Business and Management (Tourism Management) with Integrated Foundation Year (London)

We’ll help you develop as a person to achieve your potential through teaching you about tourism management and how it works. You’ll graduate with potential for employment in different businesses; this could be an organisation, the private or public sector, a charity or possibly your own business. We aim to give you the skills to apply your knowledge in a wide range of situations in any sector.

Following our tourism management course, you’ll develop specialist skills. You’ll learn to:

• Evaluate different approaches to destination management
• Understand contemporary conceptualisations of social change as they relate to tourism
• Demonstrate your knowledge of a range of emerging tourism forms.

Integrated Foundation Year (year zero)
The Foundation year will help you to develop your academic skills and prepare you for degree-level learning. It's designed to improve your language skills, academic writing and develop your knowledge in the subject area that you are going to study.

Year one
Gain a broad understanding of today’s business environment - from the context that organisations operate in through to trends in economic thinking and the importance of data in business. Modules will cover topics such as organisations and the business environment, economics and globalisation, and managing data.

Year two
Focus on the inner workings of businesses. Use business techniques to solve problems and start developing the skills that employers look for. Modules cover key themes including creativity and innovation in business.

Year three
Develop and explore your business learning and focusing on contemporary tourism issues. Undertake an in-depth business research project in tourism management. You’ll also have a chance to set up a business on your own or with fellow students. Other topics to explore include: managing sustainability; organisational strategy; and contemporary issues in tourism.

You'll be assessed in a wide range of ways that test your business knowledge and management skills. These could include presentations, work related projects, group-work, computer based simulations, podcasts, examis, essays, videos and business reports.

We offer variety in the way we teach: sometimes we will set you problems so you can find the answers for yourself, sometimes we'll lecture. Most modules use a mix of lectures and small group seminars. There's a good blend of online activities using our Virtual Learning Environment, Minerva. We invite business leaders in to talk about their experience and we arrange visits to local businesses. All of our teaching methods facilitate your development as a self-directed learner.

You’ll be given personal support in your study – we're a friendly team of academics, committed to helping you achieve your goals.

We give you the opportunity to work with regional and national businesses. You’ll be working on live project briefs, helping organisations find creative solutions to their business issues.

You can gain accreditation from professional bodies and get exemption from professional exams.

• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)/SAGE (Last confirmed: 2019)

Bath Business School has partnered with CIMA / SAGE who produce the UK's market leading accounting software, to offer an excellent grounding in computerised accounting. The qualification offers benchmarked skills that aim to enhance employability and business acumen.

Students who take the core Level 4 Managing Data module to have the option of taking the online test to achieve the CIMA accredited SAGE foundation certificate.  

• Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) (Last confirmed: 2019)

CABS holds a Royal Charter, and is the voice of the UK’s business and management education sector. CABS supports members to maintain world-class standards of teaching and research, and helps shape policy and create opportunities through dialogue with business and government.

Bath Business School is a member of CABS, and the Vice Provost of Bath Spa University, Professor Georgina Andrews, is the Vice-Chair of the CABS Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committee.

• Institute of Hospitality (IoH) (Last confirmed: 2019, Renewal date: 2022)

The IoH is an international hospitality professional membership body for managers and aspiring managers who work and study in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industries. Established in 1938, the IoH helps more than 10,000 hospitality professionals in 100 countries grow their knowledge, professional profile and expertise by offering a wide range of high quality membership services.

Graduates are eligible to apply for the Associate (AIH) grade of membership, and following an assessment may also meet requirements for the member (MIH) grade.

This course is taught at our Bath Spa University London campus in Hackney. You'll still have access to many of our services digitally including:

• Our libraries
• Writing and Learning Centre
• Specialist resources and subject librarian
• Our Virtual Learning Environment
• Free access to software, creative, design and business skills courses via LinkedIn Learning
• English Language Unit.

Our libraries offer a wide range of business materials that you can access online. You can also access a wealth of material available via electronic sources. These include Business Source Complete, Mintel, Newsbank and an increasing range of e-books.

Our Learning Developer Samiya Mohamed is here to support you with your studies by:

• Providing sessions and workshops to improve study skills
• Designing online resources for guided self study
• Delivering drop-in sessions aimed at developing relevant skills and confidence.

You can contact her on s.mohamed@bathspa.ac.uk.