An Introduction to Cruises
Lecturer: Feng-Ming Tsai (蔡豐明)
Email: chucktsai@email.ntou.edu.tw
Phone: 02-24622192#3423
Webpage: dstm.ntou.edu.tw/p/412-1071-2702.php
Course ID: D9G014EJ
Credits: 2
Course Prerequisites: None
Course Description and Goals:
More and more cruise lines sent the biggest and newest ships operating in Asia ports, especially Keelung port has become one of the most important cruise homeport in Asian. In order to let students know more about Keelung cruise port-city, field trip to the cruise lines and shore excursions in Keelung port and city will promote students to get familiar with this port-city. This course is designed to get familiar with anatomy of cruise ships, cruise travel product, cruise management on both port and shore side, cruise crew staff, etc.
Schedule Type: Lectures, discussions, and presentations
Course Schedule (subject to change):
WEEK 1 INTRODUCTION
WEEK 2 WHO CRUISES—AND WHY
WEEK 3 THE ANATOMY OF A CRUISE SHIP
WEEK 4 THE CRUISE EXPERIENCE
WEEK 5 FIELD TRIP TO CRUISE TERMINAL
WEEK 6 INVITATION SPEECH
WEEK 7 WHO''S WHO IN CRUISING
WEEK 8 MIDTERN EXAM
WEEK 9 THE PRE-, POST-, AND OFF-SHIP CRUISE EXPERIENCE
WEEK 10 PROFILING THE LINES.
WEEK 11 IN PORT FUNCTION
WEEK 12 TOPIC DISCUSSION
WEEK 13 INVITATION SPEECH
WEEK 14 CRUISE MARKETING AND SALES
WEEK 15 THE GEOGRAPHY OF CRUISING
WEEK 16 FIELD TRIP TO EXCURSIONS IN KEELUNG CITY
WEEK 17 GROUP PRESENTATION I
WEEK 18 GROUP PRESENTATION II