Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies
Lecture Code ARS10601 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name Contemporary Issues in International Tourism I (国際観光論I)
Subject Name
(Katakana)
コクサイカンコウロン I
Subject Name in
English
Contemporary Issues in International Tourism I
Instructor JANG KYUNGJAE
Instructor
(Katakana)
ジャン ギョンゼ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Weds5-6:IAS K103
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
Lecture, Discussion, Presentation 
Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction E : English
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 13 : Area Studies
Eligible Students
Keywords Tourism, Globalisation, Mobilities, Innovation, Management 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Integrated Global Studies
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the
mutual relations and their importance among individual
academic disciplines.
(Abilities and Skills)
・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines.
(Comprehensive Abilities)
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This class is aims to deepen the understanding of Issues concerning international tourism. The class introduces various social phenomena related to tourism such as globalization, climate change, threats of terrorism and natural disasters, mobility, technological innovations, demographic change, emerging consumer trends and new product developments, Understand what changes will occur in tourist spot management. 
Class Schedule 1 Introduction - Issues in Global tourism
2 Sustainability of mass tourism
3 Tourism and climate change
4 Security issues in global tourism
5 Eco tourism and Volunteer tourism
6 Heritage tourism and Dark tourism
7 Cultural tourism, Pilgrimage and Contents tourism
8 Tourist health and disease 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
prints 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Text, Prints, Video 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Students will be requires to read articles before class.
Requirements
 
Requirements 1. Students will be selected for the first class when the class size is exceeded (Max 50).
2. It is highly recommended that you take both Contemporary Issues in International Tourism I and Ⅱ. Taking only Ⅱ is not permitted. 
Grading Method Activities 30%
Presentation 30%
Final Report 40% 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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