Tourism and Hospitality Management with foundation year

The tourism and hospitality sector is rapidly expanding locally and globally. It offers a wide range of career opportunities, including hotels, resorts, restaurants, event planning, travel agencies and tourism boards.

The foundation year of the course provides you with opportunities to develop vital business skills and to put theory, both traditional and contemporary, into practice with real-world scenarios. It also aims to prepare you for study at the undergraduate degree level.

The Tourism and Hospitality Management BA (Hons) degree is designed to ensure that our graduates are the talented and knowledgeable individuals needed for the tourism and hospitality industry, providing you with the skillset to be successful in this growing market.

A degree in tourism and hospitality management develops a range of transferable skills that are valuable in various industries. These skills include communication, leadership, problem-solving, teamwork, customer service and organisational abilities.

If you choose to leave the degree course after successfully passing Year 1, you will be eligible for a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Tourism and Hospitality Management. If you choose to leave the degree course after successfully passing Year 2, you will be eligible for a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Tourism and Hospitality Management.

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Course Modules

In the foundation year, the modules are:

Business Communications
Management Skills
Marketing for Business
Global Business

During the degree part of the course, the modules are:

Year 1:

Understanding the Global Hospitality and Tourism Industries
Hospitality Operations
Marketing and Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Tourism Geographies

Year 2:

Human Resource Management in Tourism and Hospitality
Sustainable Tourism and Destination Management
Strategic Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism
Crisis Management and the Impact on the Global Hospitality and Tourism Industry

Final year:

Emerging Issues in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Strategic Business Impact
Event Management for Tourism and Hospitality
Investigative Project in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry