COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSERVATION AND TOURISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5137 CONSERVATION AND TOURISM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ESTER ETI AKYÜZ LEVI

Offered to

Restoration
Restoration

Course Objective

To discuss the impacts of tourism in the context of conservation of the historical buildings and environments and to examine the things likely to be done to transfer the buildings and fabric to the future by conserving their originality and by considering the conservation-use balance.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to describe the concept and types of tourism,
2   To be able to discuss the historical environment-tourism relationship,
3   To be able to give examples of using the historical buildings for touristic purposes,
4   To be able to state the impact of tourism on historical buildings and environments,
5   To be able to state the role of tourism on the conservation of historical buildings.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and introducing of the aim, content and lecturing method of the course.
2 General information on the concept of tourism & types of tourism.
3 Place of tourism in the conservation of cultural heritage.
4 Conservation-use balance and tourism.
5 Examination of the impact of tourism on the use of historical buildings and environments via examples.
6 Positive / negative impacts of tourism on the historical environmental protectionism.
7 Positive / negative impacts of tourism on the historical environmental protectionism.
8 Positive / negative impacts of tourism on the historical environmental protectionism.
9 Reflections of touristic uses on historical buildings and fabric - examples.
10 Midterm exam.
11 Presentations by students.
12 Presentations by students.
13 Presentations by students.
14 Overall evaluation & submission of assignments.

Recomended or Required Reading

* AKYÜZ, Eti, "Tire: Konutlar, Sokak Dokusu ve Dini Yapılar" (Tire : Houses, Streets and Religious Buildings), Mimarlık ve Dekorasyon Dergisi, 35 (June 1995), pp. 71-74.

* AKYÜZ, Eti, "Tarihsel Mimari Doku Korumasına Bir Örnek: Şirince", Arredamento Dekorasyon, 74(1995/10), pp. 116-118.

* AKYÜZ LEVI, Eti, "Tarihi Çevre Korumacılığı ve Turizm" (Conservation of Historical Environment and Tourism), Mimarlık, 286 (4/1999), pp. 55-56.

* AKYÜZ LEVI, Eti, "Izmir Hatuniye Meydanı Renovasyon Çalışması" (Renovation of Square of Hatuniye in Izmir), Izmir Dergisi, 2 (November 2000), pp.180-186.

* Various articles from the journals entitled Taç, Egemimarlık, Mimarlık, Yapı, Vakıflar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students' active participation in the course is expected.
*Literature research and archive research.
*Fieldwork (on-the-spot observations and examinations).
*To express the opinions on the matter visually, orally and in writing.
-Conveying through oral and visual presentations.
-Development of the ideas which have been suggested through the discussion medium in the classroom & interpretations.
-Presentations by students & discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 RAS RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
4 PAR PARTICIPATION
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 +RAS * 0.50 + PAR * 0.10


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam - ÖÇ 1, ÖÇ 2,
Homework assignment - ÖÇ 2, ÖÇ 3, ÖÇ4
Final Exam- ÖÇ 1, ÖÇ3, ÖÇ 5

The knowledge dimension (LO1) of the learning outcomes is measured with a midterm exam and a final exam; their comprehension dimension (LO2) is measured with a midterm exam and a final exam; their analysis dimension (LO3) is measured with a final exam, an assignment ; their evaluation dimension (LO4) is measured with a final exam; and their synthesis dimension (LO5) is measured with a final exam, an assignment .

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Eti Akyüz Levi
eti.levi@deu.edu.tr; eti.akyuz@gmail.com
tel.: 02323018460- 0555-4128310

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials (Student Presentations) 3 2 6
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparing Presentations 1 6 6
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 12 12
Preparation for Final (Research paper) 1 16 16
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.11
LO.21
LO.311
LO.41
LO.51

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