Tourism (Secondary)
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
This minor is only available to students who are studying
the Bachelor of Education.
The tourism
industry is an umbrella term used to describe those industries or
business enterprises that provide goods and services to tourists and
all types of travellers while they are travelling. The study area
specification in Tourism has been designed to support the needs of
entrants into the tourism industry, to provide an introduction to
a broad understanding of tourism, and to develop the personal and
interpersonal skills that underpin employment in the tourism industry.
It examines the dynamic nature of global tourism and the broader social,
cultural, ecological and economic implications of sustainable tourism.
Tourism is a vocationally orientated subject and does not contribute
to university entrance. Please refer to the for further information.
It is requirement that you already
have a Certificate I and II in Tourism if you are going to select
this Teaching Area.
Students wishing to teach tourism as
a minor Teaching Area must complete a minimum of 4 and maximum
of 6 Teaching Area courses. Students beginning in 2014 or later are
required to complete at least 4 content courses and 1 Teaching Area
specific curriculum and pedagogy course. Once employed, in most schools
it would be expected that you could teach: Tourism in Years 11 and
12.
Course | On-campus | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | Enrolment requirements | ||
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Toowoomba (ONC) | Springfield (ONC) | Ipswich (ONC) | ||||
Required courses | ||||||
S1 | S1 | |||||
S1 | S1 , S2 | S1 , S2 , S3 | ||||
S1 | ||||||
S2 | S2 | |||||
~ | S2 | Co-requisite: or | ||||
Courses to be used as additional content courses or as a discipline course | ||||||
S2 | S2 | |||||
S1 | S1 | S1 | ||||
S1 | S1 | S1 , S3 | ||||
S2 | S2 | S2 | Pre-requisite: | |||
S2 | Co-requisite: and and |
Footnotes | |
~ | Required course for those beginning 2014 or later, highly recommended for continuing students. |