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Studying tourism management means immersing yourself in one of the world's largest growth industries and experiencing exciting management positions in an international and intercultural field of work.

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Annekathrin Kühner, Alumna 2011, Development Manager

In addition to the subject matter and the dedicated professors, I found the practical phases of my studies to be particularly important.

Annekathrin Kühner, Alumna 2011, Development Manager

Profile

Degree: Bachelor of Arts
7 Semester: 210 ECTS
Language: German / English
Location: Heilbronn Bildungscampus
Study form: Full-time
Start: Summer term & Winter term
Deadline: January 15 & July 15

Course contents

The program is divided into a two-semester basic study period and a five-semester main study period. This includes an optional semester abroad and an internship semester, whereby the internship semester can also be completed abroad. During this time, students work in a tourism company and get to know the daily business routine.The tourism degree program offers a varied mix of attendance phases, self-study periods and practical experience in the context of professional excursions or guest lectures in companies in the tourism industry.

Students experience a basic business education and deal intensively with the business challenges of the tourism industry. The program offers a choice of five foreign languages from English, French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic. Alternatively, business specializations such as International Financial & Management Accounting, International Finance, International Human Resource Management, International Marketing or International Management can be chosen. Finally, in the last semester of the program, students write their Bachelor's thesis.

Career perspectives

Tourism managers operate globally! The industry is growing. There is a huge demand for highly qualified tourism managers. The degree program offers you excellent career prospects, e.g. in the following areas:

  • Sales and Marketing Management
  • Tourism management in regional, national or international tourism organizations
  • Hotel and destination management
  • Product management
  • Event and congress management
  • Sports, health or wellness tourism


In addition to package and individual tourism, the field of business travel and digitization of the industry is developing at an outstanding rate and also offers exciting opportunities.

Since this is a management program, the doors of the free economy are of course also open to you.

Majors

Tourism Majors:
  • Sustainability in tourism
  • Destination Management
  • Business Tourism
  • MICE Industry and Event Management
  • Travel Management
  • Tourism Marketing
  • Transportation Management
  • Health Tourism
  • Hotel and Restaurant Management


Linguistic-Business Majors:

  • Arabic
  • Russian
  • French
  • Spanish
  • English + Business Administration


  • International Financial & Management Accounting
  • International Finance
  • International Human Resource Management
  • International Management
  • International Marketing
Studenten laufen durch ein Gebäude am Bildungscampus und unterhalten sich

Course of study

First Semester
  • Introduction ABWL
  • Accounting and Financing
  • Foundations of Tourism Management
  • Introduction to economics
  • Scientific basics and statistics
  • Linguistic-business elective²
Second Semester
  • Accounting and Financing
  • Introduction Law
  • Scientific basics and statistics
  • Tourism in the digital economy
  • Linguistic-business elective²
Third Semester
  • Strategic Management and Controlling
  • Research Methods
  • Economics
  • Politics and Law in Tourism
  • Tourism Specialization  I*
  • Linguistic-business elective²
Fourth Semester
  • Optional semester abroad
  • Sustainability and ethics in tourism
  • International specializations
  • Tourism Specialization II*
Fifth Semester
  • Internship
  • Internship Colloquium
Sixth Semester
  • Commercial and economic law
  • E-business in tourism
  • Project Tourism
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Case studies of the digital economy
  • Tourism Specialization III*
Seventh Semester
  • Business Simulation
  • Seminar Tourism
  • Bachelor Thesis
  • Destination Management
  • Sustainability in tourism
  • Business Tourism
  • MICE Industry and Event Management
  • Travel management
  • Tourism marketing
  • Transportation management
  • Health tourism
  • Hotel and restaurant management
Foreign Languages
  • Arabic
  • Russian
  • French
  • Spanish
  • English + Business Administration
Business Administration
  • International Financial & Management Accounting
  • International Finance
  • International Human Resource Management
  • International Management
  • International Marketing

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