Business Management (Tourism) with a Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) at Swansea University

Does the lucrative tourism industry excite you? Do you see yourself as a manager for a top destination, attracting thousands of customers each year? 

The BSc Business Management (Tourism) with a Foundation Year degree at Swansea University could help you achieve this.

If you don’t attain the necessary grades to enrol on to the BSc Business Management (Tourism) course, the BSc Business Management (Tourism) with a Foundation Year degree is for you.

The Foundation Year is an excellent pathway to gaining the required knowledge and skills in business management and tourism, before joining Year 1 students of the BSc Business Management (Tourism) degree within the School of Management.

Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries. According to Visit Britain, the UK alone will have a tourism industry worth over £257 billion by 2025, supporting almost 3.8 million jobs. Your four year course will help you develop the essential knowledge and skills to be part of this lucrative industry within the UK and internationally. You will study subjects such as marketing places and tourism in practice to really help you hone in on what it is to make a destination a success.

WHY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (TOURISM) WITH A FOUNDATION YEAR AT SWANSEA?

• Ranked in the UK Top 30 for Graduate Prospects (Complete University Guide 2018)
• 83% of our Business Management graduates are employed or in further study within six months of graduating (DLHE 2016/17)
• Ranked in the UK Top 5 for Value Added (Guardian University Guide 2018)
• Ranked in the UK Top 15 for overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2018)
• A diverse student body from over 60 different countries
• The Foundation Year will be taught at The College, a state of the art, brand-new building based on Bay Campus
• The final three years of the degree will be taught at the £22 million School of Management building, located next to The College on Bay Campus

The BSc Business Management (Tourism) with a Foundation Year degree at Swansea University is a flexible degree with the chance to study abroad for a year, or work in industry for a year. This can give you a real competitive advantage and will broaden your horizons when it comes to seeking employment.

Studying the BSc Business Management (Tourism) with a Foundation Year, you will complete a mixture of business modules alongside tourism specific modules. The course blends theory with practical activity, helping prepare you for a diverse range of career opportunities in the private, public and voluntary sectors of tourism and related industries.

Your first year (the Foundation Year) is taught at The College, located next to the School of Management and your final three years are taught within the School of Management itself.

Teaching at Swansea is partly informed by research and our staff have hands-on experience of theory and practice, meaning you can benefit from their academic expertise and real-world know-how.