COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND ECOTOURISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 6046 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND ECOTOURISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RAZIYE ÇAKICIOĞLU OBAN

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to create awareness for protecting the environment, and to understand eco tourism is a good alternative for the sustainable tourism -continued well-being of local people, who know the responsibility of natural areas- and offer an alternative to mass tourism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know the concepts of sustainable tourism and eco tourism
2   Recognize properties of sustainable tourism and eco-tourism
3   Know that eco tourism is a good alternative for sustainable tourism.
4   Analyze the importance of protected areas in terms of the development of tourism and the country.
5   Identify problems of eco-tourism and in protected areas and produce solutions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts of Sustainable Tourism and Eco Tourism
2 Sustainable Development and the Importance of Tourism in Sustainable Development
3 Development Process of Tourism and Effective Factors (natural and socio-economic) for the Development of Tourism
4 Alternative Tourism
5 Eco-Tourism
6 Causes and Development of Eco-Tourism
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Principles of Eco-Tourism
9 Types of Eco-Tourism
10 Protected Areas and Eco-Tourism
11 Tourists and Local People in Eco-Tourism
12 Eco-tourism Legal Powers and Legal Formatting
13 Solutions for Sustainable Eco-Tourism
14 Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of Eco-Tourism
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

ATALAY, I.,KARADOĞAN, S. ve ÖZGEN, N. (2006).; Ecotourism: A key study from Kemaliye (W part of the Eastern Anatolian Region, Turkey), Environment and Society Present-Day Dıversity and Dynamics, Proceeding of the 4th Romanian-Turkish Geographic Seminar, 2-12 July 2006, Galati, 161-170.
Değirmencioğlu, Özdal; Ahipaşaoğlu, Suavi (2003). Anadolu'da Turizm Rehberliği, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.
Erdoğan, Nazmiye (2003). Çevre ve Ekoturizm, Erk Yayınları, Ankara.
Küçüktopuzlu, K. Faik (2003). Sürdürülebilir Turizm Kapsamında ÇED Sistemi ve ISO 14000 Standartlarının Değerlendirilmesi, Ege Üniversitesi Coğrafya Bölümü Sempozyumları 2, Coğrafi Çevre Koruma ve Turizm Sempozyumu, 16 - 18 Nisan 2003, [131 - 138], Izmir.
ÖZGÜÇ, N. (1998).Turizm Coğrafyası- Özellikler, Bölgeler, Istanbul: Çantay Kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, observation trips, seminars / the Internet, various institutions, organizations, and interviews with faculty members.

Assessment Methods

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

Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Although the lecture of the course is done by the instructor of the course, it is expected that the students are prepared for the lesson and active participation. Attendance to the course is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

raziye.oban@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 09:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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