C09007v4 Bachelor of Management (Honours) in Tourism
Award(s): Bachelor of Management (Honours) in Tourism (BM(Hons))CRICOS code: 042814C
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: Kuring-gai campus
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Other information
Overview
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.
Course aims
The honours program aims to develop, at an advanced undergraduate level, knowledge of tourism 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 tourism management.
Career options
Career options include management, marketing and policy analysis roles in industries such as hotels, airlines, tour operations, regional planning and development, special events and tourist attractions, both in Australia and overseas.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline at an appropriate level.
Applicants typically should have successfully completed the Bachelor of Management in Tourism (C10040), 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 (C10301), the Bachelor of Management in Tourism (C10040) or the Bachelor of Arts in Human Movement Studies (C10300) at pass level. In such cases, outstanding professional achievements are taken into account.
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.
Course duration and attendance
The honours component is normally completed in one year of full-time or two years of part-time study. It is offered only at Kuring-gai campus.
Course structure
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 of choosing those subjects that facilitate completion of the honours research thesis.
In choosing electives, students may:
- substitute subject Readings for Thesis with an elective subject, with the approval of the course coordinator
- complete both elective subjects in the first semester
- choose other senior undergraduate-level subjects with the approval of the course coordinator; these subjects may be taken from other schools within UTS: Business or elsewhere in the University.
Course completion requirements
| 27941 Advanced Research Methods for Leisure, Sport and Tourism | 6cp | |
| 27154 Readings for Thesis | 6cp | |
| 276901 Honours Thesis 1 | 15cp | |
| 276902 Honours Thesis 2 | 15cp | |
| CBK90108 Leisure, Sport and Tourism subjects (PG) | 6cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Other information
Further information is available from UTS: Business on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887) or +61 2 9514 1222
www.business.uts.edu.au
