Program name: | Tourism |
Study Level: | Undergraduate |
Program leader: | Tinatin Mosiashvili |
Study language: | Georgian |
Qualification: | Bachelor in Tourism |
Program capacity: | 240 |
Program permission: | Admission criteria/ prerequisite (for the citizens of Georgia): The students are enrolled on the bachelor programs on the basis of the results of the national entrance exams or on the basis of the decree №224/ნ (December 29, 2011) of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, on the basis of the administrative registration and the decree of the Rector. |
Program goals: | The goal of the Bachelor Program of Tourism is to train/prepare competent/qualified and competitive specialists who in regarding of specifics of the field will have a thorough theoretical knowledge of tourism-recreational resources, environmental and cultural heritage significance, role and functions, and skills to design tourism products, made up plans for tours/excursions. Ability to prepare and report on challenges and key trends in tourism in both Georgian and English languages. Graduates will be aware of civic responsibility towards society and the state, respect for culture and traditions. Tourism program Alumni (the Bachelor of Tourism Program) can be employed both in-state/public agencies (Museums, Protected Areas, National Tourism Administration, National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia, Resorts, etc.) as well as in private sectors (Travel agency, hotel, etc.) and occupy the positions of managers at lower or middle levels or under the positions of a specialist/chief specialist. The Bachelor of Tourism program may continue studying at the second level under the directions specified in the Higher Education Qualification Framework. |
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Learning outcomes: | Outcomes The student has the ability to:
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Date of approval: | 01-11-2010 |
Approval protocol number: | 01-10 |
Date of program update: | |
Update protocol number: | 27/19 |
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Teaching Process Characteristics: | In order to earn a bachelor's degree in tourism, a student is required to collect 240 ECTS, which includes: passing the main subjects of the program, which includes 162 ECTS, as well as 24 ECTS from the compulsory elective blocks of the program: 6 ECTS from the STEM block and 18 ECTS from the humanitarian-social block. Completion of at least 6 ECTS from the compulsory elective block of the program (18 ECTS), 30 ECTS from the block of elective study courses and 18 ECTS free courses. |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
HIST1222 | History of Russian occupation in Georgia | 6 | 1,2,3 |
LAWB1155 | Debates and Critical Thinking | 6 | 1,2,3 |
POLI2260 | Basics of Political Ideologies | 6 | 1,2,3 |
ANTH3130 | Basics of Cultural Anthropology | 6 | 1,2,3 |
HIST1118 | Civilizations and Mankind Development | 6 | 1,2,3 |
LAWB1195 | Citizenship in the modern world | 6 | 1,2,3 |
LAWB1177 | Thinking and Morality | 6 | 1,2,3 |
LITR1212 | The great Books | 6 | 1,2,3 |
Credits sum: | 18 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
STEM0002 | Ingenuity, entrepreneurship and technology | 6 | 2 |
STEM0003 | Experiments that changed the world | 6 | 2 |
STEM0004 | Game theory | 6 | 2 |
STEM0005 | Modern technologies | 6 | 2 |
STEM0007 | Mathematics and Civilizations | 6 | 2 |
STEM0010 | Logic | 6 | 2 |
STEM0011 | Computational reasoning | 6 | 2 |
STEM0012 | Biology and Health of the Human | 6 | 1,2 |
STEM0013 | Basics of Cyber Hygiene | 6 | 1,2 |
STEM1010 | 6 | 1,2 | |
Credits sum: | 6 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
ENGL3213 | English Language VI (B2/2) | 6 | 1 |
HIST1230 | Introduction to the History of Georgia | 6 | 1 |
HOST6240 | Geography of Georgia | 6 | 1 |
MATH1414 | Analytical and Quantitative Reasoning | 6 | 1 |
BUSN1310 | Business and Economics | 6 | 2 |
HOST3215 | Principles of Tourism | 6 | 2 |
HOST1000 | Cultural heritage and tourism | 6 | 3 |
HOST3217 | Recreation Resources and Tourism | 6 | 3 |
MGMT2015 | Basics of Management | 6 | 3 |
HOST2000 | Eco-agro tourism and environmental protection | 6 | 4 |
HOST3000 | English Language for Tourism | 6 | 4 |
HOST3221 | Tourism Economics | 6 | 4 |
HOST5000 | Food and Beverage Management | 6 | 4 |
MKTG2210 | Basics of Marketing | 6 | 4 |
ACCT2122 | Financial Accounting I | 6 | 5 |
HOST4000 | Tour planning and tourism routes of Georgia | 6 | 5 |
HOST4235 | Hotel Management | 6 | 5 |
HOST4240 | Event Management | 6 | 5 |
ACCT2210 | Basics of Managerial Accounting | 6 | 6 |
ACCT2221 | Financial Accounting II | 6 | 6 |
HOST6000 | Tourism policy and legal environment | 6 | 6 |
HOST7000 | Tour Operating | 6 | 6 |
HOST9000 | Statistics in tourism | 6 | 6 |
HOST2030 | Internship - Hotel | 6 | 7 |
HOST2090 | Geo-Informational Technologies in Tourism | 6 | 7 |
HOST8000 | Internship in Tourism Company | 6 | 7 |
MGMT3221 | Business Communications | 6 | 7 |
Credits sum: | 162 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
HOST2040 | Internship - Museum | 6 | 7 |
HOST2050 | Internship - Protected Areas | 6 | 7 |
HOST2060 | Internship - Resort | 6 | 7 |
Credits sum: | 6 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | |
HOST1020 | Excursions and Art of Guide | 6 | |
HOST2212 | Research Methods in Tourism | 6 | |
HOST3310 | Medical tourism | 6 | |
INFO1115 | MS Office | 6 | |
COMM4120 | Introduction to Public Relations | 6 | |
ECON1290 | Principles of Microeconomics | 6 | |
ECON2190 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 6 | |
FINA2211 | Principles of Insurance | 6 | |
HOST0001 | Bachelor Thesis | 18 | |
LAWB4991 | Law of Entrepreneurs | 6 | |
MGMT1515 | Business Ethics | 6 | |
MGMT3211 | Human Resource Management | 6 | |
MGMT4220 | Project Management | 6 | |
MKTG3210 | Basics of customers Behavior | 6 | |
MKTG3279 | Service Marketing | 6 | |
MKTG4110 | Brand Management | 6 | |
MKTG4220 | E-commerce and Online Marketing | 6 | |
STAT1122 | SPSS Information systems for statistical data processing | 6 | |
Credits sum: | 30 |
Point | GPA | The university assessment | The general assessment in Georgia | |
97-100 | 4,00 | A+ | A | Excellent |
94-96 | 3,75 | A | ||
91-93 | 3,50 | A- | ||
87-90 | 3,25 | B+ | Very good | |
84-86 | 3,00 | B | B | |
81-83 | 2,75 | B- | ||
77-80 | 2,50 | C+ | C | good |
74-76 | 2,25 | C | ||
71-73 | 2,00 | C- | ||
67-70 | 1,75 | D+ | D | Satisfactory |
64-66 | 1,50 | D | ||
61-63 | 1,25 | D- | ||
51-60 | 1,00 | E | E | Sufficient |
Not passed | ||||
41-50 | FX | FX | Insufficient | |
<40 | F | F | Failed |