Bachelor of International Tourism

The Bachelor of International Tourism requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law.

• Admission requirements
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study
• Honours
• Combined degrees
  

Admission requirements

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements. 

Course aims

This course aims to enable students to:

• examine issues, trends and approaches in the global tourism industry
• examine issues in tourism development and planning that allow for the retention of the authentic character of a place and investigate the approaches required to best deal with opportunities and challenges presented in global tourism
• promote and utilise strong links with the tourism industry
• develop a critical and theoretical understanding of tourism as a global phenomenon and apply that understanding to international, national, regional and local circumstances by examining diverse industry practices in a range of contexts
• undertake an industry practicum and an industry-linked research project
• analyse trends in worldwide tourism and their impact with practical contact with selected local, regional, national and international aspects of tourism
• develop a sound understanding of policy, strategic development and global best practice for sustainable tourism.
  

Learning outcomes

Graduates will help to shape developments in a sustainable and responsible international cultural tourism industry. Graduates will be able to:

• apply the appropriate knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes for successful careers in the field of international tourism
• explain the concepts of tourism in an international context, and demonstrate a broad understanding of its role in relation to the arts, culture, environment and/or heritage of a place
• demonstrate a broad understanding of international trends in tourism
• communicate in a professional manner through analytical reports and effective verbal presentations in a variety of disciplines and collaborative situations
• apply both theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to specific case studies
• demonstrate how theoretical concepts can be applied in the workplace by undertaking an appropriate industry placement in tourism
• demonstrate skills in quantitative and qualitative evaluation, management and marketing in a tourism context
• demonstrate an awareness of the significance of the conservation and sustainable development of environments and assets, the preservation and management of heritage, and the preservation, development and distribution of cultural and environmental capital in the management of tourism
• act ethically as professionals within the field of the international tourism industry. 
  

Program of study

To qualify for the Bachelor of International Tourism, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study. The award of a grade of Fail (F) on more than one occasion in the same topic may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Students undertake 72 units of core topics and 36 units from one of the following streams:

• Cultural Tourism
• Festival and Event Design and Management
• Nature Based Tourism

Core - Year 1  topics

22.5 units comprising

 BUSN1011  Accounting For Managers  (4.5 units)
 PSYC1101  Psychology 1A  (4.5 units)
 TOUR1101  International Tourism Management  (4.5 units)
 TOUR1102  Interpretive Tour Guiding  (4.5 units)
 TOUR1103  Event Design and Practice A  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 2 topics

22.5 units comprising

 BUSN2025  Marketing Principles*  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2034  Workplace and Business Communications  (4.5 units)
 LEGL2114  Regulating Small Business  (4.5 units)
 TOUR2101  Place, Culture and Tourism  (4.5 units)
 TOUR2102  Introduction to Tourism Research  (4.5 units)

*BUSN2025 Marketing Principles is no longer available, contact the School of Humanities for advice

Core - Year 3 topics

27 units comprising

 TOUR3101  Contemporary Issues in Tourism  (4.5 units)
 TOUR3102  Tourism Placement A  (4.5 units)
 TOUR3104  Tourism Research Project A  (4.5 units)
 TOUR3105  Tourism Research Project B  (4.5 units)
 TOUR3106  Tourism Business Planning  (4.5 units)
 TOUR3107  Tourism Project A  (4.5 units)

Stream - Cultural Tourism

Year 1 topics

13.5 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

Year 2 topics

 ARCH2108  Cultural Heritage Management A  (4.5 units)

plus 9 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

Year 3 topics

9 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

Stream - Festival and Event Design and Management

Year 1 topics

13.5 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

Year 2 topics

 TOUR2103  Event Design and Practice B  (4.5 units)

plus 9 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

Year 3 topics

9 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

Stream - Nature Based Tourism

Year 1 topics

 BIOD1102  Biodiversity and Conservation 1  (4.5 units)
 BIOL1101  Evolution of Biological Diversity  (4.5 units)

plus 4.5 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

Year 2 topics

13.5 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

Year 3 topics

9 units of elective topics approved by The Bachelor of International Tourism Course Coordinator

 

Elective topics for all streams

A maximum of 4.5 units of electives in each of the Second and Third Years of The Bachelor of International Tourism (a total of 9.0 units in the degree) may be taken from a faculty other than Education, Humanities and Law.

A maximum of 4.5 units of electives in each of Second and Third Years of The Bachelor of International Tourism (a total of 9.0 units in the degree) may be taken as cross-institutional enrolment electives.

Selected list of Elective topics offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities & Law:

Year 1 topics

 ARCH1001  Introduction to Archaeology  (4.5 units) (Nature Based & FEDM students only)
 ARCH1002  World Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH1005  Cultural Anthropology  (4.5 units)
 AUST1001  Australian Studies: Identities  (4.5 units)
 AUST1004  An Introduction to Aboriginal Studies  (4.5 units) (FEDM students only)
 ENGL1001  Professional English  (4.5 units) (Nature Based & Cultural Tourism students only)
 EDUC1120  Teaching and Educational Contexts  (4.5 units)
 ESOL1101  English as a Second Language 1  (4.5 units)
 ESOL1102  Presenting in English  (4.5 units)
 ESOL1103  English as a Second Language for Business  (4.5 units)
 FREN1201  Introductory French Part 1  (4.5 units)
 FREN1202  Introductory French Part 2  (4.5 units)
 ITAL1201  Introductory Italian Part 1  (4.5 units)
 ITAL1202  Introductory Italian Part 2  (4.5 units)
 LEGL1101  Australian Justice System  (4.5 units)
 MGRE1201  Introductory Modern Greek Part 1  (4.5 units)
 MGRE1202  Introductory Modern Greek Part 2  (4.5 units)
 SCME1003  Essential Multimedia  (4.5 units)
 SPAN1201  Introductory Spanish Part 1  (4.5 units)
 SPAN1202  Introductory Spanish Part 2  (4.5 units)

Year 2 topics

 ARCH2108  Cultural Heritage Management A  (4.5 units) (Nature Based & FEDM students only)
 ARCH2202  Australian Indigenous Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2203  Australian Historical Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2204  Australian Maritime Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2207  The Archaeological Imagination: Fact, fantasy and fiction in archaeological interpretation  (4.5 units)
 ARCH2208  The Museum  (4.5 units)
 AUST2500  Australian Studies: Social and Political Cultures  (4.5 units)
 AUST2610  Australian Studies: Indigenous Australian Art  (4.5 units)
 AUST2611  Australian Languages: Issues and Debates 1  (4.5 units)
 AUST2612  Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges  (4.5 units)
 ENGL2143  Approaches to Creative Writing  (4.5 units)
 ENGL2145  Creative Writing Workshop  (4.5 units)
 FREN2201  Intermediate French Part 1  (4.5 units)
 FREN2202  Intermediate French Part 2  (4.5 units)
 ITAL2201  Intermediate Italian Part 1  (4.5 units)
 ITAL2202  Intermediate Italian Part 2  (4.5 units)
 LANG2005  Settling in Australia: the Italian, Greek and French experience  (4.5 units)
 LEGL2114  Regulating Small Business  (4.5 units)
 LING2103  Language, Culture and Communication  (4.5 units)
 MGRE2201  Intermediate Modern Greek Part 1  (4.5 units)
 MGRE2202  Intermediate Modern Greek Part 2  (4.5 units)
 MGRE2211  Modern Greek Culture and Society 1  (4.5 units)
 SCME2004  Introduction to Digital Graphic Design  (4.5 units)
 SCME2005  Media Audiences  (4.5 units)
 SCME2106  Narrative and Storytelling  (4.5 units)
 SCME2108  Multimedia Production  (4.5 units)
 SPAN2201  Intermediate Spanish Part 1  (4.5 units)
 SPAN2202  Intermediate Spanish Part 2  (4.5 units)

Year 3 topics

 ARCH3108  Cultural Heritage Management B  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3207  Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective  (4.5 units)
 ARCH3208  Underwater and Coastal Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 AUST3333  Australian Studies: Issues for Australians  (4.5 units)
 FREN3201  Upper Intermediate French Part 1  (4.5 units)
 FREN3202  Upper Intermediate French Part 2  (4.5 units)
 ITAL3201  Upper Intermediate Italian Part 1  (4.5 units)
 ITAL3202  Upper Intermediate Italian Part 2  (4.5 units)
 ITAL3403  Italian Settlement in Australia  (4.5 units)
 LEGL3112  Regulating Technology  (4.5 units)
 LING3105  Intercultural Communication in Everyday Life  (4.5 units)
 MGRE3201  Upper Intermediate Modern Greek Part 1  (4.5 units)
 MGRE3202  Upper Intermediate Modern Greek Part 2  (4.5 units)
 SCME3000  Cross-Cultural Media  (4.5 units)
 SPAN3201  Upper Intermediate Spanish Part 1  (4.5 units)
 SPAN3202  Upper Intermediate Spanish Part 2  (4.5 units)
 TOUR2103  Event Design and Practice B  (4.5 units) (Nature Based & Cultural Tourism students only)
 TOUR3107  Tourism Project A  (4.5 units)
 TOUR3108  Tourism Project B  (4.5 units)

Selected list of Elective topics offered by other faculties

Year 1 topics
 
 AMST1001  American Popular Culture  (4.5 units)
 ASST1101  Indonesian, Introductory: Part 1  (4.5 units)
 ASST1102  Indonesian, Introductory: Part 2  (4.5 units)
 ASST1201  Indonesian, Introductory A: Part 1  (4.5 units)
 ASST1202  Indonesian, Introductory A: Part 2  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1012  Business Communication  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1016  Foundation: Quantitative Methods  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1021  Organisational Behaviour  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1022  Marketing Principles  (4.5 units)
 ENVS1701  Environmental Studies  (4.5 units)
 GEOG1001  Water Resources and Society  (4.5 units)
 HIST1802  Europe, 1945 to the Present  (4.5 units)
 INTR1006  International Relations: An Introduction  (4.5 units)

Year 2 topics

 ASST2006  Indonesian Musical Cultures and Identities  (4.5 units)
 ASST2104  Indonesian, Intermediate Part 1  (4.5 units)
 ASST2107  Indonesian, Intermediate A, Part 1  (4.5 units)
 BIOD2701  Biodiversity and Conservation  (4.5 units)
 BIOL2711  Ecology  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2019  International Business Context  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2020  Consumer Behaviour  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2028  Market Research  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2033  Marketing Communications  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2035  Cost and Management Accounting  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2038  Human Resource Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2039  International Business Management  (4.5 units)
 EASC2701  Coasts and Oceans  (4.5 units)
 EASC2702  Global Climate Change  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2712  Asian Regional Development  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2722  Society and Space  (4.5 units)
 HIST2010  Themes in Australian Social History  (4.5 units)
 HIST2015  Maps and Dreams: Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australian History  (4.5 units)

Year 3  topics

 BIOD3701  Human Impacts and Biodiversity  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3027  E-Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3041  Services Marketing  (4.5 units)
 HIST3001  Destination Australia: Migration since 1900  (4.5 units)
 HIST3008  Australian Environmental Histories  (4.5 units)

Honours

A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of International Tourism, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.

Refer to Bachelor of International Tourism (Honours)

Combined degrees

The Bachelor of International Tourism may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:

• Bachelor of Languages