Discovering Tourism (A9337), 5 cr

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 Study unit                            Discovering Tourism (A9337), 5.0
 Implementation                        CCA1712: 1/2017-2018 (23.10.2017 - 22.12.2017)
 Type                                  TOURISM SERVICE DEVELOPER (A817)
 Groups                                Primary: CCA17SY Others :
 Involved in the project
 Lecturers
 Number of participants                Minimum: Maximum:
 Enrolment period                      15.05.2017 08:00 - 20.08.2017
 Main timing for implementation        According to student's own schedule
 Applicabililty                        For exchange students: No For elective studies: No Open UAS student: No Suitable
                                       for virtual UAS: Yes

 Teachers                              Salomaa Marjaana (Teacher in charge), Miinalainen Petri (Other teacher)
 Campus                                Laurea Leppävaara
 Main location for implementation      Virtually
 Implementation method                 Optima realization/student group, Web/virtual Language: English Virtuality:
                                       5 cr Integration of R&D: 1 cr
 Implementation class                  LbD supporting knowledge and skills development
 Focus areas                           Service business
 Evaluation at the latest              22.01.2018 Storing of graded material ends.: 22.12.2018
 Exam days

 Having completed the study unit the   The student is able to:
 student is able to                    ●      define tourism as a part of the global economy
                                       ●      analyse the tourism sector
 Previous studies
 Previous studies, more information    No previous tourism studies required
 Learning objectives
 Contents                              ●      travel and tourism sector in Finland
                                       ●      tourism organizations (Visit Finland, UNWTO etc.)
                                       ●      characteristics of tourism in different regions in Finland, services, actors,
                                              attractions etc.
                                       ●      subsectors in tourism (business travel, tourism, fishing tourism, nature tourism,
                                              Christmas tourism etc.)
                                       ●      Profitable tourism product
 Study material                        Literature for example:Tourism : principles, practices, philosophies/ Robert W.
                                       McIntosh, Charles R. Goeldner, J.R. Brent RitchieTourism : Principles and Practice /
                                       Chris Cooper...[et al.]Literature will be based on academic journals, such as Annals of
                                       Tourism Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Tourism
                                       Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality
                                       ManagementDatabases for articles:
                                       ●      ebrary
                                       ●      ProQuest Central
                                       ●      ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
                                       ●      EBSCOhost
                                       ●      Emerald Journals (very good selection of journals)
 Tutoring and communication            Optima, email
 Evaluation criteria and methods       Virtual course, active working affects the final evaluation.Evaluation:
                                       ●      Report fulfils the assingment criteria
                                       ●      Report retuned by given deadline
                                       ●      Report follows the thesis istructions (template, sources etc.)

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 R&D methods                        NetscoutingBenchmarkingDocument analysis
 Work strain                        Implementation parts for 135j student work:
                                    ●       Seven (7) individual assignments
 Other arrangements                 This virtual implementation is meant for students of blended learning (monimuoto)
                                    groups like MKA16KA, who are not attending weekday lectures in their
                                    studies.Implementation with lectures for all study groups is CCA1711.First meeting
                                    9.10. is mandatory for attending the course. If you must be absent from the first
                                    meeting, report it in advance by email to teacher. Otherwise we take it that you are not
                                    attending this course at all. Please prepare to attend to all lectures in schedule since this
                                    is an intensive course.

Learning events
 Date          o'clock/at h   Subject          Content                                          Status             Teachers
 09.10.2017    15.15          Introduction     First meeting on week 41 is mandatory
                                               for attending the course. If you must be
                                               absent from the first meeting, report it in
                                               advance by email to teacher. Otherwise we
                                               take it that you are not attending this
                                               course at all.




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