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Syllabus:

Destinations and Regional Development, 15 Credits

Swedish name: Destinationer och regional utveckling

This syllabus is valid: 2014-09-01 valid to 2014-09-07 (newer version of the syllabus exists)

Course code: 2KG099

Credit points: 15

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Human Geography: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: AF

Responsible department: Department of Geography

Established by: Head of Department of Geography and Economic History, 2013-09-30

Revised by: Head of Department of Geography and Economic History, 2013-09-30

Expected learning outcomes

After completing the course the student should be able to:
Part 1: Destination development, 7,5 ECTS 
- critically assess theories and models concerning destination development, 
- assign relevant impacts and problems to the different stages of the tourism destination life cycle, 
- distinguish and critically apply methods for tourism research within destination analyses, 
- analyze a destination regarding demand and supply, and
- present a destination analysis in oral and written form.

Part 2: Regional development, 7,5 ECTS
- critically assess ideas and theories of tourism and regional development, 
- distinguish and criticize impacts of politics on tourism, 
- assess various planning methods for tourism development, and 
- plan for tourism development.

Required Knowledge

Univ: 120 ECTS, 60 ECTS of which in human geography or equivalently.  Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper Secondary course English A.
Where the language of instruction is Swedish, applicants must prove proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.

Form of instruction

Instruction is given through lectures, exercises, and seminars, where students are expected to participate actively. Relevant gender issues related to the contents are integrated in the course. The course is given in English.

Examination modes

The examination in the first part of the course is done in two ways; a written exam, and an individual analysis of a destination, which has to be reported written and orally. The examination in the second part of the course is done through written assignments. Grading is done using the following grades; A, B, C, D, E, F and FX.
Examination based on the same syllabus as at the ordinary examination is guaranteed during two years after the first registration to the course.
Students who have passed an examination cannot redo the examination to receive a higher grade.
It is not possible to appeal against a received grade, i.e. to get it examined by a higher authority, but a student can always criticize the grading or ask another examiner to reconsider the examination.
When a student has failed an examination on two occasions, he or she has a right to have another grading teacher. A written request for an alternative examiner should be handed to the director of studies.

Other regulations

Credit transfer is always examined individually.

Literature

Valid from: 2014 week 36

Part 1

Additional literature (ca 300 pages) is advised and selected individually

Butler Richard W.
The tourism area life cyclen Vol. 1p Applications and modificationsc editor Richard W. Butler
Clevedonb Channel View,c 2006 : Channel View : 2006 : xviii, 385 s.b ill. :
ISBN: 1-84541-025-4
Mandatory
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Butler Richard W.
The tourism area life cyclen Vol. 2p Conceptual and theoretical issuesc edited by Richard W. Butler
Clevedonb Channel View,c 2006 : Channel View : 2006 : xix, 327 s.b ill. :
ISBN: 1-84541-028-9
Mandatory
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Part 2

All literature (ca 500 pages) is advised and selected individually

Reference literature

Jennings Gayle
Tourism research
Milton, Qld. : Wiley Australia : 2001 : xii, 452 s. :
ISBN: 0-471-34255-6 (hft.)
Mandatory
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Conducting research in human geography : theory, methodology and practice
Kitchin Rob, Tate Nicholas J.
Harlow : Prentice Hall : 2000 : xiii, 330 s., tab., diagr. :
ISBN: 0-582-29797-4
Mandatory
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Qualitative research in tourism : ontologies, epistemologies and methodologies
Phillimore Jenny, Goodson Lisa
New York : Routledge : 2004 : 333 s. :
ISBN: 0-415-28086-9 (alk. paper)
Mandatory
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Smith Stephen L. J.
Tourism analysis : a handbook
2. ed. : Harlow : Longman : 1995 : x, 326 s. :
ISBN: 0-582-25160-5 (hft.)
Mandatory
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Veal A. J.
Research methods for leisure and tourism : practical guide
2. [rev.] ed. : London : Pitman : 1997 : 320 s. :
ISBN: 0-273-62052-5 (pbk)
Mandatory
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