COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE TOURISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 2037 MARINE TOURISM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERIM PAKER

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration
Maritime Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

To gain comptence in the following:
Introduction to marine tourism, histority of the marine tourism,
yachting, marina management, cruise tourism, water sports , underwater sports
basic definitions and concepts of marine tourism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Marine Tourism peception
2   Understanding a brief concept of tourism, development of marine tourism in its historical context
3   Understanding of the marine tourism environment and its various elements (ecotourism, ethnic tourism, marine parks and protected areas)
4   Understanding of the marine tourism environment and fisheries, sustainable development, tourism ethics and marine environmental education.
5   Marine tourism links people to one another and the marine environment ; understanding this bounds and relaitonship
6   Understanding and managing sustainable tourism operations
7   Having knowledge on yacthing, marina and terminal management,water sports and cruiser management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1- Introduction to Marine Tourism
2 2- Basic concepts of marine tourism - four pillars of MT
3 3- Historical approach to marine tourim
4 4- Yachting and yacht charter
5 5- Catering on board - food and beverage
6 6- Yachting - types of yachts by design: Ketch, schooner, sloop, motoryacht, catamaran etc.
7 7- Marinas - managerial approach
8 8- Marina operations
9 9- Personal water crafts and other water sports
10 10- Underwater tourism and diving centers
11 11- Multidisciplinary maritime tourist management, including agents, online marketing, and government parties.
12 12- The Cruise Shiping Industry 1
13 13- The Cruise Shiping Industry 2
14 14- General review of the course, questions, discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

"Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management ". Mark ORAMS. ISBN-10:
0415195721 | ISBN-13: 978-0415195720

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Live and recorded online lectures, presentations, literature reading and other assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + 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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Serim Paker
serim.paker@deu.edu.tr, serimp@gmail.com

Lecturer Dr. Guven Sengonul
guvensengonul@gmail.com

Office Hours

Serim Paker
Monday to Friday 13:30 to 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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