ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RDTV153

Course Code: RDTV153
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Associate Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Nazmiye Erdoğan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Have knowledge of students about general environmental problems,
Have knowledge of international environmental protection effort and policy about environmental problems.
Have knowledge of social, economics and environmental effects of tourism,
Learn sustainable tourism principles within the context of sustainable development,
Learn ecotourism principles and to work in tourism business with these approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

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
1^st Week	Overview of environmental problems and the state of the environment
2^nd Week	Global warming, ozone depletion, air pollution acid rain
3^rd Week	State of flora-fauna, aquatic and forest ecosystems
4^th Week	The extent of environmental problems in the tourism sector
5^th Week	Social, economic, cultural and environmental effects of tourism
6^th Week	Tourism and air pollution, noise and visual pollution
7^th Week	Solid and liquid waste
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	international environmental movements
10^th Week	Sustainable development and its principles
11^th Week	The concept of sustainability and its development in Turkey
12^th Week	Student presentations
13^th Week	Student presentations
14^th Week	General evaluation of the course

Recommended 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 (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	20
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam	1	42	42
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	40	40
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	1	25	25
Project
Total Work Load			151
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14	X	X	X	X	X