Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | ||
| Online |
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: Gambling, gaming and wagering
Topic 2: The psychology of gamblers
Topic 3: The gambling environment
Topic 4: Consumer behaviour and servicescapes
Topic 5: Gaming room design
Topic 6: Ethical practices in the provision of gambling
Topic 7: Thinking creatively
Topic 8: Creating a safer gambling environment
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 texts
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Workshop on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Short written response | 10% |
| Case study | 35% |
| Creative work | 55% |
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Short written response | 10% |
| Case study | 35% |
| Creative work | 55% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
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