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| YHEL5041 | Ecotourism In Wildllife | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Alptuğ SARI | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Şağdan BAŞKAYA,
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Alptuğ SARI,
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ahmet ARPACIK | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Evaluating different ecotourism activities in terms of wildlife, and revealing what can be done for tourism in wildlife. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Have knowledge about ecotourism, hunting tourism, nature tourism. | 2,4 | 1,2,5, | | PO - 2 : | Knows how to create a fauna species list | 2,4 | 1,2,5, | | PO - 3 : | Can develop strategic goals in nature conservation | 2,4 | 1,2,5, | | PO - 4 : | Understands how to do hunting tourism | 2,4 | 1,2,5, | | PO - 5 : | Have an idea about hunting and nature tourism practices in the world | 2,4 | 1,2,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Nature conservation history, nature conservation principles, Turkey's protected area classification, national and international classifications, Endemic, Endangered and commercial species, fauna species list creation, preparation maps? of distribution, species (target species) which need to protect and monitör, identification and planning data creation, Threat analysis methods and tables, identification of indicators species, planning and monitoring, Monitoring of the target species, detecting critical ecosystems and special locations, making strategic targets and management plan's supporting, management of rare and endemic plants, tourism, nature tourism (ecotourism), the general principles of eco-tourism, Whatv is hunting tourism?, the historical development of hunting tourism practice in the world and in our country, hunting tourism practices in our country and problems in hunting tourism |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Nature tourism | | | Week 2 | Hunting tourism | | | Week 3 | Varieties of ecotourism in Turkey | | | Week 4 | Implementing Regulation on Principles and Procedures Regarding Hunting within the Scope of Hunting Tourism | | | Week 5 | Hunting Species and Hunting Periods | | | Week 6 | Bird watching | | | Week 7 | Observation of mammals and fish species in seas and oceans | | | Week 8 | Technological developments
| | | Week 9 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 10 | Nature observations, revenues and examples in the world | | | Week 11 | Hunting and eco tourism practices and problems encountered in our country
| | | Week 12 | Protected areas and ecotourism
| | | Week 13 | Hunting tourism revenues and examples in the world | | | Week 14 | Evaluation of innovative methods
| | | Week 15 | Student presentation | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Shackley, M. L. (1996). Wildlife tourism. Cengage Learning EMEA. | | | |
| 1 | Ceballos-Lascurain, H. (1996). Tourism, ecotourism, and protected areas: The state of nature-based tourism around the world and guidelines for its development. Iucn. | | | 2 | Higginbottom, K. (2004). Wildlife tourism. Altona: Common Ground. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 15 | | 15 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 20 |
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