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
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:
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 (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: