BX2091 - Tourism and Leisure Management

Credit points:	03
Year:	2018
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
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Coordinator:	jc227176
Lecturer:	Dr Alastair Birtles.
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities. 10 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%).
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Coord/Lect:	jc227176.
Contact hours:	0 hours 10 hours fieldwork
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 05-Apr-2018
Coordinator:	jc227176
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities. 10 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 29-Nov-2018
Coordinator:	jc227176
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities. 10 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21
Census Date 05-Apr-2018
Coordinator:	jc227176
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities. 10 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23
Census Date 29-Nov-2018
Coordinator:	jc227176
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities. 10 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); blog (40%).

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