Tourism

<div id="tab2" class="tab grid_8 alpha hide-on-small" style="display: block;"> <div class="courseLinks hide-on-medium-down"> <img src="/media/liverpoolhope/styleassets/cssimages/media,975,en.gif" alt="print Icon" style="width : 24px; height : 24px; "> <span><a href="javascript:window.print()">print this page</a></span> <span class="st_sharethis_custom" st_processed="yes"><a href="#">share this course</a></span> </div> <h2>Curriculum</h2> <p>A unique feature of the Tourism course is the opportunity to study tourism within a Combined degree – something which is not currently offered elsewhere within the Merseyside region. Students can opt to study Tourism in combination with a broad range of other subjects of their choice which are currently offered at Liverpool Hope, such as Accounting, Education, Geography, Law, Media and Communication and Marketing.</p> <p>The Tourism course aims to nurture gradual progress in your understanding of the key tourism theories, trends and developments. The curriculum has been purpose designed to enable effective knowledge transfer from tutors to students. A number of carefully selected teaching activities and assessment methods will facilitate your learning at different study levels.</p> <p><strong>Level C (Year One)</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Foundations in Tourism</span></p> <p>• Historical Development of Tourism; major underpinning concepts and theories</p> <p>• Tourism Impacts; assessment and mitigation opportunities</p> <p>• International and Domestic Destination case studies</p> <p>• Tourism and Leisure – supply and demand</p> <p>• Fieldwork</p> <p>• Personal and Inter-personal Skills Development.</p> <p>Student learning will be facilitated via a set of purpose developed lectures (in groups of 20-30), seminar activities and tutorials (in groups of 5-10). There is a mandatory fieldwork element consisting of one weeklong residential study trip to North Wales.</p> <p>Assessment methods: students will be assessed via four major assignments: fieldwork assignment, fieldwork report, personal development portfolio, and an end of-level examination.</p> <p><strong>Level I (Year Two)</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Explorations in Tourism</span></p> <p>Core curriculum for Single and Combined Honours introduces:</p> <p>• Tourism Operations Management</p> <p>• Tourism Stakeholders</p> <p>• Tourism Trends and Developments</p> <p>• Research Methods in Tourism</p> <p>• Fieldwork</p> <p>• Opportunities for Work-based Learning.</p> <p>Your learning will be facilitated via a set of purpose developed lectures (in groups of 20-30), seminar activities and tutorials (in groups of 5-10). There will a number of non- residential fieldwork activities at this level.</p> <p>Assessment methods: you will be assessed via four major assignments: tourism trends and development report, literature review, group research project, and an end-of-level examination.</p> <p><strong>Level H (Year Three)</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Advanced Studies in Tourism</span></p> <p>• Tourism and Globalisation; recent tourism trends and developments</p> <p>• Destination Management</p> <p>• Strategic Marketing and Branding</p> <p>• Fieldwork</p> <p>• Organisational Management.</p> <p>Your learning will be facilitated via a set of purpose developed lectures (in groups of 20-30), seminar activities and tutorials (in groups of 5-10). Students also have the opportunity to attend a week long residential fieldtrip to Malta.</p> <p>Assessment methods: you will be assessed via two major assignments: destination management report and research project.</p> <h2>You may also be interested in...</h2> <p><a href="/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/tourismmanagement/">Tourism Management</a></p> </div>