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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TUR 4026 WORLD TOURISM GEOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM KOBA

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management Tourism Management

Course Objective

The aim of the lesson is to get knowledge about important places in World s tourism geography and the places at World Cultural Heritage list.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to comprehend World s geography. 2   To be able to comprehend WTO (World Tourism Organization) 3   To be able to comprehend the information about regional travel destinations. 4   To be able to analyse what world cultural heritage is.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Preliminary information will be given about the objectives, importance, concept, contents, methods of measurement and sources of the lesson. 2 Relation between tourism and geography 3 Description, specialities and types of destinations 4 WTO s list of travel regions 5 UNESCO and World Cultural Heritage 6 World Wonders (7 wonders of the ancient world) 7 General review 8 Central and Eastern Europe travel destinations 9 Western Europe travel destinations 10 North American travel destinations 11 South American travel destinations 12 Asia-Pacific travel destinations 13 African travel destinations 14 Middle East travel destinations 15 General review 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.koba@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 1 14 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70 Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO LO.1 LO.2 LO.3 LO.4