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Concepts in Tourism Geographies (4EU+)

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Course ID: 1900-4EU-CTG
Erasmus code / ISCED: 07.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Concepts in Tourism Geographies (4EU+)
Name in Polish: Concepts in Tourism Geographies (4EU+)
Organizational unit: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty dla studentów programu 4EU+
(in Polish) Przedmioty dla studentów programu 4EU+, sem. zimowy
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 5.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Type of course:

elective courses

Mode:

Classroom

Short description:

The course examines tourism as a global, national and local phenomenon, with economic, social, and environmental impacts. It brings together geographical concepts and theories and apply them to understand tourism development in the real world places. It links tourism development to key geographical issues such as globalisation, mobility, social-ecological systems and global environmental change.

Bibliography:

Basic reading suggestions include:

Hall C.M., Page S.J. (2014): The geography of tourism and recreation: Environment, place and space, London: Routledge.

Williams S., Lew A.A. (2014): Tourism Geography. Critical Understandings of Place, Space and Experience, London: Routledge.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Written exam

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Marta Derek
Group instructors: Marta Derek
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
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Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Marta Derek
Group instructors: (unknown)
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Lecture - Grading
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