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University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski"

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NOTES:                 
·  Each academic year consists of three trimesters: Autumn, Winter and Spring. Examination weeks
  follow each of the trimesters. 
·  The contact hours in each trimester of the full-time (part-time, respectively) students are within of 
  10 weeks (3 weeks, respectively).
·  All subject entered in the Cirriculum are obligatory.
·  The elective courses can be practicums and seminars, too. They are elected by the students from
  a list endorsed by the Faculty Board. Besides them, facultative courses or practicums are offered
  each trimester.
·  If a student has taken exams on extra subjects, then they has been entered in the Diploma.
  The subjects, which are not included in the Cirriculum of the corresponding speciality, can be 
  recognized as elective courses, if they are completed with exams on other speciality of our or other 
  Faculty. 
·  The tuition finishes with a written state exam or a defence of the thesis paper.
·  The evaluation on given subject is doing at the exam within the examinational session following 
  each trimester or by continuous assessment within the trimester. 
·  1 ECTS credit = 25 hours of student workload = 33⅓ 45-minute academic hours of workload
·  Grading Scale, c.f. table below
                 
    Local Grading ECTS Grading        
    Grade  Definition Grade  Definition        
    6 EXCELLENT A EXCELLENT        
    5 VERY GOOD B VERY GOOD        
    4 GOOD C GOOD        
    3 SUFFICIENT D SATISFACTORY        
    3 SUFFICIENT E SUFFICIENT        
    2,5 POOR FX FAIL        
    2 POOR F FAIL        
                   
                 
                 
ABBREVIATIONS:               
  CH – contact hours; L – lectures; Lw – lectures per week; S – seminars; Sw – seminars per week; 
  Lb – laboratory classes; Lbw – laboratory classes per week; SP – self-preparation; T – total; 
  C – ECTS credits; TA – type of assessment; Y – academic year; Sn – season; N – trimester number;
  E – exam; CA – continuous assessment; P – pass; A – autumn, W – winter, S – spring.
   
   
   
PAISII HILENDARSKI UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV  
FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS  
                         
                         
                         
        Endorsed by  
        RECTOR  
          (Prof. DSc. I. KUTSAROV)  
      Academic Board Minutes No 14 / 25.04.2005  
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
CIRRICULUM  
                         
                         
                         
Area of Higher Education: NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS 
  AND INFORMATICS (4) 
Professional Stream:  MATHEMATICS (4.5)
Speciality: APPLIED MATHEMATICS 
Degree: MASTER
Professional Qualification:  MATHEMATICIAN 
Mode of Study:  FULL-TIME
Length of Program: 1 YEAR
   
   
   
Subjects CH L