• Program summary
• Program overview
• Career opportunities
• Special features
• Teaching mode
• Advanced standing, recognition of prior learning, credit and articulation
• Program structure
• Program requirements and notes
• Enquiries
• Recommended enrolment pattern

Program summary

QTAC code: 511644 FT
Degree type: undergraduate
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 3 years full-time
Fee type: Commonwealth supported places, domestic fee-paying places
Total units: 288 units (normally 24 courses) being 192 units (16 courses) completed at the University of the Sunshine Coast and 96 units Advanced Standing (equal to 8 courses) upon completion of the Diploma at the Sunshine Coast TAFE (SCT)
Recommended prior study: English and Maths
Campus: USC Sippy Downs and SCT Mooloolaba
CRICOS code: This program is not available to international students

This full-time program commences only in Semester 1 each year.

New students are not required to complete any USC courses until they complete their diploma.

Program overview

The Diploma of Event Management/Bachelor of Business is a dual award program offered jointly between the Sunshine Coast TAFE (SCT) and the University of the Sunshine Coast. The dual award consists of a diploma through SCT and a Bachelor of Business through the University.

In the first year, you undertake studies at SCT’s Mooloolaba campus. These studies form the platform for the next two years at the University’s Sippy Downs campus, where you can choose from courses in the following specialist areas:

• Accounting
• Financial Planning
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Information Systems
• Marketing
• Management
• Property and Asset Management
• Tourism

Career opportunities

• event management
• hospitality industry
• meetings management
• tourism distribution/support
• tourist attraction operations
• transport/travel industries

Special features

• gain experience with the latest automated reservation systems used world-wide
• gain experience with Crosscheck Travel, an automated account keeping system

Teaching mode

There are different teaching modes between the SCT Diploma modules and the University's Bachelor of Business courses. Diploma modules are face-to-face teaching with performance based assessment. The University's Bachelor of Business courses have three hours of contact per course per week, generally in the mode of a one-hour lecture and two-hour tutorial, with students completing a further six  hours of self-directed learning per course per week. The self-directed learning consists of readings, research, assignments and other assessment items.

Program structure

Diploma of Event Management

SCT modules required for the Diploma of Event Management include:

• event concept, proposals, bids and programs
• legal and business practices
• sponsorship plans
• events industry technology
• leadership and management and workplace relations
• office operations
• in-house functions and outdoor events
• event venues and sites

Multiple modules are undertaken in each of the above areas. For information on the specific modules for this program refer to the student information provided by SCT.

Bachelor of Business

Students successfully completing Diplomas at SCT are eligible to apply for advanced standing towards their program at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Advanced standing for the Diploma of Event Management is currently assessed as 8 courses towards a Bachelor of Business program. The 8 courses are:
BUS104 Managing the Organisation
MGT210 Project and Event Management
TSM299 Tourism Elective
MGT299 Management Elective
BUS299 Advanced Business Elective x 4

The remaining 16 courses required to complete the Bachelor of Business are:

Core courses

The lectures are at the University's Sippy Downs campus and the tutorials are at the SCT Mooloolaba campus.
Select 2 courses from:
COR109 Communication and Thought
COR110 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
COR111 Environment, Technology and Sustainability

Introductory courses

6 required courses:
BUS101 Applied Research Methods
BUS102 Economics for Business
BUS103 Business Law and Ethics
BUS105 Marketing Theory and Practice
BUS106 Introductory Accounting
BUS108 Introduction to Information and Communication Technology

Advanced courses

Select 8 courses:

The recommended structure for the 16 courses, in addition to the 2 core courses and 6 business foundation courses, for a Bachelor of Business is:

• 1 x 8-course major or
• 2 x 4-course minors

This structure gives indepth knowledge in one discipline area (major), or broad knowledge in two business areas (minors).

Course substitution: the GO (Global Opportunities) Program

As part of your USC program, you may apply to participate in the GO Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider.

Program requirements and notes

1. Refer to the Academic Rules.
2. Refer to explanation of terms.
3. Refer to recommended enrolment pattern.

How to apply

Apply for an undergraduate program.

Enquiries

Sunshine Coast TAFE (SCT)
Tel: +61 7 5459 3000
Email: sct.information@det.qld.gov.au
Refer to the Sunshine Coast TAFE website

University of the Sunshine Coast
Faculty of Business
Tel: +61 7 5430 1221
Email: businessfaculty@usc.edu.au

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