Travel and Tourism Management

HND

The Higher National Diploma (HND) and Foundation Degree (FdA) qualifications are designed to equip students with the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to ensure employability within the travel and tourism industry.

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Additional information
How to apply
Fees and funding
International

Course level

Undergraduate

Modes of study

Full time

Locations

Park Campus, Northampton College

Entry requirements

Standard entry requirements apply. Applicants should have a BTEC National, AVCE or 1 A-Level. Applications from students without standard qualifications and from those with relevant work experience are encouraged.

UCAS details

UCAS code: 008N

UCAS description: HND/TrTour

School

Northampton Business School

Attendance

2 years full-time. Teaching usually takes place over three days. Approved work-based learning may reduce the class contact hours.

Course content

Students follow workbased modules and are responsible for finding their own work and all employment related to the programme, which must be approved by the Northampton Business School Centre for Work-based Learning. The programme gives students flexibility to transfer once secure and suitable employment in the locality is arranged. Successful students may top-up their studies to degree level on the BA (Hons) Travel and Tourism Management (top-up). "Tourism in the 21st century will not only be the world's largest industry, it will be the largest by far that the world has ever seen." WTO: 2020 Vision

The HND is a traditional taught course consisting of six modules per stage over two years. The number of taught modules and class contact is reduced allowing more time to work in approved employment. Travel and tourism is a dynamic industry incorporating a wide range of sectors that offer a variety of career paths. As the industry matures, specialist knowledge of the various sectors has become the key to success and consequently a proactive approach to learning is adopted with a business development focus throughout.

Stage one

At stage one, modules provide a broad understanding of the world of travel and tourism together with key management tools.

Stage two

Specialist modules at stage two focus on individual sectors of the industry and enable the development of management skills across a range of specialisms.

Special course features

The programme has been accredited by the Tourism Management Institute, the professional body for tourism management in the UK
Teaching to industry best practice guidelines
The opportunity to study for additional industry recognised qualifications
Excellent links with key players in the tourism industry such as the Tourism Management Institute, Explore Northamptonshire, English Heritage and the Tourism Society, the industry's professional body

Typical modules

21st century tourism
Managing visitor attractions
Tourism choices
Tourism impacts and sustainability
Tourism management and planning
Tour operations management

Assessment

A variety of individual and group based assessments are used including written reports, client briefs, presentation, portfolio and exam.

Career opportunities

The travel and tourism industry has high demand for skilled managers and the HND/FdA (validated by Edexcel) is well recognised by employers. Students can find middle management careers in marketing, sales, operations, customer service and human resource management (HRM) across a diverse range of sectors including attraction management, retail travel, conferencing, event management and tour operations.

For undergraduate application information please see our how to apply page.

Fees quoted are for home and EU students for the academic year 2010/2011. Tuition fees are payable for each year of the course. The fees are subject to annual increases in subsequent academic years.