Unit Synopsis
The management of tourism operations in natural and protected areas is an important component of sustainable tourism management. This unit will identify and analyse the impacts of tourism on a wide range of environments including marine parks and rainforest areas. Students will develop a better understanding of key aspects of sustainable environmental management such as ecotourism, wildlife tourism and indigenous issues. The unit also examines legislative frameworks governing interactions between tourism and the environment through environmental accreditation programs.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Be Different Intakes
Higher Education Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2020
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Presentation | 20% |
| 2. Group Work | 40% |
| 3. Presentation and Written Assessment | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 4.90 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 75% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student evaluation comment.
Very organised unit organised and published well in advance - as an online student with full time work it was great to have all lectures, assessment info etc. There in advance so I could work at my own pace - getting ahead some weeks where I could.
Continue to make learning materials available in advance for online students.
Some learning materials were updated to reflect current trends in nature-based tourism.
Source: Student evaluation comment.
Another field trip to a different style of PA would certainly help students grasp better impacts and challenges involved with the management of such areas.
Discuss options of a second field-trip with future students since expense for these trips is covered by the students.
Students went on only one field-trip in T2 2020, just like in previous years.
Source: Student evaluation comment.
The weeks we had our presentations left us with little time to go through the material, maybe this needs resolving. Felt like we rushed through some really interesting stuff.
Consider possibility to spread out the presentations of on-campus students to make more time for in-depth delivery of teaching materials.
Student presentations were more spread out over the term.
Source: Student evaluation comment
Some of the references and statistics might need to be updated, particularly in a present and Post-Covid world.
Update readings and references to include more sources relevant to a post-Covid19 era.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- critically examine the impacts of tourism on the environment;
- describe and communicate a range of theories and their application to the tourism-environment relationship;
- review and evaluate current issues and challenges of ecotourism, wildlife tourism, protected area management and interactions with Indigenous hosts and local communities;
- appraise and review the role of certification programs and environmental legislation in ensuring tourism activities are ecologically sustainable; and
- plan, develop and evaluate strategies on managing environmental impacts of tourism.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Presentation | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Group Work | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | ||
| 7 - Leadership | • | ||||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Presentation | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 2 - Group Work | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||