TRAVEL MANAGEMENT (BA)

Programs of study > Undergraduate > TRAVEL MANAGEMENT (BA)

DEPARTMENTTravel & Tourism
CAMPUSLimassol, Larnaca, Pafos
DURATION4 Years
LANGUAGEEnglish
ECTS Credits240

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Final Higher Education Qualification:

Bachelor in Travel & Tourism Management

The Program of Study is Accredited by the CY.Q.A.A. (Foreas) with Government Subsidy.

Overview

Learning Outcomes

Admission Policy

Grading System

Semester Breakdown

Academic Staff

The Travel and Tourism industry is an ever changing, demanding set of businesses that requires qualified, passionate and energetic candidates. The program of Travel and Tourism Management is designed to offer the industry such candidates since it covers all aspects of work in the industry. The program is student – centered at its core; this active participation of students ensure the educational outcome desired. It provides students with an in-depth understanding of issues associated with management and organizational aspects of the travel and tourism together with basic principles that support the industry.

To guide the student to a professional area that would be interesting and appealing to him/her as a future career.
To prepare the students to take up leading positions in the Travel & Tourism Industry worldwide as well as run their own business profitably in sectors like travel agencies, tour operation, air transportation, attraction and heritage and hospitality among other.
To equip graduates with a solid academic, technological, and intellectual background for academic and/or career advancements.
To provide students with a solid foundation of management skills, marketing and sales, strategy, human resource management, finance, operations, information technology, presentation and communication set firmly in a travel and tourism context.
To help students, develop their critical thinking and refine their analytical and decision-making skills.
To provide students with a solid understanding of the travel and tourism industry and its products and apply a variety of organizational concepts to the tourism industry.
To provide a broad view of tourism and the opportunity to explore issues and problems relevant to a wide range of situations and aspects likely to be faced by managers in the industry.
To give students the opportunity to explore tourism policy and planning issues and the contribution of tourism for the sustainable development of a tourist area.

Candidates must present a secondary education leaving certificate (apolyterion) or an equivalent qualification.
Candidates need to show Proof of English language through an external examination or take the Placement Test provided for admission.

A system of continuous (course work) which is 50% and final Exams which is 50% and the Passing mark is 50%, as follows:

During the semester, the instructor evaluates the students through a) Course Work which consists of: Tests, assignments, individual or group project, mid-term exams and / or other tests. The average of the scores is the continuous assessment score.
The final examination is carried out at the end of the semester.
The Passing mark is: 50%

A Semester

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	ENG101	Business English	3	–	50	14	42	6
2	HOT101	Introduction to the Hospitality Industry	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	TOU101	Introduction to Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	TRV103	Destination Geography	3	–	50	14	42	6
5		Choose ONE of the following
	GRE 101	Greek I	3	–	50	14	42	6
	GER 101	German I	3	–	50	14	42	6
	RUS 101	Russian I	3	–	50	14	42	6

B Semester

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	ACC101	Financial Accounting for Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
2	INF101	Tourism Operations Systems	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	MGT101	Principles of Management in Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	TOU102	Introduction to the Leisure Industry	3	–	50	14	42	6
5		Choose ONE of the following
	GRE 101	Greek I	3	–	50	14	42	6
	GER 101	German I	3	–	50	14	42	6
	RUS 101	Russian I	3	–	50	14	42	6

C Semester

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	ECO201	Microeconomics for Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
2	SOC201	Tourism Sociology	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	MTH201	Statistics I	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	TOU201	Travel & Tourism Law	3	–	50	14	42	6
5	TRV201	Travel Operations Management	3	–	50	14	42	6

D Semester

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	TOU220	Special Interest Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
2	TOU221	Marketing in the T/T Industry	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	TOU224	Research Methods in Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	ECO202	Macroeconomics for Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
5	MTH202	Statistics II	3	–	50	14	42	6

E Semester

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	ACC311	Managerial Accounting for Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
2	BUS 301	Organizational Behavior in Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	TOU302	Digital Marketing & Social Media in Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	MAR322	Consumer Behavior in Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
5		Free Elective	3	–	50	14	42	6

F Semester

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	TOU320	Conferences and Events Management	3	–	50	14	42	6
2	TOU321	Sustainability in Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	MGT321	Human Resource Management in Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	TOU325	Tourism Planning & Development	3	–	50	14	42	6
5		Free Elective	3	–	50	14	42	6

G Semester

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	TOU401	International Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
2	TOU405	E- Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	MGT401	Small Business Management in the tourism industry	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	TOU404	Crises and Disaster Management	3	–	50	14	42	6
5	MGT415	Casino Management	3	–	50	14	42	6

H Semester

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	TOU423	Applied Management Project	3	–	50	14	42	12
2	MGT421	Managerial Decision Making in Tourism	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	TOU421	Contemporary Tourism Issues	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	MGT422	Service Quality Management	3	–	50	14	42	6

Free Electives

Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Weekly Periods		Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
Α/Α	Course Code & Name		Theory	Lab	Duration	No. Of Weeks	Teaching hours per semester	ECTS per semester
1	PSY 101	Introduction to Psychology	3	–	50	14	42	6
2	ETH 101	Tourism Ethics	3	–	50	14	42	6
3	SOC 102	Intercultural Communication	3	–	50	14	42	6
4	HIS 101	History of Cyprus	3	–	50	14	42	6
5	HIS 102	European History	3	–	50	14	42	6
	POL 101	Political Studies	3	–	50	14	42	6
	POL 102	International Relations	3	–	50	14	42	6

Larnaca Academic Staff

Name and Surname	Qualifications	E-mail	F/T or P/T
Dr. Nicos Rodosthenous Head of the Program	PhD Business – Tourism, MSc Business Management, BA Religion, Diploma in Marketing, Fellow of Sales & Marketing Management Institute, Member of The Chartered Institute of Transport, International Travel Consultant IATA	[email protected]	F/T
Dr. Nikos Karfakis	PhD Management (University of Leicester), MSc Management (University of Leicester), BA Business Economics (University of Glamorgan), Accounting (TEI Argiroupolis)	[email protected]	F/T
Dr. Pavlos Panayi	PhD Data Communications (New York City University New York, NY) MBA Business Adm. (New York City University New York, NY) BSc in Computer Science (New York Institute of Technology)	[email protected]	F/T
Dr. Pavlos Evangelides	PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Bradford, United Kingdom Eng. Information and Communication systems, University of Aegean, Greece	[email protected]	F/T
Dr. Andreas Tofaris	PhD Atmospheric Science/Physics, The University of Manchester, MSc Oil and Gas Engineering University of Aberdeen, BSc Physics The University of Manchester	[email protected]	F/T
Dr. Iosif Kafkalas	PhD Economics – University of Crete Visiting Scholar – University of Maryland MSc Economics, Athens – University of Economics & Business B.A. Economics – University of Crete	[email protected]	F/T
Nasia Tryfonos	BA in Tourism Management & Leisure Planning, MA Tourism Management, Diploma in Travel & Tourism	[email protected]	F/T
Izabella Kappa	B.A. in Travel & Tourism Management (C.D.A. College) Diploma in Travel & Tourism Administration (C.D.A. College), Master in Business Administration (C.D.A. College)	[email protected]	F/T
Antonis Antoniou	Master in Business Administration, Master of Science in Tourism & Hospitality Education – Surrey University BA International Hotel & Catering Management – North London University, UK	[email protected]	F/T
Constantinos Michael	MSc in Psychological Research Methods – University of Lancaster MSc in Psychology – Clinical Psychology – European University Cyprus BSc In Psychology – University of Lancaster	[email protected]	F/T
Katerina Kyriakides	(University of Cyprus) B.A English Language and Literature Master in Leader Ship and Management	[email protected]	F/T
Dr. (C) Panayiotou Nagia	PhD (C) in Human Rights of Homosexuals European University Master In Law – University of Nicosia Bachelor In Law – Univeristy of Nicosia Bachelor in Political Sciences & Public Administration – National & Kapodistrian University Athens	[email protected]	P/T
Demetra Anagnostou	Master in Banking and Finance (Cyprus Open University) Bachelor in Business Administration (TEI Crete)	[email protected]	F/T

Limassol Academic Staff

Name and Surname

Qualifications

E-mail

F/T or

P/T

Marilia Kountouridou

Head of the Program

Dr.(C) Business Administration – European University

MSc Advertising and Marketing – University of Leeds

BEd in Primary Education – Frederick University, Cyprus