Program summary
Program overview
Career opportunities
Advanced standing, recognition of prior learning, credit and articulation
Program structure
Program requirements and notes
Enquiries
Recommended enrolment pattern
Program summary
QTAC code: 012071
OP/Rank for 2007 entry: OP-14/ Rank-70
Award abbreviation: BSustTour
Duration: 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time
Fee type: Commonwealth supported places, domestic fee-paying places, international fee-paying places
Total units: 288
Recommended prior study: English and Maths
CRICOS code: 041907F
Program overview
The Bachelor of Sustainable Tourism explores issues and management approaches relevant to the growing industry of sustainable tourism. You gain a critical appreciation of environmental factors and sustainable development considerations important to tourism development.
Topics studied include the interaction between society and the environment, information technology and tourism, sustainable development and management, natural environment, environmental science, and business principles relevant to tourism.
By working closely with local operators you learn how to solve problems and develop strategies for best practice in sustainable tourism.
Professional membership
Students and graduates may apply to the Ecotourism Association of Australia.
Career opportunities
Knowledge and skills acquired through the Bachelor of Sustainable Tourism are transferable across many sectors such as government, education, the arts, commerce, and industry. Depending on minors chosen, opportunities may include a coastal management tourism officer, ecotourism accommodation manager, environmental events and festivals coordinator, environmental tourism enterprise owner / operator, local government sustainable tourism officer, nature-based tourism guide, non-government conservation tourism officer, sustainable development interpretive coordinator, sustainable operations planning officer, sustainable tourism consultant or policy specialist and a sustainable tour operator.
Program structure
Core courses
Select 2 courses from:
COR109 Communication and Thought
COR110 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
COR111 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Introductory courses
6 required courses:
BUS102 Economics for Business
BUS104 Managing the Organisation
ENP100 Introduction to Environmental Studies
ENP235 Regional Sustainability and the Ethics of Planning
SCI102 Biodiversity and Environment
SCI110 Science Research Methods
Sustainable Tourism major courses
12 required courses:
BUS105 Marketing Theory and Practice
ENP210 Planning Principles, Process and Law
ENP240 Interpretation: Environment, Heritage and Tourism
ENS221 Australian Vegetation
ENS222 Australian Wildlife
TSM210 Tourism Management
TSM211 Tourist Behaviour and Special Interests
TSM221 Tourism Policy, Planning and Development
TSM222 Ecotourism: a Sustainable Option?
TSM312 Sustainable Tourism
TSM313 Tourism, Technology and Innovation
TSM323 Practicum in Tourism
Elective courses
Select 4 elective courses suggested below:
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
AUS235 Internship in Environment and Heritage
AUS265 Walking Sites: Cultural Heritage Tours
ENP255 Urbanism and Urban Design
SCS211 Green Justice: Environmental and Social Issues
Faculty of Science, Health and Education:
ENS232 Ecological Principles of Land and Water Management
ENS251 Environmental Monitoring
ENS271 Marine Dynamics
ENS272 Marine Ecology
ENS331 Sustainable Land Management
ENS351 Integrated Catchment Management
ENS352 Environmental Management Strategies
ENS361 Restoration Ecology
ENS371 Aquaculture
ENS372 Integrated Marine Systems
Faculty of Business:
BUS103 Business Law and Ethics
BUS106 Accounting for Managers
BUS108 Introduction to Information and Communications Technology
IBS210 Principles of International Business
IBS220 Transnational Management
IBS310 International Marketing
MGT210 Project and Event Management
MGT310 Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship
MKG210 Consumer Behaviour
MKG211 Services Marketing
MKG220 Promotions Management
MKG221 Sport and Event Marketing
Course substitution: the GO (Global Opportunities) Program
As part of their USC program, students may apply to participate in the GO Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
Program requirements and notes
- Please ensure prerequisites are met before enrolling.
- Students should seek course advice from the respective faculty in which their chosen minor is based.
- Refer to the Academic Rules.
- Refer to explanation of terms.
- Refer to recommended enrolment pattern.
Enquiries
Faculty of Business
Tel: +61 7 5430 1221
Email: businessfaculty@usc.edu.au