SROM 180 Field Trip. This 3 day course is a credit bearing field trip to visit ski resorts and associated industry businesses. Although locations change from year to year, they typically include resort areas in the Okanagan Valley. This trip provides an excellent opportunity for students to examine established ski areas, and meet with industry personnel and SROAM program graduates from management to front line staff.
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 1 |
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| Total Hours | 15 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Contextualize theoretical knowledge in a practical setting
- Critique tourism and hospitality practices
- Demonstrate professionalism
- Apply program outcomes and materials learned in classes to tourism businesses
- Identify a variety of characteristics of businesses to critically evaluate future career opportunities
Teaching and Learning Approach
This is a student-centered field trip to a series of ski resorts and industry related businesses in the interior of
British Columbia.Learning Resources
Field tripDetailed Course Content, Topics, and Sequence Covered
1. Drive to ski area, visit ski area
2. Visit ski area, talk with supervisors of different departments, tour different departments operations
3. Visit ski area, talk with supervisors of different departments, tour different departments operations Drive homeAssessment
| Title | Learning Outcomes | Value |
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| Attendance and Professionalism | 3 | 50% |
| Reflection Assignment | 1,2,3,4,5 | 50% |
| Total | 100% |
Grading Table
Competency-based Grades
This grading system is based on satisfactory acquisition of defined skills or successful completion of the course learning outcomes. It is used where standard numerical grades are not generally applied, for example in evaluating practicum performance or work placements, in pass/fail courses or for non-credit courses.
| AAV | ABOVE AVERAGE -The student has mastered all or most course objectives/requirements in a minimum time frame and has exemplified good work and study habits. |
| COM | COMPLETE – denotes that the student has mastered a satisfactory number of course objectives/requirements in a non-credit course |
| CRG | CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was satisfactory in a credit course. |
| NCG | NO CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was unsatisfactory.
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| PCG | PARTIAL CREDIT GRANTED – denotes that the student has successfully completed a portion of the course objectives in a credit course.
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See the Academic Calendar for General Information including how to withdraw from course(s) and other regulations.
Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.