Tourism

BA Combined Honours

Tourism is set to become the world’s largest industry and has already become one its biggest sources of employment. Tourism is also a key part of Liverpool’s economy. Ten million people visited Liverpool during 2008 when the city was European Capital of Culture. The legacy of 2008 is the continuing development of hotels, arts/cultural attractions and retail developments which will offer employment for highly qualified graduates in tourism.

Why study Tourism at Hope?

• A small, friendly team of tutors with a wide range of practical and academic experience of Tourism.
• Tutors who take pride in being available to students and in offering a high level of support.
• The course accepts students with a diverse range of entry qualifications

Tourism can be studied as part of a Combined Honours programme with a wide range of subject combinations to choose from. Popular combinations include Tourism with Geography, Leisure, Marketing and Sport Development. If you choose to combine Tourism with Leisure you must select a subsidiary subject at Level 1 to study alongside the Leisure and Tourism course.

What will I study?

Level 1

Core areas of study: Exploring Leisure & Tourism provides an introduction to key issues in both Tourism and Leisure, including tourism destinations, the tourism and leisure industries, participation in tourism and leisure, and the impacts of tourism. Level 1 studies aim to give all students a good overview of tourism – whether you’ve studied the subject before or it is new to you.

Level 2

Core areas of study: Tourism People, Places and Practice covers the social dimensions and business and management aspects of tourism. Optional courses include Leisure, Tourism and Urban Regeneration (includes fieldwork to Barcelona); and Research and Investigative Skills in Tourism and Leisure. Other optional courses may be available for Tourism students from the BA Outdoor Recreation Management degree.

Level 3

Core area of study: International Tourism Management (includes fieldwork in Malta), which considers management issues relating to the development of tourism on a global scale. You can choose to study for either a research dissertation on a Tourism BA Combined Honours topic of your choice, or work-based learning in which students undertake a work placement within the tourism industry. Optional courses include: Managing Events, Heritage, Identity and Tourism, and Death, Danger and Deviance in Tourism and Leisure. Other optional courses may be available for Tourism students from the BA Outdoor Recreation Management degree.

Please note that fieldwork will involve extra expenditure for students in this subject.

How will I study?

Tourism is usually taught in small groups which means that lectures offer a supportive learning environment where students have a full opportunity to participate. Lectures typically involve case studies, group discussions and workshops. Fieldwork also forms a fundamental component of the Tourism course. At Level 1 you will take part in a week’s fieldwork at Liverpool Hope’s field centre – Plas Caerdeon in North Wales. This gives students a greater understanding of tourism issues and also enables students to get to know one another better. At Levels 2 and 3 individual courses may include fieldwork components to destinations such as Manchester’s Trafford Centre, the Imperial War Museum, Manchester United Football Club, Echo Arena Liverpool, Barcelona or Malta.

How will I be assessed?

We use a wide variety of assessment methods, including essays, report writing, group and individual presentations, fieldwork assignments, poster presentations and brochure analysis. Most courses are assessed using a mixture of coursework and examinations, although there are a number of courses which are assessed wholly by coursework.

What do our graduates do?

The expansion of the tourism industry – both nationally and locally – means there will continue to be a need for trained graduates in this field. Graduates in Tourism are well-suited to a wide variety of careers within the industry, including:

• Arts/heritage management
• Tourism marketing
• Public sector tourism
• Urban regeneration
• Attractions management
• Airline/transport management

Resort/destination management

Hotel and hospitality management

In addition, the Tourism pathway develops valuable transferable skills, which prepare students for many graduate jobs and for other careers in both the private and public sectors. There are also increasing opportunities to study Tourism at postgraduate level.