Turn your passion for adventure into a career.
Do you love travel and adventure? Want to help other people discover new places and experiences? Learn how to manage events, attract customers and engage stakeholders with a specialist degree built for the fast-growing tourism, recreation and event industries.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Do you love travel and adventure? Want to help other people discover new places and experiences? Learn how to manage events, attract customers and engage stakeholders with a specialist degree built for the fast-growing tourism, recreation and event industries.
In this program you will:
- Learn about consumer needs and motivations, product development, service, stakeholder engagement, event management, policy and planning
- Take advantage of industry trends, with courses in sustainable tourism, business events and technology
- Develop skills in public speaking, communication, team work, leadership, time management, and intercultural understanding
- Benefit from direct industry engagement through guest speakers, volunteer opportunities, internships and work experience with local businesses and major events
Career opportunities
- Tourism or event manager
- Marketing officer
- Festival manager
- Conference manager
- Accommodation manager
Membership
- Queensland Tourism Industry Council
- Pacific Asia Travel Association
- Ecotourism Australia
- Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education
Program structure
Introductory courses (8) 96 units
BUS101 Information Systems in Organisations
BUS102 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
BUS104 Cross-Cultural Management
BUS105 Economics for Business
BUS106 Discovering Management
BUS108 Marketing Essentials
COR109 The World of Tourism, Leisure and Events
TSM102 Animal Ecophysiology
Developing and Graduate courses (9) 108 units
BUS203 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
IBS220 Creating and Managing Event Experiences
TSM200 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
TSM223 Business Law
BUS306 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
BUS320 Coastal and Marine Ecology
TSM300 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
TSM313 Animal Behaviour
TSM315 Global-Change Ecology
Elective courses (7) 84 units
Select 7 elective courses (84 units) from the undergraduate elective course options. Five electives (60 units) must be developing or graduate level (200/300 coded) courses.
The USC Business School recommends students use these electives to study courses in the following Business discipline areas:
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems
- International Business
- Marketing
- Management
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.