COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT TOPICS IN MARINE TOURISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIT 5010 CURRENT TOPICS IN MARINE TOURISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Marine Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KADIR EMRAH ERGINER

Offered to

Marine Tourism

Course Objective

This course aims to help students analyse current trends and developments of marine tourism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the current trends and developments influencing marine tourism
2   Analyzing the current trends and developments in marine tourism
3   Comment about trends in marine tourism
4   Create solutions about the problems in marine tourism
5   Analyze new marine tourism products and discuss its advantages and disadvantages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Marine Tourism and Its Future
2 Introduction: Marine Tourism and Its Future
3 Legal Issues about Marine Tourism
4 Positive and Negative Effects of Marine Tourism
5 Changing Market Trends in Marine Tourism
6 Changing Market Trends in Marine Tourism
7 Midterm
8 Main destinations in Marine Tourism
9 Global Warming and Marine Tourism
10 Crisis Management in Marine Tourism
11 Technological Developments in Marine Tourism
12 Safety and Security in the Sea
13 Safety and Security in the Sea
14 Big Accidents at Sea

Recomended or Required Reading

There is no one specific text book to be followed. Students should use a mixture of academic books and journals, statistics, industry reports, newspaper articles, online sources and all other related material to be prepared for lectures, assignments and exams.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures: The course consists of a series of lectures on the current trends to be found in the marine tourism. The lecture topics may vary according to the current issues in that specific year.
2. Assignments: Each week, students will be given assignments on lecture topics to be prepared individually, which will help them get prepared for lectures, and apply their theoretical knowledge into real-life or scenario-based case studies.
3. Case studies: There will also be case study practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 10 10
Midterm 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.344454533221
LO.444454533221
LO.533343433211

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