International Hospitality and Tourism Management MSc
1 Year full-time | September Start
Option for Placement Year
Option for Study Abroad
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This course allows you to analyse the practices and behaviour of businesses within hospitality and tourism and provides the opportunity to specialise in an area of interest whether this be in innovation and entrepreneurship, hospitality and events, or place and destination management.
This course is open to those from any undergraduate background who have an interest in the principles, theories and practices utilised within the hospitality and tourism management sectors.
Throughout this postgraduate course you will gain practical management and entrepreneurial skills combined with theory that you will be able to apply on an international scale, preparing you for success in a wide range of careers. One of the optional modules also provides the opportunity to undertake a fieldtrip in Amsterdam, allowing you to see first hand how an international destination is managed.
Level of Study
Postgraduate
Mode of Study
1 year Full Time
2 other options available
Department
Newcastle Business School
Location
City Campus, Northumbria University
City
Newcastle
Start
September 2024
Fees
Fee Information
Your tutors will use a variety of teaching methods, including: lectures, case discussions, seminars, practical exercises, and workshop activities supported by tutor-led directed learning. The focus will be on your application of theory to ‘real life’ situations, critically analysing and making recommendations for appropriate ways forward.
As this is a Masters course there is a major element of independent learning and self-motivated reflection.
Our assessment strategy is based on our understanding that everyone has different needs, strengths and enthusiasms. Assessment is based on course work and our methods will include essays, reports, group work, presentations, and either the master’s dissertation, enterprise project or consultancy project.
Our staff are actively pushing at the frontiers of knowledge in this field and generating new concepts and insights. Business and Management at Northumbria is ranked 9th in the UK for research power (REF 2021), with the quality of our research, teaching and engagement with businesses further enhancing our global reputation.
Newcastle Business School is part of a select group of business schools worldwide, with accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in business and accounting – the first business school in Europe to gain this double accreditation. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.
The academics who teach this course
Prof Tom Mordue
Programme Leader
Prof Peter Varley
Professor
Dr Sharon Wilson
Assistant Professor
Kate Harland
Lecturer
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The University has also invested heavily in IT labs and facilities. You’ll use software such as ARIS Express Business Process Modelling, various SAS applications, Microsoft Project, specialist decision-making software, and Google Analytics.
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is embedded throughout the course with tools such as the ‘Blackboard’ eLearning Portal and electronic reading lists that will guide your preparation for seminars and independent research. Our use of lecture capture software will help you revise challenging material.
As a Masters student you’ll develop your research skills to a new and higher level. Your research supervisor will help you submit a proposal for your Masters dissertation, Master’s Management Enquiry project or Enterprise project and then discuss its development through to completion in the final semester.
If you decide on a Masters Management Enquiry project or an Enterprise project rather than a Dissertation, you’ll still undertake primary and desk-based research. Through this you’ll gain, and be expected to demonstrate, a deep understanding of the issues that are involved in a topic of your choosing.
Throughout your course you’ll be an active participant in the on-going research agenda that’s at the heart of Newcastle Business School. With conferences and research events regularly taking place, and with staff discussing their own research as it relates to the topics you’ll study, there’s a strong emphasis on you engaging in up-to-date enquiry-based learning.
Our graduates typically go into professional and graduate management positions, and by the end of the course you’ll be well-equipped to pursue a professional management career. Thanks to the specialist modules available on the course, you’ll have a particular edge in roles related to hospitality and tourism management and business development.
If you decide to start up your own business, it’s good to know that the combined turnover of our graduates’ start-up companies is higher than that of any other UK university.
The course could also lead you to a postgraduate research degree such as an MPhil, PhD or Professional Doctorate.
Whatever you decide to do, you will have the transferable skills that employers expect from a master’s graduate from Northumbria University. These include the ability to tackle complex issues through conceptualisation and primary research, the ability to contribute to new processes and knowledge, and the ability to formulate balanced judgements when considering incomplete or ambiguous data.
Applicants should normally have:
A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in any subject, or substantial experience of working in a business organisation.
International qualifications:
If you have studied a non UK qualification, you can see how your qualifications compare to the standard entry criteria, by selecting the country that you received the qualification in, from our country pages. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry
English language requirements:
International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
*The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications
Full UK Fee: £11,750
Full EU Fee: £19,750
Full International Fee: £19,750
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