About International Tourism Management, BA (hons) in University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)

This degree is ideal if you wish to develop and succeed as a professional travel and tourism manager. Tourism is currently one of the world’s fastest growing industries and the course will equip you with a range of transferable skills, which can be used to meet the ever changing demands of this dynamic business. Our degree focuses on employability, and you can take advantage of a paid internship on the sandwich route, which can provide opportunities to work in a supervisory capacity within the travel and tourism sector throughout the world.

• Tourism, Transport and Travel at UCLan is 3rd in the UK and 1st in the North West for overall student satisfaction and teaching quality. We are also ranked 1st in the North West and in the UK top 5 for assessment and feedback - National Student Survey 2019.
• Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism at UCLan are ranked in the UK's top 20 according to the Complete University Guide 2020
• Our course has a global span with opportunities to take part in local, national, and international field visits to destinations such as Cyprus, Iceland, China and Cambodia to name a few.
• You will have the opportunity to work alongside tourism providers, as well as undertake a paid 48-week industry placement available in the UK or countries worldwide.
• Our industry focused and recognised course provides a great deal of flexibility in career choices within the international marketplace.

FURTHER INFORMATION

The BA (Hons) International Tourism Management degree focuses on employability and develops a responsive business approach to the international travel and tourism industry. The course encourages you to acquire a constructive and critical understanding of the global tourism industry and the wider socio-cultural, political, economic and environmental contexts in which it is placed. There is also the opportunity for local, national and international field visits, for example Barcelona, New York, Cyprus and Cambodia.

The skills nature of managerial competence within the tourism sector will feature in all years of the programme.

During the first year, you will be introduced to university learning environments and the skills required for higher education study and research. Alongside this, you will also be introduced to the subject of tourism as a social science, as well as introducing key business management related topics. Key themes in the first year provide a foundation upon which the second year of the programme can develop.

Theoretical issues will be developed with increasing complexity as students move from the foundation themes in Year 1 through to the contextualisation and the critical and reflective final year. Students will need to come to their timetabled sessions fully prepared to take an active role in their own learning to maximise both enjoyment and understanding.

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND ASSESSMENT

A 3 year degree qualification typically comprises 360 credits and each 20 credit (a standard module) equates to 200 hours of study, which comprises of a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study. Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors, and will depend on your option choices.

Students will, on average, attend eleven hours of lectures, seminars, tutorials, discussion sessions and practical activities each week. Personal study also forms an integral part of the course.

Students can expect a predominance of coursework assignments including essays, reports and presentations with some modules also including examinations or multiple-choice tests. There will be live case-studies, field studies and fieldwork, access to relevant applied information technology systems, self-appraisal and reflect on practice. Team working skills are developed through group assessments.

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND ASSESSMENT

A 3 year degree qualification typically comprises 360 credits and each 20 credit (a standard module) equates to 200 hours of study, which comprises of a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study. Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors, and will depend on your option choices.

Students will, on average, attend eleven hours of lectures, seminars, tutorials, discussion sessions and practical activities each week. Personal study also forms an integral part of the course.

Students can expect a predominance of coursework assignments including essays, reports and presentations with some modules also including examinations or multiple-choice tests. There will be live case-studies, field studies and fieldwork, access to relevant applied information technology systems, self-appraisal and reflect on practice. Team working skills are developed through group assessments.

INDUSTRY LINKS

Our course has links with many of the leading names in the Tourism industry including Disney, Thomson TUI, Thomas Cook and many more.

Merlin Entertainments - Europe’s leading name in location-based family entertainment - has partnered with UCLan to deliver a brand new Tourism in Action module. As part of the  module, students met with Sarah Lundy, the Marketing Manager of the Merlin Group, who provided them with insight into the company, her current job role and her personal experience of breaking into tourism management, as well as an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour at five major Merlin attractions including Sealife, Tower Dungeon, Madame Tussauds, Tower Ballroom and the Blackpool Tower 4D experience. Due to this relationship, students could potentially progress onto the company’s 18-month fast-track graduate programme, training to be one of the future leaders of a global business.

Research-informed teaching is prevalent within the areas of sustainable tourism development, transport and tourism, tourist experiences, crisis management, service quality, and dark tourism. The Division also hosts the Institute of Transport and Tourism as well as The Dark Tourism Forum.

OPPORTUNITIES

The programme allows for a great deal of flexibility in career choices, leaving students well placed for career opportunities throughout the international marketplace such as working for airlines and airports, managing theme parks and tourist attractions, managing heritage sites, tourist information centre managers, cruise operations, market research management and consultancy, tour operators, tourism development officers or hospitality graduate schemes.

Students form our course have recently secured roles at British Airways headquarters, Merlin Entertainments business development, Disney Cruise line officer, World Travel Holdings graduate programme, Hilton Hotel group sales and marketing, Manchester Airport Group, Alton Towers graduate trainee, Premier Inn Operations manager, New Zealand Tourism Board Officer, Gold Medal Travel Sales and Human resource manager and many more.

58% from listed boards (The All Indian Senior School Certificate awarded by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), or The Indian School Certificate (ISC) awarded by the Indian Council for School Examinations (ICSE), or a recognised Indian State Education Board, such as the West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka Education Boards
60% from other boards, not listed above
Where a specific subject is required for entry to the degree programme, 58% must be achieved in this subject
Pre-University Certificate, Government of Karnataka can be considered – send to tutor – evidence from Govind included in entry requirements folder
3% margin to be considered by UCLan staff based on reputation of institution, work experience etc

65% in Year 12 English *
Or
65% average grade in Year 11 and Year 12 English provided Year 12 is not below 60%
Or
Standard English language requirements – IELTS 6 or equivalent

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