Bachelor of Business (Hospitality and Tourism Management)

Hospitality and Tourism industries are major growth industries globally and play an important role in the economies of developed and emerging countries. These industries generate substantial employment.The Bachelor of Business (Hospitality and Tourism Management) is designed to prepare graduates to be competent, knowledgeable and professional for either a generalist or entry level management positions in hospitality management, tourism operation, hotel supervision or the travel industry. The Hospitality and Tourism industries comprise many organisations offering exciting roles or you can become a consultant or even create your own business.This course is designed with a strong emphasis on being ‘client focused’ with adherence to principles of ethics, sustainability, and an understanding of contemporary issues in the industries.The overall aim of the Bachelor of Business (Hospitality and Tourism Management) course is to provide a flexible, student-centred and academically rigorous course of study, which seeks to further develop students’ business, and hospitality and tourism management skills, and competencies and give them a solid foundation for further study at the postgraduate level.The course is designed to provide broad general education relating to hospitality and tourism management, which focuses on core skills with units such as academic skills, communication and stakeholder management, principles of management and organisations, marketing and information technology basics, business and corporations law, leadership and statistical data analysis for business. These units provide the foundations of the higher level units which are designed to provide skills necessary to work within the industries of hospitality and tourism management and business.The course is enhanced by eleven specialisation units. Students select four electives out of a pool of units to complement the core and specialised units.To achieve this aim the Bachelor of Business (Hospitality and Tourism Management) requires graduates to demonstrate both educational and professional outcomes.[112646H]