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BX2091 - Tourism and Leisure Management
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
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.
There are additional charges for this subject; please contact the School for details.
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.
| Prerequisites: | 6CP LEVEL 1 SUBJECTS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
TO1005 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Tingzhen Chen. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tingzhen Chen |
| Lecturer: | Mr John Pearce. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tingzhen Chen |
| Lecturer: | Mr John Ng. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tingzhen Chen |
| Lecturer: | Ms Julija Ovnic. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%). |
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.