TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh 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 know about historical development of travel agencies and make prediction about the future developments. 2) Will be able to determine basic knowledge at tourism distribution and distribution nets, discuss the importance of travel agencies in distribution nets. 3) Will be able to know about work frame and activities of travel agencies and make comparisons on travel agency activities. 4) Will be able to know legislative frame work, laws and regulations of travel agencies. 5) Will be able to compare similarities and differences of systems of travel agencies and tour operators, make deductions about these enterprises. 6) Will be able to define basic management functions and familiarize human resources management applied at travel companies. 7) Will be able to define basic marketing functions and familiarize marketing management applied at travel companies. 8) Will be able to know about applications of travel companies.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to give theoretical and practical hints to students about tour operating system, functions of travel agencies, distribution system, and historical period; educate and prepare them for the business world.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Historical development of travel and travel agencies 3rd Week Distribution net at tourism and travel agencies situation on distribution net 4th Week Travel agencies activities 5th Week Laws and regulations about travel agencies 6th Week Comparison of travel agencies and tour operators 7th Week Management at travel companies 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Marketing at travel companies 10th Week Marketing at travel companies 11th Week Travel agency techniques 12th Week Case studies 13th Week Case studies 14th Week Case studies
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	İçöz O. , Seyahat Acentaları ve Tur Operatörlüğü Yönetimi. 6.Baskı, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara, 2010
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture, Discussion, Questions/Answers, Project, Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Quiz 1 10 Project 1 20 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No