ECTS - Tourism Transportation
Tourism Transportation (TUR517) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism Transportation | TUR517 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 
| Pre-requisite Course(s) | 
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| N/A | 
| Course Language | Turkish | 
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| Course Type | Elective Courses | 
| Course Level | Social Sciences Master's Degree | 
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face | 
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer. | 
| Course Lecturer(s) | 
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| Course Objectives | To teach transportation and transportation businesses and airway businesses that are used touristic transportation. | 
| Course Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course; 
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| Course Content | Basic notions, functions, description and processes of tour operators, preparing tours, marketing and ticketing. | 
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Historical development of travels and the affecting factors | Chapter 1 | 
| 2 | Basic terms related tourism and transportation | Chapter 2 | 
| 3 | Structure of travel industry and future of tourism transportation | Chapter 3 | 
| 4 | Functions of transportation in tourism and demand for transportation in tourism | Chapter 4 | 
| 5 | Marketing methods of transportation services and tour business | Chapter 5 | 
| 6 | Package tours: historical development, definition, features and values | Chapter 6 | 
| 7 | Organizing package tours and selection of general transportation vehicle for package tours | Chapter 7 | 
| 8 | Mid-term Exam | Mid-term Exam | 
| 9 | Land route transportation and its importance for tourism | Chapter 8 | 
| 10 | Railway transportation and its importance for tourism | Chapter 9 | 
| 11 | Seaway transportation and its importance for tourism | Chapter 10 | 
| 12 | Airway transportation and its importance for tourism | Chapter 11 | 
| 13 | Ticketing for transportation vehicles | Chapter 12 | 
| 14 | Coordination between transportation and travel businesses, confronted problems and solution proposals | Chapter 13 | 
| 15 | Review | Review | 
| 16 | Fınal Exam | Fınal Exam | 
Sources
| Course Book | 1. David Timothy Duval(2007);Tourism and Transport: Modes, Networks and Flows | 
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Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade | 
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 20 | 
| Laboratory | - | - | 
| Application | - | - | 
| Field Work | - | - | 
| Special Course Internship | - | - | 
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - | 
| Homework Assignments | - | - | 
| Presentation | 1 | 50 | 
| Project | - | - | 
| Report | - | - | 
| Seminar | - | - | 
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - | 
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 30 | 
| Toplam | 3 | 100 | 
| Percentage of Semester Work | 50 | 
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| Percentage of Final Work | 50 | 
| Total | 100 | 
Course Category
| Core Courses | X | 
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses | 
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | The skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts of tourism management | |||||
| 2 | Analyzing and designing management techniques and practices in tourism organizations | |||||
| 3 | Understanding the planning, organizing, executing, coordinating and control functions of tourism management, along with explanation and implementation of them | |||||
| 4 | Understanding the strategic, tactical and operational dimensions of the tourism management | |||||
| 5 | Ability to use the modern techniques and technological devices of tourism industry | |||||
| 6 | Improving the ability to effectively implement the knowledge and skills in alternative tourism areas | |||||
| 7 | Concentrating practice along with theoretical frame of tourism management | |||||
| 8 | Developing the skills of communication | |||||
| 9 | Understanding the trends in the tourism industry | |||||
| 10 | Having the quality consciousness in the tourism industry | |||||
| 11 | Adopting work ethic and social responsibility in the tourism industry | |||||
| 12 | Ability to effectively implement the business knowledge and skills in at least one of the following fields: service, marketing, finance, human resources and accounting in tourism management | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 | 
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | |||
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 15 | 3 | 45 | 
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 9 | 3 | 27 | 
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | |||
| Total Workload | 120 | ||
