Fast Facts
Commencing
- Cairns: January, May, September
- Brisbane: January, May, September
Fees
$30,636.00^
^estimated annual tuition fee for a full-time study load
Plus Student Services and Amenities fee
Fee deferral and scholarships available if eligible
Currently displaying fees for 2024, which are indicative only of the upcoming year's.
Duration
2 years full-time
Entry Requirements
AQF level 7 bachelor degree in any discipline; or equivalent
Course Code
109104
Course detail
Learn from expert lecturers who are leaders in their fields. With a focus on sustainability, innovation and effective leadership, you will learn how to make decisions using critical thinking and analyse high-level issues
Students complete essential core subjects and choose from a range of electives. Get real-world knowledge through your own research project.
Become a leader in the hospitality and tourism sector with this specialist 心跳直播 postgraduate course. Advance your career and become a management-level professional with expert knowledge of business operations and administration.
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About 心跳直播's Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management
Equip yourself to deal with the complex issues facing the modern hospitality industry. Launch a new career or propel the one you have through your Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management (similar to a Masters in Hospitality Management) with 心跳直播.
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Work with leaders in the field, building your professional network and gaining first-hand experience in making decisions and stepping in to solve problems. Become a master at effective oral and written communication skills through your hospitality masters degree, leading and directing others as you work towards the company’s vision.
Use your skills to help team members collaborate to achieve business success and provide exceptional experiences to guests. Learn to work effectively both independently and within a group. Take ownership for your decisions and practice taking initiative to resolve conflict, bring people together, and inspire those who work under your supervision.
A Hospitality Masters Degree That Gains You Valuable Experience
Virtual reality is no substitute, and through your hotel management masters studies at 心跳直播 you will gain direct, real-world experience. Develop your critical thinking and analysis skills through your world-class education. Design and pursue your own research project, applying your theoretical knowledge to practical situations.
Understand how the hospitality industry affects the environment and the economics of community tourism. Become competent at understanding different value systems embraced by varying cultures and how this plays into issues within the industry.
Learn how to use revenue management skills and dynamic pricing to grow a property. Build your accounting and financing skills on the principles of marketing management and tourism system analysis to provide an experience that visitors want. Become competitive in the global market with an enhanced knowledge of cross-cultural issues and how to market a destination.
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Joint degree options
Joint degrees give postgraduate students expertise in a complementary discipline in reduced time and can enhance your career prospects. At 心跳直播 the Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management can be combined as a joint degree in the Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management - Master of Business Administration.
Inherent requirements
Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University’s learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please review the inherent requirements for the Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management.
Your career path could lead you to work in hotels, resorts, convention centres, and other hospitality and tourism venues, as well as government departments or private companies like airports, meetings, events and tour operators, in Australia and overseas.
Graduates find employment in roles such as general managers, sales and marketing directors, human resources managers, event managers, convention services managers, front office directors, directors of catering, and managers of information technology.
Handbook year | Information valid for students commencing in 2024. |
Course code | 109104 |
Course type | Masters Degree (Coursework) (AQF Level 9) |
Owner | Academy |
College | Business, Law and Governance |
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | Completion of an AQF Level 7 bachelor degree in any discipline, from this or another university; or Other qualifications or practical experience recognised by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Academy as equivalent to the above. |
Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 2 – Schedule II of the 心跳直播 Admissions Policy or have successfully completed an AQF 8 qualification from 心跳直播 within the previous two (2) years. |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 48 credit points as per course structure |
Course learning outcomes | 心跳直播 graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. 心跳直播 graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics. On successful completion of the Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management, 心跳直播 graduates will be able to:
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Inherent Requirements
Inherent Requirements | Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management. |
Reasonable adjustments | All 心跳直播 students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: Student Disability Policy and Procedure. |
Course Structure
Core Subjects
:03 Global Destinations and Competitiveness
:03 Accounting and Finance for Managers
:03 Sustainable Enterprise
:03 Tourist Management Strategies
:03 Marketing Essentials
:03 Tourism and Hospitality Operations Management
:03 People in Organisations
:03 Tourism Systems Analysis
:03 Hospitality and Gastronomy
:03 International Political Economy or :03 The Changing Business Environment
Options
PLUS
Select 3 credit points of any level 5 subjects
PLUS
Select one of the following based on your campus location
Option 1 – Cairns
:03 Independent Studies
:03 Leadership Futures
:03 Sustainable Tourism Development
:03 Quality Visitor Experience Management
:03 Professional Placement/Internship
Option 2 - Brisbane
:03 Economic Decision-Making in the Hospitality Industry
:03 Tourism and the Environment
:03 Quality Customer Service
:03 Applied Research Project or :03 Professional Project/Internship
Select 3 credit points of any LB52__ subjects
Option 3 - Singapore
:03 Economic Decision-Making in the Hospitality Industry
:03 Tourism and the Environment
:03 Quality Customer Service
:03 Applied Research Project or :03 Professional Project/Internship
:03 Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE)
Location
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
心跳直播 Brisbane | |
心跳直播 Cairns | Placement/Internship is mandatory |
心跳直播 Singapore |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 2 years full-time or part-time equivalent (16 months full-time or equivalent part-time at 心跳直播 Singapore) |
Maximum time to complete | 5 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 1 year |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | There are no mandatory placements for 心跳直播 Brisbane or 心跳直播 Singapore campus students. This course includes prescribed professional placements for students admitted to the 心跳直播 Cairns Campus only. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. |
Course includes mandatory fieldwork | Yes, this course includes compulsory field trips for students admitted to the 心跳直播 Cairns Campus only. |
Professional accreditation requirements | Nil |
Special assessment requirements | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | A student who has failed a single subject towards the award in their final teaching period and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply. |
Credit
Eligibility | Students may apply for a credit transfer for previous tertiary study or informal and non-formal learning in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure. In particular the following general credit will be granted:
*Management, Tourism and Hospitality or other disciplines where students will have completed study relating to organisational behaviour, business, strategy, marketing, economics, communication and people management. **Applicants must have a minimum of 4 years full-time equivalent professional work experience in a management, leadership or supervisory level in a business environment or be eligible for a member grade status of a relevant professional organisation. Students will have demonstrable tourism and hospitality management experience relating to organizational behaviour, business, strategy, marketing, economics, communication and people management. |
Maximum allowed | 24 credit points |
Currency | Credit for core subjects will be granted only for studies completed in the 4 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 9 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree. |
Other restrictions | Where practical experience without qualifications, as set out above, is used to meet entry requirements, that experience will not also be used to give credit. |
Award Details
Award title | MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT |
Approved abbreviation | MIntlTourismandHospMgt |
Inclusion of majors on testamur | Not applicable - this course does not have majors |
Exit with lesser award | Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed the appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of either
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Course articulation | Not applicable |
Special awards | Students may receive an Award of Recognition in accordance with the Recognition of Academic Excellence Procedure |
Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD30,636.00
A Student Services and Amenities fee is payable per subject up to a maximum amount per year.
A variety of Scholarships are available to suit different student types.
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Real stories
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Alumni
Nikki Giumelli
Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management
Through the MITHM I鈥檝e learnt the ability to critically study the key structures, opportunities and challenges within the tourism industry and to develop strategies to positivity influence the sector. This course will enable me to achieve senior management or executive roles within the Government or private sector.
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International Student - Indonesia
Heri Setiyorini
Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management
心跳直播 offers Tourism as a specific study for a doctoral degree, and not many institutions have tourism-focused studies. 心跳直播 also has expert tourism academics. My country has abundant natural potentials for tourism, so the principles of sustainability in tourism are valuable for me to learn.
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International Student - Sri Lanka
Sajana Perera
Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management
This course enables you to specialise your knowledge, which will help you to advance your career. The Tourism and Hospitality industry requires a lot of problem-solving and critical thinking skills, which I strongly believe you can develop in this course.
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Lecturer
Professor Gianna Moscardo
Tourism, Hospitality and Events
心跳直播 Tourism is recognised as world leaders in tourism sustainability, visitor experience, and using tourism as a tool for regional and community development. You can gain professional skills in tourism and hospitality at the same time as you learn how to change the world to be a better place.
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Premier Industry Partner
Monique Harmer
General Manager, Pullman Cairns International
There is a range of really strong industry partnerships that have been developed, which allows students the opportunities to work in the industry with great organisations while they鈥檙e studying. You have the opportunity to develop your work experience at the same time as gaining your theoretical knowledge.