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Unit description

Builds on students' knowledge and skills to develop them as professional industry leaders. Creative, responsible and ethical solutions to global, national and local challenges are examined utilsing a service learning approach.  

Unit content

Topic 1: Contemporary and future challenges for tourism professionals

Topic 2: Values-based leadership for responsible tourism

Topic 3: Ethical practice

Topic 4: Thinking and managing strategically

Topic 5: Creative problem solving

Topic 6: Participatory models of decision making

Topic 7: New business models for tourism

 

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.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1Demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary and future challenges facing tourism professionalsLifelong learning
2Apply responsible tourism principles to addressing an authentic problemEthical practiceLifelong learning
3Critique responsible leadership principles and practicesEthical practice
4Create a visual reflection of the challenges and solutions encountered and applied to the service learning organisational context Creativity

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary and future challenges facing tourism professionals
    • GA5: Lifelong learning
  2. Apply responsible tourism principles to addressing an authentic problem
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA5: Lifelong learning
  3. Critique responsible leadership principles and practices
    • GA3: Ethical practice
  4. Create a visual reflection of the challenges and solutions encountered and applied to the service learning organisational context
    • GA2: Creativity

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every session. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Fee information

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