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Postgraduate Diploma in International Tourism Management

The Postgraduate Diploma in International Tourism Management produces graduates who can plan developments, mitigate negative impacts and understand processes that create value in the marketplace.
  • The tourism industry is the world's largest industry and employs more people than any other industry on a global scale.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Programme code: AK1283
Level: 8
Points: 120
Duration: 1 year full time
Venue: City campus
Starting date: 22 July 2013

Entry requirements

  • Guidelines to entry
  • Applicants may be required to submit evidence of their ability to study at postgraduate level and/or 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.

Papers

Students complete the postgraduate diploma with papers (120 points) from the Master of International Tourism Management.

Career opportunities

  • Senior management level positions in tourism
  • Research.
Last updated: 26 Apr 2013 3:30pm

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