GIS technologies in international tourism

Course: Tourism

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
GIS technologies in international tourism
Code
ДВС.01.08
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO2. To know, understand and be able to use in practice the basic concepts of the theory of tourism, the organization of the tourist process and tourist activities of the subjects of the market of tourist services, as well as worldview and related sciences PLO5. To analyze the recreational and touristic potential of the territory. PLO11. Possess the state and foreign language(s), at a level sufficient for professional activity. PLO20. Identify problem situations and propose ways to solve them.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The educational discipline "GIS technologies in international tourism" is based on the cycle of disciplines of professional and practical training, in particular on the professional subjects of the bachelor's level: "Topography", "Cartography", "Informatics and programming" and is the resulting element of the entire cycle of cartographic subjects.
Course content
The program of the academic discipline consists of the following content modules: The first content module. Historical aspects of GIS development. Structure and functionality of GIS. Information support in GIS. Sources data GIS software (overview of functionality of software products). The second content module. Organization of information in GIS. Information input and output technologies in GIS. Applied application of GIS. Modern directions of creation and examples of GIS application for the needs of the tourism industry. Cartographic research method. Basics of spatial modeling.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. http://gisa.org.ua/ 2. http://mkk.kga.gov.ua/
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars
Assessment methods and criteria
The course includes 2 meaningful parts. Classes are held in the form of lectures and seminars. The discipline ends with a test. Semester evaluation: the number of points that the student receives during the semester is the sum of the points obtained during the evaluation of preparation for seminar classes and individual tasks (independent work), performance of modular control works. Organization of evaluation: seminar classes and individual tasks (independent work) are defended according to the performance, according to the schedule of seminar classes. Modular control work (MKR) is conducted in test form. Students who received less than the minimum prescribed number of points for the MKR will retake it.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Nataliia Stepanivna Dovgan
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Iryna Oleksandrivna Pidlysetska
Department of Geodesy and Cartography
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Department of Geodesy and Cartography
heohrafichnyi fakultet