COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

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 define the notions of environment, environmental components and factors, to evaluate interrelations of environment and tourism, within the holistic solution model approach to sustainability.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining holistic solution model as a sustainability approach and environmental components.
2   Defining natural environment and its components.
3   Defining cultural environment and its components.
4   Evaluation and significance of environment as the resource base for tourism.
5   Evaluation of the impact of tourism development on the environment.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Development of human civilisation, production, resource use, consumption and waste production, quest for compromises and the idea of sustainability
2 2. Holistic solution model as a sustainability approach, environmental components, externalities and internalisation model
3 3. Definition and components of the natural environment
4 4. Definition of heritage, natural heritage
5 5. Natural environment problems and solutions
6 6. Development of culture, definition and components of the cultural environment
7 7. Cultural heritage
8 8. Cultural environment problems and solutions
9 9. Economic environment, tourism environment, tourism places, front and back stages, sense of place
10 10. Destination development, regional resource base
11 11. Environment as a tourism resource base component and attraction
12 12. Factors that determine tourism's impact on the environment and their control
13 13. Environmental impact assessment tools, environment management, environment in tourism planning
14 14. Discussions on the sustainability of tourism

Recomended or Required Reading

Yıldız, Ö.E. (2022). Aşırı turizmde yerel halk ziyaretçi etkileşimi, Foça örneği. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 25(47), 293-315., Doi: 10.31795/baunsobed.1039275
Yıldız, Ö.E. (2021). Kültürel Çevre ve Hedef Bölge, "Destinasyon Yönetiminde Yeni Yaklaşımlar" içinde, (Ed. Sezer Karasakal; Oğuz Doğan), Nobel Bilimsel, ISBN:978-625-433-037-7
Yıldız, Ö.E., (2015), Turistik çekim unsuru olarak yerel yiyecek içecek üretiminin ekonomik sürdürülebilirliği: Kazdağı örneği, DEÜ SBE Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Izmir
Kuban, D., (2000), Tarihi Çevre Korumanın Mimarlık Boyutu, YEM Yayınları, ISBN: 9789757438960
Kahraman, N. ve Türkay, O. (2003), Turizm ve Çevre, Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık
Supplementary references: Tourism statistics

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in-class discussions, case study analysis, brainstorming, Q&A, debates, guided reading

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)

ozay.yildiz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesdays, 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 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Reading 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

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

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