COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SEC 2019 CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR NIL SONUÇ

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

The course is exaimining the relationship between the culture and tourism by showing the complex social and cultural relationships. Thus by this means, course has the aim of gaining the student the knowledge basis for analysing the effect of culture on development, the inter-cultural values, globalization, cultural heritage elements.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Alanysing the relationships between tourism and culture and between the current events and cultural tourism.
2   To be able to explain the basic concepts and theories about the cultural tourism
3   To be able to analyse the relationship between current events and cultural tourism
4   To be able to present information about the tangible and the intangible cultural heritage

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theoretical Framework: Culture and Cultural Heritage
2 The Resources of Cultural Heritage
3 The Uniqueness and Cultural Heritage
4 Cultural Heritage Tourism: Demand Dimension
5 UNESCO Cultural Heritage List (Tangible Cultural Heritage)
6 UNESCO Cultural Heritage List (Intangible Cultural Heritage)
7 Midterm Exam
8 Midterm Exam
9 The Management of Cultural Destinations
10 Sustainability and Cultural Heritage Tourism
11 The Effect of Digital Trends to Cultural Heritage Tourism
12 Urban Buildings (Case Study Discussion)
13 Museums, art galleries (Case Study Discussion)
14 Festivals (Case Study Discussion)
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

UNESCO: http://whc.unesco.org/
UNITAR: http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/management-and-conservation-of-world-heritage-sites
Reisinger, Y., & Turner, L. (2003). Cross-Cultural Behavior in Tourism: Concepts and Analysis. Oxford, U.K.: Butterworth Heinemann.
Sigala, M., & Leslie, D. (2005). International Cultural Tourism Management: Implications and Cases. Oxford, U.K.: Butterworth Heinemann.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presenting lectures. To exchange information and discuss about the topic, case study.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance obligatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nil.sonuc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
In-class practices 24 1 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.255
LO.35
LO.45

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