Partner university

Samarkand State University Geography Territorial Planning

Training area

05.04.02. Geography

Program profile

Territorial Planning and Organization of Tourist and Recreational Activities

Awarded qualification

Master

Duration of study:

2 years

Required period of study at the partner university (specify semester(s):

1-st semester

Amount of credits:

120

Language of teaching:

Russian

Required level of proficiency in English

-

Study mode (intramural/ extramural):

intramural

Program goal:

Training of highly qualified personnel in the field of territorial planning and recreational activity ready for research, design and production, organizational, managerial and pedagogical activities.

Program coordinator(s) from NCFU (indicate contact details):

Zolnikova Iuliia Fedorovna –

Associate Professor of Department of Social-Economic Geography and Tourism

Email: izolnikova@ncfu.ru

Program coordinator(s) from partner university (indicate contact details):

Azamat Akhmedov

Email: azick0502@mail.ru

Entry requirements:

Applicant is obliged to:

1. Have a state-recognized document of higher education.
2. Pass the entrance tests successfully. Enrollment is carried out on the basis of a competitive selection in accordance with the Rules for admission to NCFU.

Entrance tests (specify subjects and minimal grades):

Socio-Economic Geography;

Fundamentals of Recreational Geography and Tourism;

Technology and Organization of Tourist and Recreational Activities;

Tourist and Recreational Territorial Design;

No less then 50 points.

Curriculum highlights:

Fundamentals of Strategic Territorial Planning;

Workshop on Technologies for Formation of a Tourist Product;

Organization of the Activity of a Tourist Enterprise (Firm);

Sustainable Development of Tourism and Tourist Territories;

Design of Tourist and Recreational Activities of the Region;

GIS in Territorial Planning and Tourism and Recreation Activities;

Tourist Image of Territories;

Monitoring of Socio-Economic Development of Tourist Territories

Program highlights:

The educational program allows students to obtain analytical skills in work with information of socio-economic, environmental, geographical nature, as well as practical skills in developing documents in the field of sustainable development of territories. The students will get knowledge for provision of tourist services, organization of excursion activities. Students will be able to accumulate necessary knowledge and skills to conduct educational activities within basic general education programs, programs of additional professional education.

Academic facilities (labs, educational centers etc.) (indicate links to the site of NCFU)

The training is also conducted on the basis of the Scientific Laboratory “Recreational Geography and Territorial Planning of Tourist and Recreational Activities”

Career opportunities:

Graduates have career development opportunities in research and scientific-practical institutions of natural science and socio-economic profiles; firms engaged in organization of tourist and recreational activities conducting environmental and geographical expertise; educational institutions.