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Foundations of Tourism A
Enrolment code: HGT101
Offered: [by web] Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1, NWC: sem 1
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses; study material can be
computer-accessed in University labs and libraries and from home (ID/password reqd) by
authorised students and teaching staff
Unit description:
Outlines the principles of tourism, with a focus on the structure of tourism as systems, the
multiplicity of industries within these systems, the encompassing structures provided by
governments without which tourism cannot exist, and host communities. Topics include:
sustainable tourism and tourism systems; tourism information material; geography of
tourism; tourism models; and tourism and transportation.
Staff: Prof T Sofield
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: web-based lectures equiv to 2 hrs weekly, 4 face-to-face group sessions
(NWC students may be reqd to attend some teaching and learning activities on Ltn
campus)
Assess: 2,000-word (max) assignment (40%), 2-hr exam (60%)
Required: tba
Courses: [R3J]OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Tourism B
Enrolment code: HGT102
Offered: [by web] Lsem 2, Hbt: sem 2, NWC: sem 2
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses; study material can be
computer-accessed in University labs and libraries and from home (ID/password reqd) by
authorised students and teaching staff
Unit description:
Continuing from HGT101 Foundations in Tourism A, this unit looks at the diversity and
resources of tourism. Topics include: marketing for tourism and tourist typologies;
tourism resources such as the environment, facilities, host cultures; the impacts of tourism;
and tourism policy and planning. These topics include an exploration into federal, state
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and local government approaches to tourism in Australia and policies such as ecologically
sustainable tourism.
Staff: Dr A Hardy
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: web-based lectures equiv to 2 hrs weekly, 4 face-to-face group sessions
(NWC students may be reqd to attend some teaching and learning activities on Ltn
campus)
Assess: 2,000-word (max) assignment (40%), 1,000-word (max) assignment (10%), 2-hr
exam (50%)
Required: Weaver D, Oppermann M, Tourism Management, 2000, ISBN 0471341258
Hall CM, Introduction to Tourism, 1998, ISBN 0582812445
Courses: [R3J]OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Tourism Geography
Enrolment code: HGT103
Offered: [by web] Lsem 1, Hbt: sem 1, NWC: sem 1
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses; study material can be
computer-accessed in University labs and libraries and from home (ID/password reqd) by
authorised students and teaching staff
Unit description:
Provides an introduction to the relationship between tourism and geography. Geography
may be defined as the study of the structure and interaction of two major systems – the
ecological system that links human beings to their environment and the spatial system that
links one area of the earth’s surface with another. This unit explores both areas. It looks at
the fundamentals of physical geography; the way in which physical features have a
fundamental effect on world climates; climate as a key factor impacting on tourist
attractions, access and activities and therefore the distribution of tourism; cartography
without which an understanding of planning and analysis for tourism destinations would
be incomplete; and a range of physical features and the important interrelationships
between these and tourism. The unit also explores the spatial aspects of tourism looking at
the countries of origin of tourists, or generating areas, the tourist destinations themselves
and the flows between these two sets of locations. This also includes understanding the
statistical measurement of tourism flows at various levels from global to local. Further
spatial aspects such as patterns of development and introductory planning concepts as
they relate to tourism are also covered.
Staff: Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 12.5%
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Teaching pattern: web-based lectures equiv to 2 hrs weekly, 4 face-to-face group sessions
(NWC students may be reqd to attend some teaching and learning activities on Ltn
campus)
Assess: 1,000-word essay based on field trip (20%), tutorial presentation (10%), workshop
workbook exercises (work done via web and in face-to-face workshop) (30%) 2-hr exam
(40%)
Required: tba
Courses: [R3J]OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Australian Tourism Typologies
Enrolment code: HGT104
Offered: [by web] Lsem 2, Hbt: sem 2, NWC: sem 2
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses; study material can be
computer-accessed in University labs and libraries and from home (ID/password reqd) by
authorised students and teaching staff
Unit description:
A major goal of the unit is to familiarise students with the variety of Australian tourism
development and compare this with international examples. The unit will take a thematic
approach to exploring tourism product in Australia covering a conceptual introduction,
chief characteristics, visitation segmentation, development strategies, tourist behaviour,
etc. Site visits to Tasmanian examples will be part of the unit. Students will gain an
understanding of the complex system and the nature of tourism in Australia;
comprehension of different typologies of tourism products; an understanding of different
models for development of tourism, and their application in Australia; be able to analyse
the issues confronting the further development of tourism; and be familiar with the
Australian tourism product. Identified themes include sports tourism; urban tourism,
iconographic tourism; casinos; meetings, incentives, conventions and events; theme parks;
island tourism; cultural tourism; wine and food tourism; farm tourism; heritage tourism
and industrial tourism.
Staff: Prof T Sofield, Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: web-based lectures equiv to 2 hrs weekly, 4 face-to-face group sessions
(NWC students may be reqd to attend some teaching and learning activities on Ltn
campus)
Assess: 1,000-word report based on field trip (20%), 1,500-word essay (20%) 2-hr exam
(60%)
Courses: [R3J]OC:
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Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Eco and Nature-based Tourism
Enrolment code: HGT201/301
Offered: Ltn: sem 1
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses
Unit description:
Gives students a broad and analytical understanding of two forms of tourism:
nature-based and ecotourism. It covers: the history of tourism and the importance of
natural areas as a setting for tourism; the changing nature of the tourists and tourism in
the twentieth century; sustainable development and its application to the tourism
industry; the origins of ecotourism; the differences between nature-based and ecotourism
and definitional debates surrounding the concepts; the key elements of ecotourism and its
application on a worldwide, Australian and Tasmania scale; and the planning and
management involved in nature-based and ecotourism. Students learn to assess such
aspects as impacts, management, best practice, self regulation, accreditation, ethics,
legalities and monitoring.
Staff: Dr A Hardy
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 4 x 1-hr tutorials, one 2-day excursion
Prereq: HGT101 and HGT102 (BTourism students)
Assess: 3,000-word report (40%), exam (60%)
Required: Weaver D, Ecotourism, 2001, ISBN 047142290
Page SJ & Dowling RK, Ecotourism, 2002, ISBN 058235658X
Courses: [R3J] OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Sustainable Tourism
Enrolment code: HGT203
Offered: Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses
Unit description:
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The principles of ecologically sustainable development have been clearly enunciated since
the UN Brundtland Report of 1987 and Sustainable Tourism is a specialised application of
those principles. This unit examines the ways in which our understanding of tourism has
changed to meet the changing nature of what ‘development’ encompasses, moving from
the simple ‘economic growth’ model of the 1950s and 1960s to the 1990s concept of ESD
and how it may apply to tourism. At the completion of this unit students should have:
acquired understanding of the principles of ecologically sustainable tourism (EST)
especially as they are applied to the discourse surrounding the problematic of
operationalisation for tourism; and developed some familiarity with different research
tools and regimes for the management of ecologically sustainable tourism (EST) and
attained the capacity to dissect and appraise EST objectively.
Staff: Prof T Sofield; Dr A Hardy
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 1-day excursion
Prereq: HGT101 and HGT102 for students enrolled in the BTourism or completion of first
year for non BTourism students
Assess: 2,000-word essay (25%), 1,000-word tutorial presentation (15%), 3-hr exam (60%)
Courses: [R3J] OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
International Issues in Tourism
Enrolment code: HGT204/304
Offered: not offered in 2003
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses; next offered 2004
Unit description:
One of the principal aims of the unit is to introduce the student to the global dimensions of
what is now one of the ‘Top Three’ industries in the world – tourism, which ranks in
income generation, sales and employment with oil and motor vehicles.
Globalisation/localisation and interconnectedness will inform the discourse about
international tourism issues, since the tourism system is a powerful force which both
supports the notion of globalisation and contests it. Indeed, in many instances tourism
strives to highlight difference, create or even recreate difference, aggressively re-imaging,
re-constituting and appropriating heritage, culture and place, pursuing localisation in
marked contrast to its globalising influence. In this context the unit would include such
topics as the politicisation of tourism, global development strategies, enclave tourism in
third world countries, international tourism and the environment, sex and tourism,
pilgrimage tourism, dependency and core-periphery tourism, and tourism in centrally
controlled economies. At the end of the course, students should be familiar with global
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trends in tourism and have developed a capacity to analyse a wide range of international
tourism issues.
Staff: Prof T Sofield, Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: HGT101 and HGT102 for students enrolled in the BTourism or completion of first
year for non BTourism students
Assess: 1,500–2,000-word essay (20%), 3,000-word tutorial small group presentation (30%),
3-hr exam (50%)
Courses: [R3J] OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Natural Environment: Interpretation
Enrolment code: HGT207/307
Offered: not offered in 2003
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses; next offered 2004
Unit description:
Interpretation of the natural environment is a key component of any nature-based tourism
experience. Without it, tourists would not be inspired to engage in the activity, would
not be able to find their way to locations, nor would they understand the significance of
the area that they were visiting. From subliminal interpretation such as music and
architecture through to the more obvious forms such as maps, information boards and
guiding, interpretation also acts a key variable in creating a satisfactory tourism
experience.
The purpose of this unit is to give students an understanding of ways in which the natural
environment can be interpreted. As well as examining different forms of interpretation, it
will explore key learning theories related to communication. It will also provide an
understanding of ways in which interpretation and communication can be planned and
evaluated.
Staff: Dr A Hardy
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2-hr lecture weekly, 1-hr tutorial fortnightly (13 wks)
Assess: presentation (10%), 3,000-word report (40%), exam (50%)
Required: Sam Ham, Environmental Interpretation, ISBN 1555919022 [p/b]
Courses: [R3J] OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
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Tourism Policy and Planning
Enrolment code: HGT305
Offered: Ltn: sem 2
Special note: may be taken as an elective by students in other courses
Unit description:
Serves the over-all purpose of linking the content of tourism core units through the
processes of policy formulation and planning. It focuses on both public and industry
policy and planning, grounded firmly in the principles of ecologically sustainable tourism.
The role and functions of governments in policy, planning, regulation and management of
tourism are pervasive. The unit relates development theory to tourism, and explores
theories and principles of public policy formulation for tourism, structures and forms of
government involvement with tourism, decisionmaking processes by governments and
their bureaucracies, the integrated nature of government and the private sector vis-a-vis
tourism, and tourism industry planning models. This unit explores different approaches to
tourism policy, planning and development by Australia, and South Pacific and Asian
countries.
Staff: Prof T Sofield
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2-hr lecture, 2 hrs workshop (13 wks)
Prereq: HGT203
Assess: 1,000-word essay (10%), workshop diary, 12 weekly entries (20%), 3,000-word essay
(30%), exam (40%)
Required: Hogwood & Gunn, Policy Analysis for the Real World, 1984, ISBN 198761848 [p/b]
Gunn, Tourism Planning, 3rd edn, 1988, ISBN 0844815403
Courses: [R3J] OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Tourism Project
Enrolment code: HGT306
Offered: Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1
Unit description:
Applies the learning students have gained from completing a range of tourism-specific
units and a compulsory research methodologies unit in the preceding two-and-a-half
years, to either a research situation or through a tourism industry experience which has a
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lesser research report requirement. Research projects are to be designed in concert with a
supervisor, the outcome of which will be a mini-thesis (covering literature review;
statement of the research question/issue; investigation/findings; and analysis). At this
level it is anticipated that most would involve secondary rather than primary research.
Industry experience will require detailed discussion with an academic supervisor and an
industry supervisor, a structured environment in the workplace for experiential learning,
and an analytical report related to one or more aspects of the workplace experience.
Staff: Prof T Sofield, Dr A Hardy, Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 2-hr workshop weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: completion of at least 250% for the B.Tourism, including HGA203/303 Social and
Political Research
Assess: 8,000–10,000-word tourism project/essay, and 4,000–5,000-word Tourism Industry
Experience essay
Courses: [R3J]
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Tourism 4 (Honours)
Full time, Part time
Enrolment code: HGT400/401
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Special note: full-time students enrol in HGT400 (100%); part-time students in HGT401 (50%)
Unit description:
The honours program in tourism aims to train graduates in advanced tourism theory and
practice, promote disciplinary depth and theoretical knowledge in Tourism Studies, and
provide opportunities for vocationally related experience.
Students in the honours program must complete two units worth 25% each (HGT402
Tourism Theory, HGT403 Tourism Practice), and a research thesis (HGT405) of up to 12,000
words, plus other studies, such as Research Workshops, as may be determined.
Unit weight: 100%/50%
Courses: [R4J]
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Tourism Theory
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Enrolment code: HGT402
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Special note: unit has notional weight of 25%; weighting for HECS purposes is 0%
Unit description:
Students in this unit examine tourism theory and conceptualisation across a range of
disciplines, focusing on precision in theory formulation and problems of objectivity.
Staff: Prof T Sofield, Dr A Hardy, Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 0%
Teaching pattern: 2 hrs weekly
Prereq: major in Tourism or equiv, plus GPA average of 6.5
Assess: papers and reports to equivalent 4,000 words
Courses: [R4J]
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Tourism Practice
Enrolment code: HGT403
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Special note: unit has notional weight of 25%; weighting for HECS purposes is 0%
Unit description:
The tourism industry is highly segmented and in this unit students examine the current
state of tourism practice in Tasmania, Australia and overseas. Students are exposed to a
range of contemporary tourism businesses, management, e-tourism , tourism activities
(such as protected area management) and policy and planning for tourism in the
workplace environment through regular field trips.
Staff: Prof T Sofield, Dr A Hardy, Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 0%
Teaching pattern: 2 hrs weekly plus regular field trips
Prereq: major in Tourism or equiv, plus GPA average of 6.5
Assess: analysis of professional tourism practice, business and management as a report
/paper of 4,000 words
Courses: [R4J]
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
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Thesis
Enrolment code: HGT405
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Special note: students participate in a Research Workshop, in order to discuss research problems,
upgrade their research skills and report regularly on the progress of their projects; unit has notional
weight of 50%; weighting for HECS purposes is 0%
Unit description:
A thesis up to 12,000 words in length based on the student’s own research. It must have a
strong theoretical foundation for the exposition of primary or secondary research
endeavors. The thesis topic will be developed drawing upon HGT402 and HGT403 during
first semester, and further refined in HGT403 during second semester.
Staff: Prof T Sofield, Dr A Hardy, Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 0%
Teaching pattern: students have scheduled contact with their supervisors on a weekly basis
Prereq: major in Tourism or equiv, plus GPA average of 6.5
Assess: thesis up to 12,000 words
Courses: [R4J]
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
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