Students who commenced study in 2016 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

Tourism

Undergraduate
Minor

Commencement year

This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2016 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.

Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Business and Economics component of any bachelors double degrees.

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Managing faculty

Faculty of Business and Economics

Contact details

Visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/student/contact/index.html

Websites

Faculty of Business and Economics

Location

Peninsula

Tourism is an inter-disciplinary study of an inherently international and local industry and behaviour. The minor introduces, and examines tourist practices to develop students' tourism problem solving and decision-making capacity. Tourism particularly enhances students' knowledge of tourists, the industry, destinations, impacts, festivals and events, and tourism business and destination marketing. The minor prepares students for roles in a wide range of settings that require a tourism, events or marketing focus.

Availability

Tourism is listed in the Bachelor of Business at Peninsula as a minor.

Units

Minor requirements (24 points)

Students complete:

MGP2200 Festivals and events
MGP2501 Introduction to tourism
MKP1120 Marketing theory and practice
MKP2600 Tourism marketing

Relevant courses

Bachelors

Single degrees

Successful completion of the minor can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the following single degree:

B2000 Bachelor of Business

Students in this course can complete the minor using 24 points of their free electives.

Students in other single bachelor's degrees may be eligible to complete the minor or major by using 24 or 48 points of their free electives.