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Archived Curricula Guide 2017–2019
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MAT1 Introduction to Tourism Studies 5 ECTS
Person in charge
Itä-Suomen yliopisto

Learning outcomes

Knowledge related:
This course provides the students an overview of central concepts of tourism. During this course the student learns the multidisciplinary characteristics of tourism study. After the course the student knows the most common theoretical approaches to understand tourism phenomena.

Skills related:
The student is familiar with basic concepts of tourism study. The student can examine tourism phenomena from various perspectives and search for related information.

Contents

Tourism discipline, tourism research, tourism industry, tourism history, tourism business, tourism geography, tourism sociology, international tourism, tourism organizations, tourism as a work, culture tourism, sustainable tourism

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Belongs to following study modules

Faculty of Communication Sciences
2018–2019
Teaching
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Faculty of Communication Sciences