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Study Details: MSc
Our specialist MSc Management with Tourism and Hospitality programme will introduce you to both the art and science of hospitality management – all against an immensely practical management background. You will develop strategic business planning skills for hospitality and tourism organisations. Critically evaluating the theories of business strategy and developing skills to analyse strategic fit, as well as developing business strategy for hospitality or tourism organisations.
This programme is ideal for you if you are a graduate or professional in any field, looking to work as a manager or to develop a successful career in Tourism and Hospitality.
Our focus is on making you more employable. With that in mind, the MSc Management with Tourism and Hospitality programme places particular emphasis on building the interpersonal, analytical and problem solving abilities you need to make an immediate impact in a managerial role.
.Key Information
•A high degree of student-tutor contact time provided through small group sessions
•Opportunity to gain valuable work experience by participating in the Academic and Career Skills programme with a 6 month work placement
•Personal tutor support and guidance to increase your confidence and assist you in realising your potential
•Extensive e-learning support, including podcasts from lectures and interactive self-testing opportunities
•CMI accredited
•A firm grounding for developing the skills and competencies essential for managerial effectiveness
•A career development scheme integrated within the programme schedule to help nurture your managerial skills essential for your professional development
•Specialist modules including Managing Tourism and Hospitality Projects and Strategic Planning for Tourism and Hospitality
•Teaching provided by a mix of academics and industry experienced practitioners offering you genuine professional insight and robust academic teaching
You’ll benefit from a contemporary programme geared towards the realities of working as a modern manager. The MSc Management with Tourism and Hospitality consists of a highly effective combination of lectures, small group sessions and online learning.
The small group sessions, in particular, have a strong emphasis on student-centred learning, involving practical skills sessions to prepare you for what it’s really like to work in a tourism or hospitality management role.
In a typical week you can expect 90 minutes of lectures and 90 minutes of small group sessions for each 15 credit module. You’ll also find further support at your fingertips through the Business School’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). You will work alongside people from diverse backgrounds, including experienced industry professionals, all within a business-orientated environment.
We focus on developing your professional skills so you can transfer management concepts into real life. A wide variety of activities are used to support your learning, including:
Once qualified, you will enjoy the confidence to apply your highly relevant knowledge and skills to a wide range of managerial challenges
The programme is divided into three stages. If you decide not to continue after successfully completing Stage One (four months) you’ll still be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Management – an excellent foundation for future success. Stopping after successfully completing Stage Two (eight months) achieves a Postgraduate Diploma in Management with Tourism and Hospitality.
Our MSc Management with Tourism and Hospitality programme consists of 7 core modules which will equip you with the knowledge and skills that are fundamental to management practice including Leadership and Change Management, Markets and Marketing, Accounting and Decision Making and Operations Management and Service Excellence. In your second term you then begin to specialise in Tourism and Hospitality.
Your specialist studies continue in the third term when you will look at Managing Tourism and Hospitality Projects and Strategic Planning for Tourism and Hospitality alongside a consultancy project or work placement designed to showcase how you can apply the skills and knowledge you have developed during the programme.
On successful completion of BPP’s MSc Management with Tourism and Hospitality you will also receive a CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Level 7 Certificate.
To apply you will need one of the following:
(a) A 2:2 Honours degree from a recognised university or the equivalent international qualification; OR
(b) An acceptable professional qualification equivalent; OR
(c) A pass in the Graduate Entry Examination; OR
(d) An acceptable professional qualification equivalent such as the CMI, ILM at level 6 or above
Following the review of applications, you may be required to:
(a) attend a face-to-face interview
(b) take part in a telephone interview
(c) Submit a Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score of 550 or above
(d) Submit a Graduate Records Examination (GRE) of 500 for Verbal and 500 for Quantitative. The median GRE score for each section ranges from 550-625 per section, with the median total around 1200.
If you are a non-native user of English you must also:
(a) Provide evidence that you have been instructed and assessed predominantly in English for a significant part of your educational career; OR
(b) Provide evidence of a recent IELTS Score of 6.5 overall, plus a minimum of 6.5 in each area, OR
(c) Provide evidence of an equivalent result in an appropriate English language examination
Our aim is to recruit students with varied academic and professional backgrounds, therefore we encourage anyone with an appropriate qualification, Accredited Prior Learning or suitable work experience to apply
For details of which international qualifications are accepted for this programme, please see our country-specific entry requirements.
The full programme fee is £9,750.
We also offer a number of scholarships and bursaries for international students. To find out more, please contact the International Admissions office: internationaladmissions@bpp.com
Please note that modules run subject to demand, therefore all modules may not run in all locations.
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