Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500894 Tourism | OB | 1 | 1 |
There are no prerequisites
This course introduces students to the world of tourism, making an overview of economic tourism activities so that they acquire the basics of the industry and its components: basic and complementary products and services, customers, institutions, companies’ activities, social factors, business environment and infrastructures
Unit 1: Origin and evolution of the tourist activity.
Unit 2: Basic concepts and impacts of tourism.
Unit 3: Tourism demand.
Unit 4: Tourism supply.
Unit 5: Basic tourism companies.
Unit 6: Complementary tourism companies.
Unit 7: Quality of tourist services.
Unit 8: Tourism policy and future tourism expectations.
The teaching method used is a combination of lectures, combined with a series of tutorials in small groups to work on different exercises and assignments that will be given to the students throughout the course
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classroom | 40 | 1.6 | 2, 5, 4, 7, 15, 8, 10, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Guided and Tutoring | 18 | 0.72 | 7, 12, 11, 13 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Students Work | 46 | 1.84 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16, 10, 11, 17 |
Study | 35 | 1.4 | 3, 6 |
This subject will be assessed as follows:
A) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:
- There will be two partial exams, which represent 60% of the grade. In order to be able to calculate the average for the final grade, it is necessary to obtain at least 4 out of 10 in every exam.
- Individual assignments represent 10% of the grade.
- The final project represents another 20% of the grade.
- Attendance and participation represent 10% of the grade.
To pass the course students must get at least a grade of 5 out of 10 in the final grade.
B) SINGLE ASSESSMENT:
Instead of continuous assessment, students have the option to choose single assessment as long as they can prove they are not able to attend classes because they are attending other classes or they are repeat students. Those must partake in the single assessment will have to inform the teacher by e-mail before March the 1st and attach the appropriate document/s to justify the change.
Single assessment students will deliver the final project within the deadline and will take the final exam on the date and time scheduled according to the academic calendar posted in the official academic program of the school. The grade of the final project will be 50% and final exam will be the remaining 50% of the final grade. A minimum of 4 points will be required to pass the exam.
To pass the course students must get at least a grade of 5 out of 10 in the final grade.
RETAKE EXAM:
Students with a grade between 3.5 and 4.9 in the final exam will have the chance to retake the exam according to the academic activities calendar, which is reported in the students’ guide or on the school´s website. If these students pass the retake exam, their final grade will be 5.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 4, 7, 16 |
Final project and oral presentation | 20% | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 10, 11, 13, 17 |
Individual assignments | 10% | 2 | 0.08 | 5, 15, 12, 16, 13, 14 |
Partial exam 1 | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 5, 15, 8, 16, 14 |
Partial exam 2 | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 8, 12, 16, 13, 14 |
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