COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL TOURISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMT 1005 GENERAL TOURISM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

IRFAN YILDIZ

Offered to

Course Objective

Course Objectives Is intended by us, to gain competence to understand and explain the basic concepts related to the tourism industry to the students in our program, in general tourism courses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Knows the general concepts of tourism industry and other branches of science related to tourism;
2   2.Knows the historical development of tourism industry and the factors affecting the development of tourism;
3   3.Knows the types of tourism;
4   4.Understand the functions of tourism;
5   5.Knows the supply-demand relationship in tourism; To give information about touristic product by emphasizing its concepts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1.Tourism and Tourist Concepts. 11.Consumer behavior in tourism and an overview of the sociology of tourism.
2 2.Tourism's Relationship with Other Sciences. 12.Economic Importance of Tourism in Turkey.
3 3.Varieties and types of tourism. 13.Non-governmental organizations working in the field of Tourism in Turkey - Turkey Tourism education and tourism sector problems.
4 4.Factors affecting the development of tourism. 14.International Tourism and Future Trends.
5 5.The concept and characteristics of supply in the tourism sector.
6 6.The concept and characteristics of demand in the tourism sector.
7 7.The concept of the tourist district and tourist products.
8 8.Midterm
9 9.Tourism's economic, social and physical environment relationship; Factors affecting demand for tourism
10 10.Businesses operating in the tourism sector.

Recomended or Required Reading

Cevdet AVCIKURT (2009) Tourism Sociology: General and Structural Approach. Detay Publishing, ANKARA.
Nazmi KOZAK-Meryem A.KOZAK-Metin KOZAK (2010) General Tourism: Principles and Concepts. Detay Publishing, ANKARA.
Orhan IÇÖZ- Ebru GÜNLÜ-Burcu Selin YILMAZ (2007) General Tourism: Basic Concepts and Principles in Tourism, Turhan Bookstore.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, presentation, explanation.

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

Midterm and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is compulsory. Any kind of copying action will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Email Addresses: irfan.yildiz@deu.edu.tr
switchboard: 02328928776
Internal: 14403
Direct: 02328928786

Office Hours

Tuesday: 14: 30-16: 30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Reading 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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