Study Abroad in Cairns: Courses

TO2025:05 (3 credits)
Australian Ecotourism and Wildlife Tourism Management
An intensive course focusing on the environment and the development of ecologically sustainable tourism in Australia. Special emphasis will be placed on ecotourism in North Queensland environments such as the Wet Tropics rainforests, tropical savannah and the Great Barrier Reef. The course will consist of lectures and seminars with faculty and ecotourism professionals combined with field trips to a variety of natural and cultural attractions such as wildlife sanctuaries. These field trips will focus on management, marketing and the presentation of ecotourism and wildlife tourism attractions. Students should budget $150 for entrance fees for the field trips.

The course director in Cairns is an expert on ecotourism and the Australian environment. During the traveling section of the program, the group will be accompanied by a tour manager who is a biologist guide. Three semester credits are recommended for a combination of approximately 26 hours of lectures, 13 hours of tutorials and 40 hours of fieldwork. To meet requirements for 3 credits, students must complete tutorials, field trip reports, practical exercises and a group project. Attendance at lectures and site visits is mandatory.

Grades No AIFS participant is permitted to take a course without receiving a letter grade. Pass/Fail grade options are not available.

Transcripts will be issued by James Cook University in December 2009.