Unit of Study TOUR2001 Sustainable Tourism (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Examines concepts of sustainability and regeneration in relation to tourism. Students will apply them in developing a sustainable tourism project.

Unit content

Module 1: Sustainability – History, concepts and current status

Module 2: Doing tourism sustainably

Module 3: Tourism impacts

Module 4: Tourism and climate change

Module 5: Grant writing for success

Module 6: Tourism for a regenerative future

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term3	Term3
Online	Term3	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand the concepts of sustainability and regeneration in tourism contexts

evaluate the impacts of tourism

create a grant application.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Map	30%
Professional Writing	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Map	30%
Professional Writing	50%

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