Turizm Rehberliği Lisans Diploması

ISCO-08

ISCO-08

It is a higher education program based on secondary education qualifications, covering an eight-semester program and providing education for a specific learning area or profession.

Learning takes place in the form of formal, open or distance education. In addition, practical training is carried out in laboratories and workshops within higher education institutions or as internships or workplace training in industry, health institutions and workplaces.

• To have general knowledge about tourist guiding and to demonstrate that he/she has grasped the basic concepts related to the sector.
• To have sufficient foreign language knowledge in the tourism sector.
• To inform other people about issues related to the field of tourist guiding.
• To be able to manage a business operating in the tourism sector.
• To have enough archeology and art history knowledge to be able to explain Türkiye's tourist supply sources.
• To have written and verbal communication competence and high persuasion power.
• To be aware of social and professional ethical values.
• To have knowledge and skills in ticket reservations and sales of transportation companies, especially travel companies.
• To be able to organize tours and to produce solutions by taking responsibility in crisis situations that occur in the tours he/she manages.
• To understand the role of tourist guiding as a profession in the tourism industry.
• To have knowledge of tourism, history, archeology and geography.
• To understand macro-scale tourism plans and policies.
• To organize sustainable social and community-based projects, organizations and studies specific to his/her field by using the personality traits that have the social skills required by the profession of Tour Guiding.
• To act with a sensitive attitude towards the negative effects of tourism on the physical and social environment and to act with the awareness of protecting tangible and intangible cultural assets.
• To know and apply the legal regulations regarding the field of tourism, the law on tourist guide profession and professional organizations.
• To have verbal and written communication skills in at least two foreign languages.
• To use the skills to describe and present the natural and cultural assets, ancient cities, archaeological sites and historical artifacts of Turkey and the architectural, artistic, culinary culture, folklore, flora and fauna etc. characteristics of the regions.
• To be able to determine the source of current problems in the tourism sector with critical thinking.

Has advanced level of the following key competencies:

• Literacy competence
• Multilingual competence
• Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology and engineering
• Digital competence
• Personal, social and learning to learn competence
• Citizenship competence
• Entrepreneurial competence
• Cultural awareness and expression competence

• Measurement and evaluation methods; types of exams and their contribution to course success grades are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) on these issues.
• Different methods such as homework, project, application, midterm exam and final exam are used in measurement and evaluation. Systems based on letters or grades are used in the evaluation of student success.

• All exams held in the Tourism Guidance Department are held in accordance with Articles 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the “Mardin Artuklu University Associate and Undergraduate Education-Teaching and Exam Regulation”. In this evaluation; the course instructor transfers the scores of the students who take the course from the mid-term and final exams to the OBS system according to the 100-point system. Grades are subject to absolute evaluation. According to Article 34 of the Education-Teaching and Exam Regulation, if a student fails more than four courses at the end of an academic year, he/she is considered to have failed for that year. In order for a student to be considered to have passed a course; The sum of at least 30% of the average of the midterm or exams and at most 70% of the final or make-up exam results must be at least 60. Students who receive a grade below 60 are deemed unsuccessful and must retake the course in the first semester it is offered and meet the attendance and/or exam requirements.

  Verbal Level	Achievement Points	Success Grade (Letter)
  Excellent	90-100	AA
  Very Good	80-89	BA
  Average	70-79	BB
  Pass	65-69	CB
  Fail	60-64	CC
  Excellent	0-59	FF

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs;

• YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising education and training and other activities in higher education institutions.
• “University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions prepared within the framework of criteria determined by YÖK are published every year. Reports prepared according to these reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.
• “Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report”, which includes academic, administrative and financial data of foundation higher education institutions, is published every year by YÖK. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

The quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the “Procedures and Principles for the Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs”:

1. Creation and Approval of Curriculum:

The minimum standards and criteria required for opening undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions are determined by the Council of Higher Education.

1.1. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Council of Higher Education on these issues.

1.2. The curriculum of the National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of the Council of Higher Education after being approved by the relevant Deans Council.

2. Measurement and Evaluation: The measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide to students is carried out in accordance with the education and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Council of Higher Education on these issues.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs receive a bachelor's degree if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions.

4. Self-Assessment-External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the "Internal Institutional Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared by the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public.

In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation institutions authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the program qualifications is provided. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the legislation.

• To have graduated from secondary education institutions or secondary education institutions of foreign countries whose equivalence is approved by the Ministry of National Education and to have met the conditions for admission to undergraduate programs of higher education institutions.
• To have been placed in the relevant undergraduate program of the higher education institution as a result of the central exam conducted by the Center for Assessment, Selection and Placement (ÖSYM), the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.
• To have received the sufficient score and passed the special talent exam as a result of the central exam conducted by ÖSYM for programs of higher education institutions that accept students with special talent exams, the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.
• To have been placed in undergraduate programs that are a continuation of the fields they have graduated from in higher education institutions for associate degree graduates as a result of the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM, the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.

• Those who have a bachelor's degree can continue to graduate programs and, if they meet the relevant requirements, to doctoral and art proficiency programs accepted with a bachelor's degree.
• Undergraduate students have the right to participate in double major programs opened by the higher education institutions they are studying in. Students enrolled in double major programs can take courses from two diploma programs simultaneously and receive two separate bachelor's degrees if they are successful.

1. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transfer, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Program Graduates

2. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board

Qualification is continuous