COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FAITH TOURISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 1004 FAITH TOURISM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EDA AVCI

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

This course aims to follow and evaluate the new trends and developments in tourism sector and religious tourism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand new trends and developments affecting tourism sector in the world.
2   Analyze changes in global tourism movements and customer expectations and evaluate their impacts
3   Monitor and analyze changes and developments in religious tourism
4   Comprehend and apply current management and marketing techniques which can be used by businesses in religious tourism
5   Analyze the factors and variables which may affect the current religious tourism destinations and attractions, and suggest solutions to potential problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Alternative tourism and faith tourism concepts
2 7 Churches
3 Faith tourism potential of Aksaray province
4 Faith tourism potential of Antalya, Bursa and Iznik provinces
5 Faith tourism potential of Diyarbakır, Edirne, Erzurum, Gaziantep provinces
6 Faith tourism potential of Hatay, Kayseri provinces
7 Faith tourism potential of Istanbul province
8 Midterm exam
9 Faith tourism potential of Istanbul province
10 Faith tourism potential of Izmir province
11 Faith tourism potential of Kars, Konya provinces
12 Faith tourism potential of Mardin Province
13 Faith tourism potential of Nevşehir, Sivas provinces
14 Faith tourism potential of Mersin, Şanlıurfa provinces
15 Faith tourism potential of Trabzon, Van, Isparta provinces
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Inanç Turizmi, Yasin Bilim ve Özgür Özer, Çizgi Kitabevi Yayınları, Çizgi Kitabevi Yayınları.
Kültür Turizmi ve Inanç Algısı, Ertan Özçoban, Gece Akademi.
Inanç Turizmi Açısından Türkiye'de Dini Mekanlar, Mehmet Alparslan Küçük, Berikan Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, in-class practising.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** 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

It is imperative to attend 70% of the courses and fulfill the requirements of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eda.avci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The day and times specified in the weekly course schedule announced for the year.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation about subject 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
In-class practices 1 14 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

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