HISTORY
Our faculty has completed its establishment process with the publication of the Council of Ministers Decision No. 2011/2260 in the Official Gazette dated 24 October 2011 and numbered 28094.
Student admission to Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration Department has started as of the 2014-2015 academic year. With its new campus, well-equipped buildings, innovative and experienced teaching staff, our department has made it its mission to offer students a high-quality and distinctive education. The aim of our department is to provide a quality education. For this, our academicians constantly improve and renew themselves.
QUALIFICATION AWARDED
Bachelor of Arts
MODE OF STUDY
Full-time
RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
The students registered to the program for the first time should apply to their departments within the first week of the academic year with related documents showing the credits and the grades of the courses they have achieved in their previous higher education programs. The credits and courses that are approved by the board will be transferred to the program they are currently enrolled. The number of semesters corresponding to these courses is calculated by taking into consideration the total credits of the courses in the previous education program and the semester credits in the curriculum of the program in which the student is enrolled. This period will be deducted from the maximum period of education specified in Article 44 of the Law and the student will be placed to the semester that is determined by the relevant board decision
SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
For Turkish citizens, access to undergraduate programs in Turkey is only possible through the Higher Education Institutions Exam. Certain number of foreign students are also accepted based on their score in a central examination called Foreign Student Examination (YÖS).
Documents required for registration;
1-High school diploma or equivalent,
2-Placement result certificate issued by ÖSYM (Assessment, Selection and Placement Center
2020-2021 Academic Year Registration Requirements are as follows:
| Program |
Score Type |
Quota |
Registered |
Min. score |
Max. score |
| Department of Tourism Management |
EA |
70 |
71 |
239,30781 |
322,59372 |
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.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
The one, who graduates from the Department of Tourism Management in the Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration of Mugla University.
1-Understand both professional and social ethical values, evaluate them critically and behave in an appropriate manner
2-Domenstrate effective use of both basic and Professional information and communication Technologies and software
3-Have an understanding of concept, principles,theories and facts within the context of business and economics
4-Understand and apply management theories and practices in order to effectively run a hospitality and tourism operation
5-Work effectively both independently and with others
6-Improve themselves gradually both professionally and personally, take responsibility for learning independently and demostrate that
7-Demostrate professionalism in dress, gromming, personel hygiene, and appearance that reflect standards expected by hospitality and tourism industry professionals
8-Identify, use and care the physical enviroment, equipment , tools and Technologies related to the field of tourism and hospitality management
9-Recognize and understnad different cultures and communicate with them
10-Understnad the principles and revolutions of Atatürk and adopt fundamental principles of the republic
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.
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.
LESSON PLAN
The course of study requires that the courses offered on a semester basis, amounting to 30 ECTS, be taken in one semester.
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.
OPPORTUNITIES OF DEPARTMENT
3 Associate Professor, 2 Assistant Professors and 1 Research Assistant work in the department. There are 13 classes. Additionally, there are two computer laboratories and one conference hall.