COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GMS 1006 INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEMET BAĞIRAN ÖZŞEKER

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

This course aims to enable students to learning the basic concepts of tourism and creating infrastructure for tourism-related courses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn the concepts of the tourism
2   Recognize the Tourism Enterprises
3   Learn the importance of the concept of tourists and tourism
4   Explaining the relationship between Tourism and economic Factors

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An overview of tourism
2 Structure of tourism
3 Development of tourism industry
4 Development of tourism education
5 Types of touirsm
6 The tourism business
7 The tourism business
8 Tourism supply and tourism demand
9 Tourism supply
10 Tourism demand
11 Economic impacts of tourism
12 Social impacts of tourism
13 Physical impacts of tourism
14 Tourism and technology

Recomended or Required Reading

Öcal Usta, Genel Turizm, Anadolu Maatbacılık, 2001, Izmir.
Nazmi Kozak, Meryem Kozak ve Metin Kozak. Genel Turizm, Detay Yayınları, 2017, Ankara.
Cooper, C., Fletcher, J., Fyall, A., Gilbert, D. And Wanhill, S., 2006. Tourism Principles and Practice. Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, London.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ*0.40+FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ*0.40+BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam: Midterm exam includes subjects and assignments in the course content (40%).
2. Final Exam: The exam will cover all subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).
3. Resit: The exam will cover all the topics in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).

Assessment Criteria

Student;
1. Will be able to explain the concepts related to tourism sector.
2 Will be able to express the characteristics of tourism enterprises.
3. Will be able to explain the importance of tourism.
3 Will be able to establish the relationship between tourism and economic elements.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Participation in class is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

demet.bagiran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday/ 09:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
In-class practices 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45