| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Associate Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Instructor İlhan Özgür Yağcı
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Have knowledge of students about general environmental problems,
2) Have knowledge of international environmental protection effort and policy about environmental problems.
3) Have knowledge of social, economics and environmental effects of tourism,
4) Learn sustainable tourism principles within the context of sustainable development,
5) Learn ecotourism principles and to work in tourism business with these approaches.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | The purpose of this course is to provide students environmental consciousness. Especially students will aware of environmental destructions on natural and cultural resources at the end of the consciousness and unconsciousness tourism development and to decrease this environmental destructions at minimum as a working indivudual life "what can you do?" |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Global environmental problems | | 2nd Week | Global changes, ozone layer depletion | | 3rd Week | Flora-fauna, water and forest ecosystems | | 4th Week | Environmental problems in tourism | | 5th Week | Social, economics, cultural and environmental effects of tourism | | 6th Week | Air pollution; visual pollution and noise pollution in tourism | | 7th Week | Solid waste and liquid waste | | 8th Week | Mid-term | | 9th Week | International environmental policy and tourism | | 10th Week | sustainable development and sustainable tourism | | 11th Week | Ecoturism and ecotourism activities in Turkey | | 12th Week | Presentation of students project | | 13th Week | Presentation of students project | | 14th Week | General Evaluation of environmental problems |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | 1. Nazmiye Erdoğan (2003) Çevre ve Ekoturizm, Erk Yayıncılık, Ankara.
2. Nazmiye Erdoğan (1997) Çevre Sorunları Çözümler ve Öneriler, Doruk Yayınevi, Ankara.
3. Victor T.C. Middleton and Rebecca Hawkins (1998), Sustainable Tourism, A marketing Perspective, B&H , Oxford.
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Questions/Answers,Project,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 35 | | Project | 1 | 20 | | Total(%) | | 55 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 55 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 45 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Preparation for Quiz | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Individual or group work | | | | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 40 | 40 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 30 | 30 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Homework | | | | | Project | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Total Workload | | | 150 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 5 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 5 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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