The BSc Business and Tourism Management with Foundation Year is designed to provide the students with all the forms of knowledge, skills, and experience that can prepare the student for preparing with the complex and changing world of the tourism business. The first of the four years offers a grounding for hospitality courses and provides an overview of business and academic skills as well as an initial introduction to the tourism industry. This year assists the students to prepare for higher level courses in business and tourism management in other subsequent years. Across the course, the various areas of critique covered include: Tourism marketing; sustainability in tourism; operational mechanisms; and macro business environment. As graduates they face great opportunities in the area of employment in the tourism sector with a broad background of business knowledge as well as adequate and specific knowledge in the management of the tourism sector.
The first year content of the programme is primarily developed to familiarise the students with the core concepts of business and the tourism industry along with assessing their academic skills including research, critical thinking and presentation skills. Students then carry forward into more comprehensives sectors in tourism management, such as sustainable measures, market approaches, and business aspects in tourism.
Foundation Year:
Year 1:
Year 2:
Year 3:
Graduates of the BSc Business and Tourism Management programme have a wide range of career opportunities within the tourism sector, supported by a solid foundation in business principles: