C07027v7 Graduate Diploma in Tourism Management
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Tourism Management (GradDipTourismM)CRICOS code: 006583A
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: Kuring-gai campus, although subjects may also be selected from among those offered at City campus (Haymarket)
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The Graduate Diploma in Tourism Management is designed to develop critical, interpretive and problem-solving skills, and to provide a broad coverage of the tourism management field and some opportunity for studying areas of specific interests.
The course has been developed to meet the demand for professionals with a high level of management expertise.
Course aims
Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on the acquisition of strategic planning skills for tourism development, management and marketing.
Career options
Career options include management, marketing and policy-analysis roles in national and regional tourism offices, hotels, airlines, tour operators, tourist attractions and events.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
The equivalent qualification required is a bachelor's degree in any discipline or satisfactory completion of a relevant graduate certificate.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Credit recognition
Students may be granted a maximum of five subject exemptions, of which two core subjects can be approved from prior undergraduate study.
Course duration and attendance
The course is one year of full-time or two years of part-time study. It is offered at Kuring-gai campus, although some subjects may be offered at City campus.
Course structure
The course comprises 48 credit points, consisting of eight subjects.
Course completion requirements
| 27735 Tourism and the Industry | 6cp | |
| 27767 Tourist Behaviour | 6cp | |
| 21751 Management Research Methods | 6cp | |
| 27733 The Experience Economy | 6cp | |
| 27706 Managing Tourism Services | 6cp | |
| 27734 Marketing for the Experience Industries | 6cp | |
| 27700 Sustainable Tourism Management | 6cp | |
| 22747 Accounting for Managerial Decisions | 6cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Articulation with UTS courses
This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Tourism Management (C11035), the Graduate Diploma in Tourism Management and the Master of Management (C04239).
Other information
Further information is available from UTS: Business on:
telephone +61 2 9514 3660
email business@uts.edu.au
www.business.uts.edu.au/gsb
