Program Overview

Aviation and Tourism FdA

Overview

This innovative programme with an excellent bespoke design, one of only a handful in the North of England, offers you the opportunity to combine modules from across the aviation, travel and tourism sectors, with the chance to top-up to a relevant BA (Hons) with a further year of full-time study.

Course Details

Year 1 Core Modules

• Exploring Health, Safety and Security in Aviation
• Innovation and Technology in Aviation and Tourism
• Introduction to Study and Transferable Skills
• Marketing Principles and Practice in Aviation and Tourism
• Structure and Regulation of the Aviation Industry
• Understanding Sector Customer Service Provision

Year 2 Core Modules

• Business Economics and Financial Insight
• Contemporary Issues in Aviation
• Exploring Tourism Destination Development
• Performance Management and Leadership in Aviation and Tourism
• Professional Development and Employability Planning
• Understanding Research in Aviation or Tourism

How You Learn

Your lectures and seminars are delivered by industry specialist staff with current and direct experience from all disciplines of the travel, tourism and aviation sectors. You acquire appropriate background knowledge and develop broader academic skills, with emphasis on a balance of the theoretical requirements and aspects of the sectors and how they can be developed in practical sector settings.

How You Are Assessed

The knowledge and skills developed through the course are assessed in a variety of ways, using both in-course and end assessments. Methods include reports, essays, projects, case studies, examination, individual or group presentation, group activity and a personal development portfolio.

Entry Requirements

• A typical offer is 40-48 points.
• The entry criteria are based on your ability to succeed and can be demonstrated in a variety of ways including:
  • A range of Level 3 qualifications (NVQ 3, BTEC Award, A Levels, T Levels)
  • Appropriate training through work
  • English and maths at GCSE grade 4 (grade C) or above (or equivalent)
• We also invite you to attend for interview.

Employability

You study a range of subject-specific and business modules that provide you with excellent balance and flexibility that can lead to a range of careers from across the sector - public sector tourism management, airport management, retail travel management, business, hospitality, and leisure. Recent alumni and current students have secured employment both locally and nationally with leading sector organisations.

Tuition Fees

Full-time

• £6,340 a year
• Length: 2 years
• UCAS code: N831 FdA/AT
• Start date: September

Part-time

• Not available part-time

Choose Teesside

• Are you eligible for an iPad, keyboard and up to £300 credit for learning resources?
• Live in affordable accommodation right on-campus - from only £100 a week
• Study in our town-centre campus with £280m of recent investment.
• Study at Europe's first Adobe Creative Campus and develop your creative and digital skills.