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GEPL344 Leisure, Recreation and Tourism

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus B - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 12cp or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions GEAR343 or GEAR443 or GEPL243 or GEPL343 or GEPL444
Notes None
Combined Units GEPL444 - Leisure, Recreation and Tourism
Coordinator(s) Barbara Rugendyke (brugendy@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit provides understanding of the changing nature of leisure, recreation and tourism in both advanced economies and developing nations, paying particular attention to the environmental, social, cultural and economic costs and benefits of leisure, recreation and tourism. The problems of planning effectively for leisure, recreation and tourism are explored in relation to rural and regional development, ecotourism, cultural tourism and heritage tourism.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 50% 2500
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-4, 6-7
Final Examination 2 hrs 50%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-3, 6-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. develop an appreciation of the importance of leisure, recreation and tourism in contemporary society;
  2. develop an understanding of the various approaches used in social science for the study of leisure, recreation and tourism;
  3. develop an understanding of the extent of leisure, recreation and tourism activity in present day Australia;
  4. develop an understanding of the nature of Aboriginal and Heritage Tourism;
  5. develop an understanding of the role that ecotourism and tourism generally can play in developing nations.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The study of movements of people as tourists is geographical. The centrality of geography in enabling understanding tourism is taught and assessed in this unit. 		True True
2 Communication Skills
Assessment is entirely by written work (individual research report) requiring effective communication. 		True True
3 Global Perspectives
The unit looks at cultural tourism both in Australia and in developing nations and at global changes in the nature of leisure, recreation and tourism. Cultural impacts are covered in the assessment tasks. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students are introduced to internet/library sources of statistcs relating to leisure, recreation and tourism. These sources are used in the preparation of the assignment. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The changing nature of leisure, recreation and tourism is emphasised in the unit so that students appreciate the need to monitor such changes in the future. There is a good deal of reflection on what the future might be like. 		True
6 Problem Solving
The first assignment (an individual research report based on a case study) examines how the problem of promoting a tourist development is overcome. 		True
7 Social Responsibility
Much emphasis is placed on the costs as well as the benefits of leisure, recreation and tourism and on the fact that there are 'winners' and 'losers' in all development. The equity and social responsibility aspects of development are explored in the assignments. 		True True
   

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