Course code: 3067 + Mid-year entry available + 18 months
full-time, 3 years part-time + On-campus (Clayton)
Coordinator: Vicki Peel
The Master of Tourism is a broad-based multidisciplinary program with strong international and industry links, specifically designed to equip students with the skills required to develop a career in the tourism (or associated) industry. It seeks to provide students with a strategic understanding of how the industry operates and how academic theories are applicable to it. Unit areas covered in the program include marketing and international marketing, cultural tourism, development and planning, information technology, environmental studies, research techniques, cross-cultural and regional studies, and communications.
Applicants require a bachelors degree (or international equivalent) with at least a credit average in the final year in any discipline and must provide a written statement outlining why they want to undertake the degree. Alternatively, students can apply to enter with a bachelors pass degree in any discipline with demonstrable professional experience at senior level in a relevant area. Such applicants will need to supply a CV, a 1000-word statement and the names of two professional referees.
Students complete 72 points, including three 12-point core units and 12 points of electives at level 4 and one 12-point core and 12 points of electives at level 5, chosen from the list below:
To graduate with the Master of Tourism, students must gain a credit (60 C) or above in core units and a minimum credit average overall.
Students who have completed 24 points of the Master of Tourism may apply to exit with a Graduate Certificate of Arts. Students who have completed 48 points of the Master of Tourism apply to exit with a Graduate Diploma in Tourism.
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