharmaceuticals, siting of new business locations, and Enron. with emphasis on the impact of the government sector on economic efficiency, Prerequisite: ECO 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. equity, productive effort, and growth. The course also discusses standards of ECO 300 Quantitative Methods in Economics income distribution, the question of public debt, and cost-benefit analysis. Prerequisite: ECO 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered in the spring, even years. This course develops a working knowledge of mathematical optimization techniques and their applications. It surveys the application mathematical tools to ECO 222 Economic History economic problems. Prerequisites: ECO 101, MAT 103, and MAT 105. Cr. 3 (6 This course uses the interrelationship between history and economics to explore ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. the ever-present role of economics as both cause and effect in the history of a specific geographic region. While the region studied and the historical events ECO 301 Intermediate Microeconomics considered may vary from semester to semester, the materials are presented in such This course provides in-depth analysis and application of calculus to theories of a way as to highlight the general applicability of economic history techniques to consumer behavior, markets, the firm, and distribution. The course also covers the the world at large. Prerequisites: ECO 101 and ECO 102. Gen. Ed.: Historical evaluation of the conditions and the degree of applicability of these theories. Research. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. Prerequisites: ECO 101, ECO 300, MAT 103, and MAT 105. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). ECO 223 Economic Development Offered every fall. This course covers theories and practices of interregional and international ECO 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics economic development with an emphasis on development problems of emerging This course focuses on the overall performance of the open economy. Topics nations. Prerequisites: ECO 101 and ECO 102. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered include the theories of consumption, saving, investment, business cycle irregularly. phenomena, economic growth theory and balance of payments accounting, the IS- ECO 224 Economics of Public Policy LM model, and the impact on economic performance of fiscal and monetary How do governments decide whether to build an arena or to expand public policies. Prerequisite: ECO 102. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. transport services? Examination and application of economic methods for ECO 310 Econometrics I government decision making, such as cost-benefit analysis, are used for evaluating public sector programs and projects applied to examples including bridges, The course studies the mathematical tools and statistical techniques of reservoirs, stadiums, crime prevention, and other public goods. This course also econometrics analysis and applies its methodology to economics in particular and focuses on measurement issues and tools for improving and evaluating analyses of social sciences in general. Some topics covered are multiple regression, proposed projects and programs. Prerequisite: ECO 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). correlation analysis, serial correlation, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, Offered in the fall, even years. dummy variables, simultaneous equation models, and time-series econometrics. Students will complete a full-fledged empirical project to assess theories. WIC. Prerequisites: STA 105 and MAT 103, both with a grade of C or better. Cr. 4 (8 300-level requirements for the ECO major. Students must also demonstrate ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. adequate writing proficiency by having completed ECO 310 with grade of B or higher. ECO 311 is also a prerequisite for senior thesis, unless waived by the ECO 311 Econometrics II supervisor on the ground that the thesis topic does not involve use of advanced This course builds on Econometrics I (ECO 310) to cover more complex and econometric tools. A senior thesis project must be defended at the end of the second advanced issues of general econometrics. This is an elective course for the semester in front of a thesis committee. A completed senior thesis may count as a Economics major and targets those students who wish to pursue a state exam. ECO 491: Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.); ECO 492: WIC. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). research/academic career and/or postgraduate/advanced studies in economics or Offered every semester as contracted. who plan to work as a statistician. ECO 311 is also a prerequisite for senior thesis, ENGLISH unless waived by the supervisor on the grounds that the thesis topic does not involve use of advanced econometric tools. Prerequisite: ECO 310. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS ENG 100 English Structure and Grammar Cr.). Offered every spring. ENG 100 must be taken concurrently with ENG 101 and is intended to provide ECO 400 Topics in Econometrics additional practice in English grammar and structure. The course will focus on the fundamentals of correct and effective writing in English: vocabulary (including This course provides an advanced study of econometric techniques and denotation, connotation, and register), grammar, and syntactic logic (arrangement applications. Courses are meant to build on quantitative and econometric skills of clauses and phrases, subordination, coordination, etc.), giving some attention to acquired in lower-level courses. Topics vary according to instructor and student spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and other surface features of written English. interests. Examples include time-series econometrics, panel data analysis, and Students will gain extensive practice in writing through prewriting activities, econometric methods in finance. Prerequisites: ECO 300 and/or 310. Cr. 3 (6 sentence revision and paragraph writing exercises, group writing, note taking, ECTS Cr.). See note below for offering. grammar and vocabulary drills, and group discussion. The requirement in ENG ECO 401 Topics in Advanced Microeconomics 100 may be satisfied upon admission by designated scores on the SAT exam. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Open only to first-year students enrolled simultaneously in ENG This course provides an advanced study of issues in theoretical and applied 101. Offered every semester. microeconomics. Topics will vary according to instructor and student interests. Examples include game theory, dynamic programming, economics of the law, ENG 101 Exposition economics of advertising, and economics of the firm. Prerequisite: ECO 301. Cr. 3 This course stresses clear and precise communication. Students will critically (6 ECTS Cr.). See note below for offering. analyze texts and use them as models for their own writing. Special attention will ECO 402 Topics in Advanced Macroeconomics be placed upon the composing process from invention to revision. Students will revise drafts for correct mechanics and grammar, clarity of sentences, coherence in This course provides an advanced study of issues of applied macroeconomics. paragraphs, and effective organization of essays. Each student will prepare and Topics will vary according to instructor and student interests. Examples include deliver an informative speech in connection with one of the essay assignments. microeconomics foundations of macroeconomics, growth, and business cycles. WIC. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Prerequisite: ECO 302. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). See note below for offering. ENG 102 Persuasion ECO 404 Advanced Topics This course stresses academic research and argumentation. Students will critically Advanced study of issues in economics not covered in other courses. Topics will assess sophisticated source materials and integrate outside academic sources into vary according to instructor and student interest. Examples include history of their own persuasive arguments. Special attention will be placed upon audience economic thought, economic history, and economic development. Prerequisites analysis, establishment of credibility, and logical development of ideas. Students may include ECO 301, ECO 302, or ECO 310. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). See note below will revise drafts with attention to the needs of the audience and the arrangement of for offering. the argument. Each student will prepare and deliver a persuasive speech in [NOTE: At least three sections of ECO 400-404 are offered every semester.] connection with one of the essay assignments. WIC. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Cr. 4. (8 ECTS Cr.) Offered every semester. ECO 491/492 Senior Thesis I and II Taken over two semesters and counting as one 400-level elective, the senior thesis option is available to students who have completed at least 90 credit hours and all ENG 205 Introduction to Creative Writing – Fiction selected from a broad range of influential writings that may include the Hebrew scriptures; ancient Greek and/or Roman poetry, drama, and philosophy; This course offers students experience in writing in the major forms of fiction and foundational Christian and/or Islamic texts; and medieval, Renaissance, and/or non-fiction. Gen. Ed.: Principles of Textual Analysis. WIC. Prerequisite: ENG modern European literature. Gen. Ed.: Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisite: 101. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered yearly. ENG 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once every two years. ENG 206 Introduction to Creative Writing – Poetry ENG 232 World Literature – Literatures in Translation This course aims to bring students closer to the craft of poetry. The visual, the This course introduces students to important literary texts from a wide range of musical, and the verbal aspects of poetry will be discussed. Students will read and cultural traditions and historical periods in order to promote great awareness of the analyze some examples of the best world poetry written in or translated into diverse ways in which the world has been understood and imagined. Assigned English. Students will also bring to class their own poems or translations of poems. readings are texts that represent or have significantly influenced the beliefs, values, Gen. Ed.: Principles of Textual Analysis. WIC. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Cr. 4 (8 or artistic traditions of societies beyond the European/Anglo-American “West” ECTS Cr.). Offered yearly. and texts that are culturally important in particular local traditions within this ENG 210 Introduction to Literature “West,” but are not well known beyond them. Readings may include selections from the oral traditions of indigenous societies in the Americas, Australasia, This course provides an introduction to the formal elements of literature. Texts are Africa, and elsewhere as well as from the literary canons of East Asian, Indian, selected according to author, theme, genre, or topic. Gen. Ed.: Principles of Textual Arabic, or other societies with long traditions of writing. Readings may also Analysis. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. include newer works that significantly reflect any of these traditions. Gen. Ed.: ENG 220 Film Criticism Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once every two years. This course introduces students to the main elements of film form and criticism, principally style (mise-en-scene, cinematographic properties, editing, sound) and ENG 241 American Literature – Beginnings to 1865 narrative (structure and narration). The course provides necessary terminology to This course will cover American literature from its beginnings to 1865. Texts will analyze film as text, strengthens students' general skills in textual analysis, and include short stories, novels, poems, and essays by writers working across 150 examines how different types of film operate through the analysis of narrative and years of American history and dealing with the changes in American culture from non-narrative (documentary and avant-garde) film. The course considers different the colonial era through the end of the Civil War. The course will focus on the ways analytical approaches to Hollywood films of the studio era with a focus on how the American writers have invented new forms to describe new worlds and have critical categories of “genre” and “author” have proven relevant and examines influenced one other. Gen. Ed.: Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisite: ENG several alternatives to Hollywood practice, including contemporary U.S. 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once every two years. independent and European cinemas. Gen. Ed.: Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ENG 102. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered yearly. ENG 242 American Literature – 1865 to the Present ENG 221 Screenwriting This course will cover American literature from 1865 to the present. Texts will include short stories, novels, poems, and essays by writers responding to changes This course is intended to give students an in-depth understanding of the principles in industry, technology, demographics, and changing notions of what “America” and mechanics of scriptwriting and to provide them with the skills and experience means, what it means to be an “American,” and America's position in the world. needed to write well-structured and imagined scripts that are current with industry Gen. Ed.: Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS standards. Students will analyze produced scripts, develop various screenwriting Cr.). Offered once every two years. skills through short writing assignments, and complete a 20-minute film script. Gen. Ed: Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ENG 102. Cr. ENG 251 British Literature – Beginnings to 1785 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered yearly. This course introduces students to British literature from its beginnings to 1785 by ENG 231 World Literature – Landmark Texts surveying a wide range of periods, genres, literature movements and traditions, and representative and well-known authors. Texts and authors may include Beowulf, This course introduces students to texts that have profoundly influenced and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the plays of William Shakespeare, and the works continue to shape Western philosophical discourse, religious thought, the visual of John Milton, as well as lesser-known authors. Literary periods may include the arts, imaginative literature, and other aspects of culture in places and times far Anglo-Saxon, medieval, Renaissance, the Restoration, and the eighteenth century. removed from those in which they were originally composed. Assigned texts are Gen Ed.: Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS ENG 340 Topics in American Literature Cr.). Offered once every two years. This course is one of advanced study of American literary works. Topics will vary ENG 252 British Literature – 1785 to Present but may be centered on American literary periods and/or movements, such as colonial American literature, American Romanticism, Naturalism and Realism, This course introduces students to British literature from 1785 to the present by Modernism, and contemporary American literature. The course may be repeated surveying a wide range of periods, genres, literature movements and traditions, for credit on different topics. Gen Ed.: Case Studies in Textual Analysis. WIC. and representative and well-known authors. Authors may include William Blake, Prerequisites: ENG 102 and one Principles of Textual Analysis course. Cr. 4 (8 William Wordsworth, Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Virginia ECTS Cr.). Offered yearly. Woolf, and Chinua Achebe, as well as lesser-known authors. Gen Ed.: Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once every ENG 350 Topics in British Literature two years. The course is one of advanced study of British literary works. Topics will vary but ENG 260 Balkan Literature may be centered on British literary periods and/or movements, such as medieval, Renaissance, seventeenth-century, eighteenth-century, Romantic, Victorian, or This course focuses on contemporary or classic texts of Southeastern European modern and contemporary British literature. The course may be repeated for credit literature. Texts are selected according to author, genre, or theme. Gen. Ed.: on different topics. Gen. Ed.: Case Studies in Textual Analysis. WIC. Principles of Textual Analysis. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered Prerequisites: ENG 102 and one Principles of Textual Analysis course. Cr. 4 (8 irregularly. ECTS Cr.). Offered yearly. ENG 300 The Bible as Literature ENG 360 Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism This course provides a general-purpose scholastic introduction to one of the most This course is one of advanced study of various literary theories and the important texts of the past. The Bible has exercised an enormous influence on methodologies associated with literary criticism. The course may survey multiple European culture, ways of life, moral codes, languages, and art. The English Bible schools of literary theory and criticism or may focus on one form of literary theory has molded the contemporary English language in all its variants. Formerly listed and criticism in particular. Topics will vary but may include such schools of literary as ENG 200. Gen. Ed.: Case Studies in Textual Analysis. WIC. Prerequisites: ENG theory such as deconstructionism, eco-criticism, feminist literary theory, 102 and one Principles of Textual Analysis course. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered formalism, Marxist literary theory, New Criticism, New Historicism, irregularly. postcolonialist theory, postmodernism, post-structuralism, psychoanalytical ENG 311 Public Speaking literary theory, queer theory, reader-response theory, and semiotics. The course may be repeated for credit on different topics. Gen Ed.: Case Studies in Textual This course provides both the theory and practice of spoken communication: Analysis. WIC. Prerequisites: ENG 102 and one Principles of Textual Analysis interviews, oral readings, informative speeches, demonstration speeches, role- course. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered yearly. playing, and impromptu and extemporaneous speeches. Prerequisite: ENG 102. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. ENG 370 Genre and Topical Studies ENG 320 Topics in Film This course offers an advanced study of literary or filmic texts that belong to a specific genre or cultural tradition or that share a specific set of thematic concerns. This course centers on advanced study of film texts. Topics vary but may focus on a Particular topics will vary, and the course may be repeated for credit on another specific genre, such as science fiction, horror, or the Western; a specific film topic. Gen. Ed.: Case Studies in Textual Analysis. WIC. Prerequisites: ENG 102 industry, such as Hollywood or Bollywood; a particular director, such as Alfred and one Principles of Textual Analysis course. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered Hitchcock or Ingmar Bergman; a film movement or period, such as German irregularly. Expressionism or Film Noir; or a specific theme, such as cinema and psychoanalysis, women's film, or politics and film. The course may be repeated for ENG 371 History, Memory, and Narrative in Balkan Cinema credit on different topics. Gen. Ed.: Case Studies in Textual Analysis. WIC. This course explores contemporary Balkan cinema in relation to questions of Prerequisites: ENG 102 and one Principles of Textual Analysis course. Cr. 4 (8 history, memory, and regional identity. The course draws on a broad range of recent ECTS Cr.). Offered Irregularly. films that address the Balkans as a social and political imaginary as well as the question of whether or not there is an identifiable “Balkan” cinema. Issues of national cinema, the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, the presentation of the Roma, Balkan stereotypes, and gender will be considered, as well as the emergence This course requires fast learning, adaptability, and a desire to deliver verifiable of the new national and regional film traditions. When possible, this course will output. At the same time, it represents a strong academic challenge. Prerequisite: include a trip to the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Gen. Ed.: Case Studies in Textual junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. Analysis. WIC. Prerequisites: ENG 102 and one Principles of Textual Analysis ENT 400 Topics in Entrepreneurship course. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered in the fall, odd years. This course includes the advanced study of issues relevant to entrepreneurs. Topics ENG 380 Major Authors will vary according to instructor and student interests. Prerequisite: senior This class allows for the intensive study of one or two major writers, such as standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. Austen, Chaucer, Faulkner, Milton, Melville, Woolf, or Yeats. The course may be ENT 401 Topics in Entrepreneurship Practice repeated for credit on different authors. Gen. Ed.: Case Studies in Textual Analysis. Prerequisites: ENG 102 and one Principles of Textual Analysis course. Cr. 3 (6 This is a short course taught by a practitioner in entrepreneurship. Topics will vary ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. according to instructor and student interests, but will always address contemporary, real-world business issues in entrepreneurship. Prerequisite: senior ENG 388 Shakespeare standing. Cr. 1-2 (2-4 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. This course is an advanced study of a selection of Shakespeare's plays representing ENT 402 Entrepreneurship Internship different dramatic genres and may include study of his sonnets or other non- dramatic poems. Gen. Ed.: Case Studies in Textual Analysis. Prerequisites: ENG Students in entrepreneurship participating in a formal, academically structured 102 and one Principles of Textual Analysis course. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered work experience may seek faculty sponsorship for an internship. Internship every spring. opportunities must have observable, measurable, and documented learning outcomes and consist of supervised, practical experience focused on the major. To ENTREPRENEURSHIP enroll, a student must secure faculty sponsorship of the internship, receive the ENT 220 Financial Accounting for Entrepreneurs department and the dean of faculty's permission one term in advance of the experience, and complete a learning contract. AUBG guidelines on internship This course introduces students to accounting systems and terminology from an must be met. Prerequisites: senior standing and permission of supervisor. Cr. 1-3 entrepreneurial perspective. Students will learn how to provide customers, lenders, (2-6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester as contracted. shareholders, and others with the knowledge they need to understand financial accounts. Topics may include how to analyze company performance, how to ENT 440 Conflict Management understand a company's annual report and accounts, the ethical responsibilities of This course introduces students to the skills necessary for successfully managing accountants, and the role of the accountant in modern society. Prerequisite: interpersonal, intragroup, and intergroup conflict in organizations. It examines sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. organizational dynamics and the theory and nature of conflict in organizations, ENT 261 Marketing for Entrepreneurs conceptual frameworks diagnosing and assessing conflict and in developing and implementing appropriate interventions. It covers topics such as the nature of This course introduces students to major concepts and methods in marketing. conflict, conflict management skills, common styles employed in managing Taking an entrepreneurial perspective, this course discusses the wide variety of conflict, conflict management strategies and steps, and the best and worst practices decisions necessary for effective marketing. It emphasizes the importance of in managing conflict. Prerequisite: senior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered in research and planning, as well as ethical and legal issues pertaining to marketing. the fall every two years. This course also uses case analysis. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. ENT 441 Change Management ENT 300 Entrepreneurship This course prepares students to lead change initiatives within a startup. Our aim is to develop an understanding of the complexity and dynamics of change by This course is inspired by real business experience. The goal of the course is to identifying the different variables (technology, social structure, etc.) and their provide a learning-by-doing experience and to offer a test-start for business ideas. interrelationships that create or impede change and by discussing different During the class, students are required to legally form a limited company and fill strategies for implementing and leading change. Special attention is given to specialist roles. Each student company is expected to produce a final report (a employee reactions. Prerequisite: senior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered in business plan) and to present a prototype to a meeting of shareholders, investors, the fall every two years. and outside consultants. Discipline and collection of primary data are emphasized. ENT 462 New Product Development EUR 301 General Principles of EU Law This course will introduce students to the concept of innovation management. This course provides a survey of the institutional and legal structure of the Students will learn how to develop a business model that strives to innovate European Union. Particular attention will be paid to the composition, powers, and continuously. Students will learn how to turn technology, business processes, and functions of the main EU institutions. The course will also focus on the most customer feedback into new business opportunities. Students will gain hands-on important aspects of the EU legal system, such as supremacy and direct effect of experience in managing innovation opportunities from idea generation to the Union law; general principles of law, including fundamental rights; Union launch of a product or service. Prerequisite: BUS 260 or ENT 261 and junior citizenship; and the role of Union and national courts in enforcing and applying standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. European Union law. Prerequisite: EUR 212. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. EUROPEAN POLITICS EUR 303 Policies and Policy Making in the EU EUR 110 Model EU Preparation The course examines in depth the EU policies and policy-making process by This is an applied course seeking to allow students to learn by engaging in role play. examining their development, current legal basis, actors involved, challenges, and It carries mostly a practical dimension as it familiarizes students with EU policy debates. It reinforces the grasp of EU legal basis by requiring students to regularly and decision-making by assigning them specific roles in a simulation involving all operate with the EU primary and secondary legislation to analyze policy cases. The three EU institutions within a given policy scenario. Lectures will give students a course also introduces students to EU funding instruments as well as the basic foundation to the EU legislative process, the EU institutional framework, and application process. (WIC) Prerequisites: EUR 212. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered the role of member states, MEPs and lobbies. Cr. 1 (2 ECTS Cr.) Offered every every spring. spring. EUR 307 Research Methods EUR 111 EU Integration and the Transformation of Diplomacy from The course introduces students to the requirements of academic research, from the 1945 to Present perils of research design to methods of data collection and data analysis. It surveys This course explores the development of the European integration process after the qualitative and quantitative research methods, and it covers the main Second World War. It traces the genesis of the idea of the European Union and its epistemological debates in social science. Students will develop their own research institutions. It investigates the role of national governments and elites in shaping proposals, which will include a research question, literature review, methodology, integration by looking at primary sources within the larger historical context. Gen. and bibliography. Prerequisites: POS 201/EUR 213 or POS 202, and junior Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. EUR 212 EU Politics EUR 320 Internal Market and EU Competition Law This course provides a comprehensive view of the EU and the European The course examines the legal aspects of the EU internal market and competition policies. The structure of the course is grounded in the four fundamental freedoms: integration process. It examines theories of integration, the EU institutional the free movement of goods, the free movement of persons, the freedom to provide framework, EU policies, the policy-making process within the EU, and the EU's services, and the free movement of capital. Each freedom is thoroughly analyzed relation with the world. It constitutes the foundation course for students intending via the case law of the European Court of Justice and relevant legislation. The to continue in the European Studies program. Prerequisite: EUR 111. Gen. Ed.: course also covers the legal aspects of EU competition policy, such as agreements Social and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. between undertakings and the enforcement of EU competition law. Prerequisite: EUR 213 Comparative Politics of Europe ECO 102. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. The course provides the theoretical foundations for the analysis of domestic EUR 403 European Lobbying: Interest Groups and European politics by introducing students to systems of government, regimes types, Integration constitutional politics, electoral politics, and media systems. It builds upon a The course addresses the emergence of European level interest representation and comparative method to reflect upon current issues in European politics (e.g., its impact on the European integration process. It looks at a variety of group actors, migration, welfare reform, populism, political participation). Gen. Ed.: Social and such as corporate interests, regional interests and other non-economic interests Cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered (NGOs) and their relations with the EU institutions, in particular the Commission every semester. and the European Parliament. Prerequisite: EUR 212. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. EUR 404 Topics in European Politics FAR 109 Music Theory Topics will vary according to instructor and student interests. Prerequisite: EUR This course shows the “kitchen” of music. It enables students to read and 213. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. understand music while offering a theoretical and practical study of the main music components: rhythm, meter, time signatures, clefs, intervals, modes, and keys. EUR 405 Topics in Areas Related to the European Union Analytical listening and sight singing are used on a regular basis. It also introduces Topics in this course will vary according to instructor and student interests. Topics students to basic triads, chord progressions, and cadences, and to their use in may include lobbying in the EU, economic trends in the EU, and the EU in musical literature through a variety of video materials, live performances, and international relations. Prerequisite: EUR 303 or permission of the instructor. Cr. 3 films. It focuses not only on classical music but also on jazz, pop, and (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. contemporary music, allowing a comparison of the same fundamentals across different music styles. The coordination of theory and practice allows students to EUR 481 Internship harmonize a melody with chords at the end of the semester. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Internships offer opportunities for students to combine work experience with Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. academic guidance. For university regulations concerning internships, please see FAR 121 Beginning Drawing the “Academic Internship” subsection under Academic Policies and Procedures. EUR 481 may be taken for pass/fail credit only. Prerequisites: junior standing and This course introduces students to basic concepts and techniques of drawing. The permission of instructor. Cr. 1-3 (2-6 ETCS Cr.). Offered every semester as course involves extensive practical work and culminates in a public exhibition of contracted. student work. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. EUR 492 Senior Thesis FAR 122 Intermediate Drawing The senior thesis allows students to develop their own research on the basis of a preapproved research proposal and to complete an 8,000-word thesis. Completion The student acquires the manual skills needed for three-dimensional drawing and of the thesis may qualify a student for graduation with disciplinary honors (see learns to understand the ways in which the instruments of an artist's sensitivity can “Disciplinary Honors in European Studies” under the European Studies major be used to serve a cultural vision. Perspective, the role of light, and chiaroscuro are section.) WIC. Prerequisites: senior standing, cumulative GPA over 3.50, and among the techniques presented and developed in this course. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic completion of EUR 307 with a B+ or better. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. semester as contracted. FAR 151 Introduction to Theater FINE ARTS Basic theatrical elements, techniques, and the processes by which plays are FAR 101 Introduction to Music translated into theatrical expression are introduced through study of major dramatic works, playwrights, genres, and form in historical context. Gen. Ed.: This course emphasizes the development of critical listening skills and an Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. appreciation for Western (classical) music. Through a variety of listening experiences, the course introduces basic structural and stylistic elements and FAR 160 Introduction to Art History and Theory illustrates their use in major works by important composers of the established This course provides both a historiographical and an aesthetical approach to the periods. While no previous musical training is required, independent listening is a field of art. Students engage in encounters with significant works of art from the regular part of the course. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). ancient traditions of Egypt to early twentieth-century modernism in Europe, and Offered every semester. they study the art pieces in cultural context and analyze them in terms of FAR 105 AUBG Choir terminology and concepts that are fundamental for art appreciation. A theme that runs through the course is the development of principles of the organization of This course provides optional credit for participation in the AUBG Choir. The pictorial space (i.e., perspective). Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS AUBG Choir is a vocal ensemble that performs choral repertoire drawn from Cr.). Offered irregularly. various periods and styles. Tours and exchange concerts are arranged. Enrollment, open to all students, is through audition/permission of the instructor. This course FAR 203 Beginning Applied Music may be repeated twice for credit. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 2 (4 ECTS This course provides individual instruction in an instrument or voice for beginners. Cr.). Offered every semester. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Students who have taken this course on a pass/fail basis may repeat for credit. Cr. 1-2 (2-4 ensembles, instruments, festivals, and dances. They will also understand how these ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. create a unified, but unique and multisided, culture. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. FAR 250 Applied Theater FAR 403 Advanced Applied Music This course offers optional credit for significant participation in AUBG theater productions or performances staged in conjunction with theater classes. Technical This course provides advanced individual instruction in voice or an instrument, students develop procedures, research, and coordinate a particular aspect of with an emphasis on preparing a repertoire for public performances. Weekly production; acting students develop, research, and perform a role in the lessons and daily practice time are scheduled with the instructor. Gen. Ed.: production. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 1-3 (2-6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every Aesthetic Expression. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor or completion of at fall. least two semesters of FAR 203 in the same instrument/voice. This class may be FAR 251 Beginning Acting repeated for credit. Cr. 1-2 (2-4 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. This course covers the fundamental techniques in building a character using voice, HISTORY AND CIVILIZATIONS body, mind, and imagination. Students will work on exercises, improvisations, HTY 101 Global History to 1500 monologues, dialogues, and short scenes. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. This course provides an introduction to the history of the world, with emphasis on such broad aspects of the subject as major civilizations, development of religions, FAR 252 Intermediate Acting cultural diversity, and global convergence up to the beginning of the sixteenth This course is a continuation of FAR 251 and helps students develop techniques of century. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. using body, voice, mind, and imagination in improvisational exercises and HTY 102 Global History since 1500 extended scene work. Students will examine approaches to acting through film and live performance and analyze contemporary plays from the actor's point of view. This course introduces students to the history of the world beginning with the Students will be required to keep an acting journal. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. establishment of global exchange between Europe, Africa, and Asia. The course Prerequisite: FAR 251. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. emphasizes transcultural ties, especially in politics, economics, and religion. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. FAR 307 History of Jazz HTY 201 Mythmaking in History This course explores the origins and historical development of African-American music, both sacred and secular. It traces the stylistic and social evolution of jazz This course is designed to give basic knowledge about the major types of myths and pre-jazz styles through the music of seminal artists and ensembles that shaped developed and proliferated in history from antiquity to the present and to help and transformed this uniquely American music. Through a variety of media, students to understand the abiding power of myths in both historiography and students are encouraged to use the appropriate terminology to discuss and analyze politics. The course explores the goals and the techniques of creating historical the similarities and differences between musical instruments, different myths in religion, nationalism, racism, and totalitarianism. Gen. Ed.: Historical performances, styles, and rhythms. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. Cr.). Offered every spring. HTY 208 Greece, Thrace, the Black Sea, and the Ancient World FAR 309 Bulgarian Folk Music This course treats the history of Ancient Greece, Thrace, and the Black Sea from This course provides a general study of the main features of Bulgarian folk music: the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander the Great. The course covers the major folk regions, rituals, songs, tunes, and dances. Students consider the uniqueness of social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural developments. It also Bulgarian folk music in comparison with other Balkan folklore and European specifically discusses Homer, Greek identity and the rise of the city-state, the music. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. Peloponnesian War, and Macedonia. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. FAR 310 Music in Latin American Culture HTY 209 Rome and the Ancient World This course considers the richness of Latin American music in its historical and cultural context and illustrates Latin American philosophy, lifestyles, rituals, and This course deals with Roman history from the beginning of Roman expansion in religions. Through a variety of media, students are given the opportunity to discuss Latium (eighth century BCE) and later into provinces in Southeastern Europe to and analyze similarities and differences between traditional genres, rhythms, the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 CE). The course especially focuses on political, military, and social history. Moreover, the most significant cultural and HTY 222 The Modern Balkans intellectual elements of Roman civilization are taken into account. Gen. Ed.: This course stresses the reforms of the Ottoman Empire, the cultural renaissance, Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. nation building in Southeast Europe, national liberation struggles, and the HTY 210 Medieval Europe emergence of the successor states of the Ottoman Empire in relation to the Eastern Question. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every two This course provides a conceptual introduction to the Middle Ages, with special years. emphasis given to the Middle Ages as the “beginning” of European history and to the emergence of a European identity and the elements (such as Christianity) that HTY 223 History of the Ottoman Empire shaped this identity. Special attention is also given to everyday life in medieval This course is a survey of the early Ottoman Empire, from the founding of the Europe, as well as to the political, economic, and social developments of the period Ottoman state through its expansion. The course notes economic, cultural, and that culminated in the transition to the Early Modern Age. Gen. Ed.: Historical religious components of both the empire and the ethnic and religious groups within Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. it and its effect on the variety of ethnic and religious groups inhabiting it through to HTY 212 Early Modern Europe its demise in the 1920s and the emergence of the Turkish republic. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every two years. This course is an intensive survey of the political, social, and intellectual development of Europe from the Reformation to the Congress of Vienna. Special HTY 224 Civilizations at the Crossroads: The Bulgarian Case emphasis is laid on the rise of the European state system. Gen. Ed.: Historical This course covers major events in Bulgarian history (e.g., the medieval Bulgarian Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. states, Bulgarian society during the Revival Period, capitalism and nationalism in HTY 213 Modern Europe Bulgaria, socialism). Lesser-known topics such as “Minorities in Bulgaria” also receive specific attention. The course has a chronological framework beginning This course provides a survey of the major political, social, and economic forces with 681 and the Medieval Age, modern times (Bulgarian Revival Period and the that have shaped modern Europe, particularly nationalism and industrialization. Third Bulgarian Kingdom) and recent Bulgarian history (from 1944 to 1990). Gen. Attention will also focus on the rise of Fascism, Nazism, and Communism. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. HTY 230 Byzantine History HTY 214 Eastern Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries The course is a systematic introduction to the history of the Eastern Roman This course provides a survey of the history of the lands from Poland to Greece Empire. From the early fourth century to well beyond 1453 CE, the empire was an during the formative period of their modern existence. Comparative in nature, the active and often challenging factor in all developing European processes. Through course emphasizes similar experiences such as domination by outside powers, the lectures, discussions, multimedia presentations, and student presentations, rise of national consciousness, the struggle for independence, and the difficulties in participants will study the prehistory of Byzantium, the epochs of Late Antiquity developing a democratic ethos in the region. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 and the mature empire (including a detailed explanation of the imperial state ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. ideology), the Crusades, and the decline and fall of the empire. The course will also HTY 221 The Medieval Balkans cover noteworthy events and issues in the “Byzantine Commonwealth,” including the formation of the world of the “Orthodox Slavs,” the “Moscow Third Rome” This course examines the history of the peoples living in the Balkan Peninsula, doctrine, and others. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered from the emergence of the “barbaric” states in the Balkan provinces of the every fall. Byzantine Empire until the advent of the age of nationalism in the eighteenth century. It explores the specific political, social, and cultural features of the Balkan HTY 241 United States History to the Civil War states from their emergence until the Ottoman conquest, and it explores the factors This course is a survey of American history from the period of exploration of the that enabled the Ottomans to establish control over the peninsula; the changes in New World through post–Civil War Reconstruction. Topics include the the lives of the Balkan populace resulting from its inclusion in the empire; the way development of the American colonies and their institutions, the Revolution, the people of different ethnicities and religions shared and cohabited in common creation of a federal union, the people of America, and the Civil War and spaces; and the emergence of the Eastern Question and its impact on political Reconstruction. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every developments in the region. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). fall. Offered every two years. HTY 242 United States History from 1865 to Present Research. Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Cr. 3-4 (6-8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. This class provides a survey of American history from Reconstruction to the present. Topics include the economic expansion of the United States, the political HTY 307 Topics in American History evolution of the American government, the rise of an American role in world This course includes focused study of specific subjects in the history of the United affairs, the Cold War, and globalization. Gen. Ed.: Historical Sources. Cr. 3 (6 States. Topics offered have included Colonial America, America in the twentieth ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. century, and American diplomatic history. Gen. Ed.: Historical Research. HTY 291 Historical Methods Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Cr. 3-4 (6-8 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. This course analyzes the basic techniques used in the researching and writing about history, particularly the use of sources and the philosophical approaches to the HTY 308 Topics in Global History study of history. Seminar topics taught under this course include European This course addresses the chronological development of a specific theme in global historiography, themes in interwar European history, and bad decision making in history. The course explores the crucial problems of the topic theme in terms of history. Gen. Ed.: Historical Research. WIC. Prerequisite: ENG 102. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS society, politics, economics, and culture in a global context. Gen. Ed.: Historical Cr.). Offered every spring. Research. Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Cr. 3-4 (6-8 ECTS Cr.). HTY 301 Falsifications in History Offered irregularly. This course is a basic survey of falsifications of history from antiquity to the HTY 310 History of Christianity present, with attention to the abiding power of hoaxes and falsehoods in both This course examines the history of Christianity as an explanation of the past and of historiography and politics. The course explores “innovations” in the forging of the Judeo-Christian pattern of civilization. This history has shaped the whole of the history, particularly their use by the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. political, social, cultural, ideological, and even scientific and juridical Gen. Ed.: Historical Research. Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Cr. 3 (6 development of more nations and states than any other civilization through the ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. whole of human history. This course also covers the most essential (and still HTY 304 Topics in European History influential) events and developments of Christianity. Gen Ed.: Historical Research. WIC. Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). This course is a focused study of a specific subject or period in the history of Offered every fall. European civilization. Topics relate to European political, social, cultural, and intellectual history and include periods (e.g., Classical Antiquity, Renaissance and HTY 311 History of Islam and Islamic Civilization Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, German history from 1871 to 1991, and The course examines the emergence and evolution of Islam as a world religion and Europe from 1936 to 1949) and topics (e.g., European Jewry, Imperial Russia, of Islamic societies from the time of Muhammad and the establishment of the Soviet history, totalitarian regimes, and European diplomatic history). Gen. Ed.: Islamic community as a political entity through the first conquests and the Islamic Historical Research. Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Cr. 3-4 (6-8 empires (the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates, the Mamelukes, the Ottomans, the ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Safavids, and the Mughals), to contemporary times. These are approached from HTY 305 Topics in Southeast European History several vantage points covering political history; economic and social issues; social control and enforcement of law; and religious and cultural expressions (e.g., This course focuses on specific subjects and key issues in the history of differences between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims and Sufism). The course also covers Southeastern Europe. Topics include Bulgaria in the twentieth century, Yugoslavia Islam's contact and conflict with the Christian world: their first encounters in the from 1918 to 1999, Communist regimes in the Balkans, Southeast Europe in the seventh century CE, in Andalusia and during the Crusades; Napoleon's invasion in twentieth century, and religious and ethnic minorities in the Balkans. Gen. Ed.: Egypt; colonialism in the Middle East and the response to Western cultural, Historical Research. Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Cr. 3-4 (6-8 economic, and political domination; and twentieth- and twenty-first-century ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. relations between the Middle East and the West. Gen. Ed.: Historical Research HTY 306 Topics in Ottoman History Mode of Inquiry. Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Credits: Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. This course focuses on the study of specific subjects in Ottoman history. Topics include women in Islam; the Islamic city; Ottoman heritage in the Balkans; and Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Ottoman Empire. Gen. Ed.: Historical HTY 312 Cultures and Societies in Latin America 102, and HTY 291; HTY 492: completion of HTY 491 with a grade of C or better. HTY 491: WIC. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.); HTY 492: WIC. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered This course explores the history and cultures of Latin America, a vast geographical every semester as contracted. area that includes Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Particular attention will be devoted to some of the key processes characterizing INFORMATION SYSTEMS Latin American history: the rise of its ancient civilizations, European colonization, INF 130 Basics in C# Programming Atlantic slavery, the independence movements, caudillismo and postcolonial nationhood, and the contemporary democratic period. The course is designed to This course introduces students to efficient problem solving using the C# provide an analysis of the political, economic, religious, and cultural issues that programming language. The course presents fundamental principles of procedural have shaped the different countries of Latin America. Particular attention will also programming like structured approaches (thinking in functions) and object- be devoted to U.S./Latin American relationships. Gen. Ed.: Historical Research oriented approaches (thinking in classes and objects), input data validation, Mode of Inquiry. Prerequisite: one Historical Sources course. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). exception handling techniques, and event-driven programming techniques. The Offered every fall. course also introduces Microsoft Visual Studio development environment in order to develop various sets of console and graphic user interface C# applications. HTY 313 American History and Film Examples will illustrate the syntax and semantics of the C# primitive data types, This course will examine key moments of twentieth-century North American reference variables, operators, expressions, statement-level control structures, history, including World War II, the Cold War, McCarthyism, the 1960s methods, classes, objects and programs as a collection of classes. This course counterculture movement, the Vietnam War, and the rise of the neo-conservatism serves as an extra prelude to a set of COS and INF courses in the area of data from the perspective of film. The choice of filmic materials to be screened in class structures, algorithms, databases, web and Internet technologies, in which is concentrated on the period running from 1940s to late 1970s. The course will advanced programming concepts are introduced. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered address the issue of film as an alternative historical source and as a fundamental every semester. component of twentieth-century North American culture; in other words, film not INF 150 Personal Productivity with Information Technologies only records and represents history but also shapes our understanding of history. Accordingly, students will critically analyze how American political and social The course trains students in effective and efficient use of information conflicts are portrayed and worked out on the screen. Through viewing, discussing, technologies in order to increase productivity. The course covers word processing, and writing about specific films, students will learn how to read film as cultural spreadsheets, presentation tools, access, and other technologies and emphasizes texts that describe, in a specifically filmic language, North American history and supporting decision making with Excel and interchanging data between Office culture. Gen. Ed.: Historical Research Mode of Inquiry. Prerequisite: one applications and websites. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two Historical Sources course. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring years. HTY 401 Critical Issues in History INF 210 Programming in Visual Basic This course offers advanced study seminars focusing on critical issues in history. This course introduces the basic concepts of programming to students who have Topics include nationalism, war and culture, reforms and modernization, and little or no programming experience using the Visual Basic programming religion and the state. Gen. Ed.: Historical Research. WIC. Prerequisites: one language. The major constructs of “structured” programming will be covered, Historical Sources course and junior standing or permission of the instructor. Cr. 4 such as the sequential execution of program statements; the selective execution of (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. program statements; and the repetitive execution of program statements. In addition, the course describes the basic use of Visual Basic for constructing visual HTY 491/492 Senior Thesis I and II user interfaces and emphasizes extensive practical exercises that use Visual Basic Students with senior standing and majoring in History and Civilizations may facilities for computer problem solving. The course assumes little to no prior arrange a senior thesis with a faculty advisor for ambitious research programs that knowledge of programming. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two cover two semesters. Students are encouraged to contact the advisor of their choice years. during the second semester of their junior year and indicate their intention to INF 240 Website Development pursue a senior thesis project. A completed senior thesis project with at least a grade of C substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam. A completed senior thesis This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts and project with at least a grade of A- on both courses grants the Disciplinary Honors in technologies involved in the design and publishing of web pages. The first part of History and Civilizations. Prerequisites: HTY 491: completion of HTY 101, HTY the course describes traditional web page development using HTML and CSS, together with multimedia enhancements. The second part of the course looks at interactions and their impact on the World Wide Web. Focus is on the investigation newer web developments, including interactive web pages and the XHTML of the most current technologies, such as PHP and ASP.NET. The future direction standard. The course will be highly interactive and hands-on with students gaining of web applications will also be explored. Prerequisites: INF 210 and INF 280 practical experience of popular web page development software. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS (INF 240 recommended, but not required). Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. INF 370 Information Security INF 270 Analysis and Design of Information Systems This course provides an introduction to the various technical and administrative The course introduces students to the discipline of information systems and aspects of information security and assurance. This course provides the foundation provides a broad overview on conceptual and practical aspects of the analyses, for understanding the key issues associated with protecting information assets, design, and impact of information systems in social organizations. The scope determining the levels of protection and response to security incidents, and includes topics such as information theory, general systems theory, cybernetics, designing a consistent, reasonable information security system with appropriate maturity models, business models and business processes, categories of IS, intrusion detection and reporting features. Previous coursework that addresses decision making, and management of information resources. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). security issues, such as INF 280 and/or INF 335, is highly desirable. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Offered every other semester. Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. INF 280 Database Systems INF 375 Web Client Technologies The course introduces the fundamental concepts of database theory and its The course introduces the concepts, languages, and technologies related to applications. Topics include foundations of databases, database design through dynamic web-based applications from the client's side. The course will introduce entity-relationship model, relational database model, normalization, SQL, JavaScript and show how it may be used for creating dynamic, interactive web organization of physical data storage, and query optimization and transaction pages that form the basis for modern web applications. The use of JavaScript processing. Assignments require use of an available DBMS. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). frameworks such as JQuery will be described and demonstrated, as will the use of Offered every other semester. JavaScript in creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) such as mashups and others. The use of XML and its associated technologies will be described, and the INF 310 Topics in Information Systems use of AJAX for RIAs will be introduced. The course will also introduce other This course encompasses the study of a particular topic in information systems. emerging technologies for developing web-based applications. Prerequisites: INF Topics vary with instructor and student interest, with credits and specific 210 and INF 240. Cr 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. prerequisites being decided for each particular offering. Cr. 1-3 (2-6 ETCS Cr.). INF 440 Technologies for Web-based Information Systems Offered as required. This course focuses on opportunities that network information technologies offer INF 320 Mobile Computing to e-commerce development. Technologies studied include the Internet and its The course covers the development of applications for mobile computing devices protocols; wireless and cellular networks; security of information; cloud and such as smart phones and tablets, specifically concentrating on native app mobile computing; web analytics and XML, JSON and REST. Prerequisites: INF development using the Android and iOS operating systems, two of today's most 335 and senior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. popular platforms for mobile devices. The course will also touch on the hybrid and INF 450 Managing Information Systems Development Projects cross-platform development approaches. Emphasis will be on application development. Students will learn to write applications for Android devices using This course covers the aspects of successful management of IS development the Android Studio IDE, and to write applications for iPhones and iPads using the projects. The course follows the guide of Project Management Body of iOS Xcode IDE. There will also be introductory lectures on Java (for Android) and Knowledge (PMBOK), adjusted to specifics of development of computer-based Swift (for iOS) programming languages. Prerequisites: INF 130 or COS 120. Cr. 3 information systems. Topics include management of integration, stakeholders, (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, and procurement. The course also covers topics such as the use of function and INF 335 Web Server Technologies objective points in software efforts estimation; critical path methods; and The course will explore a set of key approaches and technologies currently used to taxonomy of software risks. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two design and develop web server-based applications. The course provides students years. with an understanding of the technologies that support web server-based INF 480 Big Data Analytics are directed toward competence in other media professions like advertising, PR, blogging, multimedia, and involve not just style but also format and organization. The course introduces a class of computer applications designed to integrate Each medium presents distinct formats and forms that all prospective effective information retrieval from heterogeneous sources with analytical tools, professionals must appreciate. WIC. Prerequisites: ENG 102 and JMC 141. Cr. 4 data evaluation, and inference techniques. The course emphasizes the Extract- (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Transform-Load process in building data warehouses, data cube modeling and building algorithms, online analytical processing, and visualization to support JMC 200 Visual Communication Theory and Practice managerial decisions. The course develops skills to assess the readiness of an This course is an introduction into the world of communication through images, organization to adopt and benefit business intelligence application. Prerequisite: words, and graphics. The course will survey examples from the ancient world to INF 280. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered at least once every two years. the present and help students develop a vocabulary for discussion of visual works. INF 481 Internship Major trends and styles will be reviewed within a historical and theoretical framework. Students will study the development of writing systems and Senior students in information systems participating in a formal academically technologies, analyze the use and effectiveness of messages with images and structured work experience may seek faculty sponsorship for an internship. words, and present on a related topic of their choosing. Gen. Ed.: Aesthetic Internship opportunities must have observable, measurable, and documented Expression. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. learning outcomes, and consist of supervised, practical experience focused on the major. To enroll, a student must secure faculty sponsorship of the internship, JMC 220 Multimedia Journalism receive the Department's and dean's permission one term in advance of the This course focuses on teaching students the fundamentals of reporting news in a experience, and complete a learning contract. AUBG's guidelines on internship multimedia format. Working individually and in two- or three-person teams, must be met. Prerequisite: junior standing. Cr. 1-3. (2-6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every students will write, edit, video, and produce graphics for their own news stories and semester. thus learn the basics of writing for the web, handheld camerawork, and video and INF 491 Senior Project sound editing for an online audience. Through direct experience and practice, they will refine their understanding of the very different demands web-based news This course allows a student to demonstrate the ability to individually solve a real- production makes on their writing, interviewing, and editing skills. WIC. world problem in the Information Systems area under supervision of department Prerequisites: JMC 141 and JMC 150. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. faculty. The student is expected to present the progress of the project during the semester and finally to demonstrate the working project in its entire functionality. JMC 233 Introduction to Video Journalism Prerequisite: senior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. This course is focused on producing video journalism for a variety of media JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION platforms. Working in two- or three-person teams, students will videotape and edit their own news stories and thereby learn the basics of camerawork and video and JMC 141 Communication, Media, and Society audio editing. The emphasis will be on gaining hands-on skills in quickly This course provides a critical assessment of the mass media and its effects on producing video news in a variety of forms. Through direct experience and political life, popular culture, and the presentation and selection of information. practice, students will refine their understanding of the very different demands This foundation course gives an overview of the development of book publishing; video makes on their writing and interviewing skills. Prerequisites: JMC 141 and the newspaper, radio and television industries; and advertising and public JMC 150. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. relations. It is a fitting elective for those interested in developing their critical JMC 250 Writing and Reporting acumen and media savvy. The course is open to students of all levels, preferably first-year students. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). In this course, students learn by doing and also by reading and discussing the Offered every semester. discipline's best work. Students observe and research the systems they write about, such as government, business, and other institutions of a civil society. They JMC 150 Writing for Media develop news judgment, generate story ideas, practice the art of interviewing, and This course is intended to give students a sample of the different writing skills used organize and write stories. They attempt several forms, including the news story, in distinct forms of media. Recognizing that one form of writing for media—e.g., the feature, and the opinion piece. A discussion of ethical practice, standards, and journalism—is not enough for today's media marketplace, students will participate behavior permeates all aspects of the course. WIC. Prerequisites: JMC 141 and in exercises designed to show how some skills can relate to all media while others JMC 150. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. JMC 321 Digital Photojournalism non-fiction filmmakers. Movements discussed may include Primitive Cinema, Poetic Documentaries, Government Propaganda Films, Holocaust The course explores the use of photography in journalism and multimedia Documentaries, Cinema Verite, Observational Cinema, Social Documentary, and storytelling. Students use the digital still camera as a journalistic tool, exploring a Balkan Documentaries. Classes may discuss the ethical and practical variety of techniques to photograph and prepare images for use across media. considerations that arise in documentary production. Prerequisite: Junior Emphasis is on effective communication through single photographs as well as standing. Cr. 3 (6 ETS Cr.) Offered irregularly. through photo stories and picture packages. The course includes discussions on copyright, licensing, and ethics in the profession. Students prepare photographs for JMC 370 Public Relations Fundamentals print, design layouts, and produce slide shows for online viewing. Writing in the This course is designed to familiarize students with the basic concepts and form of captions, stories/articles, and audio provide context for the photographs principles of public relations. It serves as the foundation for other courses in public they produce. Prerequisites: JMC 141 and JMC 150 Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered relations and explores public relations definitions, history, theories, principles, every fall. management practices, case studies, and career possibilities. This course counts JMC 333 Television News Reporting for elective credit in the Business major. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Prerequisites: Declared JMC or BUS major or IMC minor, and junior standing. Offered every Building on the basic video journalism introduced in JMC 233, this course focuses semester. on the more traditional broadcast television approach to news reporting. Students study the evolution of TV news and learn the techniques of field and live TV JMC 389 Advertising Fundamentals reporting. The emphasis is on reporting—getting the story—for television, This introductory course seeks to give students insight into the fundamentals of all advanced production techniques in the field and in the editing room, working areas of advertising and a clear understanding of the effect of advertising. Students quickly but carefully to demanding deadlines, and building strong presentation review and discuss examples of international print and television advertisements, skills. Prerequisite: JMC 233. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. do team exercises on the various aspects of the advertising process, and complete JMC 345 Specialized Writing individual and group assignments. Prerequisites: Declared JMC or BUS major or IMC minor, and junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. Journalism's banquet of reporting specialties—from business, the arts and science, to sports, travel, and fashion—is at the center of this advanced reporting and JMC 411 Design and Layout writing course. Students read and discuss excellent examples of work within the The course builds on the concepts learned in JMC 200 and advances design and specialties and report and write their own stories. The course emphasizes ethical layout skills through the use of typography, graphics, photography, and page professional standards and behavior within the specialties. WIC. Prerequisites: layout. Emphasis is on the presentation of information in newspapers, magazines, JMC 150 and JMC 250. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. and the World Wide Web, as well as other communication media. Prerequisite: JMC 356 Media Law and Ethics JMC 200. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. This course examines the regulation and protection of the media in democracies JMC 425 Advanced Communications Design and the making of ethical choices by professionals in a free legal environment. The This course is designed to further develop graphic design skills through a variety of legal focus is on laws and principles developed by U.S. courts and the European projects ranging from exercises in creative typography, to posters, invitations, Court of Human Rights to promote vigorous scrutiny of government and the free product packaging, brochures, and small book design. To complement their flow of information and of diverse opinions while protecting individual rights and conceptual efforts, students learn advanced software techniques and study award- such social interests as public order. The ethical focus is on classical and modern winning examples by some of today's most celebrated designers. Topical readings models of thinking that help editors and other professionals make ethically and discussions provide further inspiration and stimulus for creative solutions to justifiable decisions about the conflicts of principles that confront them daily. Gen. visual problems. Coursework culminates in a formal portfolio presentation. Ed.: Moral and Philosophical Reasoning. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Cr. 3 Prerequisites: JMC 200 and JMC 411. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. JMC 435 Magazine Journalism JMC 363 History of Documentary Film Magazine-length journalism, whether print, television, radio, or online, is the This course reveals how documentaries have influenced, persuaded, and focus of this advanced reporting and writing course. Through assignments entertained us. Topics may include the definitions and purposes of documentary requiring extensive, in-depth reporting, students learn to find, gather, manage, filmmaking, the evolution of the genre, and the variety of approaches adopted by interpret, and convey large amounts of information. They shape their reporting into JMC 482 Academic Internship stories of depth and breadth using forms that include narrative nonfiction and first- Students in JMC who wish to receive academic credit for their internship person description. WIC. Prerequisites: JMC 150 and JMC 250. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS experience need faculty oversight. The internship must have observable, Cr.). Offered every fall. measurable, and documented learning outcomes and must consist of supervised, JMC 444 Documentary Filmmaking practical experience focused on the major. The student must secure faculty sponsorship, receive the department and dean of faculty's permission one term in In this course, students learn how to take an idea for a video documentary from advance of the experience, and complete a learning contract that clearly defines the concept to completion. The course is designed to emulate the experience of goals and outcomes of the internship. AUBG guidelines on internship must be met. working in a real production company. Students will produce, shoot, and edit (See the “Academic Internship” subsection at p. .) Prerequisite: declared JMC documentaries, and develop interviewing and storytelling skills. Prerequisites: major. Cr. 1-3 (2-6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester as contracted. JMC 220, JMC 233, junior standing, declared JMC major or Film Studies minor, or permission of the instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ETS Cr.) Offered irregularly. JMC 491 Capstone Project JMC 455 Global Comparative Media In the capstone course, JMC students in the final semester of their senior year and with a minimum 3.25 GPA will extend foundational skills learned in previous JMC Starting from a base of the historical, cultural, and practical realities driving media courses in order to produce a large body of publishable or broadcast-quality in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the course will pursue through readings, individual work. Projects may include a design or photography portfolio, a lectures, video examples, and research the differences between American media television documentary, or a series of magazine articles. The selection process is and various Western European versions. Under regular scrutiny will be the degree competitive and the selected students then work under the supervision of a faculty to which Western approaches to media are meaningful and appropriate (or not) to member in the department. The final project will be presented to and reviewed by a developing nations. Research will then expand to examine how journalism and faculty capstone committee and may count as the Bulgarian state exam. media differ across the world, how journalists approach a subject differently, how Prerequisites: JMC 141, JMC 150, JMC 200, JMC 220, and four courses in one of their efforts are manipulated by governments and influential figures, and whether the JMC concentration areas. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester as specific forms of media have the necessary market support for success. contracted. Prerequisites: declared JMC major and senior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every other year. MATHEMATICS JMC 470 Topics in Journalism MAT 100 Introductory Mathematics This course provides an opportunity for the advanced study of a current issue in This course stresses elementary mathematics and basic quantitative knowledge at the pre-calculus level. Students understand and work effectively with real journalism. Prerequisites: declared JMC major and senior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS numbers, algebraic expressions, polynomials, equations, and functions. Students Cr.). Offered irregularly. learn how to present a real-life problem in mathematical terms and model social JMC 480 Topics in Media and scientific phenomena. The course provides a broad-based mathematical knowledge to build upon in quantitative reasoning courses as well as in applied and This course provides an opportunity for the advanced study of a current issue in specialized courses in business and the social and natural sciences. The media and/or mass communication. Prerequisites: declared JMC major and/or requirement in Introductory Mathematics may also be satisfied upon admission by IMC minor, and junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. designated scores on the SAT exam or a placement examination during the first JMC 481 Professional Internship [0 credits] semester at AUBG. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. The professional internship is a practical professional experience, individually MAT 102 Finite Mathematics arranged to meet the specialized needs of the student, in preparation for a career in The course provides students with basic knowledge and primary skills from media. Possible settings include newspapers, magazines, radio or television several important mathematical areas, including linear algebra (linear systems and stations, production houses, as well as work in an advertising or public relations matrices), linear programming, logic (truth sets and Venn diagrams), probability agencies. A minimum of eight working weeks (320 working hours) is required. theory, counting principles, and applications to probability. The study of Markov Students are advised to do their internships following their junior year. chains at the end becomes an attractive application of all ideas and techniques Prerequisite: declared JMC major. Cr. 0 (0 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester as considered earlier. Gen. Ed.: Quantitative Reasoning. Prerequisite: MAT 100 or contracted. equivalent. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. MAT 103 Calculus I MAT 212 Calculus III – Multivariate Calculus and Geometry The course develops (primarily on technical and intuitive level and with only The course extends techniques of calculus in two and three dimensions. Topics minor references to deeper points like completeness) the initial notions and skills covered include vectors and geometry of space, quadratic surfaces, space curves, of analysis in the real line—limits and continuity; derivatives (the problem of and cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Also included are partial derivatives and “rates of change”) and curve sketching; integrals (the “area” or “accumulation” extreme value problems for functions of several variables, Lagrange multipliers, problem) and techniques of integration—with the fundamental theorem of double and triple integrals, and iterated integrals and applications. Prerequisites: calculus linking the two main problems. Gen. Ed.: Quantitative Reasoning. MAT 103 and MAT 104. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. Prerequisite: MAT 100 or equivalent. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. MAT 213 Introduction to Differential Equations MAT 104 Calculus II The course introduces a variety of solution methods for ordinary differential The course aims to develop and extend the methods and techniques of Calculus I. equations: first-order equations, second-order equations (solution space, base of Topics discussed include inverse functions, logarithmic and exponential functions, solutions, Wronskian), power series method, Laplace transform, and system of inverse trigonometric functions, L'Hospital's rule and applications, integration linear equations. Prerequisite: MAT 103. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. techniques, improper integrals, parametric curves and polar coordinates, infinite sequences and series, power series, representation of functions as sums of power MAT 214 Numerical Analysis series, Taylor and Maclaurin series, and polynomials. Gen. Ed.: Quantitative The course introduces students to the basic concepts and techniques in the field, Reasoning. Prerequisite: MAT 103 or equivalent. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered including methods for solution of equations in one variable, polynomial every spring. approximation, spline approximation and interpolation, numerical differentiation MAT 105 Elementary Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry and integration, and initial value problems for ordinary differential equations. Prerequisite: MAT 104. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. The course offers a general view of some vital ideas and techniques in the field beginning with a discussion of systems of linear equations (the natural source of MAT 225 Advanced Linear Algebra the subject) and proceeding to the important techniques of matrices, matrix The course offers an extended view of the basic concepts of general vector spaces, operations, and determinants. An illustration of the general concepts in plane and fundamental structure theorems for linear maps, and eigenvalue technique. It space geometry helps students to cultivate their intuition and interpretative skills, covers spectral theorems for symmetric, Hermitian, and unitary maps (and and an elementary introduction to general vector spaces, linear transformations, matrices) and application to quadratic and Hermitian forms. Triangulation and and eigenvalue problems initiates students into this powerful technique. Gen. Ed.: Jordan canonical form are also discussed. Prerequisites: MAT 102 or MAT 105. Cr. Quantitative Reasoning. Prerequisite: MAT 100 or equivalent. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. Offered every semester. MAT 201 Mathematical Statistics MAT 305 Topics in Abstract Algebra The course offers a general view of some important ideas and techniques in An advanced course with an emphasis on learning to understand, construct, and probability theory and mathematical statistics, including random variables and present proofs. The following topics are included: groups and group action, Sylow probability distribution functions, expectations, moment generating functions, theorems, the free group, generators and relations, the Todd-Coxeter algorithm, limit theorems, sampling distributions, principle of estimation, and hypothesis ring theory, Hilbert's Nullstellensatz, unique factorization domains, Noetherian testing. Prerequisites: MAT 104 and STA 105. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every rings, modules, free modules, generators and relations, Hilbert basis theorem, the spring. structure theorem for abelian groups, fields, algebraic and transcendental elements, algebraically closed fields, and the fundamental theorem of algebra. As MAT 205 Introduction to Abstract Algebra an application, the course suggests either an introduction to Galois theory or The course offers an introduction to basic algebraic structures like groups, rings, introduction to commutative and noncommutative Groebner basis. This course integral domains, and fields. The course discusses fundamental structure theorems also requires an accompanying weekly seminar. Prerequisites: MAT 105 and MAT for factorization and discusses applications of general results to some specific and 205. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. very important objects, such as symmetric groups, ring of integers, polynomial MAT 313 Calculus IV with Differential Geometry rings, and matrix rings. The course also covers splitting fields and roots of a polynomial, and polynomials with integer, rational, real, and complex coefficients. The course extends techniques of calculus in two and three dimensions by covering Prerequisite: MAT 105. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. vector functions, scalar and vector fields, line and surface integrals, Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, and divergence theorem, as well as their applications. MLL 116 Introduction to French Language and Culture II Prerequisites: MAT 105 and MAT 212. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. The course offers a contemporary, interactive, intensive, and effective introduction MAT 314 Complex Analysis at the elementary level to the French language and various aspects of the French culture. It aims to foster the acquisition of the French language through increased The course provides an introduction to analytic functions of one complex variable immersion; it helps students master vocabulary needed to accomplish simple and and their basic properties and applications. The material includes complex routine tasks, and build more comprehensive grammatical structures necessary to numbers, connectedness in the complex plane, conformal mappings, holomorphic communicate issues of immediate relevance. It encourages students to further functions and Cauchy's integral formulas, Liouville's theorem, mean value improve their understanding, speaking, and writing skills. In addition, the course property and maximum modulus principle, Taylor and Laurent expansions, enhances the understanding, appreciation, and interpretation of French and analytic functions and analytic continuation principle, as well as residue theorem Francophone cultural practices, products, and perspectives and encourages and evaluation of integrals by the method of residues. Prerequisites: MAT 105 and students to apply principles of intercultural communication in their interaction in MAT 212. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. the French language. Prerequisite: MLL 115 or a placement test prior to MAT 315 Real Analysis registration (with signed permission from the instructor). Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. Analysis and geometry are at the roots of such basic areas of mathematics as general topology, geometric topology, differential geometry, functional analysis, MLL 125 Introduction to German Language and Culture I measure theory, probability theory, dynamical systems, and differential equations, The course offers a contemporary, interactive, and effective introduction at the to name a few. This course introduces students to set theory, general topology, beginner level to the German language and various aspects of the German culture. metric spaces, measure theory, Lebesgue integration, and function spaces. Though It aims to foster the acquisition of the fundamentals of the German language; the basic structure of analysis was set in the nineteenth and the beginning of vocabulary is chosen on the principle of everyday practicality, and grammar is twentieth century, we will explore such up-to-date applications as analysis of limited to major structures for basic real-life oral and written communication. fractals or applications to financial calculus through some of the projects. Equal emphasis is placed on developing understanding, speaking, and writing Prerequisites: MAT 104 and MAT 105. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. skills. In addition, the course aims to enable students to understand and appreciate MAT 491/492 Senior Thesis I and II German cultural practices, artifacts, and perspectives and to recognize principles of intercultural communication. The course is open to students with no previous A senior thesis may be arranged by qualifying students with a faculty advisor for study or less than one year of study of German. The instructor reserves the right to ambitious research programs that cover one or two semesters. Prerequisite: place students who demonstrate more than one year of study into the higher-level declared MAT major. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester as contracted. German classes. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. MODERN LANGUAGES MLL 126 Introduction to German Language and Culture II MLL 115 Introduction to French Language and Culture I The course offers a contemporary, interactive, intensive, and effective introduction The course offers a contemporary, interactive, and effective introduction at the at the elementary level to the German language and various aspects of the German beginner level to the French language and various aspects of the French culture. It culture. It aims to foster the acquisition of the German language through increased aims to foster the acquisition of the fundamentals of the French language; immersion; it helps students master vocabulary needed to accomplish simple and vocabulary is chosen on the principle of everyday practicality, and grammar is routine tasks and build more comprehensive grammatical structures necessary to limited to major structures for basic real-life oral and written communication. communicate issues of immediate relevance. It encourages students to further Equal emphasis is placed on developing understanding, speaking, and writing improve their understanding, speaking, and writing skills. In addition, the course skills. In addition, the course aims to enable students to understand and appreciate enhances the understanding, appreciation, and interpretation of German cultural French and Francophone cultural practices, products, and perspectives and to practices, artifacts, and perspectives and encourages students to apply principles of recognize principles of intercultural communication. The course is open to intercultural communication in their interaction in the German language. students with no previous study or less than one year of study of French. The Prerequisite: MLL 125 or a placement test prior to registration (with signed instructor reserves the right to place students who demonstrate more than one year permission from the instructor). Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. of study into the higher-level French classes. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. MLL 135 Introduction to Bulgarian Language and Culture I students with no previous study or less than one year of study of Spanish. The instructor reserves the right to place students who demonstrate more than one year The course offers a contemporary, interactive, and effective introduction at the of study into the higher-level Spanish classes. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every beginner level to the Bulgarian language and various aspects of the Bulgarian fall. culture. It aims to foster the acquisition of the fundamentals of the Bulgarian language; vocabulary is chosen on the principle of everyday practicality, and MLL 156 Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture II grammar is limited to major structures for basic real-life oral and written The course offers a contemporary, interactive, intensive, and effective introduction communication, while simultaneously introducing the Bulgarian Cyrillic at the elementary level to the Spanish language and various aspects of the Hispanic alphabet. Equal emphasis is placed on developing understanding, speaking, and culture. It aims to foster the acquisition of the Spanish language through increased writing skills. In addition, the course aims to enable students to understand and immersion; it helps students master vocabulary needed to accomplish simple and appreciate Bulgarian cultural practices, products, and perspectives and to routine tasks and build more comprehensive grammatical structures necessary to recognize principles of intercultural communication. The course is open to communicate issues of immediate relevance. It encourages students to further students with no previous study or less than one year of study of Bulgarian. It is not improve their understanding, speaking, and writing skills. In addition to that, the open to students who speak Belarusian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Russian, course enhances the understanding, appreciation, and interpretation of Spanish- Serbian, or Ukrainian. The instructor reserves the right to place students who speaking cultures, their practices, products, and perspectives and encourages demonstrate more than one year of study into the higher-level Bulgarian classes. students to apply principles of intercultural communication in their interactions in Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Spanish. Prerequisite: MLL 155 or a placement test prior to registration (with MLL 136 Introduction to Bulgarian Language and Culture II signed permission from the instructor). Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. The course offers a contemporary, interactive, intensive, and effective introduction MLL 175 Introduction to Language and Culture Studies at the elementary level to the Bulgarian language and various aspects of the The course starts from the premise that all language acts are culturally based. Bulgarian culture. It aims to foster the acquisition of the Bulgarian language Introducing the fundamental concepts and principles of modern languages, this through increased immersion; it helps students master vocabulary needed to course will stimulate curiosity about the study of human language and what it accomplish simple and routine tasks, and build more comprehensive grammatical reveals about the human cultures it reflects. The main topics of the course will structures necessary to communicate issues of immediate relevance. It encourages focus on the definition of a language, language and cultural diversity, the structural students to further improve their understanding, speaking, and writing skills. In and functional features of language, and the relevance of cultural changes to the addition, the course enhances the understanding, appreciation, and interpretation development of specific language features, such as lexical borrowing in languages of Bulgarian cultural practices, products, and perspectives and encourages in contact. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered students to apply principles of intercultural communication in their interaction in every fall. Bulgarian. MLL 136 is the entry-level course for speakers of Russian, Belarusian, or Ukrainian; these students will need a signed permission slip from the instructor MLL 215 Intermediate French: Perspectives on French and to register. The course is not open to students who speak Macedonian, Francophone Cultures Montenegrin, or Serbian. Prerequisite: MLL 135 or a placement test prior to The course offers a contemporary, interactive, and interdisciplinary approach at registration and a signed permission slip from the instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). the intermediate level to the study of the French language and French and Offered every semester. Francophone cultures. It introduces students to the analysis of topics such as MLL 155 Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture I education, family values, traditions, work ethic, urban life, multicultural society, migration, consumption of resources, politics, identity, stereotypes, and cultural The course offers a contemporary, interactive, and effective introduction at the heritage, as well as notions relevant for intercultural communication, such as beginner level to the Spanish language and various aspects of the Hispanic culture. politeness and formality of interactions. Aiming to promote an in-depth cross- It aims to foster the acquisition of the fundamentals of the Spanish language; cultural understanding, the course exposes students to a large variety of print and vocabulary is chosen on the principle of everyday practicality, and grammar is electronic media, film, music, literature, and other forms of French and limited to major structures for basic real-life oral and written communication. Francophone cultural expression. Students perform individual reflection tasks and Equal emphasis is placed on developing understanding, speaking, and writing work in small teams and other collaborative formats that allow them to consolidate skills. In addition, the course aims to enable students to understand and appreciate and expand their understanding and their writing and speaking skills, as well as to Spanish-speaking cultures, their practices, products, and perspectives and to refine their grammatical and lexical competence in a culturally rich context. Gen. recognize principles of intercultural communication. This course is open to Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: MLL 116 or permission from MLL 226 Intermediate German Composition and Conversation instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. This course emphasizes oral and written expression in the German language, MLL 216 Intermediate French Composition and Conversation grammar skills, and expansion of vocabulary to increase communicative fluency and accuracy at the intermediate level. It provides students with the opportunity to This course emphasizes oral and written expression in the French language, improve their speaking proficiency in a variety of contexts through class grammar skills, and expansion of vocabulary to increase communicative fluency discussions, group conversations, and individual oral presentations. Students also and accuracy at the intermediate level. It provides students with the opportunity to develop their written expression based on authentic German texts, selected to improve their speaking proficiency in a variety of contexts through class illustrate styles and levels of contemporary written German. The language practice discussions, group conversations, and individual oral presentations. Students also is reinforced through publications and communication on German social media develop their written expression based on authentic French texts, selected to and/or with partner classes from German-speaking countries, the USA, etc. The illustrate styles and levels of contemporary written French. The language practice course also provides continued reading and listening practice, reflection on other is reinforced through publications and communication on French social media cultures, as well as development of effective language learning strategies. and/or with partner classes from French-speaking countries, the USA, etc. The Prerequisite: MLL 225 or permission from instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered course also provides continued reading and listening practice, reflection on other once every two years. cultures, as well as development of effective language learning strategies. Prerequisite: MLL 215 or permission from instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered MLL 227 Intermediate German Reading once every two years. This course introduces students to a broad range of texts in German (short stories, MLL 217 Intermediate French Reading poetry, drama, comics, letters, travel journals, literary critiques, etc.) and This course introduces students to a broad range of texts in French (short stories, familiarizes them with various reading strategies, and the methods of textual poetry, drama, comics, letters, travel journals, literary critiques, etc.) and analysis and interpretation. Discussion of other sources, such as film and media familiarizes them with various reading strategies, and the methods of textual will complement the readings. Students will examine the historical and cultural analysis and interpretation. Discussion of other sources, such as film and media contexts of each literary work. In addition, they will refine their German language will complement the readings. Students will examine the historical and cultural skills at the Intermediate level through active writing, listening, and discussing. contexts of each literary work. In addition, they will refine their French language Prerequisite: MLL 225 or permission from instructor. Gen. Ed.: Principles of skills at the Intermediate level through active writing, listening, and discussing. Textual Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered once every two years. Prerequisite: MLL 215 or permission from instructor. Gen. Ed.: Principles of MLL 235 Intermediate Bulgarian I Textual Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered once every two years. The course is a continuation of the Bulgarian-language sequence for international MLL 225 Intermediate German: Perspectives on German-Speaking students. It emphasizes, on the one hand, developing listening and reading Cultures comprehension skills and, on the other, speaking and writing skills. By using The course offers a contemporary, interactive, and interdisciplinary approach at interactive teaching methods, the course aims at acquainting students with basics the intermediate level to the study of the German language and German-speaking of Bulgarian grammar and vocabulary that are of value beyond everyday usage. In cultures. It introduces students to the analysis of topics such as education, family addition to “pure” language issues, topics related to Bulgarian culture, traditions, values, traditions, work ethic, urban life, multicultural society, migration, and current social developments will be discussed. Prerequisite: MLL 136 or a consumption of resources, politics, identity, stereotypes, and cultural heritage, as placement test prior to registration and a permission slip from the instructor. Cr. 3 well as notions relevant for intercultural communication, such as politeness and (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. formality of interactions. Aiming to promote an in-depth cross-cultural MLL 255 Intermediate Spanish: Perspectives on Spanish-Speaking understanding, the course exposes students to a large variety of print and electronic Cultures media, film, music, literature, and other forms of cultural expression. Students perform individual reflection tasks and work in small teams and other The course offers a contemporary, interactive, and interdisciplinary approach at collaborative formats that allow them to consolidate and expand their the intermediate level to the study of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures. It understanding and their writing and speaking skills, as well as to refine their introduces students to the analysis of topics such as education, family values, grammatical and lexical competence in a culturally rich context. Gen. Ed.: Social traditions, work ethic, urban life, multicultural society, migration, consumption of and Cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: MLL 126 or permission from instructor. Cr. 3 resources, politics, identity, stereotypes, and cultural heritage, as well as notions (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. relevant for intercultural communication, such as politeness and formality of interactions. Aiming to promote an in-depth cross-cultural understanding, the MLL 302 Modern Germany – Society, Politics, and Culture course exposes students to a large variety of print and electronic media, film, This course is a continuation of MLL 226 and introduces students to contemporary music, literature, and other forms of Hispanic cultural expression. Students concepts in German society, politics, and culture. This course brings together perform individual reflection tasks and work in small teams and other students' evolving linguistic skills and their understanding of today's Germany collaborative formats that allow them to consolidate and expand their through exposure to various types of discourses and contexts. The course also understanding and their writing and speaking skills, as well as to refine their considers the role of German as an official and working language in the framework grammatical and lexical competence in a culturally rich context. Gen. Ed.: Social of European and international organizations and introduces students to specific and Cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: MLL 156 or permission from instructor. Cr. 3 terminology and sources that enhance their research, communication, and (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. language skills. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: MLL 226 or MLL 256 Intermediate Spanish Composition and Conversation MLL 227, or permission of instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. This course emphasizes oral and written expression in the Spanish language, MLL 303 Modern Spain – Society, Politics, and Culture grammar skills, and expansion of vocabulary to increase communicative fluency This course is a continuation of MLL 256 and introduces students to contemporary and accuracy at the intermediate level. It provides students with the opportunity to concepts in Spanish society, politics, and culture. This course brings together improve their speaking proficiency in a variety of contexts through class students' evolving linguistic skills and their understanding of today's Spain discussions, group conversations, and individual oral presentations. Students also through exposure to various types of discourses and contexts. The course also develop their written expression based on authentic Spanish texts, selected to considers the role of Spanish as an official and working language in the framework illustrate styles and levels of contemporary written Spanish. The language practice of European and international organizations and introduces students to specific is reinforced through publications and communication on Spanish social media terminology and sources that enhance their research, communication, and and/or with partner classes from Spanish-speaking countries, the USA, etc. The language skills. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: MLL 256 or course also provides continued reading and listening practice, reflection on other MLL 257, or permission of instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. cultures, as well as development of effective language learning strategies. Prerequisite: MLL 255 or permission from instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered PHILOSOPHY once every two years. PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy MLL 257 Intermediate Spanish Reading This course is an introduction to philosophy through the study and discussion of This course introduces students to a broad range of texts in Spanish (short stories, historical and contemporary writings. Topics may include reason, reality, poetry, drama, comics, letters, travel journals, literary critiques, etc.) and knowledge, god, morality, politics, and aesthetics. Gen. Ed.: Moral and familiarizes them with various reading strategies, and the methods of textual Philosophical Reasoning. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. analysis and interpretation. Discussion of other sources, such as film and media will complement the readings. Students will examine the historical and cultural PHI 220 Ethics contexts of each literary work. In addition, they will refine their Spanish language The course deals with the history of ethics, ethical theory, and contemporary skills at the intermediate level through active writing, listening, and discussing. ethical issues. The course covers the development of human reflections on moral Prerequisite: Prerequisite: MLL 255 or permission from instructor. Gen. Ed.: good and evil in the context of the history of Western civilization. Moreover, the Principles of Textual Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered once every two years. course focuses on issues of applied ethics related to fields such as bioethics, MLL 301 Modern France – Society, Politics, and Culture medical ethics, environmental ethics, professional ethics and on the relationships between ethics, law, and political theory. Gen. Ed.: Moral and Philosophical This course is a continuation of MLL 216 and introduces students to contemporary Reasoning. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. concepts in French society, politics, and culture. The course brings together students' evolving linguistic skills and their understanding of today's France PHI 301 Topics in Philosophy through exposure to various types of discourses and contexts. The course also The course offers a focused study of specific subjects in philosophy. Topics may considers the role of French as an official and working language in the framework include particular fields of philosophical investigation, periods in the history of of European and international organizations and introduces students to specific Western philosophy, and non-Western philosophical traditions. Gen. Ed.: Moral terminology and sources that enhance their research, communication, and and Philosophical Reasoning. Prerequisite: ENG 102. Cr. 3-4 (6-8 ECTS Cr.). language skills. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: MLL 216 or Offered irregularly. MLL 217, or permission of instructor. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. PHI 304 Modern and Contemporary Political Philosophy POS 301 Bulgarian Government and Politics This course covers issues such as theories of natural law, natural right, rights and This course offers an analysis of the structure and functioning of Bulgaria's duties, contracts, power, equality, democracy, tyranny, property, crimes and governing institutions and political system. Special attention will be given to punishments, and war and peace. Authors may include Rousseau, Hume, Kant, the Bulgaria's transition to democracy and the political and administrative Federalists, Hegel, Mill, Marx, and Weber, and others. Gen. Ed.: Moral and implications of EU membership. The course does not presuppose familiarity with Philosophical Reasoning. Prerequisites: ENG 102 and one other Moral and Bulgarian history and politics and is entirely based on English-language readings. Philosophical Reasoning course. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. Prerequisites: POS 101 and sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once per year. POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POS 303 Conflict and Conflict Resolution POS 101 Introduction to Politics This course offers a study of the sources and the nature of conflict and the methods The course introduces the development of political thought in the Western tradition of conflict management. Specifically, the course is directed toward identifying and from Hobbes to the present. Attention is paid to evaluating the implications of understanding the kinds and workings of non-violent conflict management, various political ideas on contemporary events. Gen. Ed.: Moral and Philosophical including negotiation, international law, and international organizations. Reasoning. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Prerequisites: POS 102 and sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once POS 102 Introduction to Global Politics per year. Global politics in the twenty-first century encompasses the interaction of states, POS 304 Global Political Economy international organizations, global corporations, non-governmental organizations, The course examines principles, practices, and governance of globalized and other non-state actors in a variety of issue areas. This course introduces these production, trade, and finance. The course also studies various issues surrounding actors, theoretical approaches to help understand their interactions, and selected globalization, including economic development, protection of the environment, global issues. The course includes a global politics simulation. Gen. Ed.: Social cultural concerns, and others. Prerequisites: ECO 102, POS 102, and sophomore and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once per year. POS 103 Topics in Contemporary Politics POS 305 International Law and Organizations This course provides an introduction to a particular topic within the fields of The course looks at the development of international law and international politics and international relations. Topics vary with instructor and student interest. organizations and introduces the basic tenets of international law and current Cr. 1 (2 ECTS Cr.) Offered every year. agreements and the structures and activities of both governmental and POS 104 Model UN Preparation nongovernmental organizations engaged in global governance. Prerequisites: POS 102 and sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once per year. This course prepares students for participation in the Blagoevgrad Model United Nations (BLIMUN). The course introduces the United Nations system, basic POS 306 Public Policy Analysis parliamentary procedure, and communication formats used in United Nations This course introduces students to a selection of tools used to address public policy institutions. Cr. 1 (2 ECTS Cr.) Offered every spring. concerns and to approaches used to analyze public policies. Prerequisites: EUR POS 201 Comparative Politics 212 or POS 201 and sophomore standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered once per year. The course introduces the institutions and processes that act in contemporary societies and presents a vocabulary of concepts used to comparatively analyze POS 307 Research Methods political institutions and processes. Prerequisite: POS 101. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). This course introduces students to the requirements of academic research, from the Offered every semester. perils of research design, to the methods of data collection and data analysis. The POS 202 Foreign Policy Analysis course surveys qualitative and quantitative research methods, and it covers the main epistemological debates in the social sciences. Students will develop their The course helps students to develop a framework for foreign policy and own research proposals, which will include a research question, literature review, intelligence analysis by studying the structures, processes, and factors that methodology, and bibliography. Prerequisites: POS 201/EUR 213 or POS 202, and influence the formulation and implementation of foreign-policy decisions. WIC. junior standing. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Prerequisites: ENG 102 and POS 102. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. POS 401 Topics in Politics traditional Biblical spirituality, but largely on a new exploration of universal This course is an advanced study in a particular topic within political science and divinity within the individuality that merges with a synthesis of Gnostic teachings, international relations. Topics vary with instructor and student interests, and Eastern religious philosophies and psychologies (mostly Hindu, Buddhist, and credits and specific prerequisites are decided for each particular offering. Taoist ones), and claims to represent an up-to-date interface between science and Prerequisite: junior standing. Cr. 1-4 (2-8 ETCS Cr.). Offered every semester. religion. Gen. Ed.: Moral and Philosophical Reasoning. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every spring. POS 481 Internship RLG 201 Introduction to World Religions Internships offer opportunities for students to combine work experience with academic guidance. Students may enroll in an internship for Pass/Fail credit only. This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of human religion with The student must secure faculty sponsorship, receive the department and dean of special emphasis on the origins, history, and teachings of the three Biblical faculty's permission one term in advance of the experience, and complete a religions. These religions are of crucial importance for the shaping of the modern learning contract that clearly defines the goals and outcomes of the internship. civilization, and understanding their similarities and differences improves every AUBG guidelines on internship must be met. (For university regulations individual's openness toward other nations, cultures, and opinions. Gen. Ed.: concerning internships, please see the “Academic Internship” subsection at p. .) Moral and Philosophical Reasoning. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Prerequisites: junior standing and permission of instructor. Cr. 1-3 (2-6 ETCS Cr.). RLG 301 Topics in Religion Offered every semester as contracted. The course offers a focused study of specific subjects in theology and comparative POS 492 Senior Thesis religion. Topics may include issues related to theology and the study of the The senior thesis allows selected students to pursue original research based upon a religious experience, the history of religions, and non-Western religious traditions. research proposal. A senior thesis is restricted to students in the Political Science Gen. Ed.: Moral and Philosophical Reasoning. Prerequisite: ENG 102. Cr. 3 (6 and International Relations program who possess a minimum 3.50 GPA-in-major ECTS Cr.). Offered irregularly. and have completed POS 307 Research Methods in Politics and have their research proposal accepted by a department panel. Students successfully conclude POS 492 SCIENCE with the completion of an 8,000-word thesis and a public defense. Students SCI 111 Principles of Classical Physics working on a senior thesis in another discipline may not enroll in POS 492 in the This course introduces some of the basic laws and principles of classical same semester. A completed senior thesis substitutes for the Bulgarian state exam mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, and magnetism with an emphasis on how in politics and international relations. WIC. Prerequisites: POS 307 and permission of the department. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. they can be used to explain important natural phenomena or technological developments. The course discusses important turning points in the history of PSYCHOLOGY physics and includes in-class physics experiments. Gen. Ed.: Scientific PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology Investigation. Prerequisite: MAT 100 or equivalent. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. Discussion of basic psychological processes, including learning, perception, motivation and emotion, higher mental processes, individual differences, SCI 113 Physics – Theory and Experiment personality and additional selected topics. Gen. Ed: Social and Cultural Analysis. The course covers a selected set of topics that are fundamental to a classical Cr. 3. (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered in the fall. understanding of the physical world as well as to understanding special relativity PSY 102 Introduction to Social Psychology and modern physics. Emphasis is placed on in-class demonstrations and Discussion of basic concepts and issues in social psychology including person experiments, and laboratory exercises are included. Gen. Ed.: Scientific perception, communication, attribution processes, social roles, conformity, Investigation. Prerequisite: MAT 100 or equivalent. Cr. 4 (8 ECTS Cr.). Offered attitudes and attitude change, intergroup behavior and additional selected topics. every semester. Gen. Ed: Social and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3. (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered in the fall. SCI 130 Astronomy RELIGION Students are exposed to the basic aspects of scientific inquiry applied to the study RLG 200 New Age Spirituality of stars and the entire universe. The first part of the course (roughly half semester) focuses on the structure of stars; star properties; energy sources, classes of stars, This course provides a systematic analysis with case studies of contemporary, non- and principles for classification; star birth, star life and star death; and star corpses ecclesiastical Western religiosity, which is based partly on skeptically revalued (white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes). The second part of the course covers SDM 401 Senior Thesis our galaxy and others, active galaxies and quasars, the Hubble law of expansion, This course is the culminating experience for students enrolled in the Self- the standard Big Bang model of the universe, and inflation theory and accelerated Designed Major. It involves ambitious research and is undertaken during the senior expansion. Required mathematical skills include high school algebra, geometry, year. The final product is a thesis on a topic (approved in advance) of between thirty and trigonometry. Gen. Ed.: Scientific Investigation. Prerequisites: MAT 100 or to fifty pages (9,000 to 15,000 words). The thesis must be successfully defended equivalent. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. before the SDM Faculty Committee with a minimum grade of C. Prerequisite: SCI 150 Principles of Biology completion of SDM 301 with a grade of C or better. Cr. 2 (4 ECTS Cr.). Offered Biology touches our lives every day. Whether we are concerned for the health of every semester as contracted. our own bodies or the health of the planet, an understanding of the basic principles SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN STUDIES of biology is important. This course explores some of the fundamental and SES 238 Archaeology in Southeast Europe unifying concepts of modern biology. Topics covered may include cell structure and processes, genetics, evolution, biodiversity, animal and plant form and This course studies the cultures of Southeast Europe from the beginning of the function, and ecology. The interconnections within the natural world along with Neolithic, food-producing economy in the seventh millennium BCE to the end of biology's relevance to everyday life will be highlighted. Biology is an extremely the Copper Age in the fourth millennium BCE. It will especially focus on the diverse and complex discipline and an introductory course can only explore a thin development of farming through the domestication of plants and animals and the slice of this diversity and complexity. Although this is an introductory course, it advent of metallurgy and new social formations and institutions that developed in will provide enough depth and rigor to equip students to make scientifically Southeast Europe. Gen. Ed.: Social and Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). informed evaluations of biological issues confronting contemporary society. Offered irregularly. Furthermore, it is hoped that after completing this course students will have a SES 325 Environmental Issues and Education in Southeast Europe greater appreciation of the wonders of the natural world. Gen. Ed.: Scientific Investigation. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. This course will focus on the impact of environmental changes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the unintended consequences of the social, political, SCI 160 Introduction to Environmental Science and economic preferences that have prevailed. Of main interest will be the role of The course gives students a basic understanding of the scientific aspects of cheap energy, fresh water, and rapid population and economic growth in some environmental issues, thus enabling them to more intelligently engage in current parts of the world and the impact of this growth on the peoples of the slower- environmental debates. More specifically, this course explores the functions and developing economies of Eastern and Southeast Europe. Gen. Ed.: Social and services provided by healthy ecosystems and humanity's impact on the natural Cultural Analysis. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. world. The course discusses from a scientific viewpoint some of the major threats SES 360 Cross-Cultural Management and Corporate Culture to the world's ecosystems (such as overpopulation, pollution, biodiversity loss, climate change, and overexploitation). Students will also learn how the scientific This course looks at culture at the global, international, corporate, subunit, and method is applied to the study of these problems as society seeks solutions. Gen. family levels. Using organizational theory and behavior, the course examines Ed.: Scientific Investigation. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. culture as it relates to international issues, global business, management of organizations, and interpersonal relations. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every fall. SELF-DESIGNED MAJOR STATISTICS SDM 301 Capstone Project STA 105 Statistics This course is intended to be an integrative project for students in the Self- Designed Major and will be individually designed and directly supervised by a This course is designed to give students the ability to interpret results drawn from Self-Designed Major chairperson. The project will involve considerable data. It serves students' needs in Business, Economics, and other social sciences so interdisciplinary research and will result in a senior research project that will that they are able to make sense of studies and surveys. At the end of the course ultimately be the thesis proposal. Prerequisites: junior standing, approval of SDM students will gain experience to communicate effectively using statistical ideas proposal, and permission of the SDM Director. Cr. 1 (2 ECTS Cr.). Offered every and concepts. Both descriptive and inferential methods will be presented with semester as contracted. sufficient theory to assure understanding of the material. Cr. 3 (6 ECTS Cr.). Offered every semester. FACULTY Goksoy, Asli, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior), Marmara University, 2009. (On sabbatical (as of 1 August 2017) spring 2018.) In this section you will find brief background information on full-time and part- Gradeva, Rositza, Professor of History, Ph.D. (History), Bulgarian Academy of time AUBG faculty. For additional info, including contact information, see Sciences, 1989. www.aubg.edu/faculty. Gurov, Andrey, Assistant Professor of Finance, Ph.D. (Social and Economic FULL-TIME Sciences), University of Vienna, 2005. (On sabbatical spring 2018.) Berisha, Marenglen, Instructor of Accounting, MBA, Keller Graduate School of Harvey, Ronald, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Ph.D. (Community Management, 2009. Psychology), DePaul University, 2014 Bozhinova, Krastanka, Assistant Professor of French, Ph.D. (Language Homer, Sean, Professor of Writing and Literature, Ph.D. (Comparative Sciences), University of Nantes, 2016. Literature), University of Sheffield, 1994. Castagneto, Pierangelo, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D. (American Iliev, Hristo, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D. (Mathematics Algebraic History), Università di Genova, 1997. (On sabbatical AY 2017-18.) Geometry), Seoul National University, 2003. Christozov, Dimitar, Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D. (Technical Science), Ivanov, Serguey, Associate Professor of Religion and Linguistics, Ph.D. Technical University of Sofia, 1986; D.Sc. (Technical Sciences), State (Linguistics), Sofia University, 1983. University for Library Studies and Information Technologies, 2010. Ivanova, Tatyana, Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D. (Algebra), Moscow State Cleary, Timothy, Associate Professor of Business Administration, M.Sc. University, 1979. (Computation), University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, 1985. Kalchev, Georgi, Associate Professor of Economics, Ph.D. (Economics), Southern Methodist University, 2005. (On sabbatical spring 2018.) Cohen, Michael, Associate Professor of Writing and Literature, M.F.A. (Creative Writing), Brown University, 2003. (On sabbatical AY 2017- Karagiozov, Volin, Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D. (Computer Science), 18.) Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1978. Crombois, Jean, Associate Professor of European Studies, Ph.D. (Modern Kelbetcheva, Evelina, Professor of History, Ph.D. (Cultural History), Bulgarian European History), Free University of Brussels, 1999. Academy of Sciences, 1989. Dalakov, Peter, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D. (Mathematics), Kelly, Laura, Assistant Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication, M.A. Pennsylvania State University, 2008. (Journalism and Public Affairs), The American University Washington, 1992. Delchev, Nedyalko, Associate Professor of Theater, M.A. (Theater Directing), National Academy for Theater and Film Arts, 1992. Leonard, Lynnette, Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass (On sabbatical fall 2017.) Communication, Ph.D. (Communication Studies), University of Kansas, 2006. Erdinc, Didar, Associate Professor of Economics, Ph.D. (Economics), University of Southern California, 1997. Leonard, Mark, Associate Professor of Economics, Ph.D. (Economics), University of Kansas, 2007. Galletly, John, Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D. (Elementary Particle Physics), University of Liverpool, 1971. Levchev, Vladimir, Associate Professor of Writing and Literature, M.F.A. (Creative Writing), The American University, 1996. (On sabbatical Ganchev, Alexander, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D. (Mathematics), spring 2018.) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. Levine, Ilya, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ph.D. (International Georgiev, Vladimir. Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Ph.D. Relations), University of Melbourne, 2013. (Informatics), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2015. Lingle-Martin, Melissa, Assistant Professor of Literature, Ph.D. (Literature and Terziev, Lubomir, Assistant Professor of Writing, Ph.D. (English Literature), Criticism), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2013. Sofia University, 2013. López-Vázquez, Lucía, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Ph.D. (Applied Timms, Giles, Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Linguistics), University of Vigo, 2016. M.F.A. (Animation), University of California, School of Theater, Film and Television, 2010. Lucci, Diego, Professor of History and Philosophy, Ph.D. (Philosophy), Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 2004. Todorova, Tamara, Associate Professor of Economics, Ph.D. (Economics), (On leave spring 2018.) Varna University of Economics, 2001. Lyons, Jonathan, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Ed.D. (Accounting White, Robert, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Ph.D. (Political Philosophy), Education), Kings College, University of London, 2011. University of Auckland, 2008. (Dean of Faculty.) Mihaila, Roxana, Instructor of European Studies, LLM (European Law), Wien, Markus, Professor of History, Ph.D. (History), European University Maastricht University, 2008. Institute, 2005. Miree, Lucia, Professor of Business Administration, Ph.D. (Organizational Zankina, Emilia, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D. (International Communication and Behavior), Florida State University, 1981. Affairs), University of Pittsburgh, 2010. (Provost.) Nikolova, Milena, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Ph.D. EMERITUS (Business Administration), The George Washington University, 2009. Bonev, Stoyan, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D. (Computer Nilsen, Jeffrey, Associate Professor of Economics, Ph.D. (Economics), Science), Technical University of Sofia, 1988. Princeton University, 1994. Mutafchiev, Ljuben, Professor of Statistics and Mathematical Statistics, Ph.D. Pantelides, Arthur, Assistant Professor of Business, Ph.D. (Engineering (Mathematics), Sofia University, 1977; D.Sc. in Mathematics, Bulgarian Management), The George Washington University, 2009. Academy of Sciences, 1993. Petkov, Rossen, Instructor of Marketing, MBA, Cotrugli Business School, 2012. Popov, Angel, Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D. (Mathematics), Sofia University, 1977. Phillips, Robert Jr., Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D. (International Studies), University of South Carolina, 1991. Stefanovich, Mark, Professor of Anthropology and Archeology, Ph.D. (Archeology), University of California, Los Angeles, 1989; D.Sc. Sardamov, Ivelin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D. (Government (History), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1998. and International Studies), University of Notre Dame, 1998. IN MEMORIAM Schwartz, Daniel, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Ph.D. (Philosophy), University of California – San Diego, 2014. Cyrus, Edgar Allan (“Al”), Visiting Professor of Fine Arts, M.F.A. (Theatre), Western Reserve University, 1966. (AUBG, 1992-93.) Snyder, Charles, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Ph.D. (Philosophy), New School for Social Research, 2014. (Spring 2018.) Eastergard, Alf, Associate Professor of Accounting, Ph.D. (Business Administration), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989. Stantcheva, Diana, Associate Professor of German, Ph.D. (German Linguistics), (AUBG, 1997-2013.) Humboldt University in Berlin, 2002. Mullen, Filitsa, Assistant Professor of Writing and Literature, M.A. (English), Stoilov, Anton, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D. (Computer Kent State University, 1986. (AUBG, 2004-17.) Science), South-West University, 2016. Tanasoiu, Cosmina, Associate Professor of European Studies, Ph.D. (European Stoytchev, Orlin, Professor of Physics, Ph.D. (Mathematical Physics), Virginia Studies), University of West of England, 2003. (AUBG, 2002-16.) Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR Sullivan, Steven, Associate Professor of Economics, Ph.D. (Economics), University of Wisconsin, 1991. (President.) Scinto, Jesse, Instructor of Journalism and Mass Communication, M.S. (Strategic Communications), 2012. (Spring 2018.) BALKAN SCHOLARS Nankov, Milan. Instructor of Computer Science, B.A. (Computer Science and Economics), American University in Bulgaria, 2008. Mullen, John, Assistant Professor of Writing and Literature, Ph.D. (English), Kent State University, 1996. Nikolova, Olga, Assistant Professor of Writing & Literature, Ph.D. (English and American Literature and Language), Harvard University, 2005. Ryskulova, Nargyza, Instructor of Journalism and Mass Communications, M.A. (International Journalism), City University, 2012. Parmakova, Maia, Instructor of Strategies for Academic Success, MBA, University of the Pacific, 2003. ADJUNCT Penchev, Issay, Instructor of Fine Arts, M.A. (Drawing), National Academy of Atanasova, Evelina, Instructor of Computer Science, M.A. (IT Project Fine Arts, 1997. Management), New Bulgarian University, 2016. Popov, Todor, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D. (Mathematical Baykushev, Metody, Assistant Professor of Business Law, LL.M., Sofia Physics), Université Paris XI, 2003. University, 2004. Ravnopolska-Dean, Anna-Maria, Professor of Music, A.D. (Harp), Indiana Burke-Kirova, Molly, Instructor of Writing, B.A., National College of Art and University; Ph.D. (Musicology), New Bulgarian University, 2002. Design, 1985. Stoychev, Krassimir, Professor of Natural Sciences, Ph.D. (Physics), Bulgarian Clark, William, Assistant Professor of Natural Science, Ph.D. (Forest Science), Academy of Sciences, 1989. Pennsylvania State University, 2005. Tuparov, Georgi, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D. (Computer Dimov, Vasil, Instructor of Computer Science, M.Sc. (Software Engineering) Science), Technical University of Sofia, 2004. Sofia University, 2017. Wien, Sabina A., Instructor of Bulgarian, M.A. (English and American Studies), Dourchev, Alexander, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Sofia University, 1999; М.А. (German as a Foreign Communication, EMBA, American University in Bulgaria, 2006. Language/Transnational Germanic Studies; Intercultural Guelev, Dimitar, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D. (Mathematical Communication; Slavic Studies) LMU Munich, 2006. Logic), Sofia University, 2001. Worth, Augustine, Instructor of English Writing, M.A. (History), National Iliev, Valentin, Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D. (Mathematics), Sofia University of Ireland, Maynooth, 1999. University, 1980; D.Sc., Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, 2009. Kanev, Peter, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Ph.D. (Journalism Ethics), Sofia University, 2016. Karpouzanov, Momtchil, Assistant Professor of Business and Economics, Ph.D. (Economics), Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, 2009. Kolarov, Todor, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ph.D. (Public International Law), Paisii Hilendarsi University School of Law, 2012. Konedareva, Senem, Assistant Professor of Language and Culture Studies, Ph.D. (Bulgarian Philology), South-West University, 2015. Krotev, Hristo, Professor of Fine Arts, Ph.D. (Music), State Academy of Music, 2000. Mikov, Mihail. Instructor of Computer Science, B.A. (Computer Science), American University in Bulgaria, 2010. Mitreva, Emanuela, Instructor of Computer Science, M.Sc. (IT Services), Sofia University, 2011. BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUSTEES EMERITUS (as of 20 May 2017) Mr. Claude Janssen. Honorary Chair of the International Council and Chair of the Mr. Ivan M. Manev, Chair, Dean of the Maine Business School at the University of Board, INSEAD, Paris, France. Maine, University of Maine, USA. STAFF TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ambassador Elena Poptodorova, Deputy Chair, Director, Euro-Atlantic Affairs, Ms. Yana Simeonova, Clerk to the Board, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria. AUBG REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr. Andrey Delchev, Managing Partner, Eurolex Bulgaria OOD, Sofia, Bulgaria. Associate Professor Robert Phillips, Faculty Representative to the Board. Ms. Carolyn Stefanco, President, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, USA. Professor Evelina Kelbetcheva, Alternate Faculty Representative to the Board. Ms. Elena Fernandez-Bollo, an independent Strategy and Marketing Consultant, Ms. Karina Barambayeva, Student Representative to the Board. Brussels, Belgium; former Gillette Global Vice-President, with more than 30-year experience in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, with Gillette and P&G. Ms. Elena Marinova, Founder and President, Musala Soft Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria. Mr. Gerard van der Sluys, (ex-officio) Chair of the University Council, AUBG. Mr. J.K. Fagan, Vice President and Treasurer, State Street Bank GmbH, Munich, Germany. H.R.H. Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria. Mr. Joel Morse, Co-founder and CEO of C3i Inc., Morristown, NJ, USA. Mr. John F. Mahon, John M. Murphy Chaired Professor of Business Policy and Strategy and Professor of Management, Maine Business School at the University of Maine, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA. Mr. Pavel Ezekiev, Co-founder and General Partner, NEVEQ Capital Partners; Former Director and Country Head of Deutsche Bank Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria. Mr. Reggie Chandra, President and CEO, Rhythm Engineering, Kansas City, Missouri Area, USA. Ms. Rumyana Trencheva ('00), Managing Director at SAP South East Europe, Sofia, Bulgaria. Mr. Stephen Auth, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Federated Equities, NY, NY, USA. Mr. Svetlozar Petrov, Managing Director, JobTiger Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria. Mr. Thomas Celli, President, Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects and Planners, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Mr. Thomas Higgins, Managing Partner, Balkan Accession Fund, Sofia, Bulgaria. Ms. Victoria Entwistle, Managing Director, Magnolia Advisory, London, UK. Mr. Yavor Georgiev, CEO, Parvi May AD, Silistra, Bulgaria. UNIVERSITY COUNCIL CONTACT INFORMATION American University in Bulgaria (as of 20 May 2017) 1 Georgi Izmirliev Sq. Mr. Gerard D. van der Sluys, Chair Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Ms. Andrea Leskes www.aubg.edu Mr. Antoni Kamaras TELEPHONE INFORMATION Ms. Boriana Handjiyska To call a Blagoevgrad extension from off campus, you must dial 073-888 before Mr. Charles A. Fagan III the extension numbers listed. Mr. Chris von Christierson To call a Sofia extension from off campus, dial 02-960-79xx. Mr. Claude Janssen If calling from abroad, Bulgaria's country code is 359. Mr. David Flanagan (+ 359 73) 888 ext. – for Blagoevgrad Mr. Diko Mihov (+ 359 2) 960 79xx – for Sofia Mr. Dimiter Christof GPS COORDINATES Ms. Elizabeth Kostova ABF = America for Bulgaria Student center (Skaptopara Campus) Mr. Elvin Guri GPS: 42.011889, 23.0925433 Mr. Francois Riston BAC = Balkanski Academic center (Skaptopara Campus) Mr. George Soros GPS: 42.0128991, 23.0929574 Mr. Georgi Fotev EC = Elieff Center (Sofia) Mr. Gregory S. Prince, Jr. GPS: 42.6508941, 23.3391918 Mr. Iliya Lingorski MB = Main Building (Center) Ms. Iveta Gigova GPS: 42.0213077, 23.0933378 Mr. John W. Gulliver SK I, II, III = Skaptopara Residence Halls I, II, III (Skaptopara Campus) GPS: 42.013348, 23.0937993 Ambassador John K. Menzies Mr. John Train MAILING ADDRESSES Ms. Karen Boucias American University in Bulgaria – Blagoevgrad Mr. Leon Selig 1 Georgi Izmirliev Sq. Ms. Marianne M. Keler Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Mr. Minko Balkanski Fax: (+ 359 73) 883 227 Baroness Patricia Rawlings American University in Bulgaria – Sofia Mr. Penyo Hadjiev Elieff Center for Education and Culture Ms. Petia Dimitrova 1 Universitetski Park St., Studentski Grad Mr. Philippe Bertherat Sofia 1700, Bulgaria Ms. Ralitsa Nikolaeva Switchboard: (+359 2) 960 7910 Mr. Richard Ramsden Fax: (+359 2) 961 6010 Mr. Spas Dimitrov American University in Bulgaria – United States Mr. Thomas Bird 910 17th St., N.W. Mr. Yoto Yotov Suite 1100 Ms. Youlia Berberian-Maleeva Washington D.C. 20006 Office / Position Name E-mail Location Telephone Dean of Faculty [email protected] fax:(+359 73) 888 153 Accounting fax: (+359 73) 888 157 Dean of Faculty Robert White [email protected] BAC 105 420 Director Administrative Assistant Evgenia MacDonald [email protected] BAC 105 409 Finance and Accounting Anelia Stoyanova [email protected] MB 101a 358 Dean of Students Senior Accountant Grorgi Smilkov [email protected] MB 107 357 See Student Services

Admissions fax: (+359 73) 883 444 Development Office [email protected] Director Boryana Shalyavska [email protected] ABF 6213 218 Senior Development Peter Ivanov [email protected] EC 109 22 Assistant Director Anatolie Cernii [email protected] ABF 6213 219 Manager Administrative Assistant Maria Petrova [email protected] ABF 6213 111 Individual Donations Nadejda Michkova [email protected] MB 104 366 Coordinator Advising Center Coordinator Maia Parmakova [email protected] ABF 6202 529 Dining Services Manager Olga Draganova [email protected] ABF 6303 120 Alumni Affairs Manager Martina Vezenkova [email protected] MB 104 310 Elearn Office Coordinator MB 104 372 Coordinator Evelina Terzieva [email protected] BAC 106 220 Bookstore Elieff Center for Education and Culture fax: (+359 2) 961 6010 Manager Daniela Kostova [email protected] ABF 109 Marketing and Events Maria Ilieva [email protected] EC 111 25 Coordinator Business Office Katya Karadzhova [email protected] MB 108b 351 English Language Institute fax (+359 73) 883 225 Director Asya Aleksandrova [email protected] ELI 22 556 Career Center fax: (+359 73) 883 226 Administrative Assistant Zlatina Elezova [email protected] ELI 1 555 Coordinator Ivaylo Aksharov [email protected] ABF 6202 521 Academic Program Administrative Assistant Rumyana Hristova [email protected] ABF 6202 522 Coordinator Stanislava Gurova [email protected] ELI 1 552 Communications and Computing fax: (+359 73) 888 188 Facilities - Blagoevgrad Director Latchezar Filchev [email protected] MB 118 346 Director of Facilities Lyudmila Dzakova [email protected] MB 106b 350 Technical/Administrative Dessislava Ilieva [email protected] MB 118 333 Administrative Assistant Asya Tsvetkova [email protected] MB 106b 376 Assistant Skaptopara /BAC/ABF Plamen Ivanov [email protected] BAC 328 550 Facilities- Sofia Residence Hall Facilities Manager Yanko Boyanov [email protected] EC 110 20 Computing Manager BAC Computing Reynaldo Argir [email protected] BAC 328 560 Faculty Offices fax: (+359 73) 888 153 Administrator Administrative Assistant Stoyan Stoyanov [email protected] MB 219 408 Administrative Assistant Stefka Atanasova [email protected] BAC 327 471 Communications and Marketing Marketing and PR Lead Albena Kehayova [email protected] ABF 6305 215 Finance & Administration fax: (+359 73) 880 826 Web Content Editor Sofia Volkhonskaya [email protected] ABF 6305 323 Vice-President for Alexander Alexandrov [email protected] MB 102 360 and Producer Finance & Administration Digital Marketing Teodora Georgieva [email protected] ABF 6305 371 Financial Assistant Ellen Djampalska [email protected] MB 102 308 Coordinator Financial Aid Communications Despina [email protected] ABF 6305 373 Coordinator Kristina Doneva [email protected] ABF 6213 222 Development Manager Koleva-Hristova Graduate Programs [email protected] fax: (+359 2) 961 6010 Conferences, Institutes, and Events Director Manager Radosveta Miltcheva [email protected] ABF 6303 212 EMBA Coordinator Pavlina Atke [email protected] EC 211 44 External Events Antoniya Arnautska [email protected] ABF 6303 212 Assistant Health Center fax: (+359 73) 888 155 University Events Rumiana Boshkilova [email protected] ABF 6303 212 Director Ventsislav Daskalov [email protected] SK I 207 Assistant Administrative Asst./ Senem Konedareva [email protected] SK I 208 Health Educator Counseling Center Coordinator /Psychologist Zhulieta [email protected] ABF 6203 517 Tsaneva-Kuzmanska Human Resources [email protected] fax: (+359 73) 885 571 Skaptopara I HR Director Residence Hall Director Ivan Amov [email protected] SK I, 1101 525 HR Partner Ruska Atanasova [email protected] MB 103a 328 Reception 512, 513 HR Partner Elena Bardarova [email protected] MB 103a 309 Café 526 Institutional Research Skaptopara II Coordinator Vladimir Elezov [email protected] MB 109b 229 Residence Hall Director Ilko Drenkov [email protected] SK II, 2122 542 Reception 543, 544 International Student Services Coordinator Pavlina [email protected] ABF 6206 519 Skaptopara III Pavlova - Urdeva Residence Hall Director Iliyan Stamatov [email protected] SK III, 3101 572 Administrative Assistant Viktor Draganov [email protected] ABF 6206 524 Reception 573, 574 Library (Panitza Library) fax: (+359 73) 888 377 Sports Activities nd Director Nikolina Ivanova-Bell [email protected] Library, 2 348 Sports Activities Manager Yasen Nedelchev [email protected] ABF Gym 516 floor Head of Access Services Toshka Borisova [email protected] 354 Student Government [email protected] SK I, 1031 528 President's Office [email protected] Student Loans fax: (+359 73) 888 152 President Steve Sullivan [email protected] MB 101 307 Senior Coordinator Lyuba Tomova [email protected] ABF 6213 311 EC 401 11 Coordinator Venera Nikolaeva [email protected] ABF 6213 302 Executive Assistant Asen Dimitrov [email protected] MB 101 307 Student Services fax: (+359 73) 888 169 Clerk to the Board of Yana Simeonova [email protected] MB 101 306 Trustees and University Dean of Students Lydia Krise [email protected] ABF 6209 520 Relations Coordinator Administrative Assistant Violeta Angelova [email protected] ABF 6208 518 ERASMUS Coordinator, Mariya Handzhiyska [email protected] ABF 6205 531 Provost [email protected] Financial Assistant Provost Emilia Zankina [email protected] MB 105 410 Assistant / Tanya Papazova [email protected] MB 105 411 Writing Center fax: (+359 73) 888 399 Accreditation Coordinator Coordinator Lisa Clark [email protected] ABF 6202 527 Administrative Assistant Yulia Pechanova [email protected] MB 105 305 External Projects Teodora Dinova [email protected] MB 105 362 Coordinator Purchasing, Customs, Mail, and Travel Office fax: (+359 73) 888 161 Manager Zdravka [email protected] MB 106 320 Bojinova -Trouchanova Customs Relations and Valentin Kovachev [email protected] MB 106 347 Driver Supplier Registrar’s Office [email protected] Registrar Tania Markova [email protected] ABF 6211 221 Administrative Assistant Maria Sotirova [email protected] ABF 6211 223

Residence Life and Housing fax: (+359 73) 883 228 Director Todor Kehayov [email protected] ABF 6204 515 Administrative Assistant Kristina Stamatova [email protected] ABF 6204 514 Building Manager Kamelia Ivanova [email protected] SK I 1022 511 Security Office Manager Ilko Vangelov [email protected] MB 1 106 STREET ADDRESSES INDEX Blagoevgrad, 3 Community, 2 Computing, 7 Academic Calendar America for Bulgaria Student Center Conference, Institutes, and Events 2017-18, iii Office, 7 12 Svoboda Bachvarova Street 2018-19, iv Contact Information, 185 Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Academic Hours, 39 Cooperative Relationships, 7 Academic Integrity, 29 Equal Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Academic Probation. See Academic Balkanski Academic Center Policy, 3 Standing Graduate Programs, 3 8 Svoboda Bachvarova Street Academic Records, 39 History, 5 Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Academic Standing, 40 Liberal Learning, 1 Academic Warning. See Academic GPS Coordinates, 185 Panitza Library Standing Mailing Addresses, 185 Accounting, 73, See Business 8 Svoboda Bachvarova Street Mission, 1 Administration Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Panitza Library, 5 Add/Drop Week, 42 Phone, 185 Administrative Withdrawal Street Addresses, 190 Elieff Center for Education and Culture From a Course, 42 Student-Centered Learning, 1 From the University, 42 1 Universitetski Park St., Studentski Grad Audit (a Course), 44 Sofia 1700, Bulgaria Admissions, 9 Advanced Placement, 12 Board Of Trustees, 182 Application, 9 Main Building Representatives, 183 Application Essay, 11 Staff, 183 1 Georgi Izmirliev Sq. Application Form, 9 Trustees Emeritus, 183 Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Application Materials, 10 Bookstore, 6 Conditional Admittance, 12 Bulgarian State Exams, 43 Diplomas (Educational Records), 11 Skaptopara I Residence Hall Business. See Business Administration English-Language Proficiency, 10 Business Administration, 71 4 Svoboda Bachvarova Street First-Year Applicants, 12 Accounting, 73 Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria High School Transcripts (Educational Concentrations, 73 Records), 11 Courses, 118 Skaptopara II Residence Hall International Baccalaureate Program, 12 Entrepreneurship, 100 Letters of Recommendation, 12 6 Svoboda Bachvarova Street Finance, 73 Notification and Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Graduate Programs, 3 Confirmation Deposit, 9 Integrated Marketing SAT/ACT, 11 Communications, 106 Skaptopara III Residence Hall Transfer Applicants, 13 Major, 71 Visiting Student Applicants, 13 2 Svoboda Bachvarova Street Management, 74 Advising Center, 24 Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria Marketing, 73 Anthropology. See History and Civilizations Campus Buildings and Grounds, 26 Courses, 117 Career Center, 24 Minor, 98 Certified Diploma Copies, 17 Arts, Languages, and Literature, 59 Class Attendance, 43 Athletics, 28 Clubs and Organizations, 28 AUBG Computer Science, 74 About, 1 Courses, 124 Accreditation (U.S. & Bulgarian), 2 Major, 74 Aspirations, 1 Minor, 98 Counseling Center, 25 Faculty Major, 82 Major Programs Course Material Download Fee, 15 Adjunct, 180 Holidays Dual-diploma Majors, 60 Course Overload, 54 Balkan Scholars, 180 Academic Calendar 2017–18, iii Single-diploma Majors, 60 Curriculum Changes, 44 Emeritus, 179 Academic Calendar 2018–19, iv Majors (Declaring and Changing), 44 Fulbright Scholar, 179 Religious, 56 Management, 74, See Business Dean's List, 49 Full-Time, 176 Honors, 61 Administration Department In Memoriam, 179 Hours Attempted. See Academic Hours Marketing, 73, See Business Arts, Languages, and Literature, 59 Film Studies. See Arts, Languages, and Hours Earned. See Academic Hours Administration Business, 59 Literature Hours Earned in Residence. See Mathematics. See Mathematics and Computer Science, 59 Minor, 101 Academic Hours Science History and Civilizations, 59 Final Examinations, 46 Housing Confirmation Deposit, 15 Courses, 159 Journalism and Mass Communication, Schedule, 46 Major, 92 59 Finance, 73, See Business Administration Independent Study, 50 Minor, 108 Mathematics and Science, 59 Financial Aid, 18 Course Code, 116 Statistics (Course), 175 Politics and European Studies, 59 Fine Arts. See Arts, Languages, and Information Systems. See Computer Mathematics and Science, 59 Dining Services, 26 Literature Science Meal Plan Deposit, 16 Diploma Duplicates, 17 Courses, 142 Courses, 151 Medical Leave of Absence, 54 Double-Counting Courses, 45 Minor, 102 Major, 84 Mid-Semester Progress Reports, 54 Full-Time Status, 47 Minor, 104 Minor Programs, 60 Economics Integrated Marketing Communications. Modern Languages and Cultures Courses, 129 General Education See Business Administration & Courses, 162 Major, 78 Aesthetic Expression, 63 Journalism and Mass Communication Minor, 109 Minor, 100 Foundations Courses, 62 Minor, 106 Modern Languages and Literature, 70 English Historical Analysis, 64 International and Exchange Programs, 26 See Arts, Languages, and Literature Courses, 133 Textual Analysis, 65 International Study, 51 Courses, 162 English Language Institute, 20 Modes of Inquiry and Descriptions, 62 Internship Certificate of Advanced English Moral and Philosophical Reasoning, 67 Academic, 51 Overload Fee, 16 (Summer Intensive), 22 Philosophy of, 62 Professional, 52 SAT I (Summer Intensive), 22 Quantitative Reasoning, 67 Pass/Fail, 55 Test Center, 23 Scientific Investigation, 68 Journalism and Mass Communication, 87 Performing Arts, 28 TOEFL (Summer Intensive), 21 Social and Cultural Analysis, 69 Courses, 154 Philosophy. See History and Civilizations TOEFL iBT Center, 23 Good Standing. See Academic Standing Integrated Marketing Communications, Courses, 169 TOEFL, SAT, CAE, IELTS GPA Hours. See Academic Hours 106 Philosophy and Religion. See History and Preparation, 21 Grade Changes, 47 Major, 87 Civilizations University Preparatory Program, 20 Grade Point Average (GPA), 48 Minor, 107 Courses, 169, 172 Enrollment (Deferred), 45 In Major, 48 Tracks, 89 Minor, 112 Entrepreneurship. See Business Grades Political Science and International Administration Failing and Unsatisfactory, 49 Late Drop/Add Fee, 16 Relations. See Politics and European Courses, 138 Incomplete, 49 Late Payment Fee, 16 Studies Minor, 100 Non-Credit, 49 Late Withdrawal/Leave of Absence Fee, Courses, 170 European Studies. See Politics and Grading System, 48 16 Major, 94 European Studies Graduation Fee, 15 Late-Arriving Students, 53 Minor, 113 Courses, 140 Graduation Requirements, 50 Leave of Absence, 53 Politics and European Studies, 59 Major, 80 Graduation with Honors, 48 Library (Panitza), 5 Courses, 140, 170 Minor, 101 Literature. See English, See Arts, Pre-Registration, 55 Excess Credit Hour Fee, 16 Health Center, 26 Languages, and Literature President's List, 49 Exclusion, 45 History Major (Single Diploma), 90 Psychology. See Politics and European Executive MBA Program. See Business Minor, 104 Minor, 107 Studies Administration History and Civilizations, 82 Courses, 172 Courses, 145 Public Policy. See Politics and European Textbooks. See Bookstore Studies Transcript and Certificate Fee, 16 Courses, 170 Transcripts and Copies/Duplicates of Minor, 114 Diplomas, 56 Transfer Credit Policy, 56 Refund Policy, 14 Tuition and Fees, 14 Registration, 56 Full-Time Students, 14 Religion. See History and Civilizations Part-Time Students, 14 Courses, 172 Repeating a Course, 56 University Council, 184 Residence Life and Housing, 27 Unscheduled Class Meetings, 57

Science. See Mathematics and Science Visas and Insurance, 14 Courses, 173 Self-Designed Major Withdrawal Courses, 174 From Courses, 58 Major (Single Diploma), 95 From the University, 58 Southeast European Studies. See History Writing. See Arts, Languages, and and Civilizations Literature Courses, 175 Writing-Intensive Courses, 70 Minor, 114 Stationary. See Bookstore Student Accounts, 15 Student Assistants Program, 19 Student Conduct Council, 28 Student Government, 28 Student Loans, 19 Suspension and Dismissal. See Academic Standing