School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Unit Code

    TSM3105
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Ross Kingston DOWLING

Description

This unit investigates areas that are topical and relevant to the modern day hospitality and tourism industry. It will focus on the strategies and policies needed to manage these issues in a way that is sustainable to the tourism and hospitality industries.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique new trends in the tourism and hospitality industries and their impacts on the broader environment.
  2. Evaluatecontemporary issues in tourism and/or hospitality andtheir adaptation by relevant businesses and organisations.
  3. Review the latest developments in tourism and hospitality.

Unit Content

  1. Characteristics of contemporary issues in tourism and hospitality.
  2. Future issues and prospects for hospitality and tourism.
  3. Overview of contemporary issues in tourism and hospitality.
  4. Planning, development and management implications of contemporary issues.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The mode of delivery for this unit is through weekly three hour on-campus seminars. The teaching and learning approach is enhanced through in-class discussions and experiential workshops on practical industry case studies, where the skills of working effectively with others (specifically team working, task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), communicating effectively, critical appraisal and the ability to generate ideas are emphasised. Engaged teaching and learning is applied through guest speakers and field trips, where learners are exposed to industry relevant information, networking opportunities and the awareness and development of sustainability concepts. Learners are required to complete individual assessment items which are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including written communication (structure, language and conventions), oral communication, ability to work effectively with others, critical analysis (depth of thought, development of argument, logical analysis and insight), depth and breadth of coverage, and the ability to research effectively using both academic and contemporary sources.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestModule Tests40%
AssignmentResearch Proposal10%
ReportResearch Report50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Unit Code

    TSM3105
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Ross Kingston DOWLING

Description

This unit investigates areas that are topical and relevant to the modern day hospitality and tourism industry. It will focus on the strategies and policies needed to manage these issues in a way that is sustainable to the tourism and hospitality industries.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique new trends in the tourism and hospitality industries and their impacts on the broader environment.
  2. Evaluatecontemporary issues in tourism and/or hospitality andtheir adaptation by relevant businesses and organisations.
  3. Review the latest developments in tourism and hospitality.

Unit Content

  1. Characteristics of contemporary issues in tourism and hospitality.
  2. Future issues and prospects for hospitality and tourism.
  3. Overview of contemporary issues in tourism and hospitality.
  4. Planning, development and management implications of contemporary issues.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The mode of delivery for this unit is through weekly three hour on-campus seminars. The teaching and learning approach is enhanced through in-class discussions and experiential workshops on practical industry case studies, where the skills of working effectively with others (specifically team working, task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), communicating effectively, critical appraisal and the ability to generate ideas are emphasised. Engaged teaching and learning is applied through guest speakers and field trips, where learners are exposed to industry relevant information, networking opportunities and the awareness and development of sustainability concepts. Learners are required to complete individual assessment items which are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including written communication (structure, language and conventions), oral communication, ability to work effectively with others, critical analysis (depth of thought, development of argument, logical analysis and insight), depth and breadth of coverage, and the ability to research effectively using both academic and contemporary sources.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestModule Tests40%
AssignmentResearch Proposal10%
ReportResearch Report50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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