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Master of Tourism (1.5-year program)

Course code: 3067 + Course abbreviation: MTour + Total credit points required: 72 + 1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

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.

Entry requirements

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.

Course structure

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:

Level 4 core units

Level 4 electives

  • ATD4060 Contemporary issues in tourism
  • AUS4010 Society and culture of twentieth-century Australia
  • AUS4210 Tourism industry development in Scandinavia and Northern Europe
  • COM4006 New communications media
  • GYM4260 Cultural landscape, environment and sustainability in Italy
  • Other approved units from within the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, and Information Technology

Level 5 core unit

  • ATM 5090 Applied industry research

Level 5 electives

  • ATM5100 Industry internship
  • ATM5070 International tourism marketing
  • AUS5000 Research project
  • COM5006 New communications media
  • COM5009 Issues in international communications
  • Other units from the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, and Information Technology with approval from the course coordinator.

Minimum pass grade

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.

Exit points

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.

Contact details

Course coordinator

Dr Vicki Peel

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