TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will be able to gain information about Turkish geography. 2) Will be able to gain information about cultural, natural places and climate conditions in Turkey and prepare a tour programme. 3) Will be able to know about ancient cities and compare them with their recent situations. 4) Will be able to inform tourists about the region they work. 5) Will be able to see tourism as a big picture and know cultural, natural and historical places in Turkey at the same time.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Introducing well known tourism routes, generally accepted today; museums, ruins, important geographical and historical centers; social and economic structural features of the main geographic sections; the general layout transportation, lodging and other hospitality facilities, searching new tourism routes; enlarging the tourism potential possibilities, covering some new activities such as religious and thermal tourism; designating the structural peculiarities in order to get maximum benefit of the geographical sections
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Ancient regions and names of destinations 2nd Week Ancient regions and names of destinations 3rd Week General view of turkish tourism 4th Week General view of turkish tourism 5th Week Region of the Marmara 6th Week Region of the Aegean 7th Week Region of the Mediterranian 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Region of the Southeast Anatolia 10th Week Region of the East Anatolia 11th Week Region of the Black Sea 12th Week Region of the Central Anatolia 13th Week Region of the Central Anatolia 14th Week Evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Türkiye Turizm Coğrafyası, Prof. Dr. Suna Doğaner Türkiye Turizm Coğrafyası, Prof. Dr. Aydoğan Köksal Türkiye Turizm Coğrafyası, Gürhan Aktaş
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture, Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 35 Assignment 1 15 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No