II.A.1. Qualifications Awarded (Diplomas, Professional Titles and Academic Degrees)
Graduates of the College receive a bachelor’s degree and title and can continue their education at any institution teaching Tourism and Recreation or related subjects (Economics of Tourism, Tourism Geography, Management and Marketing) at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels.
Those majoring in Sports and Recreation Management obtain a state-recognised Sports Manager degree, which is conferred by the Minister of Sports subject to the Regulation of the Minister of National Education of 27 June 2001 regarding the qualifications, degrees and professional ranks in the field of physical culture and the detailed rules and procedures to obtain the same.
Those majoring in Tourism Management and Handling receive a 130-hour basic training session for tour guides, including a 3-day study tour, which make them eligible to apply for a tour guide licence. This training is provided by the College pursuant to Decision WRR.XIII/4034/2-S-2/23/6013/2002 issued by the Governor of Mazovia on 10 June 2002.
The studies are to be paid for. The tuition fee includes tuition for curriculum courses, as well as for credit tests and examinations to be taken in the first term.
The prices in the academic year 2006/2007 are as follows:
- recruitment fee - 300 zlotys.
- tuition for one semester of intramural study - 2200 zlotys.
- tuition for one semester of extramural study
semesters I, II, VI - 1500 zlotys
semesters III, IV, V - 1950 zlotys
The above fees should be paid to the College’s bank account:
M Orłowicz College of Tourism and Recreation, Warsaw, ul. Marymoncka 34
Bank Zachodni WBK S.A.
14th Branch in Warsaw
Nr 18 10901014 0000 0001 0105 1784
II.A.3 Curriculum Teaching and Vocational Training Objectives
The College has a staff of experienced teachers originating from the academic circles of the Warsaw University, the University of Physical Education or some Schools of Economics. Many assignment teachers are veteran tourism practitioners who hold executive positions in their companies and have very useful and contemporary knowledge of Polish tourism, recreation and sports. These teachers have conducted or continue to participate actively as lecturers, consultants or examiners in various postgraduate, departmental and industry training sessions. Considering how much these people are committed to the College’s activities, you can feel certain that we teach our students in a modern way, keeping up with the latest trends in tourism, both in Poland and worldwide.
High levels of teaching competence in the Sports and Recreation Management major are ensured by enormously experienced staffs from the University of Physical Education and other Central Institutions of Physical Education and by sports practitioners and theoreticians. Permanent collaboration with the Institute of Tourism (one of the College’s founders) helps keep in touch with research in tourism (the Institute’s building houses our research and teaching library). The College is involved in publishing (textbooks and yearbook) and conferencing activities (in 2002, we organised the Conference on Sports in the European Union, which was attended by Ms Britta Jahnke, a representative of the European Union Sports Office in Brussels, and in 2003, on the occasion of the Presidential Harvest Festival, the Conference on the Status and Development Prospects of Agritourism in Poland). In 2004, we organised the Tourism for International Understanding and Reconciliation Conference to commemorate the World Tourism Day in Poland, and in 2005, on the occasion of the College’s tenth anniversary, the Conference on Tourism and Public Health.
The curriculum objectives and the scope of vocational training for students are outlined in the above overview of the College’s teaching potential.
The College is a business and management school, preparing prospective tourism and sports/leisure staff for duties related to the business of organising tourism, sports and recreation. Upon graduation, the College’s students are supposed to know how to ensure the efficient organisation and economic effectiveness of a tourist business or sports/leisure club that they are going to run.
You can feel certain that after ten years of gaining teaching experience and cooperating with the Polish Tourist Organisation, the Institute of Tourism and the Polish Tourism Development Agency our College is able to undertake a broad programme of training in various areas of tourism as part of postgraduate courses, industry training, instruction assignments or specialist teaching.
With ten years of teaching experience, the College has managed to work out a modern and orderly curriculum and syllabus. Offering the said majors, the College provides education to students who in the future will hold executive positions in tourist, hospitality/catering and sports/leisure organisations, and to a smaller extent will arrange outdoor recreation and tourism. The majority of administration, management, marketing, IT or foreign language courses (beyond the minima specified in the curriculum) make students prepared for the administration and management of various tourist, hospitality, sports and leisure organisations.
The Sports and Recreation Management major is particularly important because such courses are missing in Poland, and according to the principles of market economy, the Polish sports industry also shows an urgent need for professionals trained in free-market management of sports organisations. To some extent, the students also obtain knowledge and practical skills relating to the development of tourist and sport activities (recreation and sports camps are organised for this purpose in winter and summer). Such a curriculum and syllabus enable undergraduate students to embark on graduate programmes offered by many academic institutions of various educational profiles (Universities of Physical Education, Schools of Economics, Colleges, etc.). The College is shortly going to launch the two new majors: Tourism and Sports of the Disabled and Tourist Inquiry
II.A.4 Conditions for Admission to Further Study
Graduates from the College obtain a bachelor’s degree, but most of them continue their study on master’s courses at many reputable academic institutions (Warsaw University, Schools of Economics, Universities of Physical Education, Warsaw Agricultural University) and non-public colleges offering economic programmes (Economics of Tourism, Tourist Economy, Geography of Tourism, Journalism, Management and Marketing, etc.), and they succeed in passing competitive entrance examinations or filing within a specified time their admission papers with institutions that admit candidates by selecting those with the best secondary school certificates or on a first-come, first-serve basis.
II.A.5 Curriculum Structure and Number of Points
(c/a 60 points yearly)
intramural studis (PDF format)
extramural studies (PDF format)
II.A.6 Final Examination
Upon completion of the last year of their study, students sit for an oral thesis examination and defend the arguments presented in their bachelor’s theses. The final study score is composed of the three components: the average score of the examinations taken throughout the studies, the result of the bachelor’s thesis and the outcome of the graduation examination.
Similar to all Polish universities and colleges, the final study score is calculated using the following formula: ½ of the average score, ¼ of the average thesis score and ¼ of the average thesis examination score to be rounded up to full (absolute) scores as follows:
below 3.75 fair
3.76 – 4.50 good
4.5 and more very good
Each course is completed by obtaining a credit or taking a final examination in the form of written tests (scoring scale from 1 to 5).
According to its Study Regulations, the College of Tourism and Recreation in Warsaw uses the following scoring scale:
very good 5,0
good plus 4,5
good 4,0
fair plus 3,5
fair 3,0
fail 2,0
The average score is an arithmetic mean of all the scores obtained in individual courses (including fails).
Upon completion of each semester’s classes, questionnaire surveys are conducted to assess the teaching quality of the M Orłowicz College of Tourism and Recreation. Students assess teaching methodology, curriculum contents and commitment of individual teachers. The assessment encompasses all teachers running classes in a specific semester. The teaching quality questionnaire is completed by approx. 500 students of the College per semester. The questionnaire attached to this paper deals with the following topics:
1. importance of a subject,
2. attainment of the objectives of a subject,
3. requirements to students,
4. attractiveness of classes,
5. communication of knowledge,
6. discipline during classes.
Students can score individual components of the teaching process from 1 to 6.
II.A.8 ECTS Course Coordinator
Dr Ewa Szulc-Dąbrowiecka
M Orłowicz College of Tourism and Recreation
ul. Marymoncka 34, 01-813 Warsaw, PO box 21, Poland
Telefax +48 22 8345714
e-mail: eszulc@wstir.edu.pl