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MGP3612

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 25 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Organisational UnitDepartment of Management
OfferedPeninsula First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Glen Croy

Synopsis

This unit provides an expansion and application to the tourism policy and planning process, approaches, decisions and implications. Through our individual and collective experiences, this unit will develop an understanding of tourism policy and planning that will enable new interpretations of how tourism can be prepared for at national, local and organisational levels. The main areas covered include tourism policy inclusion, climate change policy and planning, tourism protected resource policy and planning, and macro to micro tourism planning contexts.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. analyse and synthesise tourism policy inclusion processes
  2. demonstrate tourism policy and planning strategies for climate change
  3. apply and assess tourism protected resource policy and planning.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The 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.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Glen Croy

Prerequisites

MGP2501 or MGX2501

Prohibitions

MGW3502, MGW2601