COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 2012 TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR EDA AVCI

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

To provide the students with competences on learning and applying the legal and management information related to tourism intermediaries, systems and services of tourism intermediaries and their operations with hospitality management companies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the basic functions of tourism intermediaries.
2   Being able to explain the concept of package tour
3   Being able to prepare a package tour.
4   Being able to provide other services belonging to tourism intermediaries.
5   Being able to carry out the operations between tourism intermediaries and hospitality management companies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Travel Agency Management
2 Establishment Procedures of Travel Agencies
3 Classification of Travel Agencies
4 Legal Obligations of Travel Agencies
5 Tour Operator Management
6 Package Tour Concept
7 Package Tour Concept
8 Airline Transporting
9 Cruise Tourism
10 Specialization in Travel Agencies (Special Interest Tourism Student Presentations)
11 Specialization in Travel Agencies (Special Interest Tourism Student Presentations)
12 Specialization in Travel Agencies (Special Interest Tourism Student Presentations)
13 Specialization in Travel Agencies (Special Interest Tourism Student Presentations)
14 Specialization in Travel Agencies (Special Interest Tourism Student Presentations)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Seyahat Acentacılığı ve Tur Operatörlüğü, Orhan Içöz, Turhan Kitapevi, Ankara, 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, in-class practices.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam, prentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is imperative to attend 70% of the courses and fulfill the requirements of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eda.avci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The days and times specified in the weekly course schedule announced for the year.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation about subject 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
In-class practices 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51