DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Department, founded in 2015 within the framework of Dokuz Eylül University Reha Midilli Foça Tourism Faculty, started education activities in 2018. Our faculty moved to Dokuz Eylül University Tınaztepe Campus on 22.10.2020. It continues its educational activities under the name of Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Tourism.

Qualification Awarded

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Bachelor s Degree (B.A.)

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

High school diploma, placement through a nation-wide Student Selection Examination.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)
Students Arriving by Lateral Transfer
For students who would like to come to Dokuz Eylul University by lateral transfer from the higher education institutions abroad and from Türkiye, the evaluation conditions determined by the University Senate and the Regulations about the Credit Transfer and Double Major, Minor Transfer among the Graduate and Undergraduate Programs of the Higher Education Institutions are applied. The number of students to be accepted in the framework of lateral transfer is announced by Council of Higher Education-Türkiye. The evaluation is made by the commissions set up at relevant faculties and schools, then the decisions are made and announced by the relevant commissions.
Students arriving by the Vertical Transfer
Vertical transfer of the students graduated from vocational schools and willing to continue to the bachelor s degree programmes in the same field (as continuation of the previous education), the Regulation about the Continuation of Graduates from Vocational Schools and from Associate Degree Programmes of Open Education to Bachelor s Degree Programmes is applied.
The quotas reserved by the University is stated to the Direction of ÖSYM and they are published and announced in the Guide of Vertical Transfer prepared by ÖSYM. Placement procedures are realized in a centralized way by the ÖSYM according to the results of the Vertical Transfer Examination.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

4 Years (excluding one year of elective English Preparatory School), 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total

Profile of the Programme

Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts aims to educate expert personnel and managers who are equipped with theoretical knowledge and skills that they can serve in the field of gastronomy and culinary arts, and who are inclined to teamwork and independent workouts ,and who could take responsibility and communicate efficiently, and who have the ability of solving problems related to his field of study, and who are aware of rule of conduct, social responsibility and lifelong learning. One year English preparatory education can be provided in the direction of students' request. The teaching-learning language is 100% Turkish, and the lecture plan of the department includes lessons on gastronomy, courses on economics and management, and foreign language courses in German, Russian and French.The students are responsible for taking the elective foreign language until their graduation. Additionally, students are provided 60 work-day internship in order to increase their vocational experience.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The graduates of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts program can work priorly in accommodation business and independent food and beverage business. They can also work in food and beverage departments in airports, in cruise ships, in catering business and in all public or private sectors which serve food and beverage.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to second cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Detailed assessment methods for every course are explained in syllabi prepared by the relevant teaching staff and provided in the DEU Courses Catalog Information Package. The regulations for examination and grading are arranged in the DEU Reha Midilli Foca Faculty of Tourism Educational and Examinational Regulations. For each course students are assessed by the letter grade system. The lowest grade to be successful in a credit course is DD.

Graduation Requirements

Students must complete 4 years of study acquiring 240 ECTS credits. The degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum, 60 working days of practical training period and have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.00 / 4.00.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of Department
Prof. Dr. Hülya KURGUN
Faculty of Tourism
Dokuz Eylul University
Kuruçeşme, 205/60 Sokak No:1 Tınaztepe
Buca/Ä°ZMÄ°R
TURKEY
Telephone: +90 232-301 69 01
Fax: +90 232-301 69 03

E-mail: hulya.kurgun@deu.edu.tr