Tourism Services Management and Travel

Code of discipline:           D340103

Mode of study:                 Full-time

Available majors:   » Tour guide

                               » Travel management

1. Course objectives:

• Main goals:

Graduates have solid background of economics – politics – culture – social issues; possess strong professional skills and attitude to succeed in their future careers, contributing to the national economy progress.

• Objectives:

* Academic objectives:

On successful completion of the course, students should:

• Have general understanding of economics – politics – culture – social issues.
• Possess in-depth knowledge of tour guide and travel fields.

* Generic skills:

On successful l completion of the course, students should have improved the following generic skills:

• Professional skills such as: tour guide skills, analytical and problem solving skills and other practical skills.
• Soft skills such as: professional oral and written communication skills, team work skills, foreign language skills, application of windows software…

* Attitude:

On successful completion of the course, students should have been aware of:

• Morality and code of ethics in the workplace and civic responsibility;
• Professional services skills and attitude;
• Growth mindset and creativity mindset.

2.  Career path and opportunities for graduates:

• Graduates from Tour Guide major could succeed in these following professions:
  • Tour guides in travel companies and organisations.
  • Staff in government entities and business units, non-governmental organisations in travel industry.
  • Employees in central government entities and local authorities in culture, sports and tourism sectors, as well as in research institutes, schools and universities in these fields.
• Graduates from Travel Management major could succeed in these following professions:
  • Manager in services providing units or staff in functional units of travel companies.
  • Staff in government entities and business units, non-governmental organisations in travel industry. Investors or managers in travel companies.

3. Higher education opportunities after graduation:

Graduates from Tourism services and travel management have opportunities to pursuit higher education in Business, Economics and so on.

4. Reference materials and international standards:

“The institutional regulations for universities and colleges using credit system” (Number 43/2007/QĐ-BGD&ĐT dated August, 15 2007 issued by the Ministry of Education and Training).

University programs in economics by renown national and international universities.

• Duration: 4 years full time.
• Credit points: 120/142 credits.

5. Eligible applicants:

In accordance with the institutional regulations for universities and colleges of the Ministry of Education and Training.

• Academic procedures: Credit system
• Graduation requirements: Minimum credit accumulation of 120 credits, including minimum 98 credits of mandatory subjects and 22 credits of elective subjects.

6. Grading scheme:

• Assignment, mid semester test and final exams are graded on a scale of 10 (from 0 to 10), rounded to one decimal place.
• Subject marks are rounded to one decimal place and transferred respectively to following rankings: A, B, C, D, F, I, X.