BBus in Hospital and Tourism Management

Program Summary

The Bachelor of Business (Hospitality and Tourism Management) at Murdoch University will provide students with a body of knowledge that includes the understanding of business management principles and contemporary developments in Hospitality and Tourism Management.

This degree provides students with core business skills in business management, and the legal framework of business, combined with a broad knowledge base of the contemporary issues within the hospitality and tourism industry.

Students will have knowledge of how research principles and methods inform business decision-making after completing this degree. Graduates will demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills via the planning and completion of significant research-based or scholarship-centred projects.

The Bachelor of Business provides a broad understanding of individual, organisational and societal issues. You will have the practical skills to identify business opportunities, analyse problems and implement solutions and you will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of business principles across key functional areas. You will have depth of knowledge in one or more business disciplines: accounting, banking, business law, economics, finance, hospitality and tourism management, human resources management, international business, management, and marketing.

Program Highlights

Do you see yourself working in the snowfields of Europe or Japan? Or perhaps you would prefer to explore a tropical isle in the South Seas or the vast tourist landscape in Australia? Management careers in hospitality and tourism can take you to these places and more, and the good news is - you get paid to be there!

We will guide you through contemporary tourist and hospitality management theory and practice including destination management, policy and planning, government and business. Our course also focuses strongly on sustainable tourism, as well as incorporating data analysis techniques used extensively across the industry to help forecast areas of growth and decline.

Murdoch ranks as one of the World's Top 400 Universities according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2013/2014) and ranks in the top 100 Universities under 50 years of age according to the Times Higher Education 100 under 50 (2014).

Murdoch University has been given a five star graduate employment rating by students in the popular Good Universities Guide 2015. The annual publication provides an independent summary of Australian institution's performance to help students make more informed choices. The ranks are based on surveys and government data.

Murdoch is located just 15km (9.3 miles) south of the Perth Central Business District

Murdoch University participates in various student loan programs offered by overseas Governments, these include:
- U.S. Department of Education to certify funding under the William D. Ford Direct Lending Program as a Foreign School.
- Canadian Provincial/Federal Loans