Turizm İşletmeciliği Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

It is a higher education program that is based on secondary education qualifications, covers an eight-semester program and provides training for a specific learning field or profession.

Learning takes place in the form of formal, open or distance education. In addition, practical training is provided in laboratories and workshops within higher education institutions or as internships or workplace training in industry, health institutions and workplaces.

• Have a basic knowledge about theories, facts and principles about tourism and tourism management.
• Have reading, understanding, speaking and writing skills in English at least at the level of B2 of European Language Portfolio.
• Have reading, understanding, speaking and writing skills in a second foreign language (other than English, German, Russian etc.) at least at the general level of the European Language Portfolio A2.
• Have knowledge and skills about written, oral, nonverbal and visual communication techniques.
• Produces professional knowledge from data, synthesizes, analyzes, interprets, evaluates and concludes the produced information; gain the ability of doing research and preparing a project.
• Gaining experience by using this knowledge to solve problems in the tourism sector and contributing to professional development.
• Have the ability to use information and communication technologies and automation systems used in tourism enterprises.
• Know national and international legal regulations, professional standards, social, environmental and professional ethical values related to the field of tourism and develop and apply appropriate behaviors.
• Cares for personal care, hygiene, clothing and appearance as required by the tourism sector.
• Recognize and understand different cultures and use communication skills appropriate to the profile of guests from different cultures.
• Know the disciplines related to Tourism Management (General Business, Economics, Accounting, Law, etc.).
• Has a basic knowledge of tourism, accommodation, travel, food and beverage services and event management.
• Gains knowledge and experience about the types of managers and leadership, and tries to manage the people in the most effective way in the business environment.
• Can offer solutions to problems that will affect service processes in tourism-related policies and strategies.
• Has the awareness of sustainable tourism to protect the tourism values of the country in the context of sustainability.

Has advanced level of the following key competencies:

• Literacy competence
• Multilingual competence
• Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology and engineering
• Digital competence
• Personal, social and learning to learn competence
• Citizenship competence
• Entrepreneurial competence
• Cultural awareness and expression competence

• Measurement and evaluation methods; types of exams and their contribution to course success grades are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) on these issues.

• Different methods such as homework, a project, an application, a midterm exam and a final exam are used in measurement and evaluation. Systems based on letters or grades are used in the evaluation of student success.

All exams held in the Tourism Management Department are held in accordance with Articles 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the “Mardin Artuklu University Associate and Undergraduate Education-Teaching and Exam Regulation”. In this evaluation, the course instructor transfers the scores of the students who take the course from the mid-term and final exams to the OBS system according to the 100-point system. Grades are subject to absolute evaluation. According to Article 34 of the Education-Teaching and Exam Regulation, if a student fails more than four courses at the end of an academic year, he/she is considered to have failed for that year. For a student to be considered to have passed a course, The sum of at least 30% of the average of the midterm or exams and at most 70% of the final or make-up exam results must be at least 60. Students who receive a grade below 60 are deemed unsuccessful and must retake the course in the first semester it is offered and meet the attendance and/or exam requirements.

To monitor the quality of higher education programs;

• YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising education and training and other activities in higher education institutions.
• “University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions prepared within the framework of criteria determined by YÖK are published every year. Reports prepared according to these reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.
• “Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report”, which includes academic, administrative and financial data of foundation higher education institutions, is published every year by YÖK. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

The quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the “Procedures and Principles for the Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs”:

1. Creation and Approval of Curriculum:

The minimum standards and criteria required for opening undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions are determined by the Council of Higher Education.

1.1. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Council of Higher Education on these issues.

1.2. The curriculum of the National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of the Council of Higher Education after being approved by the relevant Deans Council.

2. Measurement and Evaluation: The measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide to students is carried out in accordance with the education and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Council of Higher Education on these issues.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs receive a bachelor's degree if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions.

4. Self-Assessment-External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the "Internal Institutional Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared by the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public.

In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation institutions authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the program qualifications is provided. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the legislation.

• To have graduated from secondary education institutions or secondary education institutions of foreign countries whose equivalence is approved by the Ministry of National Education and to have met the conditions for admission to undergraduate programs of higher education institutions.

• To have been placed in the relevant undergraduate program of the higher education institution as a result of the central exam conducted by the Center for Assessment, Selection and Placement (ÖSYM), the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.

• To have received the sufficient score and passed the special talent exam as a result of the central exam conducted by ÖSYM for programs of higher education institutions that accept students with special talent exams, the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.

• To have been placed in undergraduate programs that are a continuation of the fields they have graduated from in higher education institutions for associate degree graduates as a result of the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM, the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.

Well-educated and experienced tourism professionals have a wide range of job opportunities, primarily in the following areas:
Graduates' Working Areas:

•    They can work as lower, middle and upper level managers in departments of accommodation businesses.
•    They can work in travel businesses.
•    They can work in entertainment, shopping, transportation and food and beverage businesses that provide services in different branches of the tourism sector.
•    They can work in relevant departments in public institutions that provide accommodation and food and beverage services.
•    Successful and inclined students can pursue an academic career.
•    They can also establish their own businesses as restaurants, cafes and small-scale accommodation operators that can provide services in the tourism sector that does not require large capital.

1. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transfer, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Program Graduates

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

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board

Qualification is continuous