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Notes

This course will be an exit only course from mid-2014. This course information is for the following students:

Brisbane students commencing in 2014 in the first trimester intake

Additional selection requirements

Completion of the Graduate Certificate of International Hospitality Management from this University; or

Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Students of non-English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule I of the JCU Admissions policy.

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

On successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of International Tourism and Hospitality Management JCU graduates will be able to:

• Critically analyse tourism and hospitality-related knowledge and practice from both historical and recent perspectives

• Consolidate the application of differing tourism and hospitality performance methods

• Synthesise economic, social and environmental practices and value systems

• Apply established concepts to provide solutions to tourism and hospitality and professional practice problems

• Critically analyse contemporary tourism and hospitality issues using appropriate models and make reasoned recommendations

• Apply creative thinking effectively to tourism and hospitality theory and practice

• Present complex information appropriately to differing audiences using:

• (a) Effective oral presentation skills

• (b) Clear and fluent written communication

• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in achieving common goals

• Adapt tourism and hospitality constructs and skills to theoretical or practical situations

• Exercise independent ethical judgment in solving differing tourism and hospitality problems

• Demonstrate a capacity for personal reflection and self-development in relation to professional tourism and hospitality learning and practice

Brisbane

This course information is for Brisbane students commencing in 2014 in the first trimester intake only

Maximum time to complete

4 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

A candidate who has failed the final subject towards the award and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply.

Maximum allowed

12 credit points, unless part of an approved articulation process.

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 8 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Exit with lesser award

Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed the appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of Graduate Certificate of International Hospitality Management.