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
  • 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
Key features
  • 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.

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