The Honours program is designed to provide students with the resources to further develop and apply their research skills and to pursue special areas of interest in depth.
The Honours program aims to develop, at an advanced undergraduate level, knowledge of leisure management through research; facilitate the completion of a substantive research thesis which focuses on theory, applied/professional issues or some combination of these; provide a direct pathway to graduate-level study; and make contributions to knowledge in the field of leisure management.
Career options include activities and cultural events coordinator at a university or college, manager or administrator in leisure, tourism, sports, entertainment or the arts, marketing of sport and leisure, outdoor recreation promotion, and recreation planner/manager in local government.
Admission to the Honours program is open to students who have successfully completed the Bachelor of Management in Leisure (C10039), with a Credit average or better in the final two full-time semesters.
Graduates from other institutions who have completed a comparable course and who meet the academic criteria are also considered for admission.
In exceptional cases, consideration is given to applicants who have completed the Bachelor of Management in Leisure (C10039), the Bachelor of Arts in Sport and Exercise Management (C10046), the Bachelor of Management in Tourism (C10040) or the Bachelor of Arts in Human Movement Studies (C10041) at Pass level. In such cases, outstanding professional achievements are taken into account. Each particular application in this category is considered on its merits.
The Honours component is normally completed in one year of full-time study, or two years of part-time study. It is offered only at Kuring-gai campus.
All students must complete three coursework subjects, each worth 6 credit points, and a major thesis of 30 credit points, totalling 48 credit points. The precise nature of each student's program is determined in consultation with the Honours Course Coordinator, with the aim being to choose those subjects that will facilitate completion of the Honours Research Thesis.
In choosing electives, students may:
27941 Advanced Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism | 6cp | |
27154 Readings for Thesis | 6cp | |
276901 Honours Thesis 1 | 15cp | |
276902 Honours Thesis 2 | 15cp | |
CBK90108 Leisure, Sport and Tourism PG subjects | 6cp | |
Total | 48cp |
Further information is available from the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism on: