ABERDEEN COLLEGE COURSE DETAILS

HND Travel & Tourism

* Conditions may apply

• Duration: 2 years
• Study Options: FT

• College Centre: Gallowgate
• Contact: Aberdeen College (Tel: 01224 342838 or Email: travel@abcol.ac.uk)

• Entry Requirements:
  

  This course is suitable for those with Highers, who have completed the Higher syllabus or have successfully completed a non-advanced College course. For those returning to education, life skills and experience in the workplace may allow entry subject to availability .

• Description:
  

  The HND is designed to provide basic business skills with detailed practical studies related to both travel and tourism. The course is unitised/credit based. The HND requires a minimum of 30 credits from a mix of core and optional units.

• Who is the Course for?
  

  The HND is suitable for a wide range of candidates including school leavers and adult returners to education who wish to follow a career in travel and tourism, candidates in employment who wish to enhance their career prospects and candidates who wish to start their own business and require a broad grounding in the industry.

• How will I be Assessed?
  

  This course is mainly assessed on a continuous basis and does not include an external end-of-course examination. Coursework takes the form of essays, reports, presentations, case studies and practical projects. Most of the assessment of student work is undertaken by College staff .

• Course Content Includes:
  
  • Air Travel
  • Applying Marketing Principles in Travel and Tourism
  • International Tourist Destinations
  • Planning & Sustainable Development
  • Retail Travel Practice
  • Structure of the Travel and Tourism Industry
  • Surface Transport and Cruises

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