HOSP 1803: Travel & Tourism in Italy

Dede Hamm's program at Northwest Arkansas Community College

We worked with Dede to design a program that showed her students everything that goes into the travel and tourism industry while in Italy. She showed them the bottom-up timeline of the food industry from cheese making in Piedmont Farm to a visit to the Slow Food Association. We also arranged a visit to Bologna University, where topics included the social and cultural effect of travel and tourism on the hotel and restaurant business.

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AT NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

– Students to read "Tourism: The Business of Hospitality and Travel" and share what they learned while abroad

– Travel journals to be created for upcoming trip


IN ITALY

– Visit to Piedmont Farm, where students learn the logistics of cheese making and pig farming

– Culinary-focused visit to Bologna University

– Lecture on sustainable farming and lunch at the Slow Food Association Restaurant

– Hands-on cooking class and discussion of the culinary industry in Italy


BACK ON CAMPUS

– Students begin their class on campus informed by their experiences abroad

– Weekly online discussion board submissions about individual experiences while abroad, along with weekly quizzes

– Travel journals to be submitted

– Term projects to be completed


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Course objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

– Understand the various components of the tourism system on a local, state, regional, national and international level

– Discuss the economic, environmental and social implications of tourism

– Identify basic marketing principles relating to global tourism

– Describe the relationship between the growth of the attractions and entertainment industries and travel

– Define and describe ecotourism and culinary tourism

Dede Hamm, Northwest Arkansas Community College
About the professor

Dede Hamm is an Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Northwest Arkansas Community College. The information above is an excerpt from her comprehensive syllabus.

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