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Location:
Breda - Netherlands
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Language of Instruction: English and - if desired - French, German or Spanish
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Academic Credit Available: Yes
Overview
 The total programme of one year has three main parts:
STAGE 1
One third of the total number of students (maximum 56), from various countries, will start the course in one of the stage 1 locations: Breda (Netherlands), Bournemouth (UK) or Borlänge (Sweden).
All lectures during this stage will be conducted in English. The course usually starts mid-September.
According to the philosophy of the course, students are not allowed to attend the programme in their own country.
After a one-week introduction period, a number of management-oriented subjects are taught until February:
> Tourism Principles and Practice
> Business Strategy
> Policies Planning and Development in European Tourism
> Research Methods
> Foreign languages
In addition to the taught components, students are expected to start preparing for their thesis.
STAGE 2
The second part of the course, running from February till May, will take place in Heilbronn for approximately one fourth of the students. The remaining students will be distributed amongst the other centres (Chambéry in France, Madrid in SPain or Faro in Portugal).
During this stage you will focus on:
> Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism
> Managing Organisations
> European Tourism Consultancy Project - a major life case study for a tourism organisation
The subject areas for the case studies will be deliberately selected to meet several criteria, which include:
> Taking advantage of the outstanding local tourism specialisms;
> Drawing on the professional expertise of the industrial partner;
> Enabling students to gain as wide an experience as possible.
Students will normally be working in a language other than their own and many of the activities will be group-based as an integrating case study will be adopted as a mechanism for the delivery of this taught course.
STAGE 3
From May until September students are expected to carry out a research and to write their dissertations independently. This final stage of the course will be one during which students demonstrate in-depth understanding of an issue concerning tourism management in Europe. The student should show his or her ability to collect relevant data, to subject the data to appropriate analysis and synthesis and to prepare the final dissertation, which normally has to be submitted in a foreign language by the 1st of September in the calendar year following their initial registration.
Academic Credit
Academic credit is available.
Master of Arts
Eligibility
A first degree (recognised BA level) in tourism or in a related discipline, i.e. management, business studies, geography, hotel management - is required. Furthermore, proficiency is required in English and (if you wish to participate in the bi-lingual pathway) in either German, French or Spanish. If you are not a native English speaker, a language test may be required (IELTS minimum score 6.0 or TOEFL minimum score 550 paper-based).
Housing/Accommodation
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Homestay / Host Family
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Apartment / Flat
housing costs range between 250 and 350 Euros per month
Program Costs
7,000 Euros
Costs
Include: The tuition fee only. Additional costs are the costs for books and study materials (approx. 250 Euro).
Financial Aid
Yes.
EU/EEA students are eligible for a SOCRATES/ERASMUS grant. The amount depends on nationality, country of destination, number of applicants, and also varies per year.
Dates
Each year in September
Deadlines
15 May
Contact
NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
P.O. Box 3917
4800 DX Breda
The Netherlands
Tel:
+31-76-5302203
Fax:
+31-76-5302205
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