Tourism and Hospitality Management - Department Information   
Language Turkish
Program Time (Year) 4
Max.Program Time (Year) 7
Program Quota
Internships Status Have
ÖSYM type EA
About Programme
Turizm ve Otel İşletmeciliği bölümü 4 yıllık bir eğitimi kapsamaktadır. Öğrencilerin mezun olabilmesi için 8 yarıyılda alacakları 240 AKTS'lik dersleri başarılı bir şekilde geçmeleri gerekmektedir. Son yarıyılda isteyen öğrencilerimiz İDE (İş Dünyası İle Entegrasyon) programına katılabilirler.
PROG. Director
Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Hasan CİNNİOĞLU
History
İskenderun Technical University, shortly called İSTE,
Turkey's Grand National Assembly that a law on the date of 31.03.2015 No. 6640 in İskenderun district of Hatay established techniques universities.
Some of the faculties of Iskenderun Technical University were separated from Mustafa Kemal University and connected to Iskenderun Technical University.
The School of Tourism and Hotel Management was established in 1992. In 2001-2002, the first students of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management started their education in İskenderun.

In 2017-2018 academic year, the school provided education to 1225 undergraduate students. In addition, 23 graduate students are studying in the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management.
According to the Resolution 968 published in the Official Gazette dated April 18, no. 30749, the School of Tourism and Hotel Management was closed and the Faculty of Tourism was established with the same decree.
As of 2019, our faculty offers training in three departments: Tourism and Hotel Management, Travel Management and Tourism Guidance and Gastronomy and Culinary Arts. The education period consists of 8 semesters and 4 years
Qualification Awarded
Students who successfully complete this program, are entitled to receive a Bachelor's degree in the field of Tourism and Hotel Management.
Admission Requirements
High school graduates with qualification scores from the University Entrance Examinations held by the Grading and Placement Center of Turkey (OSYM) or the international examinations accepted by the Higher Education Council of Turkey (YOK) are assigned by the OSYM that takes into consideration students’ scores and preferences for the programme and universities. Those who are qualified to register to University must complete his/her registration procedures in the period announced by the university with the required documents. Candidates who fail to register during the enrollment period lose their rights for enrollment.
Higher Grade Transition
The graduates holding First Cycle (Bachelor’s) Degree are eligible to apply to graduate programmes at national level and /or international level both in the same and in related disciplines.
Graduation Requirements
To obtain their degree, a candidate should have taken and successfully completed all the mandatory as well as elective courses specified in their program of study, collected 240 ECTS, had 2.25 GPA (out of 4.00), and successfully completed their internship(s).
Occupational Profiles of Graduates
Graduates can serve in the public sector and mostly in the private sector, including accommodation facilities, travel agencies, clubs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses at the various sections such as food and beverage department marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, front office.

Iskenderun Technical University, Department of Tourism and Hotel Management School of Tourism and Hotel Management graduates may find the following job opportunities;
• Management in various levels in an organization.
• Hotel restaurants, travel and tour companies, airports, government agencies.
• Operational management in both private and public sectors
• After completion Bachelor’s degree, students may continue their graduate studies.
Assessment and Grading
The students are subjected to various evaluation methods such as exam(s), homework, project(s), practice(s) and final exam. The evaluation methods include: written exam(s), true-false test(s), short-answered test(s), multiple-choice test(s), oral exam(s), homework, project(s), designs(s), portfolio, and performance duties (application/laboratory/workshop/field work/seminar/presentation/term paper/dissertation). This part is explained in detail on the individual course information page for each course.

All exams and other activities are graded based on 100 points. The midterm and final exams represent 40% and 60% of the final grade, respectively. However, a student who gets a grade below 30 out of 100 is graded as FF. A student obtaining one of the grades of (AA), (BA), (BB), (CB), (CC), (G), and (B) is considered successful in that course. To enter exams, students must meet following requirements that are specifically outlined in “İskenderun Technical University Regulation for Vocational and Undergraduate Education and Examination”:

a) Enrolment for the course in question,
b) At least 70% attendance of the course,
c) At least 80% attendance of the practices in the course,
d) Successfully completing practical projects.
Other matters related to learning and exams are given in “Iskenderun Technical University Regulation for Vocational and Undergraduate Education and Examination”.

Grade conversion is carried out from the 100 grade scale into the Letter grade scale and 4 point grade scale using the table given below for Bachelor’s Degree Programs at Iskenderun Technical University.

Grade in Points Grade in Letters Grade in Points Status
90-100 AA 4,00 Successful
80-89 BA 3,50 Successful
70-79 BB 3,00 Successful
65-69 CB 2,50 Successful
60-64 CC 2,25 Successful
55-59 DC 1,75 Fail*
50-54 DD 1,25 Fail*
40-49 FD 0,75 Fail
<= 39 FF 0,00 Fail
- F1 0,00 Not Attended


*A student with a (DC) or (DD) grade is considered successful if they had a yearly Grade Point Average (GPA) of minimum 2.25 in the given year.
G: Successful in non-credited courses, internship, industry based training, professional orientation program, and the practice,
K: Unsuccessful in non-credited courses, internship, industry based training, professional orientation program, and the practice,
M: Exempt,
B: Successful.



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