HTM-110 Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management

Campus:

Initiator:

Date:

Pohnpei Campus

Joyce Roby

11/11/14

COURSE HOURS/CREDITS:

Hours per Week

No. of Weeks

Total Hours

Semester

Lecture

Credits

3

x

16

x

48

=

3

Laboratory

x

x

=

Workshop

x

x

=

Total Semester

Credits

3

PURPOSE OF COURSE: (What is the course used for?)

[x] Degree requirement

[x] Degree elective

[

] Certificate

[

] Other

1.

Effective oral communication: capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations

[

]

designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the

listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

2.

Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing

[

]

through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing

texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.

[X ]

3.

Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of

issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

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]

4.

Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an

open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.

5.

Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral

[

]

skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of

cultural contexts.

6.

Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able

[X ]

to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information

for the problem at hand.

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]

7.

Foundations and skills for life-long learning: purposeful learning activity, undertaken

on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.

8.

Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide

[

]

array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create

sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate

those arguments in a variety of formats.

HTM 110 Intro. To Hospitality and Tourism

Date Recommended by CAC:

11/24/2014

Date Approved by VPIA:

12/15/2014

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

1.1 Enumerate and explain the key

3, 6

1,5, 6

Class Exercise, Quiz, and/or Exam

hospitality and tourism industry

in the form of enumeration, short

providers and how the overall

answer questions, multiple choice,

hospitality and tourism experience is

and defining or matching terms.

an interrelated and interdependent

series of elements leading to a total

experience.

1.1.1 Describe and explain the history

and development of the

components of the international

hospitality and tourism industry.

1.1.2 Identify careers and opportunities

A grading rubric will be used to

in the hospitality and tourism

assess a presentation on an

industry.

assignment for the student to

explore and identify at least two (2)

areas of interest in the hospitality

and/or tourism industry; and/or Quiz

and Exam in the form of

enumeration, multiple choice, and

matching terms.

1.2 Identify and explain the modes of

A grading rubric will be used to

international travel.

assess a presentation on an

assignment for the student to

explore and identify the different

modes of international travel; and/or

Quiz and Exam in the form of

enumeration, multiple choice, and

matching terms.

1.3 Identify and describe the world’s

Class Exercise, Quiz, and/or Exam

major tourism venues in reference to

in the form of answering short

names, size, location, type and other

answer questions, multiple choice,

descriptive factors.

and defining or matching terms.

1.4 Describe and explain the history of

Class Exercise, Quiz, and/or Exam

the food and beverage industry.

in the form of enumeration, short

answer questions, multiple choice,

and defining or matching terms.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

2.1 Identify and explain the advantages

3, 6

1,5,6

Group work assignment based on

HTM 110 Intro. To Hospitality and Tourism

Date Recommended by CAC: 11/24/2014

Date Approved by VPIA: 12/15/2014

and disadvantages of sustainable, eco

course text case studies; Quiz,

and mass tourism.

and/or Exam in the form of

enumeration.

2.1.1 Identify and describe the

Class Exercise, Quiz, and/or Exam

characteristics of sustainable,

in the form enumeration, multiple

eco-tourism and mass tourism.

choice, and defining or matching

terms.

2.1.2 Describe and explain the

A grading rubric will be used to

different types of tourism

assess a group presentation based on

activities.

their research findings; Quiz, and/or

Exam in the form of enumeration

and short answer questions.

2.2 Identify and explain the cultural

Written essay assignment on the

impacts of tourism development.

student’s perspective on tourism

development and the cultural

impacts in the FSM; Quiz and/or

Exam in the form of enumeration

and short answer questions.

2.3 Identify and explain the

Written essay assignment on the

environmental impacts of tourism

student’s perspective on tourism

development.

development and the environmental

impacts in the FSM; Quiz and/or

Exam in the form of enumeration

and short answer questions.

CSLO (General) 3. Describe the role of

international

hospitality and tourism organizations,

bureaus, authorities.

Student Learning Outcomes (specifics)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 Identify and explain the international

Group Project and Presentation;

tourism organizations.

Quiz and/or Exam in the form

3.2 Explain the roles of FSM state and

enumeration, short answer

national tourism authorities on the

3, 6

1,5,6

questions, multiple choice, and

formulation of hospitality and tourism

defining or matching terms.

policies.

3.3 Identify and explain the roles of FSM

states and national tourism authorities.

[X ] Lecture

[

] Cooperative learning groups

[

] Laboratory

[X] In -class exercises

[X ] Audio visual

[

] Demonstrations

[

] Other