International Tourism and Hospitality Business Management (top up)

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Course summary

• Convert your Foundation, HND or academic credits into a full honours degree.

• Attain a deep understanding of the tourism and hospitality industries.

• Become a manger who is globally, socially and ethically aware of the contemporary business environment.

• Apply your theory in practical projects, and learn from real-world experience.

• Gain the skills and qualifications you need to become an employable industry specialist.

On this top-up course you can convert your foundation, HND or academic credits into a full honours degree. You'll learn about the domestic and international tourism and hospitality industries, and how they intersect. Upon graduating, you'll have gained sought-after expertise and skills.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

This course seeks to equip students with the means to gain worthwhile employment within the tourism and hospitality sectors. You'll learn important management principles and apply them in practical and consultancy projects and case studies. While doing so, you'll also study the tourism and hospitality industries in depth, with an emphasis on contemporary issues.

Employability is a key emphasis: our curriculum reflects the key employability capabilities recommended by the Confederation of British Industry/UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

You learn through

• lectures, seminars and workshops

• practical projects in world-class facilities

• visiting speakers

• research projects

• consultancy projects

• academic reading

Applied learning

Live projects

Learning activities are often based on case studies and problem solving exercises, which encourage students to take an enquiry-based approach and to apply their knowledge to real world problems and issues of international tourism and hospitality business management.

As part of the course you get the opportunity to work on real business and consultancy projects to build your skills and professional experience.

Networking opportunities

You will frequently engage with tourism and hospitality industry stakeholders during your study. Many modules include industry guest speakers and field trips. Our students also have close relationship with the industries through our staff members’ industry network, our association with the Tourism Management Institute, and our alumni network.

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

Compulsory modules

Consultancy And Enterprise Challenge
Research Project
Strategic Management In International Hospitality And Tourism

Elective modules

Critical Approaches In Hospitality Marketing, Experiences And Analytics
Foreign Language
Hotel Operational Analysis
Sustainable Tourism Planning
Tourism Destination Marketing

Coursework, Practical

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Hospitality, Institute of
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business