Erasmus ECTS Information Package

Erasmus ECTS Information Package
Faculty of EEEA
Intercultural Communication in the EU
ECTS credits: 3
Weekly classes: 1lec+2sem+0labs+0ps
Assessment: continuous assessment
Type of exam: written
Department involved:
Department of European Studies
Faculty of Business and Management
Lecturers:
Assoc.Prof. Juliana Popova, MSc, PhD, Dept.of European Studies, tel.: 888 811
Е-mail: juliana77popova@abv.bg
Abstract:
The subject matter of the discipline are cultural differences in perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and values, all of
which form the basis of existing cultures and cultural orientations. These often build up barriers to communication
in a multicultural environment. Their understanding and management makes the world of globalizing business
more open to contacts and supports the development of multicultural group management and the successful
functioning of multinational companies.
Course content:
Intercultural communication - functions, characteristics, elements of culture, the concepts of mine/ours-foreign and
otherness. Acquisition of one own's culture and foreign culture. The view on cultural grammar and the ideas of
eminent researchers in the field of Intercultural Communication. Communication and socio-psychological
peculiarities of Intercultural Communication. The processes of intercultural adaptation and cultural sensibilisation.
Multiculturalism and globalization. Management of multicultural teams.
Teaching and assessment:
Teaching technology envisages the acquisition of the course content through lectures and seminars whose goal is
active students’ participation in the development of the course units. The final ECTS grade in Intercultural
Communication is based on the results from three components: two multiple choice written tests, including also
case analysis (for each - 40%) and participation in discussions and presentations (20%).
Institutions and Decision-Making in the EU
ECTS credits: 2
Weekly classes: 0lec+2sem+0labs+0ps
Assessment: regular testing
Type of testing: written
Department involved:
Department of European Studies
Faculty of Business and Management
Lecturers: Emanuil Kolarov MSc, PhD, Dept.of European Studies, tel.: 888 811
E-mail: еkolarov@uni-ruse.bg
Abstract:
This interdisciplinary course aims to acquaint students with the institutional frame of the EU, its structure and the
intensive law-making processes taking place there. An additional emphasis is laid on those national institutions in
Bulgaria closely linked with the process of European integration and the decision-making there. Attention is paid to
the ongoing enlargement and the perspectives for the reformation of EU institutions.
Course content:
The EU as a legal body - division of competences among institutions and between the EU and its institutions, on
the one hand, and between member countries and their respective societies, on the other. EU institutions. Legal
acts of the EU: types, juristic action and procedures for their acceptance. The role of national institutions in EU
decision making. Bulgarian institutions linked with Euro-integration. The future of the EU.
Teaching and assessment:
Teaching is by seminars. A testing on a regular basis is provided. The semester finishes with a summarized test
for which the students should be able to show not only theoretical competence but skills to interpret concrete legal
situations from activities of EU institutions and their compatibility with the legislation of member or accession
countries. The final ECTS grade is based on three components: the result from the participation and attendance
during seminars, the regular and summarized control tests.
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