Tourist Science

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION
The deep development of tourism that we have experienced in recent times has caused a transformation in our way of approaching to this phenomenon. A proof of this fact is the consolidation process of tourism studies at the university level. This is so because the university, through the generation of knowledge, must provide society and future professionals with tools to understand and manage the sector. The concept of tourism science, therefore, starts from the need to approach tourism beyond simple definitions that do not clarify the complexity of the phenomenon. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt an interdisciplinary perspective and an integrate multiple views from academia, so that a global understanding of the tourism phenomenon can be generated. In this way, through this subject, the student will acquire the bases for a transversal vision of tourism. This vision is today essential for future professionals and companies in a sector that is increasingly tending towards responsibility and sustainability in a changing environment. Likewise, the knowledge acquired in this subject is basic to choose to work in academic research and teaching in tourism. In short, the subject is proposed as an instrument for discussion and transformation of the most traditional and immobile views of tourism, aligned with the experience and research work carried out from the CAMPUS CETT UB in the fields of tourism policy and governance. sustainability and SDG, smartourism, digitization, marketing, ethics, business models, new economy.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the different dimensions of tourism and its development within a systemic conception: principles and foundations of global tourism.
2. Know the basic concepts of tourism, its different dimensions and interrelations, understanding its importance as an engine of development of human societies.
3. Know how to approach tourism from a historical perspective to the present time.
4. Know the general principles of tourism sustainability and apply criteria of sustainable tourism.
5. Know the impacts produced by the tourist activity.
6. Use sources of information related to tourism, reading, and understanding legal texts

ACADEMIC CONTENTS
1. Unit 1: The different meanings of the concept science
1.1. The natural sciences
1.2. The social sciences
1.3. Applied sciences
2. Unit 2: The importance of studying tourism in contemporary society.
2.1. The historical evolution of tourism
A) Leisure as the center of the life of the modern individual
B) Fordism and the study of mass tourism as an economic and social phenomenon
C) Learning to manage tourism: image, promotion and sustainability
2.2. Tourism and tourist: two poles of a key phenomenon for our societies
3. Unit 3: The plurality of tourism science and its construction
3.1. Contributions of the social sciences to tourism science: shared views and visions from philosophy, law, geography, among other disciplines.
3.2. Tourism studies or tourism as a unique field of knowledge
3.3. A journey through the world of tourism studies
3.4. Tourism studies and the University
3.5. Scientific production of the University in tourism
4. Unit 4: Tourism science as an applied social science
4.1. Experimenting with tourism: an interdisciplinary application
4.2. The concept of tourism: tourism, a concept under construction.
5. Unit 5: Prospective approach: the future of tourism science
5.1 Ethics and tourism
5.2 Sustainable or responsible travel?

LEARNING METHODOLOGY
The learning methodologies associated with this subject include a variety of strategies in order to contribute to the development of the corresponding competencies. Some of the learning activities that will be carried out are the following:
• Expository classes
• Case studies
• Debates
• Practical exercises
• Problem-based learning

ASSESSMENT SYSTEM