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The curriculum of the Tourism and Hotel Management Associate Degree Programme is given below. The programme consists of four semesters and 120 ECTS credits. T: Theory, P: Practice, L: Laboratory (weekly hours). Click on a course title to see its details in the OBS Bologna Information Package. For course summaries, see the Course Contents page.

Year 1 – Semester 1 (Fall)

Code Course Title T+P+L Credit ECTS C/E
AİT 191 Atatürk's Principles and History of Revolution I 2+0+0 0 2 C
İNG 185 Foreign Language I 2+0+0 0 2 C
TDİ 195 Turkish Language I 2+0+0 0 2 C
TUR 103 Principles of Nutrition and Menu Planning 2+1+0 3 4 C
TUR 105 Front Office Management 2+1+0 3 4 C
TUR 107 Housekeeping Management I 2+1+0 3 4 C
TUR 109 Tourism Economics 2+0+0 2 3 C
TUR 111 General Tourism 2+0+0 2 4 C
TUR 121 Mathematics 2+0+0 2 2 C
TUR 123 Cultural Heritage 2+0+0 2 3 C
Total 30  

Year 1 – Semester 2 (Spring)

Code Course Title T+P+L Credit ECTS C/E
AİT 192 Atatürk's Principles and History of Revolution II 2+0+0 0 2 C
İNG 186 Foreign Language II 2+0+0 0 2 C
TDİ 196 Turkish Language II 2+0+0 0 2 C
TUR 100 Hospitality Industry Accounting 2+0+0 2 2 C
TUR 102 Management of Food and Beverage Services 2+1+0 3 4 C
TUR 104 Hotel Management 2+0+0 2 4 C
TUR 106 Housekeeping Management II 2+1+0 3 5 C
TUR 108 Kitchen Management 2+1+0 3 4 C
TUR 110 Tourism Marketing 2+0+0 2 2 C
TUR 118 Business Administration 2+0+0 2 3 C
Total 30  

Year 2 – Semester 3 (Fall)

Code Course Title T+P+L Credit ECTS C/E
TUR 201 Statistics for Social Sciences 3+0+0 3 4 C
TUR 203 Management of Food Anad Beverage Services 2+1+0 3 3 C
TUR 205 Travel Agencies 2+0+0 2 3 C
TUR 209 Vocational Foreign Language I 2+2+0 3 3 C
TUR 211 Internship Assessment 1+1+0 2 5 C
Group A Elective Courses (4 courses to be chosen, 12 ECTS)
TUR 207 Hygiene and Sanitation 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 213 Labor and Social Security Law 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 215 Alternative Tourism 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 217 Cost Analiysis in Tourism Companies 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 219 Research Techniques 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 221 Smart Technologies in Tourism 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 223 Sustainable Tourism 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 225 Basic Computer Sciences 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 227 Communication with Customers 2+0+0 2 3 E
Total 30  

Year 2 – Semester 4 (Spring)

Code Course Title T+P+L Credit ECTS C/E
Group B1 Courses (5 courses, 18 ECTS)
TUR 200 Front Office and Housekeeping Automation 3+0+0 3 5 C
TUR 202 Industrial Food Production 2+0+0 2 3 C
TUR 204 Tourism Law 2+0+0 2 3 C
TUR 206 Entrepreneurship 3+1+0 4 4 C
TUR 208 Vocational Foreign Language II 2+2+0 3 3 C
Group B2 Elective Courses (4 courses to be chosen, 12 ECTS)
TUR 210 Tourism Geography 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 212 Tourism Guidance 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 214 Destination Management 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 216 Public Relations 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 218 Innovation in Tourism 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 222 Sign Language 2+0+0 2 3 E
TUR 224 Volunteering Studies 1+2+0 3 3 E
TUR 226 Human Resources Management 2+0+0 2 3 E
Group B3 Elective Courses (1 course to be chosen, 30 ECTS)
OED TUR Cooperative Education Programme Course 0+40+0 - 30 E
Total 30  

C: Compulsory, E: Elective. In the 4th semester, students take either the Group B1 and B2 courses (18 + 12 ECTS) or the Cooperative Education Programme course in Group B3 (30 ECTS).

Source: OBS Bologna Information Package