The fundamental objective of the Degree in Tourism is to train professionals with a specialized profile in tourism that considers the needs of business management and the tourist use of natural and cultural resources, with a global knowledge of all areas related to tourism and with the ability to lead the development of projects and adapt efficiently to a rapidly changing environment. This degree in the branch of Social and Legal Sciences was published in BOE on 05/11/2011.
The study plan that leads to the Bachelor’s degree in Tourism, taught by the Faculty of Economics, Business, and Tourism of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, has been designed so that students can study a total of 240 ECTS credits in four years.
The Degree in Tourism is organized around semester subjects of 6 ECTS essential and compulsory training credits. The ULPGC regulation establishes the value of each credit in 25 hours of student work. Thus, students must take five-semester subjects to complete 30 credits per semester (750 hours) and thus reach 60 credits per year (1500 hours) and a total of 240 credits in four years (6000 hours).
The minimum number of European enrollment credits per student and academic year in the degree follows the Rules for Progress and Permanence in official degrees of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which establish the modalities of enrollment on time, complete and partial. Full-time students, the regular dedication regime of ULPGC students, must enroll in all the first year’s ECTS credits; from the second enrollment, they will have to register between 48 and 60 ECTS credits. Part-time students, for their part, must enroll for 30 ECTS credits in the first year and from the dual enrollment for between 24 and 30 ECTS credits. The student may request the modification of these limits in the Administration of the Building within the periods established for this purpose and according to the conditions included in the regulation.
Spanish, English, and German are used throughout the training process. Of the 216 ECTS credits of basic and compulsory training for the degree, the subjects of English and German have a combined weight of 16.67%, corresponding to 18 ECTS credits. The rest of the issues are taught in Spanish, reaching a total of 180 ECTS, which represents 83.3%. In addition to the 24 ECTS credits offered as electives, the student can take a German subject of 6 ECTS credits. To obtain the title, the student must have the equivalent of level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference in a foreign language for languages.
RD 861/2010, which modifies RD 1393/2007, establishes that access to official Bachelor’s degrees will be governed following the provisions of RD 1892/2008, of November 14, which regulate the conditions for access to official university degree courses and admission procedures to Spanish public universities, modified by RD 558/2010, of May 7. The Governing Council of the ULPGC, in a session of April 27, 2010, agrees to approve the Regulations for Access and Admission of the ULPGC for Official Degrees created in the application of Royal Decree 1393/2007 of October 29. On September 27, 2010, the Permanent Commission of the Governing Council of the ULPGC approved the regulation modification