COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORLD TOURISM GEOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 4036 WORLD TOURISM GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM KOBA

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
Tourism Management

Course Objective

The aim of the lesson is to get knowledge about important places in worlds tourism geography and the places at world cultural heritage list.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to comprehend world s geography
2   To be able to comprehend world tourism organization
3   To be able to comprehend the information about regional and travel destinations
4   To be able to analyze what world cultural heritage is

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Preliminary information will be given about objectives importance concept contents methods measurement and sources of the lesson
2 Relation between tourism and geography
3 Description Specialties and types of destinations
4 UNESCO and World Cultural Heritage
5 UNESCO and World Cultural Heritage
6 World Wonders seven wonders of the anteamed world
7 Midterm Exam
8 World Wonders seven wonders of the anteamed world
9 Central and Eastern Europe travel destinations
10 North American travel destinations
11 South American travel destinations
12 Asia Pacific travel destinations
13 Middle East travel destinations
14 Middle East travel destinations
15 Case Study
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lesson 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

To be announced.

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 obliquely fort he students to deliver homeworks and projects on time.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.koba@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.155
LO.25555
LO.35
LO.45