MA Tourism Management
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Why choose this course?
Katharina Sickora and Dominika Galecka, students on the masters degree in Tourism Management, recently completed a project to review operations and marketing for a Bakewell-based business, English In The Peak District.
The photo shows the students presenting their research findings from the Consultancy module to Company Director, Barbi Rodger.
- You will study with other students from countries including Germany, India, Bulgaria, Israel and Italy,
which will help you to develop your thinking around global practice - a critical business management skill. - This programme is accredited by the Tourism Management Institute.
- You will meet a variety of industry representatives, who regularly collaborate with us.
- Our friendly, professional staff and key members of the team specialise in tourism management,not just generic business.
- We are on the edge of the Peak District National Park, which has many tourism businesses where you will be able to get involved in consultancy work.
- We belong to national and international professional bodies.
- You can study this course full time or part time.
About the course
Destination management skills are important for the sustainable development of tourism, cultures and places.
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.
You will develop your understanding of planning and development, tourist behaviour,marketing, finance and strategy with regards to a wide variety of tourism contexts, including festivals, heritage sites, cities and rural market towns.
You will develop your skills by engaging in practical activities that are currently in high demand in the public and private
sectors, such as consultation processes, marketing and PR campaigns, consultancy and systems evaluation.
There are many tourism businesses, organisations and events in the Peak District National Park, so you will be able to
get involved in consultancy work and real life based learning at the Buxton Fringe Festival, Derby City Tourism, Peak
Adrenaline, High Peak Borough Council and our own Devonshire Dome Visitor Experience project, for example.
You will develop the strategic skills for day to day operational and long term innovations in quality management and
customer satisfaction, and you will explore a range of management processes and learn how to apply them in a
variety of situations.
Our team specialises in tourism management, not just generic business. Some of our staff are actively engaged in
research projects for tourism management partnerships, and others are looking at the regeneration of market towns
through tourism.
You will meet a variety of industry representatives, who regularly collaborate with us. We are currently working with
Peak District Food, to support the promotion of Derbyshire foods for the Olympics 2012, the Llangollen International
Eisteddfod (Festival), UNESCO Derwent Valley World Heritage corridor, Chatsworth House and the East Midlands
Development Agency.
We have strong international links and partners in teaching and research in tourism, including universities in Italy, New
Zealand, Hungary and Greece.
Your career
When you graduate, you could join the management team of tourism information providers in the UK, scheduled airlines and tour operators, as some of our previous students have.
You could go on to teach higher and further education courses, or research for the public and private sectors around the world.
What our students say
" The modules I studied during my MA course applied to the real world of work and certainly helped me with my job."
Katharina Sickora, who now works in international marketing in Austria.
"Staff in this faculty know each and every student by name which is great as they can give feedback according to each student. The tutors come to our level at discussions, and not theirs, which I think is really important especially since students can come from different parts of the world and see things differently. Students can throw their own ideas and the tutors encourage this and work to help us with our critical thinking and creativeness.
I guess I have had an international exposure by studying here, especially since the teaching style is so different back in India. Students there are literally spoon fed and told to 'go a certain direction' when doing their projects, but here they actually want us to do detours and u-turns!"
Sajith Sreedharan on our MA Tourism Management course (2010-11)
"My current belief is to take calculated risk, be flexible and create an 'intelligent' communication systems."
"This is surely about breaking away from convention and coming up with new and different solutions to problems. There was often the chance to apply an assignment to a real-life situation"
How you'll learn
You can study this course full time or part time. You'll learn through on campus teaching, e-learning, block study and/or
a combination of these options to suit your individual needs and specific interests. All the modules involve experiential
learning, which will help you to add to your skills base in your individual portfolio.
How you're assessed
You'll be assessed continuously throughout the course using a variety of methods to develop your independent learning skills.
Anything else?
Start dates
If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:
- September 2012
- January 2013
If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:
- September 2012
- January 2013
Fees*
UK/EU students
- £695 per single module (you usually take 9 of these modules in total).
International students
- Full time: £10,200 (each 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.
Course length
Full time: 18 months
Part time: up to four years
Entry requirements
You will usually need an appropriate undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification, a ...
