About Us

The University of Tasmania was officially established on 1st January 1890, by an Act of the Colony's Parliament and was only the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia. The University was originally located on the Domain in Hobart. As the University developed, it outgrew its original place and in the early 1940's began to transfer its departments to Sandy Bay, which became the new home for the institution.

Tourism

Introduction

This on-campus 3-year full-time or 6 year part-time course is offered by the Faculty of Business at the Hobart and Launceston campuses.

Admission & Prerequisites

Possession of the University's basic admission requirements.

Students who have completed a diploma or advanced diploma from a Tasmanian Institute of TAFE, or equivalent qualification, and have been admitted to the course, may receive credit. The amount of credit granted will depend on the relevance of the prior studies and the intended complementary major.

Faculty also offers direct credit for its awards. For example, a BBus student wishing to transfer to the BTourism with credit and vice versa receives direct credit. Applicants wishing to obtain credit for study already undertaken within another faculty, or an Australian or overseas tertiary institution should consult the Admission Guide for information on procedure.

In the case of international students, credit for previous study will be determined on application. English language skills will also need to be verified. International students must provide an IELTS score with an overall Band of 6 and no band less than 5.5; or a TOEFL score of 550 with a Test of Written English score of no less than 4.5. The test must not be more than 24 months old.

Students should consult the Faculty's policy on the granting of credit for further information.

Course Objectives

The BTourism provides a specific course of study for students considering a career in the tourism industry. The degree comprises an overview of tourism as one of the world's largest industries as well as examining tourism as a system and a field of human activity.

Students are introduced to key areas of academic knowledge, including:tourism marketing, sustainable tourism, tourism planning and destination development. Students also cover issues such as ecotourism, globalization and tourism, interpretation for tourism, and heritage and tourism. Students have the opportunity to undertake a corporate internship within the tourism sector during their final year.

Students must also complete an additional complementary major in a discipline offered by one of the Faculties of Business, Arts, or Science, Engineering and Technology. A major may be taken in an area such as marketing, human resource management, entrepreneurship, management, a language, the humanities, geography, computing, journalism, the visual arts or the social sciences.

Career Outcomes

Well educated and adaptable graduates of the Bachelor of Tourism degree will be strong applicants for jobs in a wide range of fields, for example:

  • tourism, hospitality and the travel industries;
  • tourism planning and destination development;
  • heritage tourism, museums and historic sites;
  • wilderness, antarctic and nature tourism;
  • tourism research;
  • tourism marketing;
  • tourism administration; tourism journalism and the media;
  • other service industries and sectors.

Miscellaneous Information

Honours degree in Tourism


The Bachelor of Tourism Honours degree requires one year of full-time study in addition to the requirements for the BTourism or BBus pass degree. Please contact the School of Management for further details.

Back to University of Tasmania (UTAS)

To find out course fees, intake dates, entry requirements and more details about courses and the Institute please click on the Enquiry button and complete our form.