APG5717 - Applied industry research and practice - 2017

12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

National Centre for Australian Studies

Coordinator(s)

Dr Joseph Cheer

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • Term 2 2017 (On-campus block of classes)

Notes

Synopsis

Reviews the strategic role research plays in the tourism industry both globally and in Australia. Topics include, defining the research problem and objectives, analysing secondary data sources, qualitative and quantitative methodology selection, questionnaire design, fieldwork preparation, data analysis and presentation.

Outcomes

  1. To provide students with an understanding of the availability of secondary research data and an overview of tourism trends and research directions from both an Australian and Global perspective.
  2. To develop students' capacity to understand the basics principles of research design for both qualitative and quantitative studies and the role played by research in tourism strategic planning.
  3. To develop students' capacity to undertake an analysis of secondary tourism data.
  4. To develop students' written and oral communication skills.
  5. To provide students with an understanding of how to conduct a primary quantitative research study including questionnaire design, data entry, analysis and presentation.
  6. To provide students with an understanding of the applicability of the SPSS computer program to research in the tourism industry.

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.

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Chief examiner(s)

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

Prohibitions

APG4707