TUR658 - TOURISM and ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOURISM and ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS | TUR658 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Bahtışen KAVAK | |||||
| Course objective | At the end of this course, students will learn about the importance and effects of environment in the development of tourism, the effects of tourism on the natural environment, ecological risk analysis, importance of the environment in terms of tourism and environmental policies and sustainable tourism. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | - The importance of the environment our life. - concepts of environment (environmental, ecology, ecosystem, habitat, diversity, ecological balance). - The process of environmental protection, development and history. - Tourism and Environment association. - Sustainability in tourism for tourist consumption, environmental protection and use. - Waste, pollution and recycling. - Environmental Protection and Tourism | |||||
| References | ÇEVİRGEN A., DEMİR C., Turizm ve Çevre Yönetimi Sürdürülebilir Gelişme Yaklaşımı, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2006. Aricles | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Environment and Tourism |
| Week 2 | Environmental Problems and Turkey |
| Week 3 | Social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of Tourism |
| Week 4 | Air, water and soil pollution |
| Week 5 | Wastes |
| Week 6 | Sustainable Tourism |
| Week 7 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 8 | Definition, objectives and development of Ecotourism |
| Week 9 | Types of ecotourism |
| Week 10 | Sustainable Development |
| Week 11 | Ecotourism and sustainable management policy |
| Week 12 | The effects of tourism on the natural environment |
| Week 13 | Environmental approach to the developing and / or to the least developed countries |
| Week 14 | Environmental approaches to Tourism |
| Week 15 | Environmental Legislation |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 25 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 25 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 25 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 16 | 75 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 25 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 5 | 60 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Total Workload | 29 | 83 | 177 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Conducts novel and ethical research on business, reports outcomes in a critical manner. | X | ||||
| 2. Solves problems via appropriate softwares, adapts to new methods and software. | X | ||||
| 3. Has managerial and leadership skills to identify problems, objectives and strategic plans for organizational progress with a critical point of view. | X | ||||
| 4. Plays an active role in projects, analyses relationship between stakeholders accurately, motivates and manages all stakeholders through effective language skills. | X | ||||
| 5. Has necessary communication skills to manage verbal and written communication. | X | ||||
| 6. Analyses and uses contemporary and advanced knowledge in relation with information from different areas. | X | ||||
| 7. Progresses continuously and transfers the experience in both written and verbal ways. | X | ||||
| 8. Through anticipation and strategic thinking, plays an active role in organizational decision making process. | X | ||||
| 9. Uses knowledge in consistency with the ethical, social and international values in an unbiased manner. | X | ||||
| 10. Has expertise on the multi-disciplinary nature of management and related fields. | X | ||||
| 11. Approaches problems with a wide strategic perspective, self-develops continuously. | X | ||||
| 12. Shares novel studies, is up to date both in knowledge and personal network. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest