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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
COMMERCIAL RECREATION AND TOURISM SPS374 - 3 + 0 4

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Assistant Professor Funda Akcan Amca
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Understand objectives and types of commercial recreation firms, business system, foundation of business, legal structure of firms
2) Asses the recreational and touristic firms.
3) Understand and analyze the topics in commercial and tourism organizations such as; evaluation, service, resource profiles.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONPhilosophical foundations and history of presentation of leisure time services to commercial recreation and tourism agencies. Examination of topics in service presentation such as organization, evaluation, service presentation, laws, profiles of financial resources and trends.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Basic concepts and definitions
2nd Week Historical and philosophical foundations
3rd Week Different organizations and their aims
4th Week Commercial recreation services and charecteristics
5th Week Tourism organizations and charecteristics
6th Week Management and management functions of recreation and tourism organization Rekreasyonel ve turistik işletmelerin yönetimi ve yönetim fonksiyonları
7th Week Mid Term
8th Week Recreation, tourism and economy
9th Week Determination of demand in recreational and tourism organizations
10th Week Determination of demand in recreational and tourism organizations (continued)
11th Week Commercial recreation and program planning
12th Week Case analysis
13th Week Trends and issues
14th Week Global administration strategies
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGGerson Jr, G., Ibrahim, H., deVries, J., Eisen, G., & Lollar, S. (1991). Understanding Leisure: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Second Edition, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, USA.
Kemp, K. & Pearson, S. (1997). Leisure and Tourism. Longman Press, Great Britain.
Tribe, J. (1995). The Economics of Leisure and Tourism: Environments, Markets and Impacts. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Oxford.
Weston, A. S. (1996). Commercial Recreation and Tourism: An Introduction to Business Oriented Recreation. Times Mirror Higher Education Group, Inc. USA.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term160
Total(%)60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)40
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam224
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam13030
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam21530
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam111
Homework2714
Total Workload121
Total Workload / 304,03
ECTS Credits of the Course4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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