TOUR20021 - Tourism Impacts on Community, Culture and Heritage

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will provide you with a specialised knowledge of the socio-cultural impacts of tourism from a global perspective, focusing specifically on community development, Indigenous cultures, and heritage protection. You will understand the importance of using a sustainable tourism approach to critically evaluate the socio-cultural impacts of tourism. Topics covered in this unit include: positive and negative socio-cultural impacts; evolving societies; communities in a global context; community well-being; pro-poor tourism; Indigenous cultures; cultural heritage; and commodification and authenticity. The unit will also develop your understanding of effective engagement and management strategies when developing tourism.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band 10
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).

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Residential School No Residential School

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Higher Education Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

Assessment Overview

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. Written Assessment 40%
2. Written Assessment 60%

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%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 66.67% 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 Voice
Feedback:
 Students enjoyed the content and practical application of theory in unit content, discussions and assessment.

Recommendation:
 Continue incorporating contemporary materials that support theoretical concepts and provide opportunities to deepen students' learning and understanding across a range of contexts.

Action Taken:
 Completed - positive feedback received in this regard.
Source: Student Voice
Feedback:
 Continue to update materials to reflect contemporary issues (post COVID-19)

Recommendation:
 Update materials when next offered

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the socio-cultural impacts of tourism, on communities, culture and heritage, in a range of tourism settings.
  2. Investigate, analyse and synthesise a range of theories that may be applied to managing socio-cultural impacts of sustainable tourism.
  3. Critically review and evaluate current issues and challenges in implementing sociocultural principles and practices.
  4. Critically analyse and communicate the linkages between the principles of sociocultural, economic and environmental sustainability.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • •
4 - Research • • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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