Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SEC1682014849SPECIAL INTEREST TOURISMElective123
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is Introduction to Special Interest Tourism
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Mustafa SARI
Learning Outcomes
1To be able to analyze the factors that force the people to tourism ;
2To be able to dominate the sustainable tourism subject ;
3To be able to understand and realize the eco-tourism subject ;
4To be able to learn the alternative tourism and realize the variety of alternative tourism ;
5To be able to analyze the special interest tourism ;
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Definition of tourists, Tourism and Tourist Properties, Tourism Historical Development, Tourism type, environment and environmental values, Ecosystems, Ecology, Ecology Law, Sustainability, the purpose of the concept of sustainability and its history, Eco-Tourism definition, eco-tourism component, Eco Tourism Objectives, Eco Principles of Tourism, Alternative Tourism Definition, Purpose, Alternative Tourism and Related Concepts, Special Interest Tourism Related Basic Concepts, types of special interest tourism.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Definition of tourists, Tourism and tourist characteristics, the historical development of tourism, tourism types.
2Factors that led to the tourism people.
3To examine the overall structure of the tourism industry, Definition and Classification of Tourism.
4Environment and environmental values; Ecosystems, Ecology, Ecological Laws,
5Sustainability, the purpose of the concept of sustainability and its history.
6Sustainable tourism, sustainable tourism concept of sustainable tourism development. The tools of sustainable tourism, the principles of sustainable tourism, sustainable tourism rules, the purpose of sustainable tourism, the effects of tourism on the environment.
7Definition of eco-tourism, eco-tourism component, Eco Tourism Objectives, Eco Tourism Policy.
8Midterm
9Eco-Tourism Policy and the basic objectives of the Strategy, Tourism Regarding the eco-system degradation causes.
10Alternative Tourism Definition, Purpose, Alternative Tourism and Related Concepts.
11Alternative Tourism and Development Areas.
12Alternative Tourism Concept of Innovations Brought to Tourism Market.
13Alternative Tourism and Natural Environment, Alternative Tourism and Sustainability Relationship
14Special Interest Tourism Related Basic Concepts.
15Types of Special Interest Tourism.
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study10220
Individual Study for Mid term Examination5210
Individual Study for Final Examination5210
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)84
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PO
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LO15   54 44
LO24   44 44
LO34   55 55
LO45   44 44
LO54   45 44
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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