Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management – Master of Business Administration

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 2 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy or have successfully completed an AQF 8 qualification from James Cook University within the previous two (2) years.

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 Master of Business Administration component of the joint degree, JCU graduates will be able to:

1. Critically analyse complex business-related knowledge and practice from both historical and recent perspectives
2. Evaluate contexts within which differing sustainable business performance methods should be integrated and applied
3. Evaluate sustainable economic, social and environmental practices and value systems from different disciplinary perspectives
4. Research and apply established concepts to solve business and professional practice problems
5. Critically analyse complex contemporary business issues using appropriate models and make reasoned recommendations based on multidisciplinary synthesis of theory and evidence
6. Apply creative and innovative thinking effectively to business theory and practice
7. Present complex information appropriately to differing audiences using:
   • Effective oral presentation skills; and
   • Clear and fluent written communication
8. Demonstrate the ability to work effectively in achieving common goals, demonstrating both collaboration and leadership
9. Adapt sustainable business constructs and skills to novel theoretical or practical situations
10. Exercise independent ethical judgment and initiative in solving differing business problems creatively
11. Demonstrate a capacity for personal reflection and self-development in relation to professional business learning and practice.

On successful completion of the Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management component of the degree, JCU graduates will be able to:

12. Critically analyse complex tourism and hospitality-related knowledge and practice from both historical and recent perspectives
13. Evaluate contexts within which differing sustainable tourism and hospitality performance methods should be integrated and applied
14. Evaluate sustainable  economic, social and environmental practices and value systems from different disciplinary perspectives
15. Research and apply established concepts to solve tourism and hospitality and professional practice problems
16. Critically analyse complex contemporary tourism and hospitality issues using appropriate models and make reasoned recommendations based on multidisciplinary synthesis of theory and evidence
17. Apply creative thinking effectively to tourism and hospitality theory and practice
18. Present complex tourism and hospitality analyses and information appropriately to differing audiences using:
    • Effective oral presentation skills; and
    • Clear and fluent written communication
19. Work effectively in achieving common goals, demonstrating both collaboration and leadership
20. Adapt tourism and hospitality constructs and skills to novel theoretical or practical situations
21. Exercise independent judgment and initiative in solving differing tourism and hospitality problems
22. Demonstrate a capacity for personal reflection and self-development in relation to professional tourism and hospitality learning and practice.

JCU Brisbane

JCU Singapore

Maximum time to complete

8 years

Maximum allowed

24 credit points and not more than 12 credit points of subjects specified in the course structure, for either component of the joint degree.

Expiry

Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 12 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Approved abbreviation

MITHM-MBA

Exit with lesser award

Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed the appropriate subjects, may be eligible for one or more of the following awards:

• Graduate Certificate of International Hospitality Management

• Graduate Diploma of International Hospitality Management

• Graduate Certificate of Business Administration

• Graduate Diploma of Business Administration