Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Event and Tourism Management

Use your creative ideas and natural problem-solving skills to forge an outstanding career creating world class productions designed to attract local and international audiences with the UC Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Event and Tourism Management double degree.This course offers a variety of creative study pathways that will teach you how to develop and amplify your creative skills, while equipping you the necessary critical, theoretical and practical business skills to enable you to create outstanding events regardless of budget, placement or demographic.As the tourism industry continues to grow globally, your ability to create and produce innovative events to attract audiences will be in high demand.

This is your chance to gain a qualification, knowledge and skills to work in tourist destinations all over the world.A UC Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Event and Tourism double degree opens doors to employment opportunities all over the world.

If you’re looking for an amazing career full of travel, never ending challenges and the chance to work on high profile events that engage and influence change – then this course is the one for you.

Potential job opportunities leading from this course include:

Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Event and Tourism Management (96 credit points) Required - Must pass 72 credit points as follows

• CM0001 Core Major in Arts (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 10333 - Professional Orientation (Arts) - 3 cp, Level 1 11017 - Professional Practice 1: Work Integrated Learning - 3 cp, Level 2 11018 - Professional Practice 2: Work Integrated Learning - 3 cp, Level 3 11108 - Big Stories: Culture, Memory and Power - 3 cp, Level 1 11109 - It Must Be True: Knowledge, Culture and Creativity - 3 cp, Level 1 11110 - Reading Culture, Curating Culture - 3 cp, Level 1 11111 - The Grand Experiment - 3 cp, Level 1 11112 - Professional Evidence (Arts) - 3 cp, Level 3
• CM0010 Core Major in Event and Tourism Management (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11009 - Business Decision Making - 3 cp, Level 1 11011 - Professional Orientation (Business) - 3 cp, Level 1 11172 - Business Research Methods - 3 cp, Level 1 11174 - Introduction to Management - 3 cp, Level 1 11175 - Introduction to Economics - 3 cp, Level 1 11210 - Destination Management and the Visitor Economy - 3 cp, Level 2 11211 - Professional Evidence (Event and Tourism Management) - 3 cp, Level 3 11320 - Event Management - 3 cp, Level 3
• SM0028 Specialist Major in Event and Tourism Management (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11176 - Marketing Fundamentals - 3 cp, Level 1 11186 - Service Systems, Transformation and Wellbeing - 3 cp, Level 3 11318 - Climate Change and Sustainable Business Futures - 3 cp, Level 2 11321 - Introduction to Events and Tourism - 3 cp, Level 1 11322 - Event Development - 3 cp, Level 2 11323 - Tourism and Communication - 3 cp, Level 2 11324 - Tourism and the World Economy - 3 cp, Level 2 11325 - Tourism Policy - 3 cp, Level 3

Restricted Choice - Must select 1 of the following

• SM0001 Specialist Major in Creative Writing (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11113 - Introduction to Creative Writing - 3 cp, Level 1 11114 - Writing, Rewriting - 3 cp, Level 1 11115 - From Hungry Caterpillars to Hunger Games: Writing for Young People - 3 cp, Level 2 11116 - Screenwriting - 3 cp, Level 2 11117 - Poetry and the Imagination - 3 cp, Level 2 11118 - Writing Self, Writing Place - 3 cp, Level 2 11119 - Word and Image - 3 cp, Level 3 11120 - Major Project Studio - 3 cp, Level 3
• SM0002 Specialist Major in Culture and Heritage (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11015 - Heritage Conservation - 3 cp, Level 1 11121 - Understanding Cultural and Heritage Values - 3 cp, Level 2 11122 - Indigenous Cultures and Digital Contexts - 3 cp, Level 2 11123 - Decolonising the Museum - 3 cp, Level 3 11124 - Exploring Digital Culture and Heritage - 3 cp, Level 3 11126 - Indigenous Ways of Knowing - 3 cp, Level 2 11128 - Connections to Country - 3 cp, Level 2 11129 - Cultures and Diversity - 3 cp, Level 1
• SM0003 Specialist Major in Digital Media (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11013 - Pixels and Polygons - 3 cp, Level 1 11130 - Media Worlds - 3 cp, Level 1 11131 - Space, Time and Form - 3 cp, Level 2 11132 - Engineering Reality - 3 cp, Level 2 11133 - Character Design and Animation - 3 cp, Level 2 11134 - Sound Design - 3 cp, Level 2 11135 - Real Time Environments - 3 cp, Level 3 11136 - Illuminated Bits - 3 cp, Level 3
• SM0004 Specialist Major in Film Production (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11137 - Film Studio, Production Project - 3 cp, Level 3 11138 - Films Tools and a Meta-Narrative Vocabulary - 3 cp, Level 1 11139 - Short Film Production - 3 cp, Level 2 11140 - Reading Movies - A Practitioner's Guide - 3 cp, Level 2 11141 - Australian National Cinema - 3 cp, Level 2 11142 - Creative Collaboration and Specialisation in Film Project - 3 cp, Level 2 11143 - Documentary Production - 3 cp, Level 1 11144 - The Creative Producer - 3 cp, Level 3
• SM0005 Specialist Major in Global Studies (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11129 - Cultures and Diversity - 3 cp, Level 1 11145 - Global Ethical Challenges - 3 cp, Level 1 11146 - Global Perspectives on Gender, Sex and Sexuality - 3 cp, Level 2 11147 - How the World Really Works: Busting the Myths of Globalisation - 3 cp, Level 2 11148 - Studies in World Philosophies - 3 cp, Level 2 11149 - Listening to Global Voices: World Literature and Cinema - 3 cp, Level 2 11150 - Global Environmental Futures - 3 cp, Level 3 11151 - Global Activism and Social Change - 3 cp, Level 3
• Note:The award name for the Arts part of this double degree is determined by choice of major. E.g. Completion of the Specialist Major in Digital Media leads to the award 'Bachelor of Arts (Digital Media)'.

Admission Requirements

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:- Year 12 ATAR- other Australian Qualification- work experience- overseas qualificationWe also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes. More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

Assumed Knowledge

None.

Periods Course is Open to New Admissions

Information on admission closing dates can be found here.