BS and BSc (Hons) in Business Administration - Tourism

Brief Description

The Tourism program deals with the challenges and the opportunities of contemporary tourism and hospitality. Students learn to analyze market and investment opportunities in other countries. Through a careful blending of theory and practical applications students are prepared to pursue careers in local and international tourism and hospitality organizations.

Degree Requirements

In order to receive the BS degree, the student must have fulfilled all the GER and major requirements and have completed at least 121 US credit hours with an overall G.P.A of 2.0 or better. All business students take a Research Methods course followed by a Business Strategy I and Business Strategy II (capstone, final project) course. According to NECHE Standards, students must complete at least one fourth of their undergraduate program, including advanced work in the major or concentration, at the institution awarding the degree. As a consequence, all candidates for an ACT degree must have been in residence at the College for at least during the last two semesters of full time instruction, assuming availability and equivalency of transferable courses.

Open University degree structure

The program in Business—Tourism is currently validated by Open University: under this scheme, 24 are out of the 40 courses required for a Bachelor’s degree are validated by Open University. Students must necessarily take the fourth year courses at ACT. Successful students will receive a Bachelor’s degree from Open University in addition to the ACT degree for a single course of studies by meeting the following common set of requirements (in addition to meeting General Education Requirements)—courses highlighted in bold are validated by Open University. For more information, check the student handbook. The OU Regulations can be found here.

Major Requirements

• Accounting 101 Financial Accounting (OU)
• Accounting 102 Managerial Accounting (OU)
• Business Administration 241 International Business Law (OU)
• Economics 101* Introductory Macroeconomics (OU)
• Economics 102 Introductory Microeconomics (OU)
• Finance 201 Financial Management (OU)
• Management 101 Introduction to Management (OU)
• Management 201 Organizational Behavior (OU)
• Management 322 Business Strategy I (OU)
• Management 323 Business Strategy II (OU)
• Marketing 101 Introduction to Marketing (OU)

Tourism Concentration Requirements

• Management 202 Destination Management (OU)
• Management 203 Hospitality Management (OU)
• Marketing 201 Tourism Marketing (OU)
• Management 302 Revenue Management (OU)
• Management 303 Events Management (OU)
• Marketing 303 E-Business Marketing (OU)
• Management 305 HR in Hotels and Tourism (OU)
• Management 306 Tourism and Real Estate Management (OU)
• Marketing 320 Marketing Research (OU)

Other Degree Requirements

• Mathematics 101* Elements of Finite Mathematics
• Mathematics 115* Calculus (OU)
• Statistics 205* Introductory Statistics (OU)
• Computer Science 101* Introduction to Computing
• Computer Science 151* Quantitative Computing (OU)
• Computer Science 201 Business Computing (OU)
• Research 299 Business Research Methods (OU)

Business Electives

• BUSINESS 398: Undergraduate Internship in Business
• BUSINESS 399: Global Competitiveness Practicum
• MKTG 202: Services Marketing
• ECON 242: Managerial Economics
• MKTG 212: Sales Marketing
• MKTG 302: Corporate Social Responsibility
• MGT 308: Leadership Development
• FIN 301: Advanced Monetary Policy
• MGT 307: Negotiations
• FIN 210: Money & Banking
• CSC 401: Quantitative Operations Models

One free elective

* Any of the Major courses above marked with an asterisk may also be taken to meet part of the GER.

Suggested Program of Studies

Year One

• Mathematics 101
• CS101 or CS105
• History 120
• English 101
• Politics 101
• Mathematics 115 (OU)
• Computer Science 151 (OU)
• Philosophy 101
• English 102
• Bio 101 or Ecology 110

Year Two (Level 4)

• Management 101 (OU)
• Accounting 101 (OU)
• Economics 101 (OU)
• English 204
• English 120, Art 120, or Music 120
• Accounting 102 (OU)
• Economics 102 (OU)
• Marketing 101 (OU)
• Philosophy 203
• Anthropology 101, Sociology101, or Psychology 101

Year Three - semester 1 (Level 5)

• Management 201 (OU)
• Finance 201 (OU)
• Business Administration 241 (OU)
• Computer Science 201 (OU)
• Free Elective

Year Three - semester 2 (Level 5)

• Management 202 (OU)
• Management 203 (OU)
• Statistics 205 (OU)
• Marketing 201 (OU)
• Business Elective

Year Four - semester 1 (Level 6)

• Management 322 (OU)
• Management 302 (OU)
• Management 303 (OU)
• Marketing 303 (OU)
• Business elective

Year Four - semester 2 (Level 6)

• Management 323 (OU)
• Management 305 (OU)
• Management 306 (OU)
• Marketing 320 (OU)
• Business elective