- Program summary
- Program overview
- Career opportunities
- Special features
- Teaching mode
- Credit transfer, recognition of prior learning and articulation
- Program structure
- Program requirements and notes
- Enquiries
Program summary
QTAC code: 511644 FT
Degree type: undergraduate
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 3 years full-time
Fee type 2010: Commonwealth supported places, visiting non-award domestic 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
Commence: Semester 1
USC program code: BU3AA
CRICOS code: Not available to international students on a Student Visa
New students are not required to complete any USC courses until they complete their diploma.
Program overview
The Diploma of Events/Bachelor of Business is a dual award program offered jointly between the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE (SCIT) and the University of the Sunshine Coast. The dual award consists of a diploma through SCIT and a Bachelor of Business through the University.
In the first year, you undertake studies at SCIT’s Mooloolaba campus. These studies form the platform for the next two years at the University’s Sippy Downs campus. In the Bachelor of Business, you choose from courses in the following specialist areas:
- Applied Marketing
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
- Information Systems
- Management
- Marketing Research
- Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
You will gain practical skills and knowledge relevant to careers in a wide variety of event management and business roles.
Career opportunities
Depending on major and minor areas of study, graduates may find employment in:
- 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, and with Crosscheck Travel, an automated account keeping system
- study two awards in three years
Teaching mode
There are different teaching modes between the SCIT 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 generally have three hours of contact per course per week with students completing a minimum of 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 Events
One year Diploma undertaken at SCIT.
Multiple modules are undertaken in a variety of areas related to event management. For information on the specific modules for this program refer to the student information provided by SCIT.
Bachelor of Business
Students successfully completing Diplomas at SCIT are eligible to apply for advanced standing towards their program at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Advanced standing for the Diploma of Events is currently assessed as 8 courses towards a Bachelor of Business program. The 8 courses are:
COR109 Accounting for Business
TSM315 Information Systems in Organisations
BUS299 Advanced Business Elective x 4
MGT299 Management Elective x 1
TSM299 Tourism Elective x 1
The remaining 16 courses required to complete the Bachelor of Business are:
Core courses
Select 1 course from:
COR109 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
COR110 Cross-Cultural Management
COR111 Economics for Business
Introductory courses
9 required courses:
BUS101 Discovering Management
BUS102 Marketing Essentials
BUS103 The World of Tourism, Leisure and Events
BUS104 Animal Ecophysiology
BUS105 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
BUS106 Creating and Managing Event Experiences
BUS108 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
BUS211 Business Law
BUS320 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
Advanced courses
Select 6 courses
The recommended structure for the 16 courses, in addition to the 2 core courses and 9 business foundation courses, for a Bachelor of Business is:
- 1 x 4-course minor and 2 electives; or
- 6 electives
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
- Refer to the Academic Rules.
- Refer to explanation of terms.
- Refer to recommended enrolment pattern. For previous recommended enrolment patterns refer to the relevant archived Student Handbook.
- International students need to refer to the University's English language proficiency requirements.
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa.
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including, for example, essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests, and examinations.
Enquiries
Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE (SCIT)
Tel: +61 7 5459 3000
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