Bachelor of Business (Tourism Management)
Course code/s: LBBTM Melbourne
Course description
This degree aims to give students first-hand knowledge of travel and tourism operations, broad industry knowledge and core business management skills that can be applied professionally in small, medium and large tourism businesses. The curriculum complements a solid business degree (covering areas such as accounting, marketing and economics) with specialised tourism subjects including destinations marketing and management, travel operations, event management and tourist attraction operations.
Admission requirements
Prerequisite requirements are VCE and Units 3 and 4 and a study score of at least 25 in English (ESL) or 20 in any other English. Applicants with comparable qualifications will be considered. A limited number of students may also be considered under Special Entry Schemes.
Degree requirements
- This degree is designed to be completed within three years of full-time study, although part-time study is possible. The maximum time allowed for a student to complete this degree is seven years.
- Students must complete the course set out below, comprising 360 credit points (24 subjects).
- At least 300 credit points (20 subjects) must be subjects offered by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law.
- No more than 150 credit points (10 subjects) MAY be at first year level.
- At least 120 credit points (8 subjects) MUST be at third year level.
- Students must complete all prerequisite subjects prior to enrolling in a core or elective subject.
Course structure
From 2013, this degree will share a business foundation and first year framework with all other undergraduate degrees offered by the La Trobe Business School, which enhances the flexibility available to students. Students who commenced this degree prior to 2013, should refer to the edition of the on-line handbook relevant to the year of their commencement, or seek advice from student services.
The first year framework comprises four business foundation subjects, two discipline-specific subjects and two elective subjects.
The four business foundation subjects, Business Foundations, Accounting and Finance for Business, Business Economics, and Business Analytics, offer students a broad introduction into the key disciplines and work-ready skills of business.
The two discipline-specific subjects, Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality Studies, and Travel and Tour Operations, introduce students to the tourism industry and the principles of tourism management.
The two elective subjects broaden the students’ learning experience by offering them the opportunity to study subjects chosen from across the faculty and the university.
Commencing with the two discipline specific subjects in first year, students complete fourteen core subjects. The degree includes two third year faculty elective subjects, drawn from any discipline of the faculty, including economics, finance, law, management and marketing, and one open elective subject in each of second and third year, which may be drawn from any faculty of the university.
Variations to this structure are subject to approval by a Faculty of Business, Economics and Law course adviser.
First year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Academic Integrity Module (online) | MGT1AIM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Business Foundations | BUS1BUF |
| TE-SEM-1 | Accounting and Finance for Business | BUS1AFB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality Studies | THS1ITH |
| TE-SEM-1 | Either an FBEL or LTU free elective # | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Business Economics | BUS1BUE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Business Analytics | BUS1BUA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Travel and Tour Operations | THS1TTO |
| TE-SEM-2 | Either and FBEL or LTU free elective # |
# Unless taking a sequence of two language subjects, students are limited to one LTU elective in first year.
Note: MGT1AIM is a not-for-credit subject which students are required to complete at the commencement of their first semester. The subject is designed to enhance the students' knowledge and awareness of issues concerning academic integrity.
Second year
|
Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Research Inquiry for Managers | THS2RIM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Human Resource Management | MGT2HRM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice | THS2ETP |
| TE-SEM-1 | Services Marketing | MKT2SMA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Tourism and Hospitality Law | LST2THL |
| TE-SEM-2 | Tourism and the Environment | THS2TEN |
| TE-SEM-2 | Tourism Computer Reservation Systems | THS2TCR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Level 2 elective |
Third year
|
Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | International Tourism elective from List A below | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Regional Culture and Tourism | THS3CTO |
| TE-SEM-1 | FBEL level 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Level 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Tourism Policy and Planning | THS3TPP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Destination Marketing and Management | THS3DMM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Tourism and Leisure Psychology and Consumer Behaviour | THS3TCB |
| TE-SEM-2 | FBEL level 3 elective |
List A: International Tourism electives
| Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| International Tourism | THS3INT |
| Tourism and Hospitality International Study Program | THS3ISP |
| International Marketing Study Tour | MKT3MST |