The Process of Developing a Competency-Based Academic Curriculum in Tourism Management

Abstract

Many tourism academic programs have adopted a competency-based approach in curriculum design to be used in program evaluation. To date, there is significant research on how to identify core and concentration competencies, but there is a lack of investigation into the process of linking competencies to student-learning outcomes or to assessment methods. This study explores the process of creating a competency-based curriculum and suggests a structured procedure for assessing learning outcomes. Detailed steps taken in development of a competency-based curriculum model will be described as will how this process can be used by tourism or other discipline programs.