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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS KMT 1004 SOCIOLOGY OF TOURISM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEVRIM ERTÜRK

Offered to

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Course Objective

To have learnt students from the fact that it is a social event of the tourism point of view, the effects of his country of economic and social structures, especially show that Turkey's socio-economic structure of what their effects, its relationship with other disciplines in tourism, the dimensions of tourism events, the importance of tourism in the national and international level and to reveal the development process

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Evaluate the emergence and development of tourism 2   To be able to read basic English texts 3   Can interpret the relationship between tourism and to paid leave 4   Can explain the social dimension of tourism 5   Can explain the globalization dimension of tourism

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The phenomenon of tourism and its features 2 Classification of Tourism: Health Tourism, Social Tourism / Mass Tourism 3 Mountain and Winter Tourism, Youth Tourism, Religious Tourism 4 Mountain and Winter Tourism Youth Tourism Religious Tourism 5 Tourism within the frame of Social Sciences 6 Relationship of Tourism with Other Sciences 7 Factors Developing Tourism 8 Midterm Exam 9 The rise of leisure time 10 Rise of wealth level 11 Rise of education and culture level 12 Increase of social mobility 13 Developments in transportation 14 General Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Avcıkurt Cevdet (2009), Turizm Sosyolojisi, Dta Yayıncılık, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and Final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It ıs compulsory that students attend 70 percent of the lesson and fulfill the other requirements of the lesson

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.erturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:00-12:00 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14 Preparation for final exam 14 2 28 Preparation before-after PBL/lectures 14 1 14 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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