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Bachelor of Business (Tourism, Leisure and Event Management)

Build a fast-paced career from your love of new experiences.

Designed to prepare you for the demands of industry, our unique Bachelor of Business (Tourism, Leisure, and Event Management) program is your ticket to a fast paced career filled with opportunities. With a shift in focus to sustainable tourism, employers are looking for a new breed of tourism, leisure, and event managers. Real experiences include field work (e.g. Fraser Island) and industry projects that assist you to develop a solid foundation upon which you will enhance your knowledge of consumer needs and motivations, product development, service, stakeholder engagement, event management, business events, leisure, niche tourism, policy and planning, innovation and technology.

Study locations
  • Sippy Downs
  • South Bank
Refer to the program footnotes
CRICOS code
066415J
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Program length (full-time)
3 years
Annual tuition fee 2019
A$23,200
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$69,600
Footnotes
  • 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.
Study locations QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast 012061
  • Fraser Coast 019061
  • South Bank 018061
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 18 Rank - 64
UniSC program code
BU362
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Duration
3 years full time or equivalent part time
Study mode
Blended Learning
Recommended prior study
English; Maths A, B or C
Fee type 2019
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Total courses
24
Total units
288

Designed to prepare you for the demands of industry, our unique Bachelor of Business (Tourism, Leisure, and Event Management) program is your ticket to a fast paced career filled with opportunities. With a shift in focus to sustainable tourism, employers are looking for a new breed of tourism, leisure, and event managers. Real experiences include field work (e.g. Fraser Island) and industry projects that assist you to develop a solid foundation upon which you will enhance your knowledge of consumer needs and motivations, product development, service, stakeholder engagement, event management, business events, leisure, niche tourism, policy and planning, innovation and technology.

This program gives you the confidence in public speaking, communication, team work, leadership, time management, and inter-cultural understanding. You’ll benefit from direct industry engagement through guest speakers, volunteer opportunities, and work experience with local businesses and other industry-focused activities. Broaden your experience by studying a component of this program overseas with the Study Overseas program.

Further develop your practical skills, and your industry networks, on a supervised 12 week internship where you can really immerse yourself in the career you are striving for. Internships are as broad as the industry with students having interned with: V8 Supercars, Wedding events, Accommodation providers (Oaks Resorts), Woodford Folk Festival, Ecotourism Australia, Aussie World, Moreton and Sunshine Coast Councils and Visit Sunshine Coast (to name but a few).

Career opportunities

Accommodation/destination management; marketing; festivals/sporting events; attraction/leisure/conference management; research; policy; hospitality.

Membership

Australian Tourism Research Institute; Pacific Area Travel Association; Ecotourism Association of Australia; Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education.

Program structure

Introductory courses (8) 96 units

BUS101 Numerical Analysis
BUS102 Mechatronic Design 1
BUS104 Communications Engineering (Hardware and protocols)
BUS105 Engineering System Design*
BUS106 Engineering Project Management
BUS108 Mechatronic Design 2
COR109 Embedded System Design
TSM102 Engineering Research Methodology

Developing and Graduate courses (8) 96 units

BUS203 Engineering Project 1
BUS320 Engineering Project 2
IBS220 Robotics and Autonomous Systems
TSM221 Image Processing and Machine Vision
TSM223 Business Analytics
TSM313 Introduction to Economics
TSM314 Introduction to Management
TSM315 Introduction to Marketing

Elective courses (8) 96 units

Select 8 elective courses (96 units). Six electives (72 units) must be developing and graduate level (200/300 coded) courses. Two electives (24 units) must be from the USC Business School while the remaining 6 electives (72 units) can be from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).

Students can choose to use these electives towards a major from the Business majors listed below:

Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.

Total units: 288

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.
  • Register your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)