Master Degree Programme
Artistic Psycho-Social Practices
A joint programme of the New Bulgarian University
and The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate "Andrey
Nikolov"
Academic year 2006-2007
Programme Council: Dr. David
Ieroham, M.D. (Chairman), Members: Dr. David Ieroham, M.D.,
Dr. Diana Tzirkova, Prof. Kamelia Nikolova, PhD, Tzvetelina
Iossifova, Ass. Prof. Vazkressia Vicharova, Zlatko Teoharov
Directors: Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., Tzvetelina Iossifova
The programme is given by:
Theatre Department
Programme reviewers: Prof.
Dr. Thomas Schwinger – Dr. phil. habil., Psychologe; Psychodramatherapeut
(DFP/DAGG), Supervisor (DGSv), Professor fur Sozialtherapie
an der Evangelischen Fachhochschule Darmstadt; Privatdozent
fur Psychologie an der Westfalischen Wilhelms-Universitat
Munster/Westfalen; Professor Dr. Ivailo Ditchev, PhD – Lecturer
in Cultural anthropology at the Sofia University, Faculty
of Philosophy; Vessela Banova – Clinical Psychologist, lecturer
in Psychology and Clinical Psychology programmes at the
New Bulgarian University
Specialty and professional qualification:
Art and Social Work and Practice; Consultant in the Social
Field through Artistic (Expressive) Means; Mater in Artistic
Psycho-Social Practices
Specialization:
Theatre in the Social Work and Practice, Psychodrama, Sociometry
and Group Dynamics
Competences:
The graduates are specialists in the filed of the artistic
psycho-social practices, who:
o Know the man and his/her environment as well as their
relationships through the perspective of the creativity
and spontaneity as basic qualities of the personal growth
and autonomy;
o Have knowledge to work with people based on the different
expressive psycho-social approaches – psychodrama, sociometry,
group dynamics, role analysis, role playing, etc. – for
improving the social functioning of man and increasing his/her
existential and personal effectiveness;
o Have ability to undertake different counseling practices
with individuals, groups, communities and institutions in
the filed of arts, education, social work, health services,
etc.;
o Have knowledge and abilities to work in interdisciplinary
teams with artists, psychologists, pedagogues, social workers,
medical doctors, managers, educators and other specialists
and realize artistic and other projects with socially disadvantaged
people, people trying to improve their personal and social
skills, people suffering from mental illnesses, victims
of violence, addicts, people with special needs;
o Could work within individual, group and organizational
context for problem-solving, decision-making, optimization
of interpersonal relationships, organizational functioning,
the management of people, teams, etc.;
o Could carry out scientific research in the field of the
arts and the human interactions in different cultural contexts.
Additional admission requirements:
The MA programme is designed for people who have at least
a bachelor degree in one or more of the following fields:
o Various Arts (Theatre, Drama, Performance, Music, Visual
Arts, Dance, etc.);
o Psychology, Social work, Pedagogy, Humanities, Sociology,
Philosophy, Economics, Medicine;
o Cultural Management, Cultural Policy, Cultural Anthropology,
etc.
The admission to the programme is based on
1. motivational essay
2. interview
Requirements:
Total credits: 105
Of those: Auditoria courses – 45 credits; Non-auditoria
educational forms – 30 credits; Practice – 15 credits; Master’s
dissertation – 15 credits
FIRST SEMESTER
Auditoria courses
o Thematic Module “Theoretical Psycho-Social Models”
APPM102 The Drama of Personality in the Different Psychological
Theories (The Playing Man)
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., Zlatko Teoharov, 40 hours, 4 credits
APPM103 Interpretation and Psychodrama of Fairy
Tales
Dr. Diana Tzirkova, Malen Malenov, 30 hours, 3 credits
APPM104 Socio-metrical Approaches
Zlatko Teoharov, 30 hours, 1 semester, 3 credits
o Thematic Module “Practical Psycho-Social Approaches”
APPM101 Introduction into Active Methods and Approaches
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., Tzvetelina Iossifova, 60 hours,
1 semester, 6 credits
APPM206 Practical Seminar of Guest-Lecture and Team
guest-lecturer and team of guest-lecturers, 30 hours, 3
credits
APPM308 The Puppets and Their Role in Psycho-Social
Context
team, 30 hours, 3 credits
APPM315 Music-Therapy
team, 30 hours, 3 credits
Non-auditoria educational forms
APPM107 Participation in Research Projects under
Supervision
4 credits
APPM110 Practical Course of Guest-Lecturer and Team
guest-lecturer and team of guest-lecturers, 30 hours, 3
credits
APPM 312 Individual Work (Research, Analysis, Project
Development)
3 credits
APPM314 Participation in Conferences, Seminars,
etc. with Scientific Paper
3 credits
APPM211 Practice
5 credits
SECOND SEMESTER
Auditoria courses
o Thematic Module “Theoretical Psycho-Social Models”
APPM106 Theoretical Course of Guest-Lecture and
Team
guest-lecture or team of guest-lectures, 30 hours, 3 credits
APPM202 The Man and His/Her Relations (The Man in
the Context)
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D. Zlatko Teoharov, 40 hours, 4 credits
APPM203 Psychological Theories of Development from
the Outlook of Drama
Dr. Diana Tzirkova, Iovko Ivanov, 40 hours, 1 semester,
4 credits
APP212 Archetypes, symbols, roles. K. G. Jung and
J. Moreno
team, 30 hours, 1 semester, 3 credits
APPM303 Psychoanalysis of Art
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., Tzvetelina Iossifova, 30 hours,
1 semester, 3 credits
APPM304 Non-script Drama
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D. and team, 30 hours, 1 semester,
3 credits
o Thematic Module “Practical Psycho-Social Approaches”
APPM116 Practical Course of Guest-Lecturer and Team
guest-lecturer and team of guest-lecturers, 30 hours, 1
semester, 3 credits
APPM201 Practical Role-Training - part I
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., Dr. Evgenii Genchev, M.D., Tzvetelina
Iossifova and team, 40 hours, 1 semester, 4 credits
APPM204 Psychodramatic Action (seminar)
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., 30 hours, 3 credits
o Thematic Module “Cultural Theories and Models”
APPM309 The Culture As Project. My Project in Culture
Tzvetelina Iossifova and team, 30 hours, 1 semester, 3 credits
Non-auditoria educational forms
APPM107 Participation in Research Projects under Supervision
4 credits
APPM110 Practical Course of Guest-Lecturer and Team
guest-lecturer and team of guest-lecturers, 30 hours, 3
credits
APPM 312 Individual Work (Research, Analysis, Project
Development)
3 credits
APPM313 Public Presentations
3 credits
APPM314 Participation in Conferences, Seminars,
etc. with Scientific Paper
3 credits
APPM211 Practice
5 credits
THIRD SEMESTER
Auditoria courses
o Thematic Module “Theoretical Psycho-Social Models”
APPM302 Psychodrama and Psychoanalysis
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., 30 hours, 1 semester, 3 credits
APPM306 Theoretical Course of Guest-Lecturer and
Team
guest-lecturer and team of guest-lecturers, 30 hours, 1
semester, 3 credits
o Thematic Module “Practical Psycho-Social Approaches”
APPM205 Play-back Theatre (seminar)
Marianne Tobler-Schkoeziger, lic. Phil. I, Juergen Hermann,
30 hours, 3 credits
APP213 Experiential Work with Families
Roumen Georgiev, 30 hours, 3 credits
APPM301 Practical Role-Training - part II
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., Dr. Evgenii Genchev, M.D., Tzvetelina
Iossifova and team, 30 hours, 3 credits
APPM305 Art-Therapy
Galina Dojchinova, Roumen Georgiev, 30 hours, 3 credits
APPM306 Theoretical Seminar of Guest-Lecturer and
Team (The Development of Psychotherapeutic Idea)
guest-lecturer and team of guest-lecturers, 30 hours, 3
credits
APPM307 Psychodrama of Dreams
Dr. David Ieroham, M.D., Tzvetelina Iossifova, 30 hours,
3 credits
APPM108 Specialized language learning
2 credits
o Thematic Module “Cultural Theories and Models”
APPM210 Ritual-Theatre-Ritual (seminar)
Ass. Prof. Vazkressia Vicharova, 30 hours, 3 credits
APPM310 Philosophy, Aesthetic and Practice of Grotowski,
Brook, Barba and Lecoq
Ass. Prof. Vazkressia Vicharova, Deljana Maneva, Elena Panayotova
and team, 30 hours, 3 credits
APPM311 The End of Interpretations
Prof. Kamelia Nikolova, PhD., Dr. Iskra Nikolova, Ass. Prof.
Nikolay Iordanov, PhD., Dr. Romeo Popiliev, 30 hours, credits
Non-auditoria educational forms
APPM107 Participation in Research Projects under Supervision
4 credits
APPM110 Practical Course of Guest-Lecturer and Team
guest-lecturer and team of guest-lecturers, 30 hours, 3
credits
APPM 312 Individual Work (Research, Analysis, Project
Development
3 credits
APPM313 Public Presentations
3 credits
APPM314 Participation in Conferences, Seminars,
etc. with Scientific Paper
3 credits
APPM211 Practice
5 credits
CONSULTATIONS, ADMISSION, INSCRIPTIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
In advance questions can
be addressed to tzviossifova@redhouse-sofia.org
and apsp2002@hotmail.com
or to telephones (+ 359 2) 988 81 88, 986 44 16 and (+ 359
888) 95 25 00
Consultations with MA programme directors
will take place from 1.00 p.m. till 3.00 p.m. on the following
dates:
Date:
September 7th 2006 (Thursday)
Where:
New Bulgarian University, 21, Montevideo St., Sofia 1635
– corpus I, hall 130
Date:
September 21st 2006 (Thursday)
Where:
New Bulgarian University, 21, Montevideo St., Sofia 1635
– corpus I, hall 130
Date:
October 3rd 2006 (Tuesday)
Where:
New Bulgarian University, 21, Montevideo St., Sofia 1635
– corpus I˛, Library meeting hall
Admission
The admission interviews will take place on October
4, 2006 (Wednesday) – from 11.00 a.m. till
3.00 p.m. at the New Bulgarian University, 21,
Montevideo St., Sofia 1635 – corpus II, Library meeting
hall.
The motivational essay should be prepared
in advance and submitted in written during the admission
exam.
The inscription of all admitted will take
place after October 4, 2006.
The New Bulgarian University offers opportunities
for getting scholarships. For more information
visit http://www.nbu.bg
