Global Tourism - Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Passionate about creating positive change in tourism? Take your understanding of global issues in tourism further with the one-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours).
Choose from a range of advanced level courses that cover current issues the global tourism industry faces. You also research a topic of your interest through your dissertation.
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) is aimed at students who already have a degree in tourism. It can also serve as a pathway to further study at master’s or doctoral level.
This is part of the Bachelor of Arts (Honours).
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You complete advanced global tourism courses, a research methods course and a supervised 60-point research dissertation relevant to your discipline. You should discuss your courses and intended study sequence with your programme leader before enrolling.
Complete three of
- TOUR801 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
- TOUR802 Tourism in Coastal and Marine Environments
- TOUR803 Tourism in Asia
- TOUR804 Consumer Perspectives in the Visitor Economy
- TOUR805 The South Pacific and Tourism
- TOUR806 Contemporary Topics in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
- TOUR807 Special Topic in Tourism
- TOUR808 Urban Tourism and Creative Placemaking
- TOUR809 Us and Others: Tourism, Ethnic Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- TOUR812 Sustainable Leadership in Hospitality, Tourism and Events
- TOUR815 Critical Tourism and Hospitality Perspectives
- TOUR818 Risk, Resilience and Crisis Management: Organisational and Destination Perspectives
And complete one of
Or any other research methods course with the approval of the programme leader.
And complete a dissertation
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Education and research
- Doctoral study
- Research fellow
- Lecturers/tutors
Public sector
- Government agencies
- Destination marketing organisations/ Regional tourism organisations
- Local councils/boards
- Parks, sport, recreation & conservation
Private sector
- Strategy and leadership
- Operations management
- Marketing
- Media and communications
- Visitor management
- Customer care
- Product development
- Research
- Consultancy
Third Sector
- Non-governmental organisations
- Industry associations/trade organisations in tourism and hospitality
- UN agencies/organisations (including UNWTO)
- International development agencies
- Consultancy
Community
- Social enterprises
- Community leadership
- Conservation
- Research
Entrepreneurship
- Service/product innovations
- Business owner-operators
Other specialisations in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
- Criminology and Criminal Justice (not offered to new students)
- Education
- International Hospitality Management
- Psychology
Further study
- Research an area of your interest in your dissertation
- Choose from advanced global tourism courses
- Explore how to create change and make the tourism industry more sustainable
- Learn from academic staff who have expertise across the tourism sector
- Draws on the United Nations Sustainability Goals and United Nations World Tourism Organisation objectives
- Offered at the City Campus
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.
