Tourism Research (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

After this course you are able to elaborate your insights regarding tourism research. You learn working in a group and you can collaboratively work with research-based knowledge. You get familiar with international research. You learn to apply research-based knowledge into real-life phenomena, for example when working as a tourism professional. You can evaluate how to make ethically informed, responsible decisions when conducting research and when doing tourism planning and development. Specifically, you learn about the intertwined nature of sustainability issues and you can make informed, research-based decisions when working as a tourism professional.

Competences


Learning objectives
You understand multiple scientific approaches to tourism phenomena and learn different research methods and ethical issues regarding tourism research. You understand the basics of conducting a research data collection process and you can apply theory into practice.

Content

- Basics of tourism research
- Different approaches and phenomena linked with tourism
- Methods and ethics of tourism research
- Basics in data collecting process

Location and time

1st period

Materials

Research articles are chosen by the current topics and it is done by the teachers.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Workshops
Group work
Group assignment
Individual assignment

Student workload

Individual work 50 h
Group work 50 h
Lectures 27 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1 (Sufficient) You identify approaches to study tourism. You understand perspectives content-wise. You can recognize the differences between academic knowledge and other forms of knowledge as well as apply scientific knowledge to phenomena linked with tourism.

2 (Satisfactory) You can identify different research approaches in tourism. You can explain multiple perspectives content-wise. You can describe the differences between academic knowledge and other forms of knowledge as well as apply scientific knowledge to phenomena linked with tourism.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3 (Good) You can explain different research approaches in tourism. You differentiate multiple perspectives content-wise. You can examine the differences between academic knowledge and other forms of knowledge as well as apply scientific knowledge to phenomena linked with tourism.

4 (Very Good) You can identify and distinguish different research approaches in tourism. You can evaluate multiple perspectives content-wise. You can differentiate academic knowledge and other forms of knowledge as well as apply scientific knowledge to phenomena linked with tourism.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5 (Excellent) You can critically evaluate different research approaches in tourism. You can evaluate and judge multiple perspectives content-wise. You can investigate the differences between academic knowledge and other forms of knowledge as well as construct and apply scientific knowledge to phenomena linked with tourism.

Qualifications

Basic understanding of tourism industry

Further information

The assessment is based on the student's written and oral evidence in groups and individual performance. The main emphasis is on a holistic understanding of the research, and its partial implementation according to a basic knowledge..