C10048v6 Bachelor of Management in Tourism and Hospitality
Award(s): Bachelor of Management in Tourism and Hospitality (BM)UAC code: 601095
CRICOS code: 040685A
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 144
Course EFTSL: 3
Location: Kuring-gai campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to recent school leavers. Specific prior study conditions apply.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Applications
Assumed knowledge
External articulation
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information
Overview
This course is a pathway program developed in conjunction with TAFE NSW. It explores the collaborative linkages and networks that are an integral part of the tourism industry and which need to be managed so that a hospitality organisation achieves its stated objectives. Strategies to ensure the sustainability of a destination's tourism product and marketing/management effort are highlighted.
The course broadens students' understanding of the hospitality sector's role in tourism. It highlights tourism-related environmental factors that influence and are affected by hospitality operations. The course develops ethical, professional values and skills for working in tourism and hospitality.
Course aims
The UTS component of the course seeks to build on the vocational skills and knowledge acquired by students in the hospitality management courses offered by TAFE NSW.
Career options
Career options include hotel and resort management, research and policy development for government tourism authorities, destination management and marketing, wholesaling and tour operations.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
Applicants must have completed either the Advanced Diploma of Hospitality from TAFE NSW, or the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management and the Advanced Diploma in Tourism Management from Kenvale College of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
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.
Applications
Local students
Commonwealth-supported place applicants are assessed as non-current school leaver students through the Universities Admissions Centre.
International students
Overseas full-fee-paying students are admitted through UTS International provided they meet the applicable English language requirements for UTS courses.
Assumed knowledge
Any two units of English.
External articulation
Applicants must have either the Advanced Diploma of Hospitality from TAFE NSW at credit level or higher, or the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality from Kenvale College at credit level or higher (credit recognition is being reviewed and subject to variation). Successful applicants are granted credit recognition for advanced diploma studies, and must complete 72 credit points to attain the degree.
Course duration and attendance
The course duration is one-and-a-half years of full-time study (following completion of the Advanced Diploma of Hospitality from TAFE NSW prior to entry) if students commence the course in Autumn semester.
This course is offered at Kuring-gai campus only.
Course structure
Students from the Advanced Diploma of Hospitality receive a block exemption of 72 credit points for their hospitality studies. Completion of a further 72 credit points (as listed in the course program) leads to the award of the Bachelor of Management in Tourism and Hospitality.
Course completion requirements
| CBK90525 Electives (TAFE articulation) | 72cp | |
| STM90723 Core subjects | 72cp | |
| Total | 144cp |
Course program
A typical course program for students who need to complete 72 credit points is shown below.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 27184 Dimensions of Tourism | 6cp | |
| 27185 The Tourist Experience | 6cp | |
| 27324 Strategic Management in Leisure, Sport and Tourism Organisations | 6cp | |
| 27342 Sociocultural Concepts for Leisure, Sport and Tourism | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 27116 e-Marketing and Management of Services | 6cp | |
| 27327 Tourism and Sustainability | 6cp | |
| 27648 The Tourism Business | 6cp | |
| 27348 Critical Issues in Global Tourism | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 27523 Planning for Sustainable Destinations | 6cp | |
| 27642 Tourism Marketing | 6cp | |
| 27344 Research Foundations for Leisure Sport and Tourism | 6cp | |
| 23115 Economics for Business | 6cp | |
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
