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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TUR 1015 INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ILKAY TAŞ GÜRSOY

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

This course aims to enable students to learning the basic concepts of tourism and creating infrastructure for tourism-related courses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the main components of the tourism sector 2   Explaining historical development of tourism sector 3   Analyzing the relationship among components of tourism sector 4   Discussing future trends for tourism sector

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 An overview of tourism: the 2 Structure of tourism 3 Historical Development of tourism industry 4 Historical Development of tourism industry 5 Types of touirsm 6 International tourism organizations 7 Mid-Term Exam 8 Mid-Term Exam 9 Tourism supply and demand 10 Economic impacts of tourism 11 Social impacts of tourism 12 Physical impacts of tourism 13 Tourism and technology 14 Trends in the future 15 Final Exam 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Öcal Usta, Genel Turizm, Anadolu Maatbacılık, 2001, Izmir. Nazmi Kozak, Meryem Kozak ve Metin Kozak. Genel Turizm, Detay Yayınları, 2017, Ankara. Cooper, C., Fletcher, J., Fyall, A., Gilbert, D. And Wanhill, S., 2006. Tourism Principles and Practice. Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, London.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, individual and group assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 DNC Dönemiçi Çalışma 2 VZ Arasınav 3 YVN Yaıryıliçi Notu DNC * 0.20 + VZ * 0.80 4 FN Yarıyılsonu Notu 5 BNS BNS YVN * 0.40 + FN * 0.60 6 BUT Bütünleme Notu 7 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu YVN * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Preparation for final exam 1 4 4 Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 In-class practices 12 4 48 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

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 LO.1 5 LO.2 5 LO.3 5 LO.4 5