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BA Honours Hospitality Management and Tourism (Top-Up)
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BA Honours Hospitality Management and Tourism (Top-Up) |
COURSE OVERVIEW
This programme provides a bridge
between your previous study on a
higher national diploma or equivalent
qualification, and a UK honours
degree. Students who do
not meet the entry requirements
for the final year top-up may be
eligible to study by taking an extra
module relating to work based
learning. This award consists of
four distinct level three, year long
modules, especially designed to
meet the needs of this particular
students' population. The programme
will further develop the
hospitality and tourism business
foundation knowledge and skills
acquired through previous study.
The programme also helps to apply
relevant theory to develop students
understanding and ability
to solve complex problems in the
area of tourism management and
hospitality strategy and the business
environment with specific
reference to the service industry.
Assessment comprises a mixture
of examinations, coursework, peer
review presentations, portfolio
work and case scenarios.
SPECIAL FEATURES
There are opportunities to engage
in site visits of hotels and restaurants
as well as understand other
closely related industries, e.g.,
the event industry. Teaching staff
combine industrial experience
with a strong ability to teach, consult
and research, and students
will thus greatly benefit from this
knowledge. Professionals working
in industry will also provide visiting
guest appearances on the programme
PROGRAMME CONTENT
The programme consists of one
level three module examining the near and far environments through
close study of hospitality business
strategy. A second module looks
at the wider service industry whilst
a third module develops students'
ability to manage both personal
and organisational changes so as
to progress through the bridge
between university and work, particularly
through the development
of graduate skills to a high level.
The fourth module analyses tourism
policy from the local to the
global through to planning strategies
in the public sector. In this
programme students will gain an
understanding of such aspects of
hospitality and tourism management
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- Tourism's operational relationship
with hospitality businesses
- Strategic initiatives for tourism
and hospitality management
- Human resource management
directives
- Policy, planning and sustainable
performance practices
MODULES
- Policy and Planning in Tourism
- The Service Encounter
- Managing Individual and
Organisational Change
- Strategic Management in the
Hospitality Environment
- Work Based Learning (an
additional module only taken
if students have lower entry
grades than normal)
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Evidence shows that students obtaining a degree qualification in tourism
and hospitality are in high demand in what is a fast growing sector in this
country and abroad. The majority of students leaving this programme
obtain either junior management positions or places on management
training schemes in the industry. This programme enables
students to gain an excellent grounding in the Hospitality
and Tourism Management sector. The global nature of
tourism offers excellent career prospects around the
world. Students may also go on to postgraduate
study (examples being MAs in 'International
Hospitality and Tourism Management',
'Event / Management' and 'International
Human Resource Management'). As
the hospitality and tourism industries
are essentially a component of
the service sector industry, it is
quite common for graduates
to positively embrace career
opportunities in such related
sectors as banking,
finance and the retail
industries. |
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