COURSE INFORMATION

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K93 Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Provides specific, industry-focussed theoretical knowledge and practical skills for a career in the hospitality and tourism industries.

This course equips students with the essential knowledge, competencies and professional attitudes required by middle and senior levels of management in contemporary hospitality and/or tourism organisations.

It focuses on the application of key aspects of marketing, e-business systems, planning & development, service management, financial management, commercial food service management, food & beverage management, rooms division management, research methods and business development.

Students can choose from specialist units to focus their studies, including contemporary issues, facilities management, cruise ship tourism, eco-tourism, cultural tourism, special interest tourism, business event management and professional industry experience.

Students have the opportunity to further specialise and give their studies a stronger focus in various fields, such as event management, marketing, human resource management and public relations.

 

 

Careers

Food & Beverage Manager, Resort and Gaming Manager, Tourist Attraction Manager, Visitor Information Officer, Event Manager, Conference Coordinator, Hotel Manager, Restaurant Manager, Retail Travel and Tour Operation Manager, Hotel Supervisor, Front Office Manager

 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Standard University admission requirements apply.

 
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Joondalup Campus.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

The Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management degree requires a minimum of 360 credit points (24 units) and normally requires three years of full-time study or the part-time equivalent.

 

The degree has the following main components:

  1. a Core Program of 240 credit points (16 units) and
  2. a Supplementary Program of 120 credit points (8 units) consisting of:
  • an 8 unit major or supporting major;
  • or a minor and electives;
  • or two 4 unit minors;
  • or 8 electives.

 

NOTE: All Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management students must complete a minimum of 60 credit points (4 units) at third year level and no more than 150 credit points (10 units) at first year level.

 

 
YEAR ONE
BES1100 Foundations of Business Knowledge 15
MAN1600 Information Systems for Business 15
TSM2111 Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism 15
BES1200 Business Knowledge Development 15
HOS2325 Managing the Service Experience 15
HOS2106 Introduction to Commercial Food Service Management: Practice 15
Plus two (2) units from Supplementary Program
 
YEAR TWO
HOS2110 Food and Beverage Management 15
HOS2220 Rooms-Division Management II 15
MKT2195 Services Marketing and Management 15
TSM2105 Tourism Planning and Development 15
TSM2550 Visitor Management 15
HOS3211 Management of Hospitality Finance 15
Plus two (2) units from Supplementary Program
 
YEAR THREE
TSM3200 Tourism and Hospitality Research 15
HOS3100 Hospitality and Tourism Management 15
 
Plus two (2) units selected from:
TSM3104 Cruise Ship Tourism 15
TSM3105 Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Hospitality III 15
TSM3107 Ecotourism 15
TSM3109 Special Interest Tourism 15
HOS3320 Hospitality Facilities Management 15
TSM3300 Professional Industry Experience 15
TSM3212 Supervised Research Project * 15
MTL3700 Business Study Tour * 15
Plus four (4) units from Supplementary Program
 
* By invitation only
 
Students who are unable to complete the course and have completed 240 credit points (16 units) from the units listed above may be eligible to exit with an Associate Degree of Hospitality and Tourism Management with Course Coordinator approval.
 
 
 
 
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, Graduate Attributes 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 Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2013 VET: 20/05/2013