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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / SOS 321 - SOCIOLOGY

Code: SOS 321 Course Title: SOCIOLOGY OF TOURISM Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department SOCIOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ÇAĞDAŞ ÜMİT YAZGAN (cumityazgan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) MOZHARUL ISLAM,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course Sociology of Tourism on the fact that tourism is a social event, to reveal the effects of the economic and social structures, in particular to show the impacts on socio-economic structure of Turkey, the relationship between tourism and other sciences, the dimensions of the tourism phenomenon, the importance of tourism in national and international level and the development process.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can describe the accurrence and development of tourism. PO-6 6. Can assess and evaluate the data making use of the advanced knowledge and skills that they have acquired in the field, to define and analyze the issues connected with current technological developments finding ways to offer solutions to those issues based on the researched and evidence.
 		Examination
LO-2 Can interpret the relations between tourism and compensated absences. PO-2 2.Can transfer and adapt what they have acquired in the field of Sociology to other disciplines.
PO-5 5. Can dedicate to improve themselves by keeping abreast of the developments in science, technology and modern topics.
 		Examination
LO-3 Can explain the social dimension of tourism. PO-2 2.Can transfer and adapt what they have acquired in the field of Sociology to other disciplines.
PO-4 4. Can have the skills to define, model and solve the sociological problems in the field of Sociology and related fields.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Together with the reasons for the structural development of tourism and history lessons in the course of study at the ages begins with the determination of the stages, the second is the meaning of tourism, nature tourism as a science and its relationship with other branches of science, it focuses on the relationship between industral revolution and tourism event, finally, it results within the framework of the effects of tourism on social and economic structure, the place of the phenomenon of tourism in the history of Turkey .
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Tourism fact and characteristics of tourism Oral Lecture, question and answer
2 Classification of tourism: Health Tourism, Social Tourism / Mass Tourism Oral Lecture, question and answer
3 Mountain and Winter Tourism Youth Tourism religious Tourism Oral Lecture, question and answer
4 Tourism within the framework of the Social Sciences Oral Lecture, question and answer
5 Relationship between tourism and other sciences Oral Lecture, question and answer
6 Factors Enhancing Tourism Oral Lecture, question and answer
7 Increase in leisure time Oral Lecture, question and answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Advancing Transportation Oral Lecture, question and answer
10 Advances in Communication Technology Oral Lecture, question and answer
11 Elevation Levels of Education and Culture Oral Lecture, question and answer
12 Elevation of the level of welfare Oral Lecture, question and answer
13 Increasing social mobility Oral Lecture, question and answer
14 Increase in leisure time Oral Lecture, question and answer
15 Overall Evaluation Oral Lecture, question and answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Avcıkurt, Cevdet. (2015). Turizm Sosyolojisi. Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık.
Required Course instruments and materials
Ozdemir, Mehmet (1992) Effects of tourism in socio-economic structure of Turkey, Ankara. Ozdemir, Mehmet (1998) tourism Fiske Stone, Ankara: Rekmay Ltd.?t. Usta O. (1998). Tourism, Tourism Policies Structural Approach to the event and the Turkish Tourism, Istanbul: Hyacinth Press. Avc?kurt, Cevdet. (2015). Sociology of Tourism. Ankara: Detay Yay?nc?l?k

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 14 14
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 1 1 1
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 3 9
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 4 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 94