| CODE | TRS5300 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Practicum | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute for Tourism, Travel and Culture | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study unit will give the student the opportunity to conduct an independent study on a selected theme of research which is proposed by the student and approved by the Board of Studies. For this Unit the student will be asked to propose a tourism - related organisation which will host the student for the duration of the placement (250 hours). The student will draw up a proposal for a project (of particular interest to the organisation) that will be conducted during this period. A mentor from the organisation (who is also approved by the BOS) will supervise the work and will be liaising with the co-ordinators at university. At the end of this study unit, the student will submit the project to the Co-ordinators who together with the mentor will evaluate the project. Following the final evaluation a public seminar will be held were all the projects conducted during the year will be presented. Study-unit Aims The aims of the study unit is to encourage the creation of independent research. It will also encourage critical evaluation and assessment of specific tourism related situations. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Assess a situation in a real-world context - Determine the best research and analytical tools to use - Critically evaluate the results - Present these results in a coherent manner 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Provide solutions to a given research problem - Manage an individual project within a set time-frame hence learn time and resource management skills - Create independent applied research project - Present results to a public audience (hence learns to transfer academic knowledge to a audience that can use that knowledge) Main Text/s and any supplementary readings No text is assigned here since each project will generate its own reference list, based on the specific research |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Co-Requisite Study-units: TRS 5211 - Advanced Research in Tourism | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Nadia Theuma |
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