TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Sixth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor İsmail Bozkurt
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will be able to know the legislation stated and applied in tourism area. 2) Will be able to have information about the legislation indirectly related to tourism (such as environment, forest, coast, national parks etc.). 3) Will be able to have information about the organizational structure and operation of Culture and Tourism Ministry. 4) Will be able to evaluate Turkish tourism plans and policies in the aspect of tourism legislation. 5) Will be able to know the agreements made by tourism companies. 6) Will be able to know the information about the basic law concepts and the law system. 7) Will be able to know the national and international tourism organizations. 8) Will be able to have practical information about tourism investment and administration.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course covers the present legislation for tourism and its applications, protection, development and utilization of the cultural and natural resources, environmentalism, the positive effect of correct planning on tourism and the contracts made by tourism companies.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Community rules, tourism procedures, legislation, evaluation and examination of the legislation in the hierarchy of norms 2nd Week Ministry of culture and tourism's organizational structure, oprerations and functions 3rd Week The position , the ımportance and the development of turkish tourism policy in the terms of tourism legislation 4th Week Resources of tourism legislation 5th Week Tourism ındustry regulated by basic legislation 6th Week Legislation ındirectly related to tourism 7th Week National and ınternational tourism organizations 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week The agreements of tourism legislation 10th Week Types and methods of legal arrangement in EU 11th Week Types and methods of legal arrangement in EU 12th Week Basic regulations for tourism 13th Week Basic regulations for tourism 14th Week Evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Necip BOZ, Ulvi HOCAOĞLU, Turizm Hukuku, Seçkin Yayınları, 2008, 3. Baskı Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı: Turizm Mevzuatı
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture, Discussion, Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No