Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500894 Tourism | FB | 1 | 1 |
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The course has three methods of teaching and learning:
a) Theory sessions
During the lectures the concepts will be explained first in a theoretical way and then exemplified with practical applications. Some sessions will require student’s participation to solve problems.
b) Practice sessions
During these sessions, topics covered in each lesson will be reviewed through exercises, group projects and individual tests that will be undertaken throughout the course. Students will receive guidance from the instructor in carrying out a project involving the search of information and managing of references and computer skills. Specialised software will be used during all practical sessions.
c) Self‐learning
The Virtual Campus will be used as a complement and as an alternative means of communication between students and their instructor. All the relevant material of the course, examples and exercises will be attached here online.
Each student should manage their time to study and solve problems proposed in addition to work on a research project using information and data of the tourism sector to be presented at the end of the course.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Public presentations | 3 | 0.12 | 2, 5, 6 |
Theoretical and practical sessions with ICT support; active participation of students in class. | 43 | 1.72 | 1, 2, 5, 4 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorship | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 5, 4 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Individual study and practical sessions | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Students may choose between a continuous assessment and direct access to the final examination (a unique final evaluation).
Continuous assessment
To follow the continuous assessment, attendance to at least 70% of the class sessions is mandatory. This type of evaluation consists of:
a) A number of lab assignments and homework assignments during the class to evaluate your progress. All exercises proposed in class must be presented within the established deadlines through the Interactive Campus. Each assignment will be worth 10 points. Failure to submit the assignment will result in zero points. Late assignments will result in the automatic deduction of 2 points. The average score of all of these assignments represent 50% of the final mark. More information about the assignments will be provided after the beginning of the class.
b) A final project using information and data of the tourism sector in which the student will use research skills and will practice how to present an academic written work properly. This project will account for 20% of the final grade.
b) Two individual tests based on theory and exercises, which will be worth 30% of the final mark.
Those students who fail at the continuous assessment, will be evaluated by the second option (unique evaluation) and none of the obtained grades will be taken into account.
Unique final evaluation
Students will be examined on all the topics taught in class and the result of this exam will count for a 100% of the final mark.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Individual assignments | 50% | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 4 |
Individual tests | 30% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 4 |
Undertake a basic research project (searching for information, development of a hypothesis, writing of a short paper and design of a presentation) | 20% | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6 |