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Tourism Articulation
BC Tourism Management Articulation Committee Meeting
Wednesday May 4th, 2011
Douglas College, Coquitlam Campus – Room A2280
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast in Room A2310
8:30-15:00 Articulation Meeting
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch in Room A2310
15:30-17:00 Plenary articulation/information/networking sessions with Hospitality
Chair: Kim McLeod (Capilano University )
Co-Chair: Grant Unger (College of the Rockies)
Cost:
$23 for articulation, including breakfast, coffee break & lunch
Dinner and Reception at Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club: $30
Tourism & Hospitality "Unconference" May 5th: no cost, details to come
AGENDA
Welcome & Activity Update - Round Table Highlights (2 minutes per institution)
Approval of 2010 Minutes
Approval of 2011 Agenda
BCCAT Update – Jennifer Orum (15 minutes)
Content TBA
Block Transfer, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Transfer Guides
Process for submitting block transfer updates - timing
Summary of roles and responsibilities of articulation chairs, system liaison persons (SLPs) and institutional contact persons (ICPs)
Tourism Management Transfer Innovations Fund Updating Project: Project Summary – Dave Twynam & Rebecca Wilson- MahThe objectives of this project were to:
update the Tourism Management Block Transfer agreements originally established in 2001;
incorporate additions/changes including block transfers between institutions offering Tourism Mgt diplomas (diploma to diploma) and block transfer between institutions offering BTM;
incorporate additions of block transfer with PCTIA accredited private institutions that meet the criteria established by the articulation committee in 2009
Transfer Issues – discussion on issues that institutions have been facing this past year
Sending Institutions
Receiving Institutions
Solutions?
JAM 2010 Summary – Kim McLeod & Grant Unger (10 minutes). Summary of BCCAT’s Joint Articulation Meeting from November 2010.
Welcome new Tourism Management Articulation Committee Chair
* * * END Articulation Meeting * * *
* * * BEGIN Committee of the Whole Meeting * * *
(Note: this portion of the agenda, and subsequent minutes, will not be submitted to BCCAT)
Provincial Tourism Management Core Curriculum review – subcommittee reports (10 minutes each)
Transfer issues related to core curriculum (course content, transferability, rigor)
Industry trends impacting curriculum
Recommendations for curriculum updates, including Tourism Management handbooks
Review of the proposed Core Curriculum Review Template & decide on process
Determine courses for review in 2011/2012
Determine sub-committee teams & chairs for 2011/2012
Tourism Educators Conference – revisiting the roles of planning and facilitating this event.
Link BC – Future of this organization & potential impact on Tourism Management support & events in BC
