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Tourism and Leisure and Chinese
BA (Hons), BA
Tourism and Leisure and a Language

Introduction

The course offers you an opportunity to become a specialist in the growing industry of tourism and leisure with the added benefits of developing linguistic proficiency in Chinese. Students will spend a year in China in both a university and business setting. This practical hands-on experience equips students with a range of transferable skills that will provide students with a solid foundation for a future career within this industry.

The programme is designed to respond to the growing demand from employers for graduates with specialist knowledge of the tourism and leisure industry accompanied by a high-level understanding of a foreign language and sound cultural awareness is invaluable in this very competitive global market. As a result, career prospects are good for graduates.

The course is taught at both the John Foster Building in the City Centre and our IM Marsh Campus in the suburban Allerton area of the city. The latter hosts the Tourism and Leisure modules. A free Shuttle Bus service runs regularly between the two sites.
What will you get out of studying this course?

This four-year programme aims to offer you the opportunity to gain an excellent understanding of tourism and leisure in order to enhance your employment prospects within this industry. Your study of Chinese ensures you that you will develop a high level of linguistic proficiency, as well as an understanding of contemporary life in China. This course is ideal for those looking to take advantage of the tourism explosion and business boom currently sweeping across the nation!
What career opportunities are available?

A wide range of careers is open to graduates with a high level of competence in a modern foreign language. In addition, the knowledge and skills gained in Tourism and Leisure make graduates employable and attractive to employers in the private, public and educational sectors.

Recent graduates have found employment in the areas of travel, marketing and media, finance and civil service and have been employed as interpreters, translators and teachers both in this country and abroad

International Business Studies and Spanish
BA (Hons), BA
International Business Studies and Language

Introduction

The globalisation of business has caused many companies, academics and students to see the internationalisation of the curriculum and the development of foreign language skills as a desirable, even necessary part of Business Studies. In response to this growing demand from employers was created to combine international business and language studies. The aim is to produce graduates with a high-level understanding of a foreign language and sound cultural awareness is invaluable in this very competitive global market. As a result, career prospects are good for graduates!

The course offers you an opportunity to become a specialist in the area of international business with the added benefits of developing linguistic proficiency in Spanish. Students will spend a year in Spain in and can choose to complete a work placement in a business setting. This practical hands-on experience equips students with a range of transferable skills that will provide students with a solid foundation for a future career within the business environment. Alternatively, students may complete a research activity instead.
What will you get out of studying this course?

This four-year programme aims to offer you the opportunity to gain an excellent understanding of international business in order to enhance your employment prospects within the business environment. Your study of Spanish ensures you that you will develop a high level of linguistic proficiency, as well as an understanding of contemporary life in Spain. This course is ideal for those looking to live or work in this Spain and Latin America!
What career opportunities are available?

A wide range of careers is open to graduates with a high level of competence in a modern foreign language. In addition, the knowledge and skills gained from an international business studies degree make graduates employable and attractive to employers in the private, public and educational sectors. Students who impressed the companies they made contact with on their year abroad are often invited to take up positions with those companies upon graduation.

Recent graduates have found employment in the areas of travel, marketing and media, finance and civil service and have been employed as interpreters, translators and teachers both in this country and abroad.