Information Package / Course Catalogue
Recreation Management
Course Code: SYB454
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The main aims of the course are explaining the place of leisure activities in modern and contemporary world and making the students competent in management of leisure.

Course Content

1 Modernity and everyday life 2 Reflexive modernity and everyday life 3 The relations of work and leisure from modernity to reflexive modernity 4 The factors affecting leisure participation 5 Leisure activities and consumer culture 6 Main concepts of management 7 Commercial organizations and leisure management 8 Non-commercial organizations and leisure management / Leisure and public space 9 Lesiure and ethics 10 The relations of leisure, health and well-being 11 Research in leisure activities: theoretical discussions 12 Research in leisure activities: reserching any leisure activity as part of everyday life

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Define the basic concepts of recreation
2.Can give information about recreation planning
3.Can express basic principles of planning and policy in recreation enterprises
4.Describe planning process in recreation areas
5.Examine case studies in recreation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Leisure Time and Recreation
Week 2 - Theoretical
Game Theories in the Context of Leisure Time
Week 3 - Theoretical
Effective time use
Week 4 - Theoretical
Classification of Recreational Activities
Week 5 - Theoretical
Recreation and Tourism
Week 6 - Theoretical
Urbanization and Recreation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Recreation Management and Its Importance
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
The Situation of Recreation Management in Turkey
Week 10 - Theoretical
Recreation Management Departments and Campus Recreation
Week 11 - Theoretical
Recreation Management and Risk Management
Week 12 - Theoretical
Recreation Policies and Planning
Week 13 - Theoretical
Recreation and entrepreneurship
Week 14 - Theoretical
Recreation policies and planning
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment24110
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)78
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes