Graduate Diploma of Tourism, Environmental and Cultural Heritage

Program Overview

This immersive tourism degree provides real-world understanding of contemporary tourism issues, sustainable development, and cultural heritage management. Through industry connections and experiential learning, students gain skills to envision and grow tourism enterprises, preparing them for careers in the dynamic tourism industry.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This immersive degree offers a unique learning experience, where you’ll gain real-world understanding of contemporary issues in tourism, an understanding of managing tourism in sites of environmental and cultural value and acquire skills to envisage and grow tourism enterprises. The University will utilise its strong industry connections and enable experiential learning opportunities to ensure your learning and work readiness is maximised. Learn through experience, including on-site learning, industry encounters, and critical reflections on your own tourist experiences.

Outline:

Core units

Complete all 87.5 credit points of core units.

• BMA506 Foundations of Marketing
• HGA501 Sustainable Tourism Development
• HGA502 Global Issues in Tourism
• HGA533 Tourism, Creativity and Culture
• HGA601 Critical and Contested Issues in Cultural Heritage
• HGA602 The Sharing Economy and Disruptive Innovations
• HGA719 Tourism Venture Creation

Core Option units

Complete 12.5 credit points of Core Option units

• BAA539 Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• BMA506 Foundations of Marketing
• BMA610 Digital and Social Media Marketing
• BMA611 Market Research and Decision-Making
• BMA737 New Product and Service Development
• HEJ509 Strategic Digital Media
• HEJ510 Public Relations
• HEJ511 Introduction to Strategic Communication
• HEJ513 Arts and Cultural Events
• HSP504 Leading Resilient Organisations
• HSP505 Crisis Management
• HSP601 Protective Security
• HSP602 Business Continuity Management
• HSS408 Advanced Research in Social Sciences