Specific Admission Requirements
It is needed to succeed in the exam conducted by OSYM for the acceptance to the universities in Turkey.
Qualification Requirements
Students must succeed all of the required and elective courses (totally equivalent to 240 ECTS) and grade point average must be minimum 2,00 over 4,00.
Recognition of Prior Learning
For Computer and English Courses, which take part in the education plan of Department of Tourism Management in the Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration of Muğla Sitki Kocman University, exemption exam is handled at the beginning of every academic term. The students who peforms the learning outcomes, expected for the courses, have the right to take the exam. The students who succeed in this exam are exempted from the related courses in the program list.
The students who are registered to the Department of Tourism Management in the Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration of Muğla Sitki Kocman University for the first time, in case of application in the first week of academic year, the credits and final grades received in previous higher education department/program are transferred to the related department and program by board decision. The number of terms equaled to these courses are calculated by considering the total credits of the courses affirmed and the term credits of the department that the student is registered. This period is reduced from education period limit defined in the 44th article of law and the term, which is going to be acclimated, is defined by board decision.
History
Founding process of Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration has been completed when the council of minister decision numbered 2011/2260 was promulgated in the official gazette dated 24 October 2011 and numbered 28094. Education activities at the level of bachelor degree will be conducted in five departments within the faculty, which are "Economics and Finance, Business Administration, Tourism Management, International Trade and Logistics and Management Information Systems. The education language of faculty is Turkish.
Profile of the Programme
Department of Tourism Management targets to educate and supply work force, which endowed with contemporary business, entrepreneurship and management formation and skills, that public and private sectors need. The department is responsible hierarcially Deanship of Faculty and Rectorship and final decisions are made by sending to the relevant board of Deanship and Rectorship. The students are educated for several positions in both public and private sectors. The stakeholders that department of business administration interacts are Ministry of Culture and Tourism, State Planning Organisation, Agent of Developing, Tourism Investors, NGO's, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finance, and particularly universities, research instututes. The department tries to serve the best for the students with its qualified academic staff. In the department, the granted projects are carried out. It also contributes to the economic, socio-cultural development of the region and contributes to the employment market of country with its educated students and to the science world with its qualified academic researches.
Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading
Exams consist of mid-terms, final exams, excuse exams, repeat exams, exemption exams and one course exam.
Mid-terms: There are mid-term exams for the courses that exist in every term. 40% of a mid-term exam is considered.
Final exams: There are final exams to test academic success at the end of the term. 60% of a final exam is considered.
Excuse exams: If a student has a valid excuse for the mid-term or final exams, related board allow for excuse exams. For the excuse exams, student must submit a petition, which explains the excuse, in 3 days to deanship/ management. Moreover, the excuse should be approved by related board.
Repeat exams: Students may take repeat exams for the courses, which are graded as FD or FF that they fail and which are graded as DD or DC that they pass, at the end of term. The point of a repeat exam substitutes for the final point of that course. The percentages of mid-term and repeat exams are assessed in the same way as final exams. For the repeat exams, final point is considered regardless of what was graded before.
Exemption exams: Exemption exams are set for the courses defined by the senate on the specified dates in academic calender.
One course exams: They are for the students who failed in one course and will graduate in case of succeeding in that course. Moreover, the students may take one course exam to increase their own average score, although they succeed all of the courses in the program, for the reason that they cannot graduate due to grade point average is less than 2,00. To take one course exam for graduation, a petition should be given to the head of department. One can take this exam only once.
For every course, students are graded at the end of the term as below by the lecturer of the course.
Grade Equivalent Mid-term/Final Grade Coefficient
90-100 AA 4
85-89 BA 3,5
80-84 BB 3
75-79 CB 2,5
70-74 CC 2
65-69 DC 1,5
60-64 DD 1
50-59 FD 0,5
49 and below FF 0
The assessments apart from the above, TT means failure becausse of absenteeism, MM means exemption for the course, GG success in course, KK means failure in the course, VV means abolished course. The students are graded as “TT” if they are absent in the courses and/or applied courses. The students, who succeed in Foreign Language Proficiency Exam, are exempt from the required foreign courses (English, German, French) and graded as “MM”. The students who succeed in Preparatory Foreign Language Program and internship graded as “GG”. The students who fail in Preparatory Foreign Language Program and internship graded as “KK”. For the courses which are abolished from the education program are graded as “VV” with the proposal of head of department and with the decision of board.
Graduation Requirements
Students must succeed all of the courses exist in the program (equivalent to 240 ECTS) and grade point average must be minimum 2,00 over 4,00. Students also complete the vocational training (40 work days).
Occupational Profiles of Graduates
The range of employment possibilities of Toourism management graduates is quite wide because of the applicability and availability of courses in the program into practice. The employment possibilities in both public and private sectors are: accomodation companies, tour operators, travel agencies, food and beverage companies, health companies and various institutions like State Planning Organisation, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, etc.
Access to Further Studies
The students who succeed in bachelor level further in his postgraduate with thesis or non-thesis, in formal or evening education and distance education in case they succeed in Academic Postgraduate Exam, have sufficient English level and succeed in the exams offered by related institutions.
Programme Director
Associate Prof.Dr. Onur AKBULUT
ECTS Coordinator
Asist Prof.Dr. Cemal ARTUN