Program Overview

Tourism and Hospitality Major

Overview

The Tourism and Hospitality major offers vibrant, immersive career paths in areas such as tourism development, event and festival organisation, and hotel resort management. Employers in this field need staff who enjoy travelling, meeting new people, and sharing their experiences with others.

Course Essentials

• Qualification: Tourism and Hospitality Major
• Credit: A full-time study load usually consists of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester.

What Can I Do with a Degree in Tourism and Hospitality?

• Make travel part of your job: Use your knowledge and skills to travel and work anywhere in the world.
• Enjoy a people-oriented career: With tourism and hospitality, you’ll be constantly engaging with people and exploring new places.
• Work in an ever-changing industry: Work in a dynamic industry that ranges from niche local markets to global experiences.

Why Study Tourism and Hospitality at Curtin?

• Internationally accredited: This course is accredited by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) TedQual Certification, recognising its excellence in tourism education.
• Work experience: Gain hands-on experience at tourism hotspots. Past field trips include visits to local tourist destinations and an international experience in Italy.
• Highly ranked course: Our Tourism and Hospitality program ranks in the top 50 globally (ShanghaiRanking, 2024).

Professional Recognition and Accreditation

This course is a United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) TedQual Certified Programme. Graduates may be eligible for membership of the Australian Institute of Management.

What Jobs Can the Tourism and Hospitality Course Lead to?

• Corporate travel consultant
• Destination manager
• Hotel or motel manager
• Resort manager
• Restaurant and catering manager
• Tourism information officer
• Tourism manager
• Travel industry consultant

What Jobs Can a Tourism and Hospitality Double Major Lead to?

• Destination marketing manager (with Marketing)
• International hotel manager (with International Business or Management)
• Museum tour guide (with History)
• Tour guide and interpreter (with Chinese, Korean Studies, or Japanese)
• Travel influencer (with Digital and Social Media)

What You'll Learn

• Apply key theoretical principles and practical underpinnings of tourism and hospitality management to industry and business from a conceptual and practical approach.
• Interpret leadership, ethical, and responsible practices, and professional integrity when organising to work within the tourism and hospitality industry.
• Evaluate information from multiple sources relevant to the many dimensions of tourism and hospitality globally and relate this knowledge from a variety of perspectives to a particular problem setting.
• Critically formulate innovative and sustainable propositions, supported by appropriate communication and technologies, to manage challenges faced locally and globally by the tourism and hospitality industry.

Parent Degrees

You can study this major under the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Commerce (as a single or double major)
• Bachelor of Advanced Commerce (Honours) (as a single or double major)
• Bachelor of Innovation (as a single major)
• Bachelor of Arts (as a double major with an Arts major)

Double Degrees

You can study our Tourism and Hospitality major as part of our Arts and Commerce double degree. Curtin also offers a Tourism and Hospitality Global major, which provides opportunities to study at two or more of Curtin's global campuses.

Fees and Scholarships

Please view the Bachelor of Commerce degree for indicative fees.

Credit for Recognised Learning (CRL)

Finish your course sooner with credit for your previous study or work experience.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

• Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Chinese Language Specialisation
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• Environmental Management Minor
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Food Science Minor
• Forensic Studies Minor
• Geophysics Minor
• Geospatial Technology Minor
• Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
• Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Landscape Restoration Minor
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Mapping and Land Planning Minor
• Metallurgy Minor
• Mining Minor
• Optimisation Minor
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Strategic Studies Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

• Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Chinese Language Specialisation
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital Design Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Geography Specialisation
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• History Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Journalism Specialisation
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Professional Writing Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Biological Diversity Minor
• Climate Change Science Minor
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• Environmental Management Minor
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Food Science Minor
• Forensic Studies Minor
• Geophysics Minor
• Geospatial Technology Minor
• Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
• Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Landscape Restoration Minor
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Mapping and Land Planning Minor
• Metallurgy Minor
• Mining Minor
• Optimisation Minor
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Strategic Studies Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation