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Tourism and Hospitality Management Major

Effective from 01-JAN-2019 : Code MABUUU

Global tourism and hospitality employers look for university graduates who possess the analytical, practical and employability skills needed for managerial positions. This major equips students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to succeed as a business professional and industry leader in contemporary tourism or hospitality organisations. This major covers the key aspects required for managing diverse tourism and hospitality businesses including marketing, planning and development, ecotourism, special interest tourism and strategic management. Students also choose specialised electives such as event management and cruise ship tourism to suit their needs and interests. Course Exclusion: This major cannot be studied under the Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Disclaimer

This unit set information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

This Major can be studied in the following courses:

Mode of Delivery

On Campus at Acbt - Sri Lanka, Joondalup
Online

Learning Outcomes

  1. Collaborate in team settings to produce measurable outcomes and evaluate team processes in a business environment.
  2. Communicate and convey tourism knowledge, advice and ideas clearly in both written and oral formats, using relevant levels of technology and transliteracy proficiency.
  3. Demonstrate in depth, broad and coherent knowledge of the theories, underlying principles, concepts and techniques in tourism and hospitality management as a basis for independent lifelong learning.
  4. Demonstrate initiative and judgement to identify, plan, make decisions and solve tourism and hospitality management problems.
  5. Exercise critical thinking and judgement to recommend appropriate solutions to solve unpredictable and sometimes complex tourism and hospitality management problems and issues using social, ethical, legal, economic, regulatory and global perspectives.
  6. Obtain, analyse and interpret tourism and hospitality management information applying an international perspective to create, manage or adapt innovative ideas, concepts and techniques.
  7. Reflect on and evaluate personal practices and performance feedback to identify opportunities for learning in the context of employment and life.
  8. Review, analyse and synthesise theoretical and applied technical knowledge of the fundamentals of the tourism and hospitality industries including, planning, visitor management, marketing, research methods and niche tourism.

Related Careers

Tour Operator, Visitor Centre Manager, Theme Park Manager, Resort Manager, Cruise Ship Supervisor, Eco-tourism Operator, Tour Guide, Tourist Attraction Manager

Major Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
MKT1600Marketing Principles & Practices15
TSM2111Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism15
TSM2105Tourism Planning and Development15
TSM3107Ecotourism15
TSM3109Special Interest Tourism15
HOS3100Hospitality and Tourism Management15
Plus 2 units from:
TSM2202 ^Introduction to Event Management15
TSM3104 ^Cruise Ship Tourism15
BUS3100 ^Business Research Practices15
BUS3700 ^Business Study Tour15

^ Core Option

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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