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BX2091 - Tourism and Leisure Management

Credit points: 3
Year: 2023
Student Contribution Band: Band 4
Administered by: College of Business, Law & Governance

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This subject focuses on fostering a sustainable future for tourism and leisure. It builds from a social science foundation of tourism and leisure: namely geography, economics, psychology and history; into an analysis of the positive and negative impacts on the physical, ecological, economic and sociocultural environments. The subject may include a fieldwork component which will provide a practical understanding of the relationship of the tourism and leisure product to its environments.

Learning Outcomes

  • demonstrate essential knowledge of the nature of leisure and tourism;
  • explain the Tourism and Leisure products and who provides and delivers these services;
  • appreciate the broad social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts of tourism;
  • discuss how tourist and leisure activities are managed and marketed for a sustainable future.

Subject Assessment

  • Written > Test/Quiz 1 - (20%) - Individual
  • Written > Workbook - (50%) - Individual
  • Blog entry with written - 10% and video presentation - 20% - (30%) - Group & Individual.
Prerequisites: 6CP LEVEL 1 SUBJECTS
Inadmissible
Subject
Combinations:
TO1005

Availabilities

JCU Brisbane, Trimester 2, Internal
Census Date 22-Jun-2023
Coordinator: Dr Tingzhen Chen
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 20 hours lectures
  • 10 hours tutorials - Synthesising session.
  • 10 hours online activity - Recording, online activities & self-directed learning.
  • 10 hours fieldwork
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Singapore, Study Period 51, Internal
Census Date 06-Apr-2023
Coordinator: Dr Kim Lim Tan
Lecturers: Ms Manisha Agarwal, Mr John Ng.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 20 hours lectures - may include recorded presentations, online activities & self-learning activities inclusive of lectures, via LearnJCU
  • 20 hours tutorials - may include recorded presentations, online activities & self-learning activities inclusive of synthesising sessions, via LearnJCU
  • 10 hours fieldwork
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Singapore, Study Period 53, Internal
Census Date 30-Nov-2023
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 20 hours lectures - may include recorded presentations, online activities & self-learning activities inclusive of lectures, via LearnJCU
  • 20 hours tutorials - may include recorded presentations, online activities & self-learning activities inclusive of synthesising sessions, via LearnJCU
  • 10 hours fieldwork
  • assessment and self-directed study

Trimester 1, External
Census Date 09-Mar-2023
Coord/Lect: Dr Tingzhen Chen.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 30 hours online activity - Recordings, online activities and self-directed learning
  • 10 hours online Tutorials - Online Collaborate sessions
  • 10 hours fieldwork
  • assessment and self-directed study
Method of Delivery: WWW - LearnJCU

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.