67742 - Seminars

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)

    Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the seminars the student is able to identify and evaluate the main topics of current research in the tourism field, and to deepen the analysis through brief essays.

Course contents

Seminars are typically organized in the first semester, jointly with the second-cycle degree in Tourism Economics and Management (TEaM).

The seminar series will be a mix of conferences and workshops, short courses on specific topics and presentations by tourism experts and professionals.

The list of activities will be available online in the News page of the instructor (https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/roberto.patuelli/avvisi/513d332b).

Readings/Bibliography

Readings and references will be communicated during each seminar.

Teaching methods

Seminars and workshops.

Assessment methods

Students should attend AT LEAST 20 hours out of the list of seminars offered in the current seminar series. Attendance and participation are mandatory and will be checked through identification and signatures. To attain the 4 credits, students should write a short essay, i.e. 4-5 pages, discussing in a homogeneous text at least two of the topics covered in the seminars and the links between them. Therefore, essays cannot be simple summaries of two seminars. Evaluation, carried out by the seminar coordinator, will be on a pass/fail basis.

Teaching tools

Frontal lectures and online seminar material.

Office hours

See the website of Roberto Patuelli

SDGs

Responsible consumption and production

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.