Course code: 1742 * Gippsland campus * Full-fee paying course: subject fee $1000 (1999 fee) * Overseas student subject fee: $1562.50 * Attendance optional.
The graduate certificate and the graduate diploma provide graduates with an opportunity to study the operations and management of the tourism industry as a business process. The primary objective of the courses is to produce qualified managers who can assist in building a professional approach to tourism services in Australia.
An applicant for admission to candidature must have a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution. Applicants must also possess at least three years full-time appropriate employment experience.
As for graduate certificate or an executive certificate offered by the faculty with an average grade of credit or above.
Applicants should note that there are two intakes per year to these courses, one to commence in first semester, and the second to commence in second semester.
Access to an IBM-compatible computer is essential for the use of wordprocessing and other software packages.
Weekend schools are run three times each semester for many of the graduate subjects. Attendance is optional for those students wishing to attend.
The Graduate Certificate of Business (Tourism Operations) comprises four compulsory subjects as follows:
or
Students who successfully
complete the Graduate Certificate of Business (Tourism Operations) may then
advance to the Graduate Diploma of Business (Tourism Management).
The Graduate Diploma of Business (Tourism Management) consists of the above
four subjects and the following four additional subjects normally taken over
the second year of study:
Select two subjects from:
Select two subjects not yet completed from:
or
For the Graduate Diploma of Business (Tourism Management) it is necessary to undertake two electives. The following subjects are recommended by the course director as having the greatest potential in tourism management. Semester availability is shown in brackets.
Assessment is by a combination of assignments and final examination for each subject. Generally a pass is required in the final examination to pass the subject.
Applicants who have completed graduate-level subjects at a recognised tertiary institution, within the last five years, which are similar in content to a subject forming part of the course of study may apply for a credit exemption to a maximum of 50 per cent of the course.
For more detailed information, contact a student services officer, School of Business and Electronic Commerce, telephone (03) 9902 6380 or (03) 5122 6380, fax (03) 9902 6524 or (03) 5122 6524 or email enquiries.sobec@buseco.monash.edu.au.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the general office, School of Business and Electronic Commerce, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by mid January, 2000.