The Bachelor's Degree in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
This is a First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) Programme
General admission requirements stated under Info on the Institution on this website are being applied to start this programme.
Students, who studied at an another higher education program before, can give exemption request for tourism courses and common compulsory courses taken in before educations in terms of "Ataturk University Course Exemtion and Accomodation Procedures Principles of Practice"
Students must be successfull and/or pass all courses on the programme that are explained education and exam regulation of Ataturk University.
The principle aim of the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary arts is to educate students on Kitchen Management, Restaurant Management, Food and Beverage Management, and Café-Bar Management. Another aim of the department is to train professional staff and managing chefs who are rebound with necessary skills and knowledge to compete in international fields; are experts on national and international Culinary. One of the important targets of the program is to place Turkish Cuisine in the International Cooking field by doing research on both Turkish and International Cooking. In this respect, the students are equipped with culinary art techniques starting from basic to advanced levels; together with communication and management skills they need in their business life. At the end of their education, the students will have the knowledge both to be a manager in a food and beverage operation and establish their own business. Successful students are also offered the opportunity for an academic career.
The graduates are working in hotels, banquets, catering services, cruise lines and ala carte restaurants as chef.
Upon successful completion of undergraduate degree, candidates may study graduate programs on condition that they get a sufficient grade in ALES (Examination for Postgraduate Study and Academic Staff) test and have sufficient level of English language skills.
One mid-term exam, quiz exams, home works and one final exam are required for every class offered at the department. 60% of the final exam and 40% of the other exam grades define the final grade of the class. Student has to meet the requirements defined by the guidelines to be eligible to take the final exam. All exams are graded out of 100 points, and relative grading system is used to determine the student’s success grade. For this purpose, course lecturer converts the mid-term, final exam and other grades to the letter grades by means of a statistical evaluation of these based on the rules defined by the guidelines. Students who cannot meet the 2.00 GPA minimum for two consequent semesters are not allowed to enroll the following semester’s classes. Any student who gets AA, BA, BB, CB and CC grades from a course is considered to be successful. On the other hand, DC and DD grades are evaluated based on the student’s cumulative GPA. If student’s cumulative GPA is above the minimum GPA, then student is considered to be successful in all courses with DC and DD grades. FF grade is assigned to a student who is assumed to be unsuccessful in a course. A student with a FF grade in a particular course is supposed to re-register for that course first time it is offered with the same attendance and exam requirements. M and G grades are not accounted through the GPA calculation.
For graduation, it is required to pass all courses in the program (240 ECTS), have a GPA of at least 2.00.
Full-Time