Foundation Degree Travel And Tourism Management

Journey towards your future with our Travel and Tourism Management Foundation Degree. This course will take you to new heights whilst getting you closer to your dream of a career in this exciting and dynamic sector.

With knowledgeable staff dedicated to helping you achieve your goals along with connections to employers, you can propel your career up and beyond anything you could have imagined.

You will explore tourism development, management and marketing as you acquire practical and academic knowledge and skills. Familiarise yourself with all aspects of travel and tourism and grow to appreciate the critical importance of customer service, while getting up to speed with current industry developments and trends. You will also learn industry processes from the ground up, allowing you to apply your skills to multiple travel and tourism roles.

What You Will Learn:

• Year 1 (Level 4)
  • Academic Toolkit (20 Credits) Acquire and develop transferable, academic and subject specific skills to succeed in the travel and tourism industry.
  • Introduction to Management in Travel and Tourism (20 Credits) Learn practical skills whilst developing your theoretical knowledge of leadership and management.
  • The Travel & Tourism Industry (20 Credits) You will be introduced to the dynamic context of the travel and tourism sector through exploration of contemporary structures.
  • Tourism, Events, Culture and Heritage (20 Credits) Examine key concepts of tourism,  heritage and culture and learn about how specific events across the travel and tourism sector relate to social-economic and political developments.
  • Understanding the Tourist (20 Credits) Journey towards understanding the complexity of the current tourist consumer and their experience.
  • Introduction to Finance (20 Credits) This module gives you the tools to understand the operation and decision making within an organisation from a financial standpoint.
• Year 2 (Level 5)
  • Contemporary Tourism Development (20 Credits) Develop your understanding of theories and key concepts throughout the travel and tourism industry.
  • Innovation and Enterprise (20 Credits) This module will give you a greater insight into innovation and enterprise within the travel and tourism sector.
  • Marketing and Consumer Behaviour (20 Credits) You will explore travel and tourism theories and concepts on the role and function of marketing.
  • Managing People in Travel and Tourism (20 Credits) Learn about the importance of human resource management using models of practical examples with travel and tourism organisations.
  • Research Project (40 Credits) This module teaches you to identify, research and analyse solutions relating to dilemmas within the industry and allows you to reflect on your learning experience as a whole.