| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies |
| Lecture Code |
ARC01901 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
IGS Special Topics BI (IGS特論 BI) |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
アイジーエストクロン BI |
Subject Name in
English |
IGS Special Topics BI |
| Instructor |
FUNCK CAROLIN ELISABETH HANNA |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
フンク カロリン エリーザベト ハンナ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(3T) Mon5-6：IAS J306 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| This class will be a combination of lecture, discussion and students presentation. The class will be conducted face-to-face. |
| Credits |
1.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
2 |
Language of Instruction |
E
:
English |
| Course Level |
3
:
Undergraduate High-Intermediate
|
| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
12
:
Geography |
| Eligible Students |
|
| Keywords |
Sustainability, tourism, SDGs |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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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 of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of 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. |
|---|
Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This class aims to improve the understanding of sustainable tourism based on the review of scientific literature and case studies. Indicators of Sustainable Development for Tourism Destinations will be introduced as one method to asess sustainability. Please make sure to take IGS Special Topics BI and BII together, as they are taught as one course. |
| Class Schedule |
1. Introduction
Introduction
Definitions of tourism/leisure/recreation, approaches from tourism geographies
2. Sustainable Tourism and tourism impacts
Sustainable Tourism and tourism impacts
3. Development of nature conservation
Sustainable tourism: how the concept evolved
4. Concepts in tourism geography
Methodology for case studies on sustainable tourism
5. SDGs and tourism
Indicators of Sustainable Development for Tourism Destinations
GSTC Destinations Criteria
6. How to evaluate trips
Student presentations: Case studies on sustainable tourism
7. Resilience, overtourism, and sustainable tourism
Student presentations:Case studies on sustainable tourism
8. Summary |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Weaver, D. (2020) Advanced Introduction to Sustainable Tourism
Articles from Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Geographies etc.
Fischer, A. (2014) Sustainable Tourism. Haupt Verlag
|
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle |
| (More Details) |
Prints;DVD;
PPT |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Discussions, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Students will be required to read articles/material before each class and prepare a case study presentation that will be summarized as a report. |
| Requirements |
|
| Grading Method |
Tasks in class (including presentation of literature and material summaries) 70%, case study presentation and report 30% |
| Practical Experience |
|
| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
|
| Message |
This class is open to students from all programs. Please make sure to take IGS Special Topics BI and BII together. You cannot take only one of the courses. |
| 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. |