International study at the University of Brighton

International Transportation

Level: 5
Credit rating: 20
Module type: Taught
Semester offered: 2
Pre-requisites: None
Aims:

To enable students to:

  • Identify the variety of services, products and working systems within the international transportation sector and understand the importance of transport in the wider context of the tourism and travel industry.
Learning outcomes:

By the end of the module students will be able to:

  1. Analyse a range of information and discuss issues relevant to particular methods of transport provision.
  2. Exercise significant judgement with regard to the wider social and environmental implications of transport provision.
  3. Understand different themes and issues within the provision of transport.
  4. Identify and examine operational issues common to all transport providers.
  5. Understand the complexities of transport legislation, regulation and political intervention within the industry.
Content:
  • Patterns of competition, interdependence and integration of transport organisers.
  • The variety of transport organisers and their link with the tourism industry
  • Political, legal and regulatory framework within which the transport providers operate.
  • Sustainable, environmental and social impacts of transport provision.
  • Privatisation, subsidisation, consolidation and integration within transport.
Learning and teaching strategies:

Total Learner Hours: 200

Contact Hours: 48 consisting of a combination of lectures and workshops

Private and Directed study 152 hours
Learning support:

Doganis. R, (2002) Flying Off Course. (3rd ed.) London: Routledge

Doganis, R. (2006) The Airline Business (2nd ed). Oxon: Routledge

Dowling, R.K. (ed.) (2006) Cruise Ship Tourism. Wallingford: CABI Publishing

Duval, D. (2007) Tourism and Transport Modes, Networks and Flows. Cleveden: Channel View

Graham, A., Papatheodorou, A. Forsyth, P. (eds) Aviation and Tourism, Implications for Leisure Travel. Aldershot: Asgate.

Gubbins Edmund J., (2003) Managing Transport Operations (3rd ed.) Kogan Page

Hanlon, P. (2007) Global Airlines. (3rd ed.) Oxford: Butterworth & Heinemann

Hibbs, J. (2003) Transport Economics and Policy. (2nd Ed.) Kogan Page

Page, S. J. (2009) Transport and Tourism: Global Perspectives, (3rd ed.) Harlow: Longman

Tiffin, J. and Kissling, C. (2007) Transport Communications. Understanding global Networks Enabling Transport Services. London: rogan Page.