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 double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Communication and Bachelor of Tourism degrees.

Tourism studies covers the behaviour and motivations of tourists, the businesses that service the tourists and the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism.

Course objectives

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.

Course structure

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

Areas of study

Students complete a compulsory major in communications. The other arts disciplines offered at Berwick include behavioural studies, 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, refer to the ‘Areas of study’ section on the Arts faculty website at 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 film and television studies: FTV1010 (Contemporary television studies) and FTV1050 (Contemporary film studies)

(d) additional arts studies – electives (12 points).

Tourism component

MGW2501 Introduction to tourism
MGW2502 Tourism policy
MGW2520 Travel and tour management
MGW2521 Tourism attractions and management
MGW3100 Festival and events management
MGW3541 Tourism management projects
MGW3601 Tourism planning and development
MKW2600 Tourism marketing
Two tourism elective units

and the following core business units:

AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
BTW1200 Business law
ECW1101 Introduction to microeconomics
ETW1102 Business statistics
MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

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

Contact details

www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

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