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Tourism Management BA

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    Key Information

    • Study Level:

      Bachelor

    • Duration:

      3 Years

    • Study Mode:

      Full Time

    • Tuition Fees EU/EEA:

      £ 9,250 Per Year

      These fees apply to students from the EU/EEA

    • Tuition Fees International :

      £ 11,750

      These fees apply to students from outside the EU/EEA

    institution

    St Mary’s University

    St Mary’s University began in 1850 as a teacher’s training school with close ties to the Catholic Church. It soon outgrew its original campus at Brook Green in Hammersmith, and it moved to a larger facility at Strawberry Hill in 1925. This campus originally held around 250 students, but has been enlarged several times. In […]

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    Course Summary

    The tourism industry is exploding, bot inside the UK and overseas. Currently some 2 the industry employs around 2 million people, supplying approximately 5% of all UK employment. Those numbers are expected to double in less than 10 years. However, the most desirable roles and leadership positons require a high degree of training.  A BA degree in Tourism Management from St Mary’s University demonstrates to employers that you have received that training, and can be trusted with responsibility in your field of specialisation.

    You’ll learn the basics of the industry and of commercial management in general, but you’ll also learn a great many industry-specific techniques, such as managing a tourist-facing operation in a socially responsible and economically sustainable way.

    This degree is highly career focused. It was developed in close partnership with local and regional tourism industry, and includes many opportunities to take working placements within the industry over the course of your studies.  

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    Course Outline

    This program is typically delivered over three years at full time.

    Year 1 Modules Include:

    • Contemporary Business Issues
    • Human Resource Management
    • Introducing Tourism
    • Introduction To Management Theory
    • Skills for Tourism
    • Tourism in London

    Year 2 Modules Include:

    • Business Law
    • Contributing to the Community
    • European Fieldwork
    • Experience and Employment in Business
    • Fundamentals of Accounting
    • International Management

    Year 3 Modules Include:

    • Cultural Tourism
    • Digital Business
    • Events Management
    • Industry Placement
    • Managing in the Workplace
    • Research Project
    • View all modules

    You’ll have several options when it comes to your third year. Many students choose to spend a year working in the tourist industry in an arranged placement. This has the potential to boost your employability dramatically. Other options include a year studying abroad under the ERASMUS program. This might be arranged at a partner university in Australia, the US, France or Spain. This will give you a vital international perspective and might even help you learn a language as well.

    Learning & Teaching

    St Mary’s University relies on a mixture of innovative and traditional teaching methods to convey each module. The exact nature varies from subject to subject and from lecturer to lecturer. However, these methods will be chosen to best convey the content and to make it as applicable as possible to your chosen career. These will include project based work, one on one work with your academic tutor and even overseas fieldwork.  

    Career Possiblities

    This course is heavily career oriented, and will give you many opportunities to engage with the industry through field trips, site visits, guest lectures and arranged work placements. Time studying abroad is also available, which always looks good on a tourism industry CV. The university’s Centre for Workplace Learning can be of great help boosting your employability during the program, and their Careers Service will be of great help planning your next steps after graduation.

    Entry Credit

    Successful completion will result in a full BA degree.

    Students must typically have been awarded at least 72 UCAS Tariff points to apply. The full list of accepted qualifications can be found here.

    All classes are taught in English, and international students will be required to show proficiency in English by scoring well on an approved test. An IELTS score of 6.0 overall and with no section scoring less than 5.5 would qualify, for example.

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