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The Minimum entry requirement for the BSc (Honours) in Tourism Management is a Merit Lower or above in an Ordinary Degree in Tourism Management or equivalent. Students graduating from other third-level institutions with...

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The Minimum entry requirement for the BSc (Honours) in Tourism Management is a Merit Lower or above in an Ordinary Degree in Tourism Management or equivalent. Students graduating from other third-level institutions with an equivalent qualification who are seeking an honours level degree are encouraged to apply. Students will be selected on the basis of their academic results. Final selection may involve an interview.

If English is not your first language

Applicants for this programme should have a minimum IELTS (Academic Version) English Proficiency of 6 overall (or equivalent) with nothing less than 5.5 in each component.

Is there advanced entry information?
Advanced Entry/Add On Programme

Expand+What is... Tourism Management?

This one year programme provides an opportunity for students who have successfully completed the BA Ordinary degree in Tourism Management to attain an honours degree in a further single year of study. It runs in con...

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This one year programme provides an opportunity for students who have successfully completed the BA Ordinary degree in Tourism Management to attain an honours degree in a further single year of study. It runs in conjunction with the BSc (Honours) in Leisure Management and BSc (Honours) in Hospitality Management.

Learning Outcomes: What will I Study?
The offering of the BSc (Honours) in Tourism Management programme further develops the learners’ key skills, their strategic ability and their knowledge of the tourism management discipline. The BSc Programme provides a learning environment which builds upon the tourism management discipline at ordinary degree level and encourages a theoretical approach and a research ethos. It provides a programme of study that enhances relationships between industry, and the School as a centre of excellence, in the tourism management area. The programme encourages social, ethical and leadership competencies in this specified field.

It is this combination of higher learning outcomes that warrants an Honours award. Through the modules offered students acquire and utilise the additional cognitive skills of evaluation and synthesis, which is applied to the area of tourism management.

Expand+Both semesters provide core modules in strategic management, entrepreneurship, research methods, marketing strategy and strategic human resources. These modules are enhanced through the provision of optional modules in both terms. All students comple...

Hide-Both semesters provide core modules in strategic management, entrepreneurship, research methods, marketing strategy and strategic human resources. These modules are enhanced through the provision of optional modules in both terms. All students complete a dissertation during their studies.

Semester 1:
Entrepreneurship
Marketing Strategy
Research Methods
Dissertation
Option(s)

Semester 2:
Strategic Management Seminars
Strategic Human Resource Management
Dissertation
Option(s)

Expand+What are my career opportunities?

This programme is designed to enable graduates to gain employment in challenging positions within the tourism sector with varying degrees of responsibility. Graduates can expect to find employment in management po...

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This programme is designed to enable graduates to gain employment in challenging positions within the tourism sector with varying degrees of responsibility. Graduates can expect to find employment in management positions in areas including airlines, transport companies, the travel sector and with statutory agencies. There are also graduate opportunities in consultancy, research and further education.

Progression

Students who have reached the appropriate honours standard have access to a range of Masters Degrees in TU Dublin and elsewhere in Higher Education.