Unit details [HGT]
Offered: [by web] Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1, NWC: sem 1 (See also Unit details 'Special
note')
Special note: the unit is partially web-based; 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, 6 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>
Offered: [by web] Lsem 2, Hbt: sem 2, NWC: sem 2 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: the unit is partially web-based; 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;
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Unit details [HGT] and tourism policy and planning. These topics include an exploration into federal, state 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, 6 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, Lawton L, Tourism Management, 2nd edn, 2002, ISBN 0470800666
Hall CM, Introduction to Tourism, 1998, ISBN 0582812445
Courses: [R3J]OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Offered: [by web] Lsem 1, Hbt: sem 1, NWC: sem 1 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: the unit is partially web-based; 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
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Unit details [HGT]
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: web-based lectures equiv to 2 hrs weekly, 6 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 (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>
Offered: [by web] Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2, NWC: sem 2 (See also Unit details 'Special
note')
Special note: the unit is partially web-based; 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. 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, eco- and nature-based tourism tourism; casinos; meetings, incentives, conventions and events; theme parks; island tourism; cultural tourism; wine and food tourism; farm and rural tourism; heritage tourism and industrial tourism.
Staff: Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: web-based lectures equiv to 2 hrs weekly, 6 face-to-face group sessions
(NWC students may be reqd to attend some teaching and learning activities on Ltn campus)
Assess: 1,500-word report (20%), 1,500-word essay (20%) 2-hr exam (60%)
Courses: [R3J]OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
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Unit details [HGT]
Offered: not offered in 2004
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, 1-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>
Offered: [by web] Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: the unit is partially web-based; 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:
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
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Unit details [HGT] 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: web-based lectures equiv to 2 hrs weekly, 6 face-to-face group sessions
(NWC students may be reqd to attend some teaching and learning activities on Ltn campus)
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%)
Required: Harris R, Griffin T & Williams, Sustainable Tourism A Global Perspective, 2002,
ISBN 0750689963
Wahab S & Pigram J, Tourism, Development and Growth: The Challenge of Sustainability,
2000, ISBN 0415150022
Courses: [R3J] OC:
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
Offered: [by web]Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2, NWC: sem 2 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: the unit is partially web-based; 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:
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
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Unit details [HGT] 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 and dependency and core-periphery tourism. At the end of the course, students should be familiar with global 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: 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)
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>
Offered: [by web]Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1, NWC: sem 1 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: the unit is partially web-based; 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:
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
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Unit details [HGT]
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: 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>
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>
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Unit details [HGT]
Offered: Ltn: 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 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>
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:
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Unit details [HGT]
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.
Staff: Prof T Sofield, Dr A Hardy, Ms C Ellis
Unit weight: 100%/50%
Prereq: major in Tourism or equiv, plus GPA of 6.5
Courses: [R4J]
Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au>
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>
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:
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Unit details [HGT]
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 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>
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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