Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | Term4 | Term4 |
| Online | Term4 | Term4 |
Unit description
Introduces students to the games, the people and the places associated with modern gambling. A problem-based learning approach is then used to teach students how to create a gaming room floor using both consumer behaviour and harm minimisation principles.
Unit content
Topic 1: The gambling environment
Topic 2: The psychology of gamblers
Topic 3: Profitable servicescapes
Topic 4: Gaming room design
Topic 5: Ethical practices in the provision of gambling
Topic 6: Thinking creatively
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Describe an aspect of modern gambling |
| 2 | Evaluate a gaming room floor using servicescape principles |
| 3 | Create a harm minimisation strategy |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Describe an aspect of modern gambling
- Evaluate a gaming room floor using servicescape principles
- Create a harm minimisation strategy
Prescribed Learning Resources
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly) |
| Assessment | |
| Short written response | 10% |
| Case study | 35% |
| Creative work | 55% |
| Teaching method |
| Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly) |
| Assessment | |
| Short written response | 10% |
| Case study | 35% |
| Creative work | 55% |
Fee information
Domestic
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International
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