BA (Hons) Hospitality Management

• A Level: Must include passes at A2 in at least one subject. 
• BTEC: Extended Diploma (QCF) or Diploma (QCF).
• International Baccalaureate: Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
• Other equivalent qualifications accepted by the university.

Note: We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths (See below for accepted equivalences)

English Language Requirements:

• Overall IELTS 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Writing and Speaking; minimum 5.5 in Reading and Listening (or recognised equivalent).

This degree has a common first year with our tourism management degree course to provide a thorough grounding in business concepts, service marketing and management. You’ll gain an excellent understanding of hospitality in the wider context of tourism.

In your second year, you’ll have a degree of choice in what you study in addition to core modules in Finance, Marketing, Leading and Managing People and the Organisation and Management of Hospitality Businesses.

In your final year, you’ll study further core modules such as Food and Beverage Management and Exhibition and Conference Management. You’ll also have a choice of optional modules, including Niche Marketing for Events and Leisure.

The third year will be your placement year, if you choose this option. We’ll help you to find a suitable placement to build on your knowledge and improve your practical skills as you make a contribution to a real business. If you decide not to take the year-long placement option, we’ll help you to arrange work experience or an internship.

Year 1

• International Tourism and Hospitality: Concepts and Approaches
• The Business Environment for the Leisure and Cultural Industries
• Service Sector Marketing: Principles and Practice 
• People, Organisations and Management 

Year 2

• Accounting and Finance for the Cultural Industries 
• Destination Marketing 
• Managing International Tourism 
• Hospitality Organisation and Management 
• Leading and Managing People in the Leisure and Creative Industries

Optional:

• Tourism Innovation and Enterprise
• The Law for Live Events 
• Volunteering 

Optional Placement Year
This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organisation, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. 

The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

• The Business Professional
• Developing and Planning Sustainable Tourism 
• Exhibition and Conference Management
• Food and Beverage Management 

Optional:

• Sport and Event Tourism 
• Tourism, Mobility and Landscape 
• Niche Marketing for Events and Leisure
• Global Scholars Project