COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM AND SOCIOLOGY OF LEISURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 4038 TOURISM AND SOCIOLOGY OF LEISURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide the students with a general introduction to the field of sociology of tourism, with emphasis on major issues and current research in the field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand complex structure of tourism.
2   To learn sociological explanations for impacts of tourism.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the sociology of tourism
2 Travel, leisure and consumption
3 Touristic Experience
4 Touristic Motivations and Attitudes
5 Touristic Roles and Reactions
6 The relationships between tourists and locals
7 Midterm Exam
8 The structure of tourist settings
9 Authenticity in tourist settings
10 Impacts of mass tourism
11 Socioeconomic impacts of tourism
12 Sociocultural impacts of tourism

Recomended or Required Reading

Apostolopoulos, Y.; Leivadi,S.; Yiannakis A. (2001). The Sociology of Tourism:
Theoritical and Emprical Investigations (Routledge advances in tourism), New York, Routledge.
Avcıkurt, C. (2009). Turizm Sosyolojisi, Turist-Yerel Halk Etkileşimi, Ankara, Detay Yayıncılık.
Doğan, H. Z. (2004). Turizmin Sosyo-Kültürel Temelleri, Ankara, Detay Yayıncılık.
MacCannell, D. (1999 ). The Tourist. A New Theory of the Leisure Class. London,
University of California Press, Ltd. Urry, J. (1999 ).
Urry, J. (2015). Mekanları Tüketmek. Istanbul, Ayrıntı Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face

Assessment Methods

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

Exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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