BSc (Hons) Tourism and Hospitality Management

Plymouth University International College

Bachelor's degree

In Plymouth

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Plymouth

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    October

Whether you see yourself working in a five-star luxury hotel or a national tourist board, this course will equip you with the skills to build the successful tourism career you want. Study at one of the UK’s top five providers of tourism and hospitality courses and graduate from a course with a strong emphasis on business and management, primed for an exciting future.

You will broaden your horizons and enhance your learning experience by taking advantage of our field trips – throughout the course you will have the opportunity to visit a variety of locations. You’ll also enjoy the opportunity to boost your employability by taking a placement with paid employment with a private or public sector organisation. You will gain invaluable experience, bolster your skills and enhance your employment prospects.

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Plymouth (Devon)
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Portland Villas, Plymouth PL4 6DX, UK

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OctoberEnrolment now open

About this course

If you hold a BTEC qualification it is vital that you provide our Admissions team with details of the exact modules you have studied as part of the BTEC. Without this information we may be unable to process your application quickly and you could experience significant delays in the progress of your application to study with us. Please explicitly state the full list of modules within your qualification at the time of application.

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Subjects

  • Mandarin
  • Business and Management
  • Leadership
  • Investment
  • English
  • Tourism and Hospitality
  • Hospitality Management
  • Hospitality
  • Tourism
  • Industry
  • Communication Training
  • Tourism Hospitality
  • Tourism Hospitality Management

Course programme

Year 1
In your first year, you will gain a solid grasp of tourism and hospitality operations. You will examine standards and service consistency in a range of areas, from food and drink operations, front office and managing facilities to marketing and business, enabling you to gain an insight into the various aspects of the tourism industry.

Core modules

  • HTM1002PP Special Interest Tourism

  • HTM129 Introduction to Sustainable Hospitality Management

  • HTM139 Facilities and Resource Management

  • HTM140 Fundamentals of Tourism

  • HTM141 Hospitality Operations

  • HTMP100 Career Investment Programme 1

Optional modules

  • ELC102 English for Academic Purposes

  • FREX01 French 1

  • FREX02 French 2

  • FREX03 French 3

  • FREX400 French Advanced 1

  • GERX01 German 1

  • GERX02 German 2

  • HTM111 Tourism Environments and Tourist Behaviour

  • HTM121 Food Safety for the Hospitality Industry

  • MANX100 Mandarin 1

  • SPNX01 Spanish 1

  • SPNX02 Spanish 2

  • SPNX03 Spanish 3

  • SPNX400 Spanish Advanced 1

Year 2
Building on your growing knowledge, in your second year you will discover what it takes to plan, manage and run a tourism or hospitality business. You will work on modules based on hospitality, tourism and management, developing the skills you will need on the ground – from getting to grips with finances to dealing with staff, from the most junior member to the chief executive. You will also learn the methods and protocols required to collect, analyse and interpret data.

Core modules

  • HTM232 Food and Drink Management

  • HTM234 Contemporary Business Management for Hospitality Organisations

  • HTM238 Tourism, Hospitality and Events Research Methods

  • HTM244 Business Development & Revenue Management

  • HTMP202 Career Investment Programme 2

Optional modules

  • ELC202 English for Academic Purposes

  • FREX01 French 1

  • FREX02 French 2

  • FREX03 French 3

  • FREX400 French Advanced 1

  • FREX500 French Advanced 2

  • FREX600 French Advanced 3

  • FREX700 French Advanced 4

  • GERX01 German 1

  • GERX02 German 2

  • HTM233 Contemporary Food Concerns

  • HTM242 Tourism, Human Resources and Competitive Advantage

  • HTM245 Cruise Operations and Passenger Services

  • MANX100 Mandarin 1

  • SPNX01 Spanish 1

  • SPNX02 Spanish 2

  • SPNX03 Spanish 3

  • SPNX400 Spanish Advanced 1

  • SPNX500 Spanish Advanced 2

  • SPNX600 Spanish Advanced 3

  • SPNX700 Spanish Advanced 4

Optional placement year
If you choose, you can take a work placement after your second year, gaining valuable hands-on experience working abroad and putting your knowledge and skills to use in a real world context. On a placement you will glean an insider’s insight into the industry, make useful contacts and position yourself to keep well informed about future work opportunities. For support finding a placement, you can contact someone in our Placements Team at placements@plymouth.ac.uk.

Core modules

  • HTMP300 Work Placement Year

Final year
In your final year you will draw together the knowledge, understanding and skills gained from your studies so far and focus in on a particular topic to complete your final thesis. You will investigate the details of strategic and operational management challenges and choose a topic to add to your studies, such as food and service systems, intercultural communication or a language. If you are interested in a specific industry sector, there are options to customise modules for your chosen area.

Core modules

  • HTM314 Honours Project

  • HTM325 Business Strategy for Tourism and Hospitality

  • HTM335 Crime and Sustainable Tourism

  • HTMP301 Career Investment Programme 3

Optional modules

  • ELC312 English for Global Communication

  • ELC314 International Business Communication

  • ELC315 Professional and Academic Communication

  • FREX01 French 1

  • FREX02 French 2

  • FREX03 French 3

  • FREX400 French Advanced 1

  • FREX500 French Advanced 2

  • FREX600 French Advanced 3

  • FREX700 French Advanced 4

  • GERX01 German 1

  • GERX02 German 2

  • HTM311 Cruise Operations Continuity Planning

  • HTM322 Managing Service Innovation

  • HTM333 Hospitality Dynamics

  • HTM337 Entrepreneurship

  • HTM339 Leadership

  • MANX100 Mandarin 1

  • SPNX01 Spanish 1

  • SPNX02 Spanish 2

  • SPNX03 Spanish 3

  • SPNX400 Spanish Advanced 1

  • SPNX500 Spanish Advanced 2

  • SPNX600 Spanish Advanced 3

  • SPNX700 Spanish Advanced 4

Additional information

International Fee £13,000

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