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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İKTTZ-513 - ECONOMICS (MA-WITHOUT THESIS)

Code: İKTTZ-513 Course Title: TOURISM ECONOMICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ECONOMICS (MA-WITHOUT THESIS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer AYSUN ÖZEN (aysun@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to provide the students with the ability to evaluate the basic economic issues used in economic analysis of tourism companies in terms of economic analysis.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain basic concepts of tourism economics. PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables.
Examination
LO-2 can explain the factors affecting tourism demand. PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-2 have basic information about treatment rules between individuals, markets and countries.
PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Different schools of economics of technology and innovation point of view, the organization of technological development, industrialization and development in the role of technological development, R & D management and policy, the development of science and technology policy in Turkey, national technology policy and strategy, Technopark and Technopolis, transfer of technology.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Basic definitions and concepts related to tourism and travel lecture method
2 Basic definitions and concepts related to tourism and travel lecture method
3 tourism economy concept lecture method
4 tourism economy concept lecture method
5 tourism economy concept lecture method
6 The concept of supply in tourism lecture method
7 The concept of supply in tourism lecture method
8 mid-term exam
9 Demand concept in tourism lecture method
10 demand flexibility in tourism lecture method
11 factors affecting tourism demand lecture method
12 economic effects of tourism lecture method
13 tourism effect to balance of payments lecture method
14 multiplier mechanism in tourism lecture method
15 impact of tourism on employment lecture method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 1-Metin Kozak ve Ozan Bahar, Turizm Ekonomisi, Detay Yayıncılık, 2010.
Required Course instruments and materials
textbooks

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 6 12 72
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 10 20
       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 4 4 16
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 5 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 172