Sustainable Experience Economy (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Every Wednesday at 11:30-13.45 and every Friday at 8:30-10:45 at Haaga campus:

Intro

In this course you’ll learn the core components of experience economy and will be able to implement them in practice. You will familiarize yourself with Sustainable Travel Finland -programme, a step-by-step process of operating tourism and hospitality businesses in a sustainable way. Equally, you will get a grasp of the basic juridical concepts, regulations and contractual practices of tourism and hospitality fields. You will also learn the basics of relevant labour legislation, applicable in both workforce or managerial positions.

Materials

PineII B.J & Gilmore J.H, 1999. The Experience Economy.
Business Finland. Sustainable Travel Finland – internet material.
Surakka, A., 2012. Access to Finnish Law (e-book).
Materials on Moodle.

Teaching methods and instruction

At class teaching, independent study, learning and group assignments and an exam.
Teaching will be based on participative and applied learning methods and supervision of independent work.

Working life connections

The course uses examples and cases from working life. The course includes also visit/s to companies in the sector and/or guest lectures.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

At the end of the course there is an exam on the sustainable and experience-part.. Details of the exam and the timetable for it will be announced on the course platform.

Internationality

EU legislation and international accountability rules and practices

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of prior learning: If you have gained skills matching the course contents for example through work experience, volunteer work, hobbies or other studies than higher education, you can show your skills and competences through demonstrations.
Ask your course teacher for more information or contact directly the responsible teachers Pia Vapaavuori (Law Studies) and Salla Ursin (Sustainable and Experience).

Learning assignments

There are a few learning assignments to be assessed, which will be specified in the first session of the course. The instructions and timetable for the learning tasks can be found on the course platform.

Assessment methods

The law-part of the course is 3 credits, i.e. the grade of the whole course is 60%. Similarly, the sustainability and experience-part is 2 credits, i.e. the grade for this component contributes 40% of the total course grade.
The minimum points required to pass the law-part is 30 points and the minimum points required to pass the sustainable and experience-part is 20 points.
For more information on assessments and timetables, please see the course platform.