- 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 2009: 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
USC program code: BU3AA
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. In the Bachelor of Business, you choose from courses in the following specialist areas:
- Accounting
- Financial Planning
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
- Information Systems
- Management
- Marketing
- Property and Asset Management
- Tourism
The dual program allows you to graduate with two awards in less time than if you were to study the programs separately. 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 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 Management and Organisational Behaviour
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 Accounting for Business
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
- 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.
- 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 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