Description of Individual Course Units
|
Offered By |
Tourism Management |
Level of Course Unit |
First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
PROFESSOR EBRU GÜNLÜ KÜÇÜKALTAN |
Offered to |
Tourism Management |
Course Objective |
This course is designed to introduce students to the nature and structure of the tourism and travel industries with the aim to describe the unique characteristics of the industries, to identify the terminology used in tourism studies and to provide the necessary conceptual and theoretical background for further studies in the field. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
||||||||||
|
Mode of Delivery |
Face -to- Face |
Prerequisites and Co-requisites |
None |
Recomended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Recomended or Required Reading |
1. Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies by GOELDNER, C.R. and RITCHIE, J.R.B., 2003, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 9th ed. |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
1. Lectures: Each week, a lecture on a specific topic will be delivered. |
Assessment Methods |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable. |
Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
1. Mid-Term Exam |
Assessment Criteria |
1. In their exam essays, students should be able to present that they are capable of describing the related topics and concepts correctly with the use of appropriate real-life cases. |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Course Policies and Rules |
1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory. |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
Gurhan Aktas |
Office Hours |
To be announced. |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|