AUT - Master of Tourism Studies
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Master of Tourism Studies
The Master of Tourism offers exciting opportunities to actively engage with one of New Zealand's most important growth industries.
Programme code: AK1282
Level: 9
Points: 240
Duration: 2 years full time / 5 years part time
Venue: City campus
Starting date: 27 February 2012 / 16 July 2012
AUT encourages early application. Late applications will be accepted if the programme is not full.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Guidelines to entry
- Applicants may be required to submit examples of previous academic work or to attend a selection interview
Within New Zealand it is a vital source of foreign exchange earnings and job creation. Domestic tourism is also vital to the economy – by some measures it is bigger than international tourism.
The industry has grown rapidly in NZ and elsewhere during recent decades with growth during the past decade being particularly strong.
The Master of Tourism Studies aims to produce graduates who can plan developments, mitigate negative impacts and understand processes that create value in the marketplace.
This qualification is for candidates who have staircased through undergraduate tourism qualifications, and who want to study more advanced papers.
Students who wish to embark on more advanced papers in tourism may choose to enrol directly in the one year Postgraduate Diploma. The postgraduate diploma also caters for those already in the industry who wish to enhance their skills and knowledge base at a more advanced level.
OUR GRADUATES SPEAK - ULRIKE SASSENBERG
A keen traveler from Germany, Ulrike Sassenberg took on the AUT Masters of Tourism because of her interest in international interaction, collaboration and communication.
She says that the excellent reputations of AUT and New Zealand made the choice to head down under an easy one.
"Knowing that New Zealand is a leading expert nation in tourism, and AUT an accredited and well-recognised university, I was glad to start my new phase of life on the other side of the world."
WHAT THIS PROGRAMME COVERS
Through a variety of specialised papers, students will enhance their knowledge and perception of tourism as both a discipline and an industry.
Opportunities will be provided that enable students to specialise in developing research expertise in a range of areas including tourism management, sustainability and tourist information.
Paper selection will depend on the option students take – thesis or dissertation.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Senior management level positions in tourism
- Research
Through a variety of specialised papers students will enhance their knowledge and perception of tourism as both a discipline and an industry.
Opportunities will be provided to enable students to specialise in developing research expertise in a range of areas including: tourism management, sustainability and tourist information. Paper selection will depend on the option students take – thesis or dissertation.
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298702 Social Research Design and Analysis
479006 Research Methods in Business
Electives
219106 Tourism Management and Entrepreneurship
219110 Coastal and Marine Tourism
219112 Asian Tourism
219113 Tourism and Community Development
219114 Directed Reading
219121 Tourism and the South Pacific
219122 Research Project
219903 Special Topic in Tourism I
219004 Special Topic in Tourism II
219906 Special Topic in Tourism III
219907 Contemporary Issues in Tourism