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)	Professor Nazmiye Erdoğan
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.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course is carried out with the aim of raising environmental awareness about what the students can do as individuals working in the sector in order to understand the environmental degradation on natural and cultural resources as a result of unconscious tourism development and to minimize the deterioration. Global environmental problems, the way these problems are handled at the international level, efforts and agreements, the extent of environmental problems in the tourism sector, the negative social, economic and environmental effects of tourism, its contribution to the sector in the context of sustainable development, the acquisition of environmental awareness and behavior constitute the scope of the course.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Overview of environmental problems and the state of the environment 2nd Week Global warming, ozone depletion, air pollution acid rain 3rd Week State of flora-fauna, aquatic and forest ecosystems 4th Week The extent of environmental problems in the tourism sector 5th Week Social, economic, cultural and environmental effects of tourism 6th Week Tourism and air pollution, noise and visual pollution 7th Week Solid and liquid waste 8th Week MIDTERM 9th Week international environmental movements 10th Week Sustainable development and its principles 11th Week The concept of sustainability and its development in Turkey 12th Week Student presentations 13th Week Student presentations 14th Week General evaluation of the course 15th Week FINAL EXAMINATION
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Nazmiye Erdoğan (2003) Çevre ve Ekoturizm, Erk Yayıncılık, Ankara. Nazmiye Erdoğan (1997) Çevre Sorunları Çözümler ve Öneriler, Doruk Yayınevi, Ankara. Victor T.C. Middleton and Rebecca Hawkins (1998), Sustainable Tourism, A marketing Perspective, B&H , Oxford. Erlet Cater and Gwen Lowman (1996) Ecotourism, Wiley Publishers. Betty Weiler and Michael Hall (1992) Special Interest Tourism, Belhaven Press, London.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 1 20 Project 1 35 Total(%) 55 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 20 1 20 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 30 30 Project 1 40 40 Total Workload 153 Total Workload / 30 5,1 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No