Language Learning and Japanese Language Teaching

Description

The tourism industry has experienced continued growth and diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. In Britain, tourism employs around 2.6 million people and supports over 200,000 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

This programme has been developed to meet the demand for successful entrepreneurs and managers in tourism. It aims to provide you with a critical understanding of the study of tourism management and the global tourism marketplace, and also the ability and confidence to creatively and innovatively solve management problems in the tourism industry.

You will develop skills and knowledge in areas such as tourism marketing, human resource management, innovation and product development, and destination planning, while gaining insights from UK and international visits, case studies and industry examples. On graduation from this programme you will also be proficient in a European Language.

Students on this programme may apply to participate in overseas exchanges with our Erasmus partners.

The aims of the programme are:

• To develop a critical understanding of the global tourism industry
• To be able to creatively solve tourism management problems and apply principles of sustainability to the development of tourism
• To develop an entrepreneurial approach to tourism and to produce creative managers and researchers in the field of tourism.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 10350 Year (Non-EEA)

EU/Home: £9,000 International: £10,350

Scholarships available - please see our website www.gre.ac.uk/scholarships

• English

Course Content

Year 1

• Tourism, Entrepreneurship and Technology (30 credits)
• Perspectives on Tourism (30 credits)
• Professional Practice (30 credits)
• Language option (French, Italian or Spanish) (30 credits)

Year 2

• Tourism Marketing (30 credits)
• Research Tools (15 credits)
• Human Resources (15 credits)
• Destination Planning (30 credits)
• Language option (French, Italian or Spanish) (30 credits)

Optional Sandwich Year (Work Placement)

Final Year

• Tourism, Innovation and Product Design (30 credits)
• Tourism, Development and Public Policy (30 credits)
• Dissertation; Consultancy Project; Thematic Independent Studies (30 credits)
• Language option (French, Italian or Spanish) (30 credits)

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

Applicants should have:

280 UCAS points or above (or equivalent)

PLUS GCSE (minimum grade C) in English and mathematics or equivalent qualifications.

• Applicants who do not have English as their first language require IELTS 6 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill) or equivalent.

• Applications from mature students are welcome.

• Direct Entry to Year 2 and 3 is available for qualified applicants. Students on this programme may apply to participate in overseas exchanges with our Erasmus partners.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Greenwich.