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 Serhan Gündüz
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) Understand ecotourism and its principles.
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 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 Midterm Exam 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
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,
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) 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
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No