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Program Summary

   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Typical Duration: 4 Years
 
 
Typical UOC Per Session: 24
 
 
Min UOC Per Session: 3
 
 
Max UOC Per Session: 24
 
 
Min UOC For Award: 192
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Commerce (Major)
 
 
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
 
  

Program Description

The Bachelor of Commerce in Services Marketing - Tourism and Hospitality Management is a 4 year full time degree that prepares graduates for management positions in a wide variety of careers in the rapidly growing tourism industry.

Its strengths are its rigorous grounding in tourism and hospitality management, accounting, economics and business statistics; its hands-on industry training and employment experience; and its development of students' leadership, management and communication skills. In addition, the degree includes a full major in marketing from one of Australia's leading university marketing programs. This opens up not only an important niche specialisation in tourism and hospitality, but a further range of employment options in the field of marketing.

Entry is by academic achievement and a short interview. Successful applicants are typically in the top decile of their state high school grading. The interview explores applicants' leadership potential, communication skills and commitment to a career in the tourism industry, and may be conducted on campus or by video.

Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Students who have completed the program will have a rigorous grounding in tourism and hospitality management, accounting, economics and business statistics; hands-on industry training and employment experience; and have developed leadership, management and communication skills.

Program Structure

Year 1: Laying the Foundations

Session 1
Session 2
Year 2: Core Concepts and Principles

Session 1
Session 2
1 x Option Plus
Year 3: Management Techniques

Session 1
LEGT3001 or ECON2117
2 x Options Plus
Session 2
  • 2 x Options Plus
Year 4: Solutions and Strategies

Session 1
  • 2 x Options Plus
Session 2
  • 2 x Options Plus

General Education Requirements

Students in this program must complete 12 units of credit in General Education courses or their equivalent (unless otherwise entitled to exemption). This is usually 12 UOC taken over second and third year studies.

For further information, please refer to General Education Requirements.

Please note that students enrolled in programs within the Faculty of Business cannot take General Education courses offered by the Faculty of Business.

Students enrolled in programs within the Faculty of Business are not permitted to undertake the following General Education courses:
  • GENL2020 An Introduction to the Australian Legal System
  • GENL2031 Cyber Space Law
  • GENL5020 Business Fundamentals
  • GENL5030 Understanding Tax
If students are unsure of their General Education Requirements they should contact the Faculty Student Centre

Honours

For the Honours degree, a student must complete a further 48 units in a disciplinary stream that the student has chosen as a co-major in the Pass degree component.

For additional details, please refer to the above Academic Rules section.

Academic Rules

Rules Governing the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Commerce in Services Marekting - Tourism and Hospitality

To complete the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Commerce in Services Marketing - Tourism and Hospitality:

Rule 1

1. For the Pass degree, a student must complete and pass 192 units of credit, which shall include:

1.1 36 units of common Level 1 core courses as follows:
  • ACCT1501 Accounting and Financial Management 1A
  • ACCT1511 Accounting and Financial Management 1B
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1
  • ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1
  • ECON1202 Quantitative Methods A
  • ECON1203 Quantitative Methods B
1.2 12 units approved General Education courses offered by faculties other than the Faculty of Business;

1.3 a double major of 96 units, consisting of 42 units from the Marketing disciplinary stream and 54 units from the Tourism and Hospitality disciplinary stream;

1.4 6 units of Economics of Tourism or Legal Aspects of Tourism

1.5 42 units of approved Business options;

1.6 6 units of approved tourism and hospitality operational training;

1.7 6 units of approved industry training, based on a minimum of 250 hours of employment.

Rule 2

2. A student cannot:

2.1 count more than 72 units of Level 1 core and electives courses towards their degree except in exceptional circumstances;

2.2 attempt General Education courses until they have attempted 36 units of mainstream courses;

2.3 count mainstream courses offered by other faculties as substitutes for General Education courses towards more than 6 units of General Education requirements;

2.4 count a mainstream course offered by faculties other than Faculty of Business both as a substitute for a Business option and as a substitute for a General Education elective.

2.5 count a maximum of 12 units of credit from outside Faculty of Business BCom course offerings, this includes courses from Modern Languages.

Rule 3

3. For the Honours degree, a student must complete a further 48 units in a disciplinary stream that the student has chosen as a co-major in the Pass degree component.

3.1 Honours may be taken in one disciplinary stream only.

3.2 The additional units, comprising specified courses from the relevant disciplinary stream and a thesis, must be completed in two sessions following the completion of the Pass degree component.

3.3 The Honours degree will not be awarded if academic performance is below the prescribed level.

3.4 Except when recommended to the contrary by the relevant Head of School, a student intending to enter the Honours year must;

3.4.1 satisfy the Pass degree requirements and obtain a minimum average of 70% in Level 2 and Level 3 courses of the relevant disciplinary stream in the Pass degree component and

3.4.2 pass all courses in the Pass degree component at first attempt.

3.5 Except with the special permission of the course authority on the recommendation of the relevant Heads of School, a person on whom the Pass degree of Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent has been conferred shall not be admitted to candidature for the Honours degree of Bachelor of Commerce.

Rule 4

4. Approved disciplinary streams are listed below:

Approved Disciplinary Streams (Pass)
  • Services Marketing - Tourism and Hospitality
  • Marketing
  • Those offered in BCom Program (3502)
Approved Disciplinary Streams (Honours)
  • Disciplinary honours offered in the Bachelor of Commerce, after completion of the requirements of the pass degree co-major

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