Postgraduate - UnitAPG5609 - Sustainable tourism development and planning

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	National Centre For Australian Studies
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Evening)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Joseph Cheer

Notes

The unit has a fieldtrip component - see the Arts Field Trips page for further information http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/currentstudents/field-trips

Synopsis

Patterns of sustainable tourism product development and management and the contemporary role of planning for tourism. Key study areas comprise the future of global tourism, government policy and industry practice, the impacts of the tourism industry on the economy, communities and the environment and the design and implementation of tourism planning.

Outcomes

On successful completion of the unit students will be able to:

Encourage critical analysis of sustainable tourism development in terms of potential positive and negative impacts on cultures and the environment
Familiarise students with the historical origins of tourism so that they may apply their understanding to contemporary tourism patterns and dilemmas
Acquaint students with the planning and policy making role of Governments, private operators and communities in tourism development
Enable students to 'read' changes in tourism landscapes from which they can draw conclusions and raise questions about future tourism development
Familiarise students with planning procedures for tourism purposes
Develop students' research and presentation skills on tourism related subjects.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Joseph Cheer

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

International development
Tourism

Prohibitions

APG4709