Turizm İşletmeciliği (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

Goal of the program:

• To meet the needs of tourism sector related to mid-level and senior managers who speak foreign languages ​​and are committed to ethical values ​​to be employed in service sector enterprises such as accommodation, food and beverage, travel, transportation, congresses and conferences.
• To ensure that our students are equipped with characteristic that can constantly renew themselves with the awareness of lifelong learning.
• To raise students who can contribute to the production of scientific knowledge and have developed critical and creative thinking skills in the field of tourism, and who have stimulated scientific inquiry, research and curiosity.
• To contribute to the training of qualified academic staff through postgraduate programs.

• Education progresses in the forms of formal, open, or distance education. In addition, practical education is provided through internship studies, or professional training at laboratories and workshops within higher education institutions or in the industry, at health care institutions, and workplaces.

• Have a basic knowledge of theories, facts and principles related to tourism and tourism management.
• To have information about the economic, cultural, social and environmental dimensions of tourism.
• Have knowledge of general business and economics and understand the strategies of human resources management, food and beverage applications, accounting and finance, management and marketing and service marketing in tourism enterprises.
• Knows the national and international legal regulations, social, environmental and professional ethical values related to the field of tourism and develops appropriate behaviors to ethics.
• Demonstrates reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills in English at least at the B2 level of European Language Portfolio
• Demonstrates reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills at a general level of European Language Portfolio A2 in Russian, French, German or Spanish.
• Uses the information about Tourism and Hotel Management in the business settings and profession; use information and communication technologies and software related to the field.
• Carries out the service processes related to Tourism and Hotel Management in line with the needs and demands of the consumers and proposes solutions to the problems that will affect the service processes.
• Generates professional knowledge from the data and synthesizes, analyzes, interprets and evaluates the produced knowledge; gain the ability of doing research project preparation and using the information in solving the problems; makes personal and professional development permanent
• He / she takes care of personal care, hygiene, clothing and appearance as required by the tourism sector.
• Communicates effectively with written, oral, non-verbal and visual ways and demonstrates presentation skills, works effectively as a team and independently.
• Recognize and understand different cultures and interact with guests from different cultures.

The student possesses the following key competences at an advanced level.

• Competence in applying the methods relevant to the current issues of their own field
• Competence in reading and writing
• Digital competence
• Personal and social competence, and competence in learning to learn
• Citizenship competence
• Entrepreneurial competence
• Cultural awareness and competence in expression

(1) Students are given a letter grade for each course at the end of the semester they are registered in. This letter grade is determined by the instructor who teaches the course.

(2) The instructor is free to apply the method he/she will use in grading and may give a letter grade by adopting the method he/she deems appropriate, including the relative method.

(3) The method of calculating the letter grade by the instructor, the contribution of the students' attendance to the midterm and final exams or to the semester letter grade, the midterm exams, homework, practice and similar studies they are responsible for and their contribution to the semester letter grade, if any, the conditions for participating in the final exam and other issues affecting the letter grade are determined by the instructor and explained in the course syllabus given to the students at the beginning of the semester.

(4) The courses for which exemption exams will be given, the necessary conditions for exemption and the application principles are determined by the Senate.

(5) When deemed necessary, the conversion tables determined by the Council of Higher Education are used in converting the success grades obtained according to the four-point or one-point system to each other.

(6) Letter grades and their equivalents are given below:

Semester Course Grade Coefficient Point

AA 4.00 90-100

BA 3.50 85-89

BB 3.00 80-84

CB 2.50 75-79

CC 2.00 70-74

DC 1.50 65-69

DD 1.00 60-64

FD 0.50 50-59

FF 0.00 <50

a) I: Incomplete.

b) S: Successful.

c) U: Unsuccessful.

ç) W: Withdrawn.

d) NI: Out of program.

e) NA: Failure due to absenteeism

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs;

· YÖK is responsible for the planning, organization, management and supervision of education and other activities at higher education institutions.

· “University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions are prepared and published every year within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK. Reports prepared on these documents, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations for higher education institutions, are publicized by YÖK.

· The “Report on Foundation Higher Education Institutions” which includes academic, administrative and financial data regarding foundation higher education institutions is published annually by YÖK. These reports including quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions are publicized by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the “Procedures and Principles on Quality Assurance regarding the Diploma Programs in Higher Education”:

 1. Creation and Authorization of Education Programs:

1.1. YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required to initiate undergraduate degree departments and programs at higher education institutions.

1.2. The curricula of undergraduate degree programs at higher education institutions, as well as the learning outcomes to be expected in relation to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the relevant basic principles determined by YÖK.

1.3. The curricula of National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK, upon their acceptance by the relevant Council of Deans.

 2. Measurement and Evaluation: The  measurement and evaluation processes on the learning outcomes to be expected for each undergraduate degree program in relation to students are undertaken in accordance with the regulations on education and examination prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the relevant basic principles determined by YÖK.

3. Documentation: Upon successful completion of their course credits, as well as other obligations determined by higher education institutions, students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs receive a bachelor’s degree.

4. Self-Evaluation - External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions upload their “Institution Internal Evaluation Reports” of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (THEQC) at the beginning of each year. The “Institutional Feedback Report” by THEQC regarding the external evaluation of higher education institutions is then publicized. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by THEQC also show that the quality assurance is ensured for the qualifications of these programs. THEQC undertakes regular reviews on the qualifications determined in accordance with their legislation.

TURAK is the only accreditation institution authorized for the field of Tourism by the Higher Education Council and the Higher Education Quality Board. (TURAK)

Accreditation Start/ End Date: 01.01.2024-31.12.2029

Within the framework of the regulations determined by the Higher Education Council (YÖK), students are admitted into this program via the Higher Education Transition Examination (YGS) and the Undergraduate Degree Placement Examination (LYS) organized by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM).

Once students finalize their preferred programs lists, they are placed into the relevant programs by the Student Selection and Placement Center based on their exam scores.  

Our graduates have the opportunity to work in other sectors of tourist enterprises. 

Upon successful completion of the program, the student can apply for master's and doctoral degrees in the field of Tourism Management science or in other disciplines that accept students from this field (tourism management).

1. Higher Education Law no. 2547

    1.1. Regulations on the Principles of Transfers between Associate Degree and Undergraduate Degree Programs; Double Major, Minor Programs and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer for Higher Education Institutions

    1.2. Regulations on Continuation with Undergraduate Degree Programs for Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open-Education Associate Degree Programs

2. Higher Education Law no. 2547 (Additional Article-35)

    2.1. Regulations on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and the Higher Education Quality Council 

Qualification is continuous