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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SEC 4018 VISITOR MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 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

This course aims to enable students to learning visitor management and protected areas are managed with visitor management approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing recognize protected areas and their importance. 2   Learning the protected areas in tourism and recreation. 3   Learning the management of visitors and to use them in tourism applications. 4   Understanding and applying visitor management models. 5   Understanding the importance of education and awareness by understanding the concept of participatory management.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Protected areas 2 Determination of protected areas in tourism and recreation in social, cultural, economic and environmental context. 3 Threats to protected areas and Classification of these threats 4 Principles and approaches in protected area planning 5 Principles and approaches in protected area planning 6 Visitor management, goals and objectives 7 Mid-term exam 8 Mid-term exam 9 Visitor management application principles and usage areas 10 Models used in visitor management 11 Evaluation of visitor management models in the scope of Turkey s legal, administrative and social conditions. 12 Participation and cooperation local community in protected areas 13 Presentation 14 Presentation 15 Final Exam 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Myra Shackley, Visitor Managment: Case Studies from World Heritage Sites, BH, 2000. Michael A. Di Giovine, The Heritage-scape: Unesco, World Heritage and Toursim, Lexington Books, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and assignment

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 3 36 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60 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/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 1 1 LO.2 2 2 LO.3 3 3 3 LO.4 4 4 4 4 LO.5 5 5 5 5