8D11101 – Tourism

Educational program

8D11101 – Tourism

The field of education

8D11 Services

Direction of training

8D111 Service sector

Group of educational programs

D143 Tourism

The purpose of the EP

Preparation of highly qualified scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel capable of: interpreting the scientific foundations of modern tourism; systematize and interpret scientific theories and concepts of the newest directions of the modern tourism industry in order to further apply this knowledge in the implementation of the scientific research; to carry out independent scientific research on the basis of material adequate to the object of study, the choice of methodology with a projection on the development of promising areas of the tourism industry; evaluate and determine the significance of a product of its and other scientific activities; reasonably represent and defend their own scientific opinion in the course of scientific discussions, including in a foreign language; to carry out scientific and pedagogical activity in higher education; manage tourism industry organizations based on modern principles, methods and functions of management.

The program takes into account structural, methodological and organizational innovations of relevant domestic and foreign universities, modern trends in the system of tourism education, including individual learning paths that provide for intellectual and personal development, professional improvement in the chosen field of the research.

Language of instruction

Kazakh / Russian / English 

Volume of the credits

180 ECTS

The awarded academic degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the field of services on the educational program “8D11101 – Tourism”

Educational outcomes

LO1: Develops innovative, new, creative scientific theoretical, methodical, pedagogical, practical solutions in the field of tourism based on a deep understanding and objective analysis of its scientific foundations and practical experience.

LO 2: It performs research and development in the field of tourism on the basis of masterly possession of algorithms and tools research initiative or in scientific and industrial institutions, including in the area of higher education;

LO 3: develop state tourism programs at the country and regional levels; creates tourist strategic, tactical, operational documents, regulations, guidelines, taking into account the development of capital markets, comprehensive analysis and structuring of the problems of modern tourist industry.

LO 4: creates scientific concepts and approaches for the formation and development of the modern tourism industry, interpret quantitative indicators of the dynamics of tourism development, including using Big Data, using the results at the planning stages, direct research, summarizing the results and conclusions;

LO 5: Performs independently educational, methodical and other pedagogical developments for the preparation of core specialists and the organization of extracurricular work at a higher educational institution with the development of innovative and original educational technologies and methods.

LO 6: Conducts expert assessment and consulting in the professional tourist area for research, teaching and socio-cultural projects, diagnosing problems and developing their targeted solutions for tourist enterprises.

LO 7: It develops and applies quantitative (including mathematical and statistical), qualitative, cartographic (using the latest GIS technologies, remote sensing) research methods to solve a wide range of tasks of the professional tourist area.

LO 8: Interprets the experimental material with the presentation of the results in the form of a scientific monograph, thesis, scientific report, article, abstract, business correspondence with the presentation of innovative ideas and reasoned opinion for professional audiences and non-specialists.

LO 9: Predicts consumer preferences, models pricing and taxation mechanisms, creates technological, informational support, tools to support and develop the tourism business.

LO 10: Organizes and effectively coordinates practical, managerial activities in the field of tourism with highly efficient solution of managerial tasks.

LO 11: Performs quantitative, financial, resource and other calculations based on the original combination, an innovative set of operating methods and tools, or an author's approach for designing popular tourist products, territories, and developing tourism.

LO 12: Student conducts civilized scientific and professional discussions, publishes scientific, educational, popular works of a professional nature in domestic and foreign publications, including in an advanced foreign language.

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Academic activities

 The academic activity of the EP is carried out:within the framework of existing regulatory documents and methodical guidelines in the field of higher education in the field of services,as a result of the implementation of regulations governing the educational and methodological process at the university;by generalization and dissemination of new normative legal acts concerning methodological work;by current and long-term planning of educational and methodological work of the university; by coordination of the educational and methodological complex of the discipline (EMCD) of the department for compliance with regulatory legal acts, the working curriculum and the educational program;by monitoring the provision of the educational process with educational and methodological materials, by documenting the results;by development of teaching materials; by development and implementation of a working curriculum.

Scientific activity

 For the implementation of the educational program at the faculty there are:a specialized tourism office;special tourist equipment and for field expeditionary research;GDS “SABER” specialized class/laboratory;GIS laboratory;communication and technical equipment with appropriate software support.
Scientific directions of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism:recreational geography and territorial organization of tourism;ensuring sustainable development of tourism in Kazakhstan;development of the concept and formation of the foundations of social tourism in Kazakhstan;assessment of tourist and recreational loads on the ecosystems of specially protected natural areas;development of the geographical basis for the development and territorial organization of agritourism;planning and organization of ecological tourism in specially protected natural areas of Kazakhstan;scientific support of digital innovations in the tourism and hospitality industry;innovative technologies in the field of professional tourism education.

International activities

 Academic mobility is implemented on the basis of relevant agreements with partner universities, including foreign universities, in particular, Kodolanyi Janos University of Applied Sciences (Hungary), Anadolu University and Ankara University (Turkey), Belgorod National Research University, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, St. Petersburg University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUDN University (Russia), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) (China), etc. There is a possibility of academic mobility within the framework of the Tourism Sub-Alliance of University Alliance of the Silk Road (Xi'an, Hong Kong, Samarkand, Almaty), network programs of UNWTO TedQual. Program participants (more than 80 leading specialized universities in the world), international programs MEVLANA, Erasmus +, etc.

Quality assurance (accreditation, rating, work with employers)

 

International accreditation, national accreditation.

The program was developed on the basis of the Professional standards of the tourism industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with the participation of employers, taking into account the experience of foreign partner universities and the possibility of integration into the international educational space.

Employers and bases of practices/internships are: State Institution "Department of Tourism of Almaty City", “KazTour” LLP, Tour operator "Kompas", “Farab” International Agency LLP, “Dostyk Travel” LLP, Association of Travel Agencies of Kazakhstan, “Capital Tower Development” LLP, The Ritz-Carlton, Almaty; JSC "Dostyk" Hotel, Almaty; Burger King Mega park LLP, Almaty; Department of Tourism of Almaty region, JSC NC "Kazakh Tourism", State national natural parks and other categories of protected areas, Kazakhstan Tourism Association (KTA); Kazakhstan Association of Hotels and Restaurants (KAGiR), etc.