Course Code: GA374
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NQAI level: 7, Places: 40
Course Duration: Three years Course Duration: One year or part-time (two years)
Bachelor of Business in Bachelor of Business (honours) in
Tourism Hotel and Catering
Management Management
Why Study Tourism Management? Main areas of study
This course will prepare you for management roles in the tourism industry. Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations,
You will develop skills appropriate to both operational and supervisory Dissertation, Finance, Language;
management levels. The course will also develop entrepreneurial skills to
facilitate new business start-ups. You will acquire employer valued knowledge, Other essential information
skills and competencies in tourism, finance, marketing, information technology Graduates are recognised by the Department of Education and Science as being
and enterprise development, and develop a firm foundation on which to pursue able to teach business and accountancy subjects in secondary schools, subject to
further studies towards a dedicated career in tourism management. You will gaining appropriate teaching qualifications.
also be able to avail of the benefits of an integrated work placement in the
second year of the programme, allowing you to experience at first hand the Post-graduate studies
challenges, demands and rewards of working in this industry. GMIT honours (level 8) qualifications are recognised worldwide
for post-graduate entry.
Course Subjects
Subjects include: Tourism Operations, Financial Accounting, Computing and
Information Systems, Economics, Marketing, Business Information Systems,
International Transport, Tourism Policy and Planning, Human Resource
Management, Enterprise Development and a range of electives from one of the
following language and culture choices: French/German/Spanish/Irish.
Career opportunities
Upon completion you will be capable of undertaking a wide range of
supervisory and junior management roles within the tourism industry. The
course will also provide a foundation for the development of entrepreneurial
activities in the tourism industry. The inclusion of modern European languages
will also aid students’ mobility within the European Union.
Follow-on study
Graduates may progress to the Bachelor of Arts (honours) in Hotel and
Catering Management within the School of Hotel and Catering Studies or to
the Bachelor of Business (honours) degree within the School of Business.
Linkages with EU colleges also open up exciting possibilities for further study.
Contact: Cáit Noone Tel: 091-742229 E-mail: cait.noone@gmit.ie
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