AUT - Master of International Tourism Management
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Master of International Tourism Management
Tourism is the world's largest industry and employs more people than any other industry on a global scale. The Master of International Tourism Management offers exciting opportunities to actively engage with one of New Zealand's most important growth industries.
- The Master of International Tourism Management aims to produce graduates who can plan developments, mitigate negative impacts and understand processes that create value in the marketplace.
- It is for candidates who have staircased through undergraduate tourism qualifications, and who want to study more advanced papers.
Programme details
Programme code: AK1282
Level: 9
Points: 240
Duration: 2 years full time / 5 years part time
Venue: City campus
Starting date: 22 July 2013.
Entry requirements
- Read the guidelines to entry
- Applicants may be required to submit examples of previous academic work or to attend a selection interview.
Structure and content
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.
Papers
Paper selection will depend on the option students take — thesis or dissertation.
Select one
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
219114 Directed Reading
219118 Consumer Perspectives in Tourism
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
And
219000 MITM Thesis
Or
219116 MITM Dissertation
Career opportunities
- Senior management level positions in tourism
- Research.
Our graduates speak — Ulrike Sassenberg
A keen traveler from Germany, Ulrike Sassenberg took on the AUT Master of International Tourism Management 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.p
"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."