TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT

TUSE263

Course Code: TUSE263
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Associate Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

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

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
1^st Week	Global environmental problems
2^nd Week	Global changes, ozone layer depletion
3^rd Week	Florafauna, water and forest ecosystems
4^th Week	Environmental problems in tourism
5^th Week	Social, economics, cultural and environmental effects of tourism
6^th Week	Air pollution; visual pollution and noise pollution in tourism
7^th Week	Solid waste and liquid waste
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	International environmental policy and tourism
10^th Week	sustainable development and sustainable tourism
11^th Week	Ecoturism and ecotourism activities in Turkey
12^th Week	Presentation of students project
13^th Week	Presentation of students project
14^th Week	General Evaluation of environmental problems

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
Questions/Answers
Presentation

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

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	50	50
Course hours	15	3	45
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	40	40
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework
Project	1	20	20
Total Work Load			157
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.23
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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