Tourism and Events Management (Top-Up)

Designed for students looking to broaden their horizons and to open up opportunities around the world, this top-up course is for those looking to progress into the travel and events industry. By covering tourism, events, management and academic research you will focus on widening your knowledge and experience in these areas ready for employment

Designed for students looking to continue their education to a full BA (Hons) qualification, this top-up course aims to develop your knowledge from a management perspective, which will enhance your own leadership skills in order to progress into employment within these sectors. The course covers four main strands in equal proportions – tourism, events, management, and academic research, which aims to provide you with a broad base of knowledge and experience.

With an aspirational focus on an evolving industry, this level of study will build upon the skills and knowledge you have gained in your previous courses and prepare you for employment in the tourism and events industry.

The leadership, management, and work-based project modules are specifically designed to develop the skills and knowledge gained from previous work placements. The work-based project modules will involve undertaking a placement with an employer, enabling you to develop experience in your preferred area.

The research methods and dissertation module allow you to explore an area of your own personal interest. This may be tailored to your preferred career route, tourism or events, if you have one, or you may wish to take the opportunity to investigate a topic of interest. The remaining modules provide knowledge and skill development in either the tourism or events sectors, forming the theoretical basis from which you are able to develop their own interests in the rest of the programme. The content for the tourism-based modules, visitor attractions and cultural and heritage tourism, have been chosen to reflect the current market offering within Leicester but will include material that will be transferable to a range of different settings, both in the UK and abroad.

The final module will cover events management and will develop knowledge of the events industry from the perspective of large scale global events. The practical elements of the module will see you creating your own event, from conception to completion, for a client. This will allow you to develop your skills in every aspect of the events field.

The programme will run across three days a week, consisting of approx. 13 hours of classes per week and 10 to 16 hours of self-study per week. In addition to the main programme content, you will have a study skills workshop and also a regular 1:1 tutorial with the programme lead. There will be a combination of modules, with some running year long and others operating on a two-semester system.

Formal assessment will be completed through a number of shorter tasks to help build your academic knowledge and practice. There are a variety of graded summative assessment methods at module level utilised in this programme which includes; report writing, presentations, live projects and case studies. These assessments will count towards your final grade and on average there are one to two assessments for each module, spread throughout the academic year.

The final grade on your DMU certificate at the end of this course follows the standard university degree classification system of first, upper second, lower second or third class.