Master's Degree in Urban Tourism and Management of Tourism Companies
Universidade Santiago de Compostela
Key Information
Campus location
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Languages
Spanish, Galician
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 854
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Oct 2024
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Introduction
This master's degree seeks to provide students with the relevant skills for planning and managing urban tourism and business management in this area, while training experts to guide their careers towards research and knowledge development in the field. tourist.
This master pursues a double objective:
- Provide students with the most relevant skills, both from a theoretical and applied perspective, in the planning and management of urban tourism and the management of companies in the tourism field, providing them with a global and inclusive vision, following the criteria of innovation, efficiency and sustainability.
- Rigorously train experts who direct their careers towards research and knowledge development in the tourism field.
Curriculum
All students must complete 30 mandatory credits and a Master's Thesis of 12 credits. Each student must complete one of the three orientations, according to the subjects that each of them consists of:
- In professional orientation, students have to take 9 Elective credits and in academic orientation, 18 Elective credits. Professional orientation students will carry out mandatory external internships of 9 credits.
- Students of the research orientation must take the optional subjects linked to this option: “Research methodology: Cartography applied to tourism” and “Research methodology in management of tourism companies”, of 3 credits each. It is necessary to have completed these two subjects to be able to access the doctoral program (thesis stage). In addition, you must take another 12 optional credits without connection.
Program Outcome
Firstly, provide students with the most relevant skills, both from a theoretical and applied perspective, in the planning and direction of urban tourism and business management in the tourism field, providing them with a global and integrative vision, following the criteria of innovation, efficiency and sustainability.
Secondly, rigorously train experts who direct their careers towards research and the development of knowledge in the tourism field.
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Ideal Students
The Master's Degree in Urban Tourism and Tourism Business Management is aimed mainly at students from the new Bachelor's degrees related to Tourism and Diplomas in Tourism. It is advisable that students show:
- Interest in the tourism sector and in the management of companies in this field.
- Favorable attitude towards integration into teams of diverse composition.
- Adaptability.
- Use of computer tools at the user level.
Career Opportunities
- Management of companies and tourist activities
- Planning and management of tourist destinations in public and personal institutions
- Planning and management of projects for the use of tourist resources
- Research on tourism markets and development of knowledge in the field of tourism
- Training and advice in the tourism field
- Entrepreneurship of tourist activities