PERMIT
Pursuant to the permit of Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Class: UP/I-602-04/06-11/00006; Reg. No.: 553-07-10-0028) of 30 July 2010 and in accordance with the Resolution of the Agency for Science and Higher Education on Revisions and/or Amendments to Accredited Study Programmes of more than 20% (Class:602-04/07-15/0101, Reg. No.: 355-02-01-16-0009) of 17 June 2016, starting with the academic year 2017/2018, the revised and amended undergraduate professional study of Management – main field: Management in Rural Tourism is carried out at Virovitica College.
DURATION
In accordance with the Bologna Declaration and the Scientific Activity and Higher Education Act, undergraduate professional study of Management – main field: Management in Rural Tourism, lasts three years, i.e. six semesters. The study programme is worth 180 ECTS credits.
ACADEMIC TITLE
Upon completion of the undergraduate professional study of Management, study programme Rural Tourism Management, the student is awarded the professional title and academic degree of:
Bachelor of Economics (bacc.oec.)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Determine the legislation which affects the business activity
- Critically evaluate a research process on a given example
- Apply the skills of intercultural communication with business partners and users in Croatian, and a foreign language
- Recommend a business plan, a marketing plan, and a promotional plan for activities in online and offline environments in a specific situation
- Identify factors of development for special forms/types of tourism, features of tourism market, and customer behaviour in tourism
- Select a suitable business process management strategy for particular departments, and tourism and hospitality business entity on the whole
- Recommend new tourism products and facilities in accordance with actual trends and resource-attraction base
- Evaluate business functions of management
- Assess relevant trends in ICT in domestic and international markets
- Critically evaluate personal and professional development through acquisition of new knowledge and skills needed for further education (formal and non-formal) and gaining experience in the labour market
- Review the principles of sustainable development in business operations
- Create, organise, and format textual and numerical data in word processing and spreadsheet creation tools
- Assess the possibilities of using EU funds as source of funding
- Differentiate and analyse financial reports
- Manage accounting operations of legal and natural persons
- Assess which relevant mathematical and statistical methods to use in business practice
- Determine the patterns of functioning of the market and contemporary economy