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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Tourism

Course code: 1942 + Course abbreviation: BComn/BTour + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Arts

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Berwick)

Course description

This course provides major studies in the theory, practice, technology and research techniques of mass communications together with studies in the business disciplines of tourism such as marketing, management and law, planning development and evaluation. Tourism studies also cover the behaviour and motivations of tourists, the businesses that service the tourists and the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism.

Course structure

Students must complete 96 credit points in the Bachelor of Communication component and 96 credit points in the Bachelor of Tourism component.

Majors and other studies

Students complete a compulsory major in communications. The other arts disciplines offered at Berwick include behavioural studies, Indonesian, international studies, journalism, psychology and visual culture. Alternatively, students select a sequence of arts units taught at one of the other campuses of the university. Students who opt for this alternative should note that it will involve travelling to another campus to attend lectures, and close attention will need to be paid to the lecture timetable.
For further details, students should refer to the `Areas of study' document available online at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Course requirements
Communication component

(a) a major in communications (48 points)
(b) a first-year sequence in visual culture - VSA1000 and VSA1050
(c) a minor in an arts discipline (24 points).

Tourism component

and the following core business units:

Note that students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this course.

Contact details

Website: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

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