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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TUR 3050 TOURISM SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CEYLAN ALKAN

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management Tourism Management

Course Objective

Explaining the basic concepts of sociology of tourism and teach theories of modern sociology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 Analysing Sociology of tourism event, determine the approach and findings 2   2 Determining the stance of international tourism in the social sciences 3   3 Analysing tourist experiences 4   4 Making evaluation of cultural comparison, social differences, gender and to express the relationship between them 5   5 Explaning socio-cultural 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 Definitions of Sociology And Tourism Sociology 2 The Sociological Meaning Of The Modern Tourist Industry 3 Tourism System And The Individual 4 Tourism, Culture And Social Inequality 5 The Underdevelopment And Dependence Of Tourism 6 Tourism And Social Institutions 7 Midterm Exam 8 Midterm Exam 9 Politization of tourism 10 Gender And Economic Interests In Tourism 11 Defined Tourism As a product 12 Social tourism 13 Mega-Events And Micro-Modernization: On The Sociology Of Tourism In the cities. 14 Sociology Of Rural Tourism 15 Final Exam 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Turizmin Sosyo-Kültürel Temelleri, Detay Yayıncılık, 2004 Cevdet Avcıkurt, Turizm Sosyolojisi, , Detay Yayıncılık, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture is given theorically

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluating mid-term and final exam and presantation of students

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Each student is responsible for obtaining all handouts, announcements, and schedule changes. All students have to obey the rules declared by the instructor It s obligatory for the students to deliver homeworks and projects on time

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ceylan.alkan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-Wednesday:13.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparation for quiz etc. 1 5 5 Preparing assignments 1 5 5 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 LO.1 5 4 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 5 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.3 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.4 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 4 5 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1