COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FAITH TOURISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 1004 FAITH TOURISM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Program of Tourismand Hotel Manegement

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR EDA AVCI

Offered to

Program of Tourismand Hotel Manegement

Course Objective

This course aims to follow and evaluate the new trends and developments in tourism sector and religious tourism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand new trends and developments affecting tourism sector in the world.
2   Analyze changes in global tourism movements and customer expectations and evaluate their impacts
3   Monitor and analyze changes and developments in religious tourism
4   Comprehend and apply current management and marketing techniques which can be used by businesses in religious tourism
5   Analyze the factors and variables which may affect the current religious tourism destinations and attractions, and suggest solutions to potential problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Today of Tourism Industry and New Approaches
2 Change in Tourism and New Trends
3 Contemporary Tourism Types
4 Globalization and Tourism
5 Factors Affecting Tourism Industry
6 Impact of Technological Developments on Tourism
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Internet, Social Media and Tourism
10 Religious Tourism as a Type of Special Interest Tourism
11 Factors and Innovations Affecting Religious Tourism
12 Impacts of Demographic and Social Changes on Religious Tourism
13 Impacts of Cultural Factors on Religious Tourism
14 Impacts of Economic and Political Factors on Religious Tourism and Religious Tourist Profile
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Will be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam, assignment

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be announced.

Office Hours

Will 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 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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