Tourism and Economics with Foundation Year

Bachelor's degree

In Telford

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Telford

  • Duration

    4 Years

BA (Hons) Tourism and Economics combines the skills development from the economics subject with a knowledge and understanding of the key requirements of successful tourism organisations and it equips graduates with the skills and knowledge required to manage tourism within an evolving global marketplace.

The course has a strong emphasis on enterprise and enables students to develop industry sought after competencies for students to progress their career within the dynamic, multi-faceted industry. The course is also designed to make you attractive to prospective employers through the development of practical skills such as the ability to problem solve, work in groups, research and use research methods and work independently.

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Location

Start date

Telford (Shropshire)
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Level 3 Southwater One, Southwater Sqare, Southwater Way, TF3 4JG

Start date

On request

About this course

For the award of an honours degree, you, the student, will be able to:

Have the ability and knowledge necessary to work within the dynamic, changing and increasingly technology-reliant global tourism industry, critically applying economic reasoning.
Have the skills to work in a range of tourism business environments, supported by a knowledge and understanding of concepts and characteristics of economics and tourism and related business functions such as Marketing, Human Resources, Strategy and Operations Management that are necessary to be an effective manager.
Be able to identify the uniqueness of contemporary tourism resources and develop these into exciting local, regional, national or international tourism products.
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the sources and content of economic data, develop and analyse information and effectively communicate this to colleagues, managers and customers to support tourism business development.
Understand the influence and impacts of economics and tourism upon the community and the environment, and the careful balance required to develop tourism locally, nationally and globally.
Be able to develop critical evaluative skills, generate knowledge and implement proposed solution towards development and management of economics and tourism projects/business.

2019 Entry

DD from A level
BTEC QCF Extended Diploma grade PPP, BTEC QCF Diploma grade MP
Pass Access to HE Diploma (Full Award)
If you've got other qualifications or relevant experience, please contact The Gateway for further advice before applying.
International entry requirements and application guidance can be found here

Other Requirements.
Students must have studied a minimum of two years post GCSE level. However, it is expected that some applicants will be mature students with work experience, who wish to further their career development

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Subjects

  • Industry
  • Tourism
  • Economics

Course programme

Semester 1 Starters:

UNDERGRADUATE

Year 1 (Foundation)

3GK003 Academic Skills (20 Credits)

3GK006 Extended Project (20 Credits)

3MG001 Introduction to Management (20 Credits)

3GK004 The World at Work: Careers and Personal Development (20 Credits)

3GK003 Academic Skills (20 Credits)

3IM001 Business Decision Making (20 Credits)

Year 2

4LI003 Introduction to Tourism (20 Credits)

4LI011 Academic Skills (20 Credits)

4EC001 Microeconomic Principles (20 Credits)

4LI005 Tourism Place making (20 Credits)

4EC002 Macroeconomic Principles (20 Credits)

4FC001 Quantitative Analysis for Economics and Finance (20 Credits)

Year 3

5EC001 Economic Analysis and Methods (20 Credits)

5EC002 Microeconomic Theory and Policy (20 Credits)

5LI014 Business Travel and Tourism (20 Credits)

5LI011 Research Themes in Tourism (20 Credits)

5LI005 Employability: Managing Finance and Human Resources (20 Credits)

5EC003 Macroeconomics and Policy (20 Credits)

Year 4

6EC001 Industrial Organisation (20 Credits)

6LI020 Destination Marketing & Management (20 Credits)

6LI022 Research, Interpretation and Analysis (20 Credits)

6EC005 The Economics of Sustainable Development (20 Credits)

6EC004 Researching Topics in Economics (20 Credits)

6LI018 Tourism in Emerging Markets (20 Credits)

Tourism and Economics with Foundation Year

Price on request