Information Package / Course Catalogue
Contact and Kitchen
Course Code: GAST506
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

In-depth study of customer-employee relations as well as management of food and beverage businesses in the work of the basic elements, principles and theories of communication.

Course Content

Communication; the theoretical and practical investigation of the dimensions between the client and the enterprise, the employee and the manager or between the employee and the organization. Semiotic methods of marketing your meal as a communication tool

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Fulya MÜRTEZA
Learning Outcomes
1.Knows the basic elements and principles of communication.
2.Can follow up the communication literature.
3.Define communication problems related to food, business, employees and customer relations, and work on them.
4.May follow the literature of creating and changing attitudes.
5.The concepts that affect the relationship between ambiance and eating experience can be constructed.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Food as Communication and Communication as Food; Janet M. Cramer
2.Food and Communication; Artur Lizie
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Informing and acquiring the course content and objectives.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Investigation of communication literature
Week 3 - Theoretical
Determination of research topics for students' communication and food and beverage topics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Semiotic as a research method
Week 5 - Theoretical
Attitude and communication
Week 6 - Theoretical
Ads and chande in attitudes
Week 7 - Theoretical
Ambience, colors, smell and communication
Week 8 - Theoretical
The quiet language of the meals and communication
Week 9 - Theoretical
The quiet language of the meals and communication
Week 10 - Theoretical
Rheotoric as a rearch method
Week 11 - Theoretical
Social Media and Food
Week 12 - Theoretical
Public Relations and Gastronomy
Week 13 - Theoretical
Discussions over students' research topics.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Discussions over students research topics
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination120222
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)123
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
5
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026