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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
TOURISM SOCIOLOGY TBF363 - 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Explains basic concepts of sociology and understands relation with tourism
2) Explains tourism and society relation
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONIn this course, the sociological dimensions of tourism are discussed by knowing the general tourism concept and how tourism sociology occurred, improved. In addition, the concept of tourism is examined with an interdisciplinary perspective.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week General Frame of Tourism Sociology: Incidence of Tourism Sociology, Historic Background, Development and defination
2nd Week Sociologic meaning of Tourism Industry
3rd Week Tourism system and individual
4th Week Social and Cultural Effects of Development og Tourism
5th Week Tourism and Culture Interaction
6th Week Work-Labor Market in Tourism
7th Week Work-Labor Market in Tourism
8th Week MIDTERM
9th Week Globalization and Tourism
10th Week Globalization and Tourism
11th Week Environmental Extend of Development of Tourism
12th Week Environmental Extend of Development of Tourism
13th Week Relation and interaction of tourist and local public
14th Week Maintainability approach and tourism ethic in tourism
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGTurizm Sosyolojisi, Avcıkurt C., Detay Yayıncılık ,Ankara.2009
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Project120
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam111
Preparation for Quiz111
Individual or group work20120
Preparation for Final exam14040
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam12525
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam111
Homework
Project12525
Total Workload155
Total Workload / 305,16
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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