Degree | Type | Year |
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2500894 Tourism | OB | 1 |
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There are no prerequisites
Unit 1: Origin and evolution of the tourist activity.
Unit 2: Basic concepts and impacts of tourism, and future tourism expectations.
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.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classroom | 40 | 1.6 | 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Guided and Tutoring | 18 | 0.72 | 7, 11, 12, 13 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Students Work | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 |
Study | 35 | 1.4 | 3, 6 |
Language of the course: Spanish (Tourism Degree) and English (Tourism Degree in English).
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
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 4, 7, 16 |
Final project and oral presentation | 30% | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17 |
Individual assignments | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
Partial exam 1 | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 5, 8, 14, 15, 16 |
Partial exam 2 | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16 |
This subject will be assessed as follows:
A) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:
- There will be two partial exams, which represent 40% of the grade (20% each).
- The final project represents another 20% of the grade. This project must be delivered and presented in class within the agreed date. The project that has not obtained a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 will have to be repeated (according to the teacher's notes/comments) and delivered again on the day of the final exam. Important note: partial or total plagiarism will mean the non-accreditation of the entire subject.
- Individual assignments represent 10% 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. In order to partake in the single assessment, it's compulsory to inform the Academic Service Department by the established deadlines, and attach the appropriate document/s to justify the request.
Single assessment students will deliver and present a 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%. A minimum of 5 points will be required to pass both the exam and the project.
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.
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Pacheco, Arévalo. & Jatzire, Georgina. (2020). Modelos turísticos y desarrollo sustentable: Análisis teórico. En: Factores críticos y estratégicos en la interacción territorial. Desafíos actuales y escenarios futuros. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y Asociación Mexicana de Ciencias para el Desarrollo Regional A.C, Coeditores. http://ru.iiec.unam.mx/5123/
Pellejero Martínez, Carmelo; García Gómez, José Joaquín (2022). Historia económica del turismo en España (1820-2020): de los viajeros románticos al pasaporte COVID. Pirámide.
J. C Dua and Madhulika Bhargava. (2017). Fundamentals Tourism Travel Management.
Moodle will be used for the correct monitoring and assessment of the subject. The student will need to use Word processors and programs to prepare presentations (such as PowerPoint/Canva/Genially).
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 2 | English | first semester | morning-mixed |