Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2017-18

Las prácticas académicas externas constituyen una actividad de naturaleza formativa realizada por los estudiantes universitarios y supervisada por la Facultad cuyo objetivo es permitir a los mismos aplicar y complementar los conocimientos adquiridos en su formación académica, favoreciendo la adquisición de competencias que les preparen para el ejercicio de actividades profesionales, faciliten su empleabilidad y fomenten su capacidad de emprendimiento.

Podrán realizarse en la propia universidad o en entidades colaboradoras, tales como empresas, instituciones y entidades públicas y privadas en el ámbito nacional e internacional.

 

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

  • CGUA1 : Understand and express oneself in a foreign language in one's discipline.
  • CGUA2 : Be able to use basic ICT tools at user level.
  • CGUA3 : Oral and written communication skills: Be able to express oneself correctly in one of the two official languages of the Region of Valencia in one's discipline.
  • CGUA4 : Be able to commit oneself ethically with sustainability, fundamental rights, equality of men and women, the principles of equal opportunity and universal accessibility for the disabled, as well as the values of a peaceful, democratic culture.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1 : Understand the principles of tourism: its spatial, social, cultural, legal, political, labour and economic dimension.
  • CE10 : Manage financial resources.
  • CE11 : Define commercial goals, strategies and policies.
  • CE12 : Manage different kinds of tourist organisations.
  • CE13 : Master communication techniques.
  • CE14 : Understand the legal framework regulating tourist activities.
  • CE15 : Work with English as a foreign language.
  • CE16 : Communicate orally and in writing in a second foreign language.
  • CE17 : Communicate orally and in writing in a third foreign language.
  • CE18 : Identify and manage tourist areas and destinations.
  • CE19 : Manage tourist areas in accordance with sustainability criteria.
  • CE2 : Analyse the economic dimension of tourism.
  • CE20 : Understand operating procedures in the field of accommodation.
  • CE21 : Understand operating procedures in the field of catering.
  • CE22 : Knowledge to be acquired about the operating procedures of intermediation companies.
  • CE23 : Analyse the impacts generated by tourism.
  • CE24 : Analyse and use information and communication technologies (ICT) in the different fields of the tourist sector.
  • CE25 : Understand a public plan and the opportunities it offers for the private sector.
  • CE26 : Plan and manage the human resources of tourist organisations.
  • CE27 : Understand the working of tourist destinations, structures and business sectors worldwide.
  • CE29 : Work in different sociocultural contexts.
  • CE3 : Understand the dynamic and evolutionary nature of tourism in the new leisure society.
  • CE30 : Understand the main initiatives for optimising and promoting the cultural heritage.
  • CE31 : Understand the characteristics of cultural heritage management.
  • CE32 : Detect technical planning needs for tourist infrastructures and facilities.
  • CE4 : Understand the main political-administrative structures of tourism.
  • CE5 : Convert and empirical problem into an object of research and draw conclusions.
  • CE6 : Be decidedly client-focused.
  • CE7 : Recognise the main tourist agents.
  • CE8 : Evaluate tourist potential and the prospective analysis of exploiting it.
  • CE9 : Analyse, synthesise, and critically summarise the net worth financial information of tourist organisations.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2017-18

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General

Code: 23598
Lecturer responsible:
ESPINOSA SEGUI, ANA ISABEL
Credits ECTS: 12,00
Theoretical credits: 0,00
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 10,80

Departments involved

  • Dept: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
    Area: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 0,6
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.
  • Dept: REGIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
    Area: REGIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 0,6

Study programmes where this course is taught