Tourism Management (Joint Honours - Buxton)

UCAS code: Y004

Start date: September and January

Course length: full time: three years, part time: four - six years

Campus: Buxton Campus

This course is available to international students

You will develop all the knowledge and skills that employers in this field are looking for. You will look at areas such as business management and marketing, environmental studies, geography, history and economics. You will also develop an understanding of visitor attractions, business travel and destinations.

The Tourism Management Institute (TMI) is the professional body for destination management practitioners, with members drawn from all levels of the private and public sectors: national, regional, sub regional and local.  As the destination management section of the Tourism Society, TMI seeks to support professional development within the sector, for potential entrants as well as existing practitioners.

Assessment and recognition by TMI means that you can be confident the course will provide you with the knowledge, understanding, skills and experience which will fully prepare you for a career in tourism destination management.

• BA (Hons) in Events Management and Tourism Management

Stage one

• Academic and Professional Development 1
• Business Operations Management
• ICTs and Tourism Management
• Principles Of International Business
• Tourism Geography 
• The Tourism Consumer

Stage two 

• Academic and Professional Development 2
• Applied Business Management
• Business Development and Entrepreneurship
• Destination Management
• Themes and Niche Tourism
• Think Global Act Local
• Diploma in Professional Practice (Optional to Programme) which includes:
• Applied Professional Practice
• Contemporary Issues in Professional Practice

Stage three

• Contemporary Issues
• Independent Study
• Reconfiguring Tourism Destinations
• Strategic Management
• Sustainable Tourism Management Systems
• The Business of e-Tourism
• Tomorrow’s Consumer

Our entry requirements are usually 260-280 UCAS points, of which at least 160 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

We'll accept up to 100-120 points towards the total from level 3 qualifications such as AS levels (where those AS levels are not taken on to A2 level), the Extended Project or Music qualifications.

We don't accept points from Key Skills Level 3. If you have any questions about what is or isn't accepted, please contact our Admissions team.

We also accept the Access to HE Diploma.

Your points at level 3 will be in addition to 5 GCSEs at grade C or equivalent level 2 qualifications.

The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you've included in your application. We'll also want to see that you're enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.

General undergraduate entry requirements

Fees for 2012/13

This is a resource intensive course.

UK/EU students

• Full time: £7,495 (each year)
• Part time: £935 per module (you usually take 18 of these modules in total)

International students

• Full time: £9,975 (per year)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

Fees for 2013/14

This is a resource intensive course.

UK/EU students

• Full time: £8,250 (each year)

We'll be announcing our part time and international fees for 2013/14 later in the year.

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.