COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RURAL TOURISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 3043 RURAL TOURISM 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 Management
Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to determine the contributions of rural tourism to the economy-employment, to give information about good practice examples of rural tourism in the world and in Türkiye, changes and developments in tourism, and to contribute to equipping students with sufficient knowledge and skills about rural tourism at the end of the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to define the concepts of rural tourism.
2   Will be able to comprehend rural tourism types.
3   Will be able to explain the benefits of rural tourism to the destination.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and general characteristics of rural tourism.
2 Concepts in rural tourism.
3 Current situation in tourism.
4 The place and importance of eco-toursim concepts.
5 Sustainable development and tourism.
6 Types of rural toursim.
7 Types of rural toursim.
8 Midterm exam
9 Protection of natural and cultural resources.
10 Eco system management.
11 Rural tourism marketing and management.
12 Social impacts of rural tourism.
13 Rural tourism areas in the world.
14 Rural tourism areas in the world.
15 Final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Uçar, M., Çeken, H., & Ökten, Ş. (2010). Kırsal turizm ve kırsal kalkınma:(fethiye örneği). Detayi Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ceylan.alkan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

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.255
LO.35