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MA Program in Semiotics

Program council: Assoc. Prof. Ivan Kassabov (Chair); Prof. Bogdan Bogdanov, D.Sc.; Prof. Maria Popova, D. Sc.; Prof. Ivanka Apostolova, D.Sc.; Prof. Miroslav Dachev, D.Sc.; Assoc. Prof. Moni Almaleh, D.Sc.; Assoc. Prof. Borislav Gueorguiev; Acoss. Prof. Georg Kraev; Assoc. prof. Kristian Bankov; Dr. Veronika Azarova; Vladimir Ignatov.

Education level: Graduate, MA

Duration: 3 semesters

Required credits: 105 (including defense of Master’s thesis – 15)

MA program in Semiotics offers more than 40 cources and students may choose their educational plan.

Master program in Semioitcs

For information:

tel., fax: +359 2 8110 171

e-mail: semiotics@nbu.bg or kunsttrans@yahoo.com

PhD PROGRAM SEMIOTICS

The applicants must have a Master’s degree.

REQUIREMENTS:

Total credits: 180

Courses: 10 credits

-courses – 6 credits

-Early Fall School of Semiotics – 4 credits

Teaching: 20 credits

-lectures – 10 credits

-– 2 credits

-preparation of new courses – 4 credits

-tutorials – 2 credits

-seminars – 2 credits

-thesis supervision of MA students of Semiotics – 2 credits

Research work: - 75 credits

- publication of scholarly paper

in international edition – 20 credits

in Bulgarian edition – 10 credits

- publication of research paper:

in international edition – 20 credits

in Bulgarian edition – 10 credits

- report at a conference – 5 credits

- scientific paper at a conference – 5 credits

- internship – 10 credits

- practice at a scientific institution – 15 credits

Doctoral qualifying examination – 30 credits

Doctoral dissertation - 45 credits

Doctor of NBU Degree

International board

Prof. Roland Posner (Research Center for Semiotics of the Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Prof. Jean Umiker-Sebeok (Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies, Indiana University, USA); Prof. William Watt (Depertament of Cognitive Science, University of California, Irvine, USA); Prof. Joelle Rethore (Fakulte des Sciences Humaines Perpignan, France); Prof. Eero Tarasti (University of Helsinki, Finland); Prof. Alexandros Lagopoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Prof. Karin Boklund-Lagopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Prof. Louis Panier (Universite Catholique de Lyon, France); Prof. Jorgen Johansen (Center for Literature and Semiotics, Odense Universitet, Denmark), Prof. John Deely (University of Houston, USA)

The admission

In MA and PhD programs in semiotcs for academic year 2005/2006.

Directors of the programs:

PhD program -

Prof. Maria Popova, D. Sc.

MA program -

Dr. Veronika Azarova

ECTS Coordinator:

Assoc. prof. Kristian Bankov

21 Montevideo str.,

Sofia 1618

Bulgaria

Tel.: +359 2 8110111

e-mail: kbankov@omega.bg

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