Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF TOURISM / T427 - TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT

Code: T427 Course Title: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer GAYE DENİZ (gaye.yuksel@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The students is to learn and the ethics of sustainable tourism policy

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To be able to explain the emerging trends in tourism PO-1 To have detailed knowledge about a specific profession related to the field of Tourism and to have comprehensive and systematic knowledge about concepts, theories, principles and facts in close disciplines. To use and interpret this knowledge, theories, models generally in business environment
PO-3 To have knowledge about Service Delivery Process and procedures in the field of Tourism. To analyze, plan, practice and control these processes. To restructure and improve Service Delivery Process when necessary. To manage or to convert service processes and work which are complex, unpredictable and require new strategic approaches.
PO-8 To recognize and use physical environment equipment, materials and technologies related to the field and to protect by maintaining.
Examination
LO-2 To be able to illustrate the ecotourism PO-1 To have detailed knowledge about a specific profession related to the field of Tourism and to have comprehensive and systematic knowledge about concepts, theories, principles and facts in close disciplines. To use and interpret this knowledge, theories, models generally in business environment
PO-3 To have knowledge about Service Delivery Process and procedures in the field of Tourism. To analyze, plan, practice and control these processes. To restructure and improve Service Delivery Process when necessary. To manage or to convert service processes and work which are complex, unpredictable and require new strategic approaches.
PO-12 To follow current developments and applications at national and international level related to his/her profession on the field and use in practice in order. To get more responsibility, update the knowledge, skills and competencies with awareness of lifelong learning as a self-learning through personal and professional knowledge, skills and competencies by increasing and continuously improves himself/herself.
Examination
LO-3 To be able to apply sustainable tourism management PO-1 To have detailed knowledge about a specific profession related to the field of Tourism and to have comprehensive and systematic knowledge about concepts, theories, principles and facts in close disciplines. To use and interpret this knowledge, theories, models generally in business environment
PO-3 To have knowledge about Service Delivery Process and procedures in the field of Tourism. To analyze, plan, practice and control these processes. To restructure and improve Service Delivery Process when necessary. To manage or to convert service processes and work which are complex, unpredictable and require new strategic approaches.
PO-6 To have a basic level of knowledge about important issues, alternative solutions and field-specific research methods in the field and relevant fields. To analyze knowledge related to the field concerning topics and issues, to evaluate different options in solving problems with a critical approach, to plan and realize projects and research using appropriate research methods. To present the results in a clear and understandable way, to be unique and autonomous in solving problems in complex and unpredictable situations and to decide himself/herself.
Examination
LO-4 To be able to examine the current potential examining examples with the approach of the existing potential for nature tourism and ecotourism in Turkey and the World PO-1 To have detailed knowledge about a specific profession related to the field of Tourism and to have comprehensive and systematic knowledge about concepts, theories, principles and facts in close disciplines. To use and interpret this knowledge, theories, models generally in business environment
PO-3 To have knowledge about Service Delivery Process and procedures in the field of Tourism. To analyze, plan, practice and control these processes. To restructure and improve Service Delivery Process when necessary. To manage or to convert service processes and work which are complex, unpredictable and require new strategic approaches.
PO-4 To have knowledge about internal and external environmental factors of organizations, relationships, interactions, management, policies and strategies of parts of the organization in the field. To use service delivery policies and strategies related to the field. To perform, review, improve and evaluate the service processes on the satisfaction basis of the customer, to find solutions for problems that affect the service process, to develop and use consumer satisfaction measurement tool.
PO-5 To have knowledge about legal regulations, professional standards and practices in the field. To interpret legal regulations related to the field and to approach existing assumptions from an interrogative viewpoint. To perform the task of the field within the framework of Laws and professional standards.
PO-13 To communicate effectively in Turkish both verbal and written, to know at least one foreign language
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course aims to teach students about the basic concepts of sustainable tourism
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Emerging trends: new types and sizes of the resulting tourism Lecturing, discussion
2 Land-based adventure (trekking, mountaineering, climbing, etc.) Lecturing, discussion
3 Water-based adventure (of water surf, rafting, sea parachute, etc.) Lecturing, discussion
4 Water-based adventure (parachute jumping, gliding, para-gliding) Lecturing, discussion
5 Concepts of ecotourism Lecturing, discussion
6 Sustainable tourism management Lecturing, discussion
7 Sustainable tourism management Lecturing, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Positive and negative impacts of tourism in a sustainable region Lecturing, discussion
10 The world's best ecotourism practices Lecturing, discussion
11 The world's best ecotourism practices Lecturing, discussion
12 The world's best ecotourism practices Lecturing, discussion
13 Eco-resorts and Eco-wire Lecturing, discussion
14 Theme Parks Lecturing, discussion
15 Rural and urban tourism Lecturing, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Orhan Kuntay, Sürdürülebilir Turizm Planlaması, Alp Yayıncılık, 2004.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbooks, Epidiascope

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 2 3 6
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 1 3
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 5 5 25
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 7 6 42
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120