BA (Hons) International Tourism Management with Air Travel with Foundation Year

Bachelor's degree

In High Wycombe

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    4 Years

The Foundation Year will allow you to develop your academic study skills and build confidence in your abilities, identifying your own strengths and development needs for progression onto an undergraduate degree.

Where the Foundation Year is taught at University Campus Aylesbury Vale all subsequent years will be taught at High Wycombe Campus.

Are you interested in working in the travel and tourism sector? Excited about global travel and the behind-the-scenes operations that are involved? This degree programme gives you a broad understanding of the industry and empowers you with the transferable skills and understanding that this field demands.

If you're currently working in the travel and tourism industry and want to update your management skills, this qualification may help enhance your career.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

On request

About this course

When you graduate from this course, you'll have acquired the skills and in-depth knowledge required for a successful career in this dynamic industry. You may choose to work with tour operators, airlines, airports, destination management companies, or agencies that specialise in public sector tourism planning and development.

You'll also be qualified for work in tourism marketing agencies, and for developers of niche tourism products such as ecotourism. Alternatively, with entrepreneurship being studied in your final year, you may choose to develop your own small tourism venture.

You could also decide to further your studies at postgraduate level.

Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements for the 3-year undergraduate programme, or those who do not feel fully prepared for a Level 4 course, will be considered for the 4-year programme including a Foundation Year.

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Subjects

  • Global
  • Tourism
  • Industry
  • Travel Tourism
  • International
  • Airline Management
  • Airport Management
  • Business Tourism
  • Research
  • Planning
  • Research methods
  • Strategic Management

Course programme

This module map provides a list of the modules that make up your course.

Each module is worth a specified number of credits (typically either 15 or 30 credits for undergraduate courses). Compulsory (or ‘core’) modules cover key subject knowledge, while ‘option’ modules enable you to develop your own interests. For a full-time course you must take modules worth a total of 120 credits at each level of the course. The number of option modules you can take depends on the number of compulsory modules at each level. You can find more information about how your course is structured via the Academic Advice pages.

Our teaching is informed by research and employer requirements, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the subject area. In addition, where we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an option module, this may not be offered. If an option module does not run, we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

The modules available on this course are as follows:

Foundation Year Modules
  • Preparing for Success Knowledge and Creativity
  • Preparing for Success Self Development and Responsibility
  • Inquiry and Research Skills
  • Introduction to Aviation, Tourism and Events
Year 1 Modules
  • Structure of the Air Transport Industry
  • Marketing for Travel and Tourism
  • Professional Skills and Development
  • Tourism Destinations and Attractions
  • Managing Customer Service
  • Introduction to Finance and Economics
  • Developments of the Air Transport Sector
Year 2 Modules
  • Sustainability and Responsibility Management
  • Airport Management
  • Employment Research and Planning
  • Business Tourism
  • Research Methods
  • Airline Management
  • Human Resource Management
Year 3 Modules
  • Contemporary Tourism
  • Aviation in the Global Context
  • Destination Planning and Development
  • The Future of the Air Transport Industry
  • Strategic Management
  • Research Project (optional)
  • Business and Enterprise (optional)

Additional information

Full Time International, September 2019: £12,000

Full Time Home and EU, February 2020: £9,250

Full Time International, February 2020: £12,000

BA (Hons) International Tourism Management with Air Travel with Foundation Year

£ 9,250 VAT inc.