Bachelor of Tourism ManagementUWS Course Code: 1632.1
Course Status: CONTINUING
This version of the course is available only to continuing or completing students.
The Bachelor of Tourism Management is designed to prepare graduates for a wide range of roles in tourism, recreation and leisure in public and private sectors, professional associations and community organisations.
The program develops skills and knowledge to enable graduates to plan, manage and operate tourism and recreation related policy, activities and business, and do so with a strong ethical appreciation of the need for a triple bottom line philosophy, that is, that ecological, socio/cultural and economic costs need to be minimised and the benefits maximised.
It integrates concern for both the industry and the host or destination community and the process of tourism planning and development in the context of sustainable development. It considers the relationships between tourism and heritage management; mechanisms for regional and community development; and the role of tourism as a social, cultural and economic phenomenon. The program therefore draws on a number of disciplines and offers students a range of areas of specialisation.
Study Mode
Three years full-time and six years part-time.
Head of Program
Location
Advanced standing
University advanced standing policies will apply. Students with prior studies at TAFE, private Colleges or other Universities are eligible for advanced standing.
Admission
Admission to the course would normally be through UAC.
Special Requirements Prerequisites
Assumed Knowledge: Any two units of English; Geography and/or History are recommended but not essential.
Course Structure
Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequence below.
Recommended sequence
Full-time
Year 1
Autumn session
| 101272.1 | Introduction to the Tourism System |
| 300455.1 | Indigenous Australia: Back to the Future |
Spring session
And two electives
Year 2
Autumn session
| 300458.1 | Tourism and Regional Development |
And one elective
Spring session
| 101388.1 | Environment and Tourism Management |
And one elective
Year 3
Autumn session
And one elective
Spring session
And three electives
Students also have to complete 400 hours of
| EH218A.1 | Approved Industrial Experience (10Wks) |
Note: Elective units may be taken from any other program at the University. Advice on selection of electives as individual units, majors or sub-majors will be provided by the Course Advisor.
Major
There is a free-standing major available to students who are not enrolled in the Bachelor of Tourism Management. It combines all units in the Culture and Heritage Tourism and Nature Based Tourism sub-majors.
Sub-majors
The following are free-standing sub-majors available to students who are not enrolled in the Bachelor of Tourism Management.