RECREATION AND TOURISM

Qualification awarded

Level of qualification

University studies, First cycle, undergraduate (Bachelor)

Specific admission requirements

Minimum access requirements: Secondary
Minimum access qualification degree:

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning (formal, non-formal and informal)

Study subjects or parts thereof, corresponding to formal and subject requirements of selected study programme, may be included to individuals who graduated, studied or are presently studying at institutions of higher education in Lithuania or other countries, accredited in accordance with Lithuanian higher education curriculum, and who want to continue their studies at the University at the same or inferior cycle or studies of other studies programmes.

Profile of the programme

The general aim of Recreation and tourism study programme is to prepare high-skilled tourism and recreation professionals, experienced in recreation and tourism operation and service, ready to solve problems and fulfill clients’ requirements on public and enterprise level, able to maintain and improve the quality of recreation and tourism services and be able to participate in the process of analysis, administration, planning, and management. The programme is oriented toward competencies in health tourism and e-tourism development. In the study programme students have an opportunity to select one of specialisations relevant to today’s labour market – Health Tourism and E-tourism that will enable them to deepen their professional knowledge in the selected field. After completion of studies students will be able to critically evaluate, reflect and solve specific problems related to health tourism or innovative e-tourism in their professional activities.
, having specialized in
- E-tourism, The students of E-tourism specialisation will acquire knowledge and abilities of application and installation of the newest information communication technologies in tourism sphere oriented to innovations in tourism sector, will get acquainted with tourism information systems, the basics of protection of intellectual property, will be able to solve the issues of e-services and e-marketing development, to identify strategic development problems of e-tourism and to formulate innovative suggestions for their solution.
- Health Tourism, Having selected Health Tourism specialisation students will acquire competences necessary for professional activities in health and health promotion services’ market, will form knowledge and abilities in the spheres of health tourism services, marketing, project management, assurance of network cooperation, will be able to identify strategic problems of health tourism development and to form suggestions for problem solutions.

Key learning outcomes

1. Knowledge and understanding

2. Intellectual abilities

3. Practical abilities and skills

4. General transferable abilities and skills

Occupational profiles of graduates with examples

Graduates are able to work in the tourism businesses, travel agencies, tourist information centers, recreation enterprises of the resorts, accommodation, entertainment and health enterprises, national and regional parks, tourism and recreation administration and management departments in municipalities and tourism projects’ administration and implementation.

Access to further studies

Access to the second cycle studies

Course structure diagram with credits

1 semester

	Course	ECTS
1	Tourism Geography (S000B04C)	5
2	Introduction to Recreation and Tourism (S189B020)	6
3	Professional Ethics (S189B021)	5
4	Resort Management (S189B003)	4
5	Art History (S000B06D)	4
6	Information Management (H000B040)	3
7	Elective Study Subject 1	3
	Total:	30

2 semester

	Course	ECTS
1	Recreation and Tourism Training Practice (S000B06F)	5
2	Tourism Structure and Resources (S000B06E)	6
3	Cultural Heritage (S000B06U)	5
4	Methodics of Arranging and Guiding Excursions (S000B07F)	4
5		4
6	Elective Study Subject 2	6
	Total:	30

3 semester

	Course	ECTS
1	Professional Speech and Expression (H592B002)	3
2	Recreation and Tourism Management (S000B06J)	5
3	Recreation and Tourism Research 1 (S000B05V)	5
4	Recreation and Tourism Events (S000B07A)	5
5	Recreation and Tourism Internship 1 (S000B05W)	5
6	Elective General Course 1	3
7	Specialization Electives	4
	Total:	30

4 semester

	Course	ECTS
1	Recreation and Tourism Investment Project Development (S000B06C)	5
2	Recreation and Tourism Planning (S000B06B)	5
3	Recreation and Tourism Internship 2 (S000B07B)	5
4	Recreation and Tourism Event Project (S000B07C)	6
5	The Basics of Finance and Accouting (S181B003)	3
6	Specialization Electives	6
	Total:	30

5 semester

	Course	ECTS
1	Economics of Recreation and Tourism (S000B06R)	3
2	Bachelor‘s Thesis Project (S189B010)	3
3	Recreation and Tourism Marketing (S000B07D)	5
4	Hospitality Management and Administration (S000B05R)	5
5		4
6		10
7		10
	Total:	40

6 semester

	Course	ECTS
1	Basics of Tourism Law (S000B292)	3
2	Recreation and Tourism Research 2 (S274B009)	5
3	Leadership and Change Management (S000B05Z)	4
4	Bachelor Thesis (S000B06Z)	15
5		3
6		3
	Total:	33

Specialization Subjects

	Course	ECTS
E-tourism
1	E - Tourism Introduction (S000B01W)	4
2	Tourism Management Systems (S000B05X)	3
3	Tourism E-Services (S000B07G)	3
Health Tourism
1	Introduction to Health Tourism (S000B02J)	4
2	Networking in Health Tourism (S000B05U)	3
3	Health Tourism Management (S000B06K)	3

	Course	ECTS
1	Sustainable Tourism (S000B02T)	4
2	Rural Tourism (S000B06O)	4
3	MICE Tourism (S000B05P)	4

	Course	ECTS
1	Marketing Strategies of Health Tourism (S000B06L)	4
2	Health Tourism Investment Project Management (S000B07I)	6

	Course	ECTS
1	City Tourism (S000B06A)	4
2	Sustainable Tourism (S000B02T)	4
3	MICE Tourism (S000B05P)	4
4	Entertainment Industry (S000B06Y)	4
5	Rural Tourism (S000B06O)	4

	Course	ECTS
1	Health Tourism Ethics (S000B01P)	3

	Course	ECTS
1	Protection of Intellectual Property and Ethics (S000B01R)	3

	Course	ECTS
1	Project Management of E-Tourism (S000B07Y)	6
2	E-Marketing (S000B06N)	4

Elective General Course 1

	Course	ECTS
1	Public Relations (S170B063)	3
2	Spanish A1 (1) (H490B001)	3
3	German A1 (1) (H530B001)	3
4	Norwegian A1 (1) (H580B046)	3
5	Family Pedagogy (S000B373)	3
6	Leisure Physical Activity (S000B984)	3
7	Disability and Healthcare (S216B003)	3
8	Prospects for Water Transport (T003B086)	3

Elective Study Subject 1

	Course	ECTS

Elective Study Subject 2

	Course	ECTS

Examination regulations, assessment and grading

The University applies cumulative grading in order to ensure objective evaluation, active students’ participation during the semester and their ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practice. Cumulative grading final evaluation consists of interim course assignments (test, individual work, paper, laboratory work defence, and etc.) and final exam grades. If the student fails the interim course assignments and does not make to transition grade−minimal grade of determined interim course assessments−he is not allowed to take the final exam. Each study programme is completed by defending final thesis (project) and (or) taking final exams.

A ten-point grading system is used at the University. Knowledge is assessed in the following marks

Pass/fail system	KU grade*	Definition
Pass	10 (excellent)	excellent performance, outstanding knowledge and skills
	9 (very good)	strong performance, good knowledge and skills
	8 (good)	above the average performance, knowledge and skills
	7 (highly satisfactory)	average performance, knowledge and skills with unessential shortcomings
	6 (satisfactory)	below average performance, knowledge and skills with substantial shortcomings
	5 (sufficient)	knowledge and skills meet minimum criteria
Fail	4, 3, 2, 1 (insufficient)	knowledge and skills do not meet minimum criteria / below minimum criteria

Graduation requirements

Undergraduate and master student’s knowledge, skills and abilities, indicated in the study programme description, are examined and evaluated during the public defence of his Final thesis. Final thesis by its nature can be scientific research or scientific-applied. Final thesis is analytical work based on independent scientific or applied research. A Bachelor’s thesis comprises 12 credits; Master’s thesis comprises 30 credits in the study programme of 120 credits or 24 credits in the study programme of 90 credits. Final thesis and its defence is to demonstrate student’s creativity and the ability to critically evaluate theoretical and practical innovations, as well as others’ previously carried out researches and their results; to indicate student’s knowledge in social and commercial environment, legislation, and financial capacity; to show information sourcing and its qualified analysis skills, computational methods and specialized software and general-purpose information technologies using skills, as well as the ability to clearly and correctly orally or in written present their research results and (or) product designed to different audiences.

Final thesis is defended publicly in front of the Study Field Qualification Committee approved by the Rector. All members of the Qualification Committee evaluate the final thesis and its defence in separate grades in ten-point grading system. Weighted coefficient of defended grade is up to 0.2. The final grade is the arithmetic average of the grades given by the Qualification Committee members, rounded to the nearest whole number.

Mode of study

Full-time

Programme director or equivalent

Prof. Dr. Diana Šaparnienė

Department of Recreation and Tourism