Course Overview
These cohesive programmes in Tourism Management, Hospitality Management and Events Management are designed to enable students to develop concepts and theories relating to tourism management, hospitality management or events management, stimulate critical thinking and use multidisciplinary perspectives to transform management problems into opportunities by the provision of an industry-relevant, research-led and student-driven programme designed to develop the next generation of self-reflexive managers.
Course Content
The core modules will provide you with strategic business skills and an essential knowledge of the tourism or hospitality or events sector, whilst optional modules and different types of independent research projects enable you to have more control and flexibility over your learning and allow you to tailor the MSc programme to your individual career development needs. Teaching input is drawn from subject specialists, industry contacts and field visits. Research and transferable skills are a strong feature of the programme and you will be encouraged to develop these skills throughout the programme. The ‘THE’ Integrated Project module embraces our industry links by facilitating groupwork on real industry projects. The programme also provides you with the opportunity to further develop managerial and entrepreneurial skills. A Study Skills package is incorporated to support student learning and individual career development needs.
Three pathways of study are offered:
• Tourism Management
• Hospitality Management
• Events Management
Postgraduate Certificate modules:• Managing strategic change
• Strategic marketing & communications
• Managing strategic resources
• Methods of Enquiry
• Contextualising the Tourism Industry OR Contextualising the Hospitality Industry OR Contextualising the Events Industry
Postgraduate Diploma modules:
Three pathways of study are offered:
• Tourism Management
• Hospitality Management
• Events Management
Postgraduate Certificate modules:• Managing strategic change
• Strategic marketing & communications
• Managing strategic resources
• Methods of Enquiry
• Contextualising the Tourism Industry OR Contextualising the Hospitality Industry OR Contextualising the Events Industry
Postgraduate Diploma modules:
The above modules, plus:
• Creativity and Critical Analysis
• Business Stewardship in Tourism OR Business Stewardship in Hospitality OR Business Stewardship in Events
• THE Integrated Project
• Choice of ONE option: THE Field Study OR Professional Development and Leadership OR Crisis and Risk Management.
MSc (180 credits)Progression to the MSc is based on successful completion of 120-credits of taught M-level modules. To gain the award of MSc a 60-credit Independent Research Project must be completed. For your Independent Research Project, you may choose to do ONE of the following: Dissertation OR Enterprise Project OR Consultancy Project.
• Creativity and Critical Analysis
• Business Stewardship in Tourism OR Business Stewardship in Hospitality OR Business Stewardship in Events
• THE Integrated Project
• Choice of ONE option: THE Field Study OR Professional Development and Leadership OR Crisis and Risk Management.
MSc (180 credits)Progression to the MSc is based on successful completion of 120-credits of taught M-level modules. To gain the award of MSc a 60-credit Independent Research Project must be completed. For your Independent Research Project, you may choose to do ONE of the following: Dissertation OR Enterprise Project OR Consultancy Project.
All taught modules are undertaken throughout the academic year comprising three terms starting at the end of September and finishing in April/May. After completion of 120-credits of taught M-level modules, you will progress to a 60-credit Independent Research Project and this should be submitted in late September/early October.
