International Tourism Management BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Preston
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Preston
This degree is ideal if you wish to develop and succeed as a professional travel and tourism manager. Tourism is currently one of the world’s fastest growing industries and the course will equip you with a range of transferable skills, which can be used to meet the ever changing demands of this dynamic business. Our degree focuses on employability, and you can take advantage of a paid internship on the sandwich route, which can provide opportunities to work in a supervisory capacity within the travel and tourism sector throughout the world.
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Entry Requirements 2017/18 112 points at A2; General Studies accepted
OCF BTEC Extended Diploma: Distinction, Merit, Merit
QCF BTEC Diploma: Distinction* Distinction*
Access to Higher Education: 112 points
Pass International Baccalaureate Diploma: 28 Points
GCSE: 5 GCSEs at grade C including Maths and English.
IELTS: grade 6 with no subscore lower than 5.5 ...
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Subjects
- Tourism
- Hospitality
- International
- Tourism Hospitality
- Tourism and Hospitality
- Travel and Tourism
- Travel Tourism
- International Tourism Management
- Employability
Course programme
(All compulsory)
- Tourism Management in Action
- Developing Professionals in Tourism, Hospitality & Events
- Exploring Management in Tourism, Hospitality & Events
Year 2/3
Compulsory:
- Tourism Development and Sustainability
- The Tourist: Behaviour and Culture
- Marketing & ICT for Visitor Economy Managers
- Applied Research and Service Quality in Tourism, Hospitality & Events
- Talent Management and Employability [HR]
Options (one only):
- Work and Learn
- Managing Sporting Events
- International Study Visit
- Language
- International Issues in Hospitality
- International Corporate Hospitality and Business Events
Year 3 (optional placement)
Compulsory:
- Managing for Strategic Success in Tourism, Hospitality & Events
- The Tourist: Experience & Motivation
- Management Development in Tourism, Hospitality & Events
- Tourism Futures
Research option (you must pick one of these):
- Dissertation
- Consultancy Project
- Enterprise for Tourism, Hospitality & Events
- Single Research Project
Option two (you must pick one of these, unless you are undertaking a dissertation which is worth two modules):
- Industry Based Experience
- Contemporary Issues in Food and Drink
- Dark Tourism: managing difficult heritage
- International Fieldwork
- Sport Tourism Management
International Tourism Management BA (Hons)