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TO5203 - Hospitality and Gastronomy

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

This subject is designed to provide students with an understanding and a greater appreciation of hospitality and gastronomy as important facets of tourism. Broadly, it uses perspectives from philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and consumer behaviour to explain conceptual schemes and to provide cognitive tools for analysing the relationships between recurring themes in the subject. This subject includes special topics that allow students to differentiate cultural beliefs and practices in providing, consuming and managing gastronomy and hospitality experiences in private, social and commercial domains.

Learning Outcomes

  • critically evaluate multidisciplinary perspectives of hospitality and gastronomy;
  • synthesise subject concepts in the provision, consumption and management of hospitality and gastronomy experiences;
  • compare and contrast hospitality and gastronomy practices across different cultures to design sustainable and effective experiences.

Subject Assessment

  • Oral > Presentation 1 - (30%) - Group
  • Participation > Class participation - (20%) - Individual
  • Written > Annotated bibliography - (50%) - Individual.

Availabilities

Cairns, Trimester 2, Intensive
Census Date 22-Jun-2023
Face to face teaching (Dates TBA)
Coord/Lect: Dr Jenny Panchal.
Workload expectations:

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

  • 30 hours seminars
  • 10 hours online activity - Recordings, online activities & self-directed learning
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Brisbane, Trimester 1, Internal
Census Date 09-Mar-2023
Coordinator: Dr Jenny Panchal
Lecturer: Mr Rob Kelly.
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 - Recordings, online activities & self-directed learning
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Brisbane, Trimester 3, Internal
Census Date 05-Oct-2023
Coordinator: Dr Jenny Panchal
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 - Recordings, online activities & self-directed learning
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Singapore, Study Period 51, Internal
Census Date 06-Apr-2023
Coordinator: Dr Kim Lim Tan
Lecturer: Dr Zilmiyah Kamble.
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
  • assessment and self-directed study

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.