Course details

Summary

Tourism is the world's largest industry and employs more people than any other industry on a global scale. The Master of International Tourism Management offers exciting opportunities to actively engage with one of New Zealand's most important growth industries.

• The Master of International Tourism Management aims to produce graduates who can plan developments, mitigate negative impacts and understand processes that create value in the marketplace.
• It is for candidates who have staircased through undergraduate tourism qualifications, and who want to study more advanced papers.

Structure and content

Through a variety of specialised papers, students will enhance their knowledge and perception of tourism as both a discipline and an industry.

Opportunities will be provided that enable students to specialise in developing research expertise in a range of areas including tourism management, sustainability and tourist information.

Papers

• HOSP802 Financial Management in Hospitality: A Strategic Approach
• HOSP804 Power, People and Profit: Contemporary Issues in Hospitality and Tourism Employment
• MGMT801 Research Design
• MGMT802 Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis
• MGMT803 Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis
• SOSC880 Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis
• SOSC881 Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis
• SOSC884 Social Research Design and Analysis
• TOUR801 Management and Entrepreneurship in Tourism
• TOUR802 Tourism in Coastal and Marine Environments
• TOUR803 Tourism in Asia
• TOUR804 Tourist Experiences and Consumer Perspectives
• TOUR805 The South Pacific and Tourism
• TOUR806 Contemporary Topics in Tourism
• TOUR807 Special Topic I
• TOUR808 Special Topic II
• TOUR810 Directed Reading
• TOUR811 Applied Research Methods
• TOUR812 Sustainable Leadership in Hospitality, Tourism and Events

Pathway

• TOUR996 Applied Project in Tourism
• TOUR998 MITM Dissertation
• TOUR999 MITM Thesis

Career opportunities

• Consultancy
• Policy formation
• Education
• Senior management positions in tourism.

Entry criteria

Applicants must have completed one of the following or equivalent with a B grade average or higher in level 7 papers: Bachelor of International Hospitality Management; Graduate Diploma in International Hospitality Management. They may be required to submit examples of previous academic work or to attend a selection interview.

English Language requirements:

Minimum IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 overall with all bands 6.0 or higher; TOEFL iBT score of 90; Certificate in English for Academic Study (CertEAS) with A grade; GIE with B+ grade; CAE minimum overall score of 176; PTE minimum overall score of 58.