COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SEC 4053 TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZAY EMRE YILDIZ

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

To evaluate the protective and developing practices about environment by emphasizing the relation between tourism and environment from the point of tourism industry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have knowledge of the concepts about tourism and environment
2   To be able to comment on tourism movements in the world and interaction with environment of the movements in question.
3   To be able to give opinions about the contribution of natural environment on tourism demand.
4   To be able to analyze the positive and negative bringings of tourism industry on environment.
5   To be able to understand the importance of environment and make an inference about tourism investment in the future.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Tourism event and its development in the world and Türkiye
2 Environment description, environmental values, environmental economics
3 Environmental approach in the developing and less developed countries
4 Tourism types and the effect of environment on tourism types formation
5 The effect of tourism on environment
6 Sustainable development and tourism
7 MID-TERM EXAM
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 Sustainable tourism
10 Base drifts in travel industry and sustainable tourism
11 Sustainable tourism in hospitality industry
12 Sustainable tourism in travel and tourism operations
13 Examples of sustainable tourism project from the world
14 Examples of sustainable tourism project from Türkiye
15 FINAL EXAM
16 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks: Kahraman, N. ve Türkay, O. (2003), Turizm ve Çevre, Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık
Supplementary references: Tourism statistics

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and case studies

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: Mid-term exam covers the topics examined in the course and weekly assignments (40%).
2.Final Exam: Final exam covers all subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).

Assessment Criteria

Exam papers will be evaluated regarding the level of understanding, as well as defining the causality between the basic concepts and issues of the lecture, ability of giving examples and analytical thought, and using relevant terminology.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. It is essential that students make use of the reading list
4. Students are expected to be involved in class discussions

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erdem.aktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday / 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Web Search and Library Research 12 2 24
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.35555
LO.4555
LO.555