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MA - Master of Arts
City Campus - Wolverhampton
Full Time
Jan 2027
1 Year
This programme offers flexibility in terms of career choice and meets industry demand because there is a wide appeal amongst employers for graduates who have wide range of knowledge and expertise in the sector. The MA International Tourism and Hospitality Management course will equip you with the agile, reflexive and critical thinking skills which are vital for success in modern organisations. You will be able to use prior experience and certificated learning to gain credits against the programme. The course is unique in bringing together the two subject areas and teaching on the course is undertaken by experienced practitioners. The teaching team have published widely in both subject areas and the Department has been recognised as a centre of excellence by the Institute of Travel and Tourism. The course is based around four core pillars of digital business, sustainable business, innovative business and responsible business and students will explore the functional areas of business through these themes giving them an immersive experience which will result in a thorough understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by organisations in the 21st century. For example, 7LI017 Tourism Planning & Development has its foundation in Sustainable Tourism Development with multidisciplinary approach to the topic of sustainability. Also, 7LI019 Contemporary and Global Issues in Tourism and Hospitality examines current issues and global cases in Innovation, Competitiveness, Digitalisation of tourism and hospitality business, Diversification, Leadership and People management, and Emerging market issues. This module incorporates state of the art research for the team and leading researchers in the field of tourism and hospitality. The University of Wolverhampton is affiliated to Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT), Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) and Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE). Educational Aims of the Course: The MA International Tourism and Hospitality Management is designed to equip professionals Employability in the Curriculum: In the first instance, the course enables you to have a wider range of employment sector outcomes in either more traditional hospitality careers, or the tourism management area. Employability is incorporated in all the subject specific modules that seek to engage students with hospitality and tourism management discourse for future employment and continuing personal and professional development. Some aspects of the course include live project simulation in which you will engage with a real location to develop a practically feasible project. To meet the needs of those who may want to run their own business in tourism consulting, event catering, food service and travel operations entrepreneurial dimension is emphasised. There is also the pathway of higher and further education teaching in terms of career path and development. Some of our master’s students are in lecturing jobs in HEIs and FEIs in the UK. Students also have the option to progress to higher degree. A master’s qualification prepares you for PhD study. Increasingly the department is attracting PhD students in the subject area.Employability in the Curriculum:In the first instance, the course enables you to have a wider range of employment sector outcomes in either more traditional hospitality careers, or the tourism management area. Employability is incorporated in all the subject specific modules that seek to engage students with hospitality and tourism management discourse for future employment and continuing personal and professional development. Some aspects of the course include live project simulation in which you will engage with a real location to develop a practically feasible project. To meet the needs of those who may want to run their own business in tourism consulting, event catering, food service and travel operations entrepreneurial dimension is emphasised.
The module will focus on the contemporary?research area and global cases?of Tourism and Hospitality. The module will cover a wide range of topics based on the recent research areas from Innovation,?Competitiveness, Digitalisation of tourism and hospitality business to diversification, Leadership and People’s management and Emerging market issues.
This module explores the management of hotel and accommodation business examining trends and practices in the context of developments in the digital age. It examines sector practices in the areas of technology adoption, security management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), profitability and service delivery. The module also provides students with critical understanding of the role of entrepreneurship in the development of hotel and accommodation business.
Innovation is vitally important for modern enterprises in the development of products and services. Advances in technologies, changing customer behaviours and globalisation are all providing opportunities for new business models. This module explores ways of managing innovation and entrepreneurship and developing and creating new ventures. The module is concerned with the achievement of organisational objectives whilst making efficient use of its resources. This module will examine a wide range business operations management concepts in the production of goods or services, the module will also look critically at the strategic planning process by assessing both the internal and the external environment of an organisation, followed by selecting a number of strategic options, actions and choices to achieve organisational objectives. The module will help develop skills in identifying, formulating and solving business problems through creative and entrepreneurial processes. The ability to recognise the need for and initiate change will be developed through the use of business cases.
Effective leaders, managers, citizens and employees need to be capable of basing their decision-making on information and knowledge derived from research. The aim of this module is to contribute to the research knowledge and skills appropriate for a taught master's programme and relevant for careers in professional or management roles. The participant is required to produce a dissertation, at an advanced level, based on independent research. This should demonstrate an understanding of the philosophy and core principles of research (empirical or non-empirical) and show their competence in the design, execution and reporting of a research-based dissertation. In this way the participant’s ability is developed to carry out subsequent research, independently and to commission, manage and evaluate the research activities of others. Therefore, the knowledge and skills acquired in the module and of producing the project, will contribute to the student's effectiveness throughout her/his career.
This module provides an in-depth investigation into the sustainable development of tourism. It looks at the underpinning theories, practical techniques and current issues which are of relevance to those seeking to develop tourism resources at a national, regional and sub-regional level. Students will encounter a wide range of issues related to the development of tourism in both the public and private sectors. The module also aims to provide a rigorous understanding of the implications of tourism development and to deliver a detailed critical examination and evaluation of techniques and methods available to planners and developers of tourism.
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