Bachelor of Business (International Tourism)

Channel your adventurous spirit, business acumen and lust for travel into a rewarding career. Whether for pleasure or business, tourism professionals are responsible for promoting dream destinations, devising profitable visitor campaigns, and arranging entertaining tours and holidays in destinations far and wide.

The Bachelor of Business (International Tourism) will equip you with the skills needed for a successful career in this growing and dynamic business sector. Every organisation in the tourism industry requires professionals with skills to attract, accommodate and entertain tourists with the aim of increasing revenue. This course aims to skill you in all areas of tourism business operations – identifying challenges and assessing solutions.

The Bachelor of Business (International Tourism) offers:

26 subjects in total

• 12 core business subjects
• 6 specialisation subjects
• 6 elective subjects
• 2 WIL (Work Integrated Learning) subjects

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) subjects are built into your degree, meaning you’ll have an organised professional placement as part of your degree.

Our impressive network of industry partners provides invaluable industry insight and experience. When it is time to embark on your industry training, we work closely with these partners to find a suitable host organization that is the best fit for your skills, interests and professional goals. Your industry training could take you to a major city, regional area in Australia or an international city. Not only is this an invaluable experience, it is also a chance to grow your professional network. For many of our graduates this experience introduces them to their future employers.

The teaching of this course integrates the practical experience of industry specialists with a more formal academic approach, providing you with a practical perspective on today’s business sector.

The Bachelor of Business (International Tourism) is industry-focused and aims to develop contemporary knowledge and skills needed for success. This means:

• real-world assessments: no exams
• industry relationships
• developing 21st-century skills, such as digital literacy
• everybody gets to complete a work placement in a business that aligns to their preferred industry
• access to personal study assistance and wellness support
• an emphasis on professionalism which includes: business cards, interview preparation, wearing business attire in class, setting up LinkedIn profiles, access to the Careers Hub, mentoring from high-achieving students and alumni, working on your CV with your Work Integrated Learning consultant.

In your final year of the Bachelor of Business (International Tourism), you will have the opportunity to participate in a ‘capstone’ subject, which allows you to choose a special area of focus within events as a major project to test your abilities in addressing contemporary issues or problems in your area of interest.