COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 2002 TOURISM ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CEYLAN ALKAN

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
Tourism Management

Course Objective

to make the participants gain proficiency to understand impact of tourism to the economy

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. defining basic terms about tourism economics
2   2. comparing tourism and other ındustry
3   3. explaining importance of tourism in economics
4   4.analysing economics improvement in tourism
5   5.evaluating the contribution of tourism to the economy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of tourism
2 Definition of tourism economics
3 Importance of tourism in economics
4 Touristic product
5 Affecting factors of tourism
6 Types of touristic product
7 Types of touristic products
8 Midterm Exam- Tourism supply
9 Tourism supply
10 Function of touristic supply
11 Tourism demand
12 Function of touristic demand
13 Effect of tourism to the balance of payment
14 Evaluating of Turkısh tourism
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture is given theorically

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ovuncbardakoglu@hotmail.com

Office Hours

Tuesday-Wednesday:13.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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