Department of Tourism Management Close-UP

カリキュラム

Aiming to become a tourism specialist through highly effective education and teaching

Department of Tourism Management provide education and research on the planning and management of tourist destinations, as well as the policies and legislation that form the framework, through highly effective education and guidance such as exercises and practical training. In comprehensive basic subjects, student learn basic knowledge related to tourism, in specialized education subjects, they develop thinking ability to solve various problems and common elective subjects and practice subjects, they cultivate goals and proactive action ability for the future.

Syllabus

Syllabus of the Department of Tourism Management

Class Introduction

Introduction to Tourism Studies
In this class, all faculty members of Department of Tourism Management will give classes to first-year students in an omnibus format, focusing on ensuring that the first-year students learn the importance, overview, and basics of tourism studies. Furthermore, by learning about tourism studies, they are able to independently select fields and subjects that interest them and use them effectively in their student life and future planning. Students will deepen their vague image of tourism that they had when they first entered the university by looking at the cutting-edge fields of expertise of each professor, and use it as an opportunity to learn the breadth and depth of tourism. Alternatively, it is also an opportunity to develop new interests by learning about fields and subjects that you did not know before. Furthermore, by actually seeing, hearing, and talking about what you have learned in class, you will be able to make tourism more attractive and put it into practice.

Tourism management
students learn an overview of the various business activities responsible for tourism supply (= tourism business) based on the framework and theory of business administration. To that end, they consider the location of problems in the field of tourism management, the mechanism that give rise to various problems (relationship between cause and effect), measures that contribute to solving various problems, and business creation that contributes to the further promotion of tourism through theory and case analysis. We focus on the basic theory of tourism management in the first semester, and the management and understanding of the environment of tourism business in the second semester. Based on the theory of tourism management, students deepen their understanding of the environment surrounding tourism and to be able to outline various fields of tourism.

Tourism town development theory
The form of tourism in Japan has been changing through the process of modernization. Depending on how it responds to these changes, the rise and fall of the tourist destination is divided. In the first semester, students trace the history of Japan's tourism area, and deepen their understanding of considering the philosophy, thinking, and methods of tourism planning that should be utilized today and in the future, like the "Project X" of the tourism planning version. In the second semester, we focus on "methods for grasping the actual state of tourism," "guidance of attractive themes (making landing-type community experience products)," and "leading organizations" which is particularly important in future tourism destination planning. After explaining the principles that lead to case examples and the future development, students deepen their understanding through mini-exercises actually. The basis of tourism is to make visitors feel happy. Students learn not only knowledge, but also how to utilize it.

Tourism culture theory
In this course, we consider the question "What is tourism culture?" by focusing on the diversity of tourism culture in Japan and the negative aspects of tourism culture in the world. The perception of tourism as a culture is not always in a uniform way, but is like a kaleidoscope that can be seen in different patterns from different angles. This way of thinking has sometimes energized the community and people, and has sometimes caused problems. We discuss this power of tourism culture with students, giving examples for each theme. At first, many students are very confused by the unanswered questions and how to proceed with the lessons. However, accumulating their own ideas, they attract each theme as their own, and learn how to grasp culture as tourism.

成績評価と単位認定

Grading Criteria

About our GPA System

The intent behind our implementation of a GPA (Grade Point Average) system is to (1) create a unified standard for the campus, (2) have it function as an impartial standard, and (3) have it function as an internationally accepted standard. Our GPA system involves the assessment learning achievements using an objective numerical value called GPA. Additionally, this system generally conforms with the grade assessment systems adopted by universities in the West, and can be used overseas as an index used to certify a student’s academic ability when studying abroad, when going on to graduate school overseas, when finding employment at a non-Japanese companies operating in Japan, and so on.

Display of Grades and Assessment Criteria

GPA Calculation Method

Credit Recognition

1. Register for classes. Use CampusSquare to register for classes online and have your classes properly confirmed. You will need to do this for both the first and second semesters.
2. Students attend classes. There are 15 class in both the first and second semesters.
   Normally, 2-credit courses consist of attendance at each class (90 minutes) and preparation and review (about 2 hours each). In order to earn the credits, students must attend all classes (from the first to the 15th) as a matter of course, and also deepen their understanding through preparation and review.
3. Depending on subjects, students are required to take exam or submit reports (accreditation methods vary from lecturers).
4. Grades of S, A, B or C mean that students have passed the course and earned the credit. Grade of D means that students has failed the course and not earned any credit. If students receive a grade of D for a compulsory subject, they require to take it again the following year or later.
   Courses which students have already earned credit cannot be retaken.
5. About Academic Grades
   • Academic grades are assessed based on final examinations at the end of the semester (written exams, oral exams, practical exams, or reports). However, depending on courses, mini tests, reports, attendance, and academic progress during class may be evaluated as regular points, or assessments may be carried out based on the regular points only.
   • Academic grades are issued on the transcript with only the evaluation. 
   • Courses which students have passed once cannot be erased or retaken.
   • Grades will be published on Campus Square every semester.
   • If you have questions about your grades, such as not receiving a grade despite taking an exam (submitting a report) after the results have been announced, please come to school at the beginning of the next semester (in principle, by the first week of classes) and ask your teacher directly. If your teacher has left the school and you are unable to make inquiries, please notify the Academic Affairs Office.

Minimum number of credits required for graduation (For students enrolled in 2022)

• *1 If the number of credits earned in the comprehensive basic courses exceeds 12, the excess credits up to 8 will be approved as a credit in common elective courses.
• *2Some credits for each course of teaching profession and curator may be included in credits of specialized education subjects or general basic subjcts.
• *3 Excessive credits for elective compulsory subjects are included in the credits for elective course.