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Unit of Study MNG40033 - Advanced Research Seminar in Tourism, Hospitality and Events (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    Be admitted to the Bachelor of Business in Tourism and Hospitality Management with Honours course

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Extends students' knowledge of the key research approaches and methods used in the fields of tourism, hospitality and event management. Develops skills in relation to planning and implementing an independent honours thesis in the student's scholarly area of interest, under the supervision of his or her academic supervisor(s). Students also learn to justify and defend their research proposal to an academic audience, via a formal seminar.

Unit content

Topic 1. Introducing Honours research
Topic 2. Research paradigms and methodologies
Topic 3. Planning and structuring research
Topic 4. The research proposal and human research ethics
Topic 5. Qualitative methods and data collection
Topic 6. Quantitative methods and data collection
Topic 7. Case study and mixed methods
Topic 8. Data analysis tools: Qualitative
Topic 9. Data analysis tools: Quantitative
Topic 10. Writing and structuring the thesis
Topic 11. Honours research seminar: Presenting and communicating the thesis

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 1 Session 1
Gold Coast Session 1 Session 1
Lismore Session 1 Session 1
Online Session 1 Session 1
Sydney - The Hotel School Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the principles and practice of scholarly research
2 critically evaluate the key terms, paradigms and methods used in tourism, hospitality and events research
3 formulate sound research questions and aims
4 understand the role and importance of ethics in human research
5 develop and write and present a research proposal to an academic audience
6 select appropriate data collection and analysis tools
7 engage in self-directed research

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

  1. demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the principles and practice of scholarly research
    • GA1:
  2. critically evaluate the key terms, paradigms and methods used in tourism, hospitality and events research
    • GA1:
  3. formulate sound research questions and aims
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  4. understand the role and importance of ethics in human research
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
  5. develop and write and present a research proposal to an academic audience
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
  6. select appropriate data collection and analysis tools
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
  7. engage in self-directed research
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:

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