About the Program
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Purpose
The Tourism and Hospitality Management Program, a two-year associate degree program, aims to meet the need for mid-level personnel who can work in production processes and who are ready to open their own businesses, with high-level professional automation skills and a solid grasp of foreign languages, and capable of performing their work in English and in a computer environment. The program seeks to train youths who have adopted their professions as a lifestyle, who do not require additional training in the sector beyond the knowledge and skills acquired at school, and who possess the characteristics of mid-level management.
Courses Taught in the Program
- General Tourism
- Food and Personnel Hygiene
- Inventory Procedures
- Tourism Legislation
- Vocational Foreign Language
- Food and Beverage Service
- Hotel Automation Systems
- Housekeeping
- Human Resources Management
- Tourism Economics
- Menu Planning
- Tourism Marketing
- Guest Communication
- Special Interest Tourism
- Commercial Mathematics
- Front Office Services
- Cleaning Services Management
- Tourism and Environment
- General Area Control
- Tourism Geography
- Front Office Shift Procedures
- Decoration Services
- Food and Beverage Services Management
- Front Office Reporting Procedures
- Front Office Management
- Food and Beverage Cost Control
- Cost Analysis in Tourism Enterprises
- Congress and Exhibition Management
- Rooms Division Management
- Business Administration
- Hospitality Accounting
- Financial Management in Hospitality Enterprises
- Furniture and Room Design
- Banquet and Catering Services Management
- Hotel Management
- Ethics in Tourism Enterprises
- Hotel Automation Systems (Fidelio Suite 8 software is taught)
Required Qualifications
For students to enroll in the Tourism and Hospitality Management program and to increase their success prospects as Tourism Professionals after graduation, they must primarily be disciplined, able to manage resources, time, and labor across all branches of the tourism industry, responsible, and capable of analytical thinking. Additionally, to be a successful tourism professional, it is necessary to follow developments in the global and Turkish tourism sectors and to improve foreign language proficiency.
Graduates’ Titles
Graduates of the Tourism and Hospitality Management program are awarded the title of Tourism Professional.
Fields where our graduates work
- Ministry of Tourism expert staff
- Provincial Tourism Directorates
- Tourism Attachés
- Museums and archaeological sites
- Information Desk
- Airline Companies
- Airports
- Hotels
- Travel Agencies
- Academicians in related university departments
- Food and Beverage Sector
- Organization Companies
- Cruise Ships
Vertical Transfer Opportunities
- Business Administration
- Information Systems for Business
- Business-Economics
- Management
- Hospitality Management
- Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Tourism Management
- Tourism Management and Hotel Management
- Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Tourism and Hotel Management
- Hotel Management
- Tourism and Hotel Administration
