Courses
ATU100 - Orientation (1 + 0) 1
President's Speech; Life at Atılım (Presentations by Administrative Units); Library Seminars; Book Borrowing-Returning Session; Department Promotion Meetings; Promotion of Sports Activities; Visits to Kiosks of Student Clubs and Communities; Informative Presentation on Education Technologies; participation in events organized within the scope of ATU 100.
CMPE105 - Introduction to Computers and Information Systems (1 + 2) 3
Fundamentals of information systems, system and application software; input, processing, storage, output and communication; exploring the windows environment; learning management systems; internet applications; use of applications software: word processing, spreadsheets and creating presentations, integrating and sharing information between applica
ECON101 - Introduction to Economics I (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to demand, supply and market price formation; household behaviour; elasticity; production process; profit maximizing firm behavior; different market types such as monopoly, perfect competition, oligopoly.
ENG101 - English For Academic Purposes I (4 + 0) 3.5
English language skills, especially academic skills, such as reading comprehension, vocabulary building and critical analysis of texts; listening and note-taking, class discussions, presentations, writing, research assignments and use of technology.
ENG102 - English for Academic Purposes II (4 + 0) 3.5
Academic skills such as reading comprehension, class discussions, use of academic vocabulary and critical analysis of texts; research assignments and review of the English language structure; skills such as listening and note-taking, analysis of written products, writing, presentation and use of technology.
ENG201 - English for Academic Purposes III (3 + 0) 3
Advanced reading and writing skills, applying critical reading skills and strategies, identifying the organization of a reading text, main ideas of the texts, and the author?s main purpose, summarizing a given text, outlining and writing an argumentative essay.
ENG202 - English for Academic Purposes IV (3 + 0) 3
Preparing and writing research reports and delivering effective oral/written informative and persuasive presentations; gathering information, organizing data, outlining, using appropriate techniques in presentation and delivering for a maximum impact, using visual aids and citation effectively.
HIST101 - Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution I (2 + 0) 2
French Revolution; structure and geopolitic positioning of Ottoman Empire, reasons of its decline; Westernization movements, First and Second Constitutional Monarchy declarations; Libya and Balkan wars; First World War; period before the War of Independence, congresses, National Pact, establishment of Turkish Grand National Assembly.
HIST102 - Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution II (2 + 0) 2
War of Independence; Lausanne Treaty; declaration of the Republic; removal of sultanic rule and caliphate; Atatürk`s revolutions; establishment of national economy; Second World War, before and after; Turkish Republic after 1960.
HIST221 - History of Civilization (3 + 0) 3
A chronological order of the rise of civilizations from Sumer until the Scientific Revolution.
KRY111 - Career Planning (1 + 0) 1
Being a student at Atilim University, Student-centered programs at Atilim University, Faculty, Department presentations, Career Planning and Coop Program, Erasmus, CV writing types, Interview techniques, Effective Communication and presentation techniques, Intelligence and Personality
MAN111 - Introduction to Business (3 + 0) 6.5
Fundamentals of business, global business, small business, forms of business, functions of business namely, management and organization, and information technology.
MAN203 - Principles of Accounting I (3 + 0) 6
Accounting concept, generally accepted accounting principles, accounting equation, accounting transaction, the accounts and recording process, balance sheet and income statement, all of the asset, equity, revenue and expense accounts transactions.
MAN206 - Organizational Behavior (3 + 0) 6
Organizational behavior in historical and global context, individuals in organizations, personality, motivation, groups, communication, leadership, conflict, organizational system, organizational structure, technology and job design, socio-technic system, organizational culture, organizational change and development.
MAN321 - Project Management I (3 + 0) 3
Students will theoretically learn the fundamental components of project management.
MAN322 - Project Management II (3 + 0) 3
Students will learn the fundamental components of project management through practical application.
MATH101 - Introduction to Calculus (3 + 0) 5
Basic algebra, graphs, functions and their graphs, equations and inequalities, polynomials and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, system of equations, matrices, determinants.
TOUR101 - Introduction to Tourism (3 + 0) 4
Fundamentals of tourism industry including principles and practices.
TOUR103 - Sanitation and Hygiene (3 + 0) 4
Concepts of hygiene and sanitation, hygiene and sanitation in production, hygiene and sanitation in public areas, food safety, personal hygiene, quality assurance systems and hygiene.
TOUR108 - Service Operations Management (3 + 0) 5.5
Concepts and tools necessary to effectively manage a global hospitality/tourism service operation in a realistic and practical manner.
TOUR110 - World Tourism Geography (3 + 0) 6
Tourism geography, time zones, climate and weather, continents, regions, countries, major tourist destinations of the world, tourism organizations in different countries, the negative and positive effects of tourism development.
TOUR114 - Tourism Law and Ethics (3 + 0) 7
Specialties of tourism law, notions, and three main laws that are numbered as 2634, 1618 and 4848 in Tourism Law.
TOUR208 - Travel Industry (3 + 0) 6
Organization of travel industry and its position in tourism industry, intersectional relation in tourism, touristical product and travel motivators; tour market segments and types of tours.
TOUR209 - Recreation and Leisure Management (3 + 0) 5
Leisure in historical perspective, cultural heritage and leisure, leisure and recreation, people?s needs and leisure, government, public sector and leisure, trends in the leisure industry, planning for leisure and recreation, principles of leisure and recreation management, time management, event management, leisure management in the commercial
TOUR211 - Tourism Planning and Sustainability (3 + 0) 6
Tourism growth and sustainability; main concepts and principles of tourism planning.
TOUR213 - Tourism Economics (3 + 0) 6
Interaction of tourism with sectors of the economy; equilibrium in tourism market; price determination for package tourism; impacts of tourism on regional development.
TOUR214 - Destination Management (3 + 0) 6
Sustainable development for tourism destinations, competitive destinations, tourists? destination choices and experiences, issues in analyzing and managing tourist destinations, destination policy,planning and development, destination management, marketing tourist destinations.
TOUR308 - Marketing in Hospitality Enterprises (3 + 0) 6
Structure, organization and management of hospitality organizations.
TOUR310 - Food and Beverage Management (3 + 0) 6
Structure and organization of food and beverage companies.
TOUR311 - Hotel Management (3 + 0) 7
The hotel business, hotels and room division operation, food and beverage department, the culinary arts, managed services, recreation and leisure, marketing and human resources, leadership, planning and organizing, hospitality information systems.
TOUR315 - Rooms Division (3 + 0) 6
In-depth analysis of the major components (front office, guest services, housekeeping, reservations, engineering/maintenance and security) of the rooms division within a hotel; the interaction with this division and the other areas of the hotel; revenue management and cost containment; yield management and revenue management systems approach.
TOUR316 - Opera-PMS (3 + 0) 6
Learning the content of FIDELIO OPERA MODULE.
TOUR399 - Summer Training (0 + 0) 10
Students will work in one of the business types specified in the Tourism Management Department's "internship directive". The relevant faculty members will carry out written and routine checks and consultancy services regarding the on-the-job training of the students they advise, and will manage relations with the businesses.
TOUR407 - Research Methods in Tourism (3 + 0) 5
Information about components of social research methods and area works; participation to different seminars by sector representatives.
TOUR413 - Event Planning and Management (3 + 0) 7
Event planning, management, organization, communication issues in event planning process, funding, marketing, event evaluation, practical issues in event management.
TOUR421 - Purchasing and Cost Analysis (3 + 0) 6
Cost structure in accommodation and F&B administrations, stages of control, methods of control, analysis, pricing, package tour costs in traveling administrations, analytic approaches helping cost control.
TOUR426 - Digitalization in Tourism (3 + 0) 4
To reveal the effects of digitalization in the tourism sector on businesses and customers and to examine examples of digitalization.
TOUR428 - Graduation Project (3 + 0) 5
Research Methods, Hypothesis, Data Collection and Analysis, Research Problem Finding and Discussion.
TURK401 - Turkish Language I (2 + 0) 2
Languages and their classification; history of Turkish language, its spread over the world and its place among other languages; Turkish language in the republic era; orthography; expressions; foreign words, suffixes and prefixes; punctuation; language and verbalism.
TURK402 - Turkish Language II (2 + 0) 2
Written expression and its genres; bibliography; sentence structure and types; misexpression; verbal expressions.
TOUR423 - Financial Management in Tourism (3 + 0) 6
Financial management in tourism and examples from practice.
TOUR112 - International Tourism (3 + 0) 5
Nature and components of tourism industry, travel and tourism statistics, travel and tourism statistics, the role of the state in tourism, the role of the state in tourism.
TOUR216 - Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Hospitality Industry (3 + 0) 5
Nature and importance of entrepreneurship within the tourism and hospitality industry, women and youth entrepreneurship,history of entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship opportunities, creativity, developing a business idea,preparing a business plan,marketing plan, financing, franchising, entrepreneurial strategy, launching a new venture
TOUR312 - Menu Planning and Presentation (3 + 0) 5
Specialities of food, balanced and enough food, menu plan, menu preparing, standard recipe making.
TOUR318 - Hospitality Supervision (3 + 0) 5
Basic concepts of hospitality supervision and the process of hospitality supervision.
TOUR323 - Nutrition Science (3 + 0) 5
Details about food contaminants and food safety, and the healthy nutrition system.
TOUR415 - Hospitality Accounting (3 + 0) 5
Notions of accomondation companies, settings in Turkey, accounting organizations in accomodation companies.
TOUR416 - Seminars on Hotel Industry (3 + 0) 5
Presentations related to accomodation, travel, entertaintment, food and beverage sectors.
TOUR424 - Catering and Banquet Management (3 + 0) 8
The management systems of hotels?banquet and conference centers; different marketing systems, the coordination between these departments and other departments of the hotel; different designs of saloons and different sitting plans.
TOUR307 - Food Production (3 + 0) 6
The connections among diet, the current food and food animal production systems, the environment and public health, factors such as economics, population and equity.
TOUR491 - CO_OP Practice I (3 + 0) 5
xxxx
TOUR493 - CO_OP Practice II (3 + 0) 5
xxxx
TOUR331 - Travel Agency Operations (3 + 0) 5
Basic notions, functions description and processes of tour operators, preparing tours, marketing and ticketing.
TOUR418 - Current Issues in Tourism (3 + 0) 5
Theoretical and practical aspects of eco-tourism, rural tourism, city tourism, heritage and culture tourism, congress tourism as well as promotion policies and latest developments in hotel management.
TOUR406 - Trends of Food and Beverage and Gastronomy Tourism (3 + 0) 5
The concept of gastronomy, trends of agriculture and new methods of agriculture and new gastronomy, nutrition and restaurant trends
TOUR425 - Chinese in Tourism (3 + 0) 5
Introducing yourself and a person (alphabet, numbers, frequently used instructions in the classroom), nationalities, countries, profession, age, venue descriptions, place notification expressions, article nouns, sign adjectives and sign pronouns, asking for price, making a noun phrase using the present and future tense, family members, days and hours, food and beverages.
ATU400 - Participation in a Research Project (2 + 0) 6
Preparation of project proposals, Fulfillment of duties and responsibilities within the project work packages.
GER201 - German I (3 + 0) 4
Vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at beginners level; various topics such as countries, nationalities, jobs, family, feelings, food and drink, colors and clothes and daily routines.
RUS201 - Russian I (3 + 0) 4
Vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at beginners level; various topics such as countries, nationalities, jobs, family, feelings, food and drink, colors and clothes and daily routines.
GER202 - German II (3 + 0) 4
Vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at beginners level; various themes such as transport, travel, dates, holidays, money, and shopping.
RUS202 - Russian II (3 + 0) 4
Vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at beginners level; various themes such as transport, travel, dates, holidays, money, and shopping.
GER301 - German III (3 + 0) 4
More vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at elementary level; various themes such as occupations, hobbies, countries, and functions such as asking for and giving information, offering and responding.
RUS301 - Russian III (3 + 0) 4
More vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at elementary level; various themes such as occupations, hobbies, countries, and functions such as asking for and giving information, offering and responding.
GER302 - German IV (3 + 0) 4
More vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at elementary level; various themes such as travel, places, appearance, plans, health, weather, phone conversations, and cultural elements.
RUS302 - Russian IV (3 + 0) 4
More vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at elementary level; various themes such as travel, places, appearance, plans, health, weather, phone conversations, and cultural elements
GER401 - German V (3 + 0) 4
More vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at elementary level; various themes such as travel, places, appearance, plans, health, weather, phone conversations, and cultural elements.
GER402 - German VI (3 + 0) 4
More vocabulary, structure and communicative skills at pre-intermediate level; various themes such as celebrations, hospital procedures, visiting museums, banks, libraries, and cultural elements.
HUM312 - Studies in Masterpieces of World Literature (3 + 0) 4
Texts selected from major works of world literature such as English, Russian and French: one novel, two short stories, two poems, one play.
HUM316 - Selections from World Literature: The Short Story (3 + 0) 4
Short stories in English selected from a variety of cultures; texts handed out by the course instructor on literary materials and on literary appreciation methods
HUM320 - Aesthetics (3 + 0) 4
Defining art, aesthetics, the beautiful and the ugly, and ethics; scrutinizing their contents; examining the place of aethetics in art and nature; discussing and comparing the views of the philosophers studied.
HUM321 - Introduction to the History of Philosophy (3 + 0) 4
A study of selected philosophers from the times of Ancient, Medieval and Modern Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy and 20th Century Philosophy.
HUM331 - Go (3 + 0) 4
General description of the game of Go, the rules of Go, the history of Go, Go culture and ethics, Go philosophy, Go in Turkey and in the rest of the world, the opening in Go, ingame strategies in Go.
HUM360 - History of Science (3 + 0) 4
The origins and historical deveopment of modern science and scientific method; the ways of knowing the world of different cultures and societies changed over time; the relationship between scientific knowledge to other enterprises, such as art and religion; the key aspects and issues in the advancement of science from ancient world to modern ages.
ART265 - Creativity in Business Life (3 + 0) 4
Methods of creativity; using creativity in business life; overview and critique of the sector; new approaches by means of art; innovation.
ART285 - Innovative Visual Narrative (3 + 0) 4
Investigation of the visual narration processes through selected examples;preperation of a research report in line with the selected type of visual narration; information about the effectiveness of the visual material or visual narrative on thinking,decision making and personal communication;evaluation;effects of innovative approaches on visual
ART297 - Creative Presentation in Digital Arts (3 + 0) 4
3D modeling techniques suitable for 3D product presentation, workflows of multiple software design, scene lighting render and animation settings, editing presentation animation, using render passes layers in compositing and color correction process.
ART268 - Theatrical Entrepreneurial Skills (3 + 0) 4
Developing entrepreneurial skills through the art of theater.
HUM310 - Introduction to Sociolinguistics (3 + 0) 4
Factors contributing to the emergence of social approach to language; language variation and the factors that are responsible for the formation of regional and social variation of languages; various patterns of societal multilingualism and power relationships between/among languages; global trends affecting multilingualism; various political and socio-cultural factors that contribute to language maintenance; various methods used in linguistics research; a fieldwork using research methods.
ART269 - Entrepreneurial World of Contemporary Art (3 + 0) 4
The function and global organisation of contemporary art, which are considered as one of the most important investment tools in the world by international institutions, the socio-economic dimension of the events and the relationship between the world of art: collector, sponsor, and entrepreunership.
ART226 - World Music Cultures (3 + 0) 4
The characteristics of music in the major regions of the world and its handling in the context of geographical, cultural, religious, social, economic and political factors.
HUM108 - The History of Early Modern Mediterranean (1450-1789) (3 + 0) 4
The description of the early modern Mediterranean in general terms from the geographical discoveries to the French Revolution; political, social, historical and economic developments and transformations in the early modern Mediterranean; wars and trade in the axis of Ottoman-Spanish hegemony struggle in the Mediterranean basin.
ART227 - Opera History (3 + 0) 5
The major operas with similar and different features in the music writing language of their composers; the messages of the operas in the context of geographical, cultural, religious, social, economic and political factors.
ART270 - Entrepreneurship Inspired by Nature: Interdisciplinary Approaches (3 + 0) 5
Biomicicry; the natural processes of sustaining life on earth and using it as a model for social and economic innovations; the integration among the components of ecosystems: living organisms; climate, and the chemical environment;opportunities for innovative entrepreneurship practices with interdisciplinary approaches; the 21st century skills and nature?s principles for innovative and creative entrepreneurship opportunities.
HUM322 - Introduction to Ethics (3 + 0) 4
Analysing and discussing the central topics of ethics, such as egoism, eudaimonism, utilitarianism, the moral law and the ethics of self-determinism; also, examining the ethical thinking of Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Mill, Bentham and Sartre.
HUM323 - Introduction to Critical Thinking (3 + 0) 4
Examining and discussing the themes of critical thinking, such as writing and thinking clearly, learning and analysing the types of reasonings and arguments, making rational decisions, learning the types of fallacies; also, exercises to make these topics more understandable.
HUM412 - Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases (3 + 0) 4
Basic concepts of work accidents and occupational diseases, legal consequences and methods of protection from work accidents and occupational diseases.
HUM105 - Security, Espionage and Intelligence History (3 + 0) 4
The historical development of the concept of security, security problems and threats that differ according to periods, according to a new (critical) understanding; the restructuring of the transformation of espionage and intelligence activities in the history of the world and especially Turkey with globalization.
ART228 - Music in Business Life (3 + 0) 5
Making business life skills more effective through music
HUM319 - Introduction to Logic (3 + 0) 4
Basic logical concepts, reasoning, argument analysis, informal logic, language and definitions, fallacies, syllogistic logic, categorial propositions, syllogisms in ordinary language, modern symbolic logic, propositional logic, truth functions and arguments, methods of derivation, predicate logic.
ART201 - Introduction to Photography (3 + 0) 4
Definition of photography and the photographer, the uses of photography in life, camera and its parts (aperture, iso, shutter, lens), light and its use in photography, composition rules in photography, the works of photographers from the world and Turkey.
ART221 - Annotated History of Music (3 + 0) 4
The evolution of music in history of humanity; music in the process of becoming an art, the authencities of music; the historical analysis of music, information exchange as well as the main distinctions between art and other cultural domains.
ART222 - History of Jazz (3 + 0) 4
The history of music before 1900`s; Blues and Ragtime music genres; the impacts of musical, social and cultural structures of jazz music in New Orleans before its emergence in the region; main jazz movements starting from the very first Dixieland music to Fusion jazz movement today.
ART223 - Performing Jazz (3 + 0) 4
Human voice in terms of its anatomy, physiology and its techniques.
ART251 - Watercolour Painting (3 + 0) 4
Basic knowledge of watercolour painting art and its history; watercolour techniques, tools and materials; demonstration of some real watercolour painting samples; basic principles and practice of painting techniques.
ART224 - History of Argentine Tango (3 + 0) 4
Where does the tango come from; tango-culture relationship; the origin and the evolution of Argentine tango; spreading of the dance to Europe and the world; the effects of tango on economic crisis and political changes in the world.
ART291 - Body Language and the Art of Persuasion (3 + 0) 4
Posture, mimic, gesture, a correct and accurate way of using the intonation of speech; leadership skills and abilities to convince or persuade someone to accept a desired way of thinking in the business and social environment; convincing others to adopt new ideas using body language.
ART252 - Free Ceramic Forming (3 + 0) 4
The ceramic clay; using clay for freehand forming; creating unique ceramic forms without restricting the individual creativity; creating two- or three-dimensional free-form designs using the ceramic clay.
ART292 - Sign Language (3 + 0) 4
Developing the ability to communicate daily with hearing disabilities.