Bachelor of Tourism Studies - AUT University

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The tourism industry is the world’s largest employer and is now a dominant economic force in New Zealand. There is a growing need for people to manage and work in the industry, to assist in planning its development, mitigate impacts and understand processes of industry yield creation.

The programme aims to provide students with the opportunity to study tourism giving graduates the edge for professional careers in the tourism industry or the ability to pursue further studies at the graduate level. The focus is to produce graduates who have a sound technical and theoretical understanding and have the ability to plan, develop and apply appropriate technologies and tools for tourism management in a range of contexts.

Programme Code: AK1277
Level: 7
Points: 360
Duration: Three years full time
Venue: City Campus
Starting date: 3 March 2008 / 21 July 2008
Application deadline: 16 November 2007 / 27 June 2008

AUT encourages early application.
Late applications will be accepted if the programme is not full.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• University Entrance

Note: Entrance to university does not guarantee admission to a specific programme of study.

SPECIAL ADMISSION

Applicants over 20 years of age who do not hold a university entrance qualification (such as NCEA or CIE above) may qualify for university entrance via Special Admission.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Applicants for whom English or Māori is not their first language are required to provide proof of an acceptable pass/grade gained in an accepted English language test. 

THE KEY SKILLS YOU WILL ACQUIRE

The programme of study comprises three years of coursework (full time), including a co-operative education programme. The first year involves two core papers which focus on the New Zealand and global dimensions of the tourism industry. The second and third years provide a broad mix of papers aimed at providing an in-depth understanding of key issues and trends in the tourism industry.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates are qualified for an extensive range of career opportunities within the tourism industry. Capabilities in small/ medium tourism business entrepreneurship, management of tourism resources, and marketing of tourism. Graduates have the skill and acumen to develop a range of products used by New Zealand tourism wholesalers for specific inbound markets, and an aptitude and competency for airline, local and regional authority employment.

FURTHER STUDIES

Master of Tourism Studies
Master of International Hospitality Management
Master of Professional Hospitality Studies

PAPERS

215010 Tourism Industry Operations
215011 Tourist Visitor Attractions
215306 Tourism in New Zealand: Principles and Concepts
215307 Global Tourism
216001 Tourism Heritage and Culture
216002 The Business of Tourism
216003 Ecotourism
216004 Asia and Tourism
216901 Tourism Marketing
217001 Urban Tourism
217002 Tourism in the Information Age
217003 Tourism and Indigenous Cultures
217004 Cooperative Education
217005 Special Topic
217011 Tourism and Popular Culture
217900 Tourism Planning and Development
217901 Contemporary Issues in Tourism
217902 Tourist Behaviour
217903 Tourism Information and Research

To complete the Bachelor of Tourism Studies, students may select papers from the following four majors:

Environmental Studies
Social Sciences
Business
Hospitality