COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROJECT PREPARATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 4020 PROJECT PREPARATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN AVŞAR KURGUN

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

The aim of the project preparation course is to enable students to develop ideas related to tourism sector, to put these ideas into Project format and gain implementation skills while using the theoretical knowledge related to tourism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain the concept "Project"
2   To list stages of Project cycle management
3   To draw logical framework for a Project
4   To make Project work plan and work assignment
5   To write Project report

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Project as a concept, the process in Project preparation, the characteristics of a project
2 Factors playing role in Project preparation
3 The components of Project preparation process, the principles for effective Project preparation
4 In class discussion of students ideas about projects related to tourism sector initial discussion
5 Project types, the stages of Project cycle management
6 Determination of the Project topic and establishment of project s logical framework
7 Mid term exam
8 Mid term exam
9 Implementation period of the Project according to Project work plan and work assignment-1-
10 Implementation period of the Project according to Project work plan and work assignment-2-
11 Implementation period of the Project according to Project work plan and work assignment-3-
12 Report preparation
13 Presentation
14 Project documentation
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source:
Bennet P. Lientz ve Kathryn P. Rea, Project Management for 21st Century, Academic Press, 2002.

Supplemental source:
Al and Jackie DeLucia, Recipes for Project Success, Project Management Institute, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 4 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.55