Tourism and Hospitality Management with Foundation Year
Coventry University
UCAS Code: 198N | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
The Access to HE Diploma. Plus GCSE English and GCSE Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at grade 4 / C or above to include English and Mathematics.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
to include a minimum of one A2 level.
About this course
Tourism and hospitality is a large expansive industry. It supports millions of jobs in England and is worth billions to the UK economy. The Tourism & Hospitality Management with Foundation Year BA (Hons) course aims to provide you with a solid grounding for building a career in this exciting industry.
The strength of the course lies in preparing students, who are unable to follow the more traditional route onto a degree course in Tourism & Hospitality Management.
The Tourism & Hospitality Management with Foundation Year BA (Hons) begins with an introduction to the world of business with a strong focus on management, business communications and marketing in a global context. The initial foundation year creates opportunities for you to develop vital business skills and to put theory, both traditional and contemporary, into practice with real-world scenarios as well as preparing you for study at undergraduate degree level. Students who successfully complete their foundation year will then progress onto the Tourism & Hospitality Management BA (Hons).
This industry is fast paced and challenging, requiring flexible, hardworking and determined individuals to head the evolving industry. Working in this industry opens up the possibility of exciting working conditions, meeting people from all cultures and using creativity to solve problems in your day-to-day activities.
Students who study the Tourism & Hospitality Management BA (Hons) degree can benefit from varied career prospects. This course incorporates general business and management principles, so you could progress into the hotel industry, events management, travel operations and many more.
Modules
In the foundation – year one, the main study themes are:
• Business Communications
• Management Skills
• Marketing for Business
• Global Business
During the Tourism and Hospitality Management degree part of the course, the main study themes are:
Year Two
• Understanding the Global Hospitality and Tourism Industries
• Hospitality Operations
• Marketing and Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism
• Tourism Geographies
Year Three
• 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
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This course sits in a wide group of smaller subjects that don't necessarily have that much in common - so bear this in mind when you look at any employment data. Most graduates took a hospitality, events management or tourism-related course, but there are a group of sports and leisure graduates in here as well who do different things. Events management was the most common job for graduates from this group of subjects, and so it’s no surprise that graduates from specialist events management courses did better last year than many of the other graduates under this subject umbrella - but all did about as well as graduates on average or a little better. If you want to find out more about specific job paths for your chosen subject area, it's a good idea to go on open days and talk to tutors about what previous graduates went on to do, or to have a look at university department websites.
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Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.
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