COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM GEOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 4227 TOURISM GEOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÇIĞDEM MUTLU

Offered to

TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT (Evening)

Course Objective

To inform the students about the geographic regions which embody natural beauties, historical values and touristic values and their characteristics in tourism inventory of Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain tourism inventory by regions in Turkey.
2   Being able to demonstrate the natural beauties on regional basis.
3   Being able to present the historical values on regional basis.
4   Being able to explain the man made touristic values on regional basis.
5   Being able to assess the recent developments about tourism geography and touristic values.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Tourism inventory by regions in Turkey 1
2 Tourism inventory by regions in Turkey 2
3 Natural beauties on regional basis 1
4 Natural beauties on regional basis 2
5 Natural beauties on regional basis 3
6 Natural beauties on regional basis 4
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Historical values on regional basis 1
10 Historical values on regional basis 2
11 Historical values on regional basis 3
12 Historical values on regional basis 4
13 Man made values on regional basis
14 Research of tourism inventory in Turkey within the scope of responsible and sustainable tourism

Recomended or Required Reading

Türkiye Turizm Coğrafyası, Fazıl Şenol, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2007, 472 sf.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nilufer.kocak@deu.du.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 63

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51111111