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Southern Cross University (SCU)

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Bachelor of Business in Tourism and Hospitality Management

  • Bachelor

Tourism is a super-growth industry driving the Australian economy. With more than nine million international visitors every year, here's your chance to be a part of the boom.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
3 years full-time, 6 years part-time
Course Code
3007314, 085172K, 085172K
Study Mode
Online, In person
International Fees
$26,800 per year / $80,400 total

About this course

Tourism is a super-growth industry driving the Australian economy. With more than nine million international visitors every year, here's your chance to be a part of the boom.

Whether you hope to pursue a career in luxury travel, resorts, events and entertainment or travel management, this degree gives you transferrable skills for a career rich with diversity.

A 14-week internship is a key component of the course - you might find yourself doing a placement in five-star hotels across Australia or undertaking an internship abroad.

You'll learn from experts in the field and specialise in either tourism, hospitality or event management. You'll join your fellow students on projects exploring the environmental impacts of tourism, tourist behaviours, planning music festivals, enhancing customer service designs, streamlining hotel operations, and the most recent innovations in the sector.

This is a truly global degree with career options spanning tourism planning, attractions and theme parks, eco-tourism, festival planning, hotel and resort management, casino management and restaurant operations in Australia and abroad.

Study locations

Lismore

Coffs Harbour

Gold Coast

Online

What you will learn

Students complete 16 core units in business operations, marketing, finance, human resources and regulation and select one of the following majors:
  • Event management
  • Hospitality management
  • Tourism management.

Career pathways

Graduates might seek professional management positions in a range of tourism and hospitality operations including hotels and resorts; clubs and gaming operations; restaurants and catering; tourism destination planning and marketing; tourism policy development; ecotourism; visitor management; tourism retail management; tourist attractions and theme parks; conference and event operations.

Course structure

To be awarded the Bachelor of Business in Tourism and Hospitality Management, students must successfully complete the equivalent of 24 units (288 credit points) comprising:

  1. All core units; and
  2. one (1) major; or
  3. eight (8) elective units

Exit Award

Students can exit with the Associate Degree of Business in Tourism and Hospitality Management if 16 units (192 credit points) have been completed.