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TOURISM

Bachelor of Hospitality Management 210 cr

“Practical training abroad is
a
mind-opening experience”

Markku
Kuukasjärvi graduated in 2006. He
studied in the degree
programme in Hotel and
Restaurant Business (the name is
going to be
changed to degree programme in Tourism in
2008).
Nowdays he works in Helsinki for
Kaleva Travel Ltd which is
Finland’s largest
privately owned and independent business
travel
agency. Markku does statistics and
works as contact person for
Carlson Wagonlit
Travel which is a big international partner.

Your Motives to Choose VAMK?

Many of my teachers always
kept asking
why I decided to study tourism and the answer
was
always the same: I love traveling! It was
an easy decision to move
from Rovaniemi to
Vaasa when I heard that sun is always
shining
in this city of the west
coast.

Your Experiences of
Practical Training?

I did my
practical training in Malta aft er searching for
a work place among many travel agencies. If you
like to do your practical training abroad
I
recommend you start looking for a place from
three to four
months ahead. I think people in
Malta work much more than
we do in Finland
and still the salary is a half of what we get
here.
I have also worked in Ireland as hostel
manager. The days were
long and the job was
exhausting. Still I think those diff
erences
between Finland and foreign countries
make practical training a
valuable and
mind-opening experience.

Your
Opinion of the Degree Programme?

I think the most interesting course was
Philosophy of Entrepreneurship, which really
made me to think about life and
entrepreneurship. I also
liked projects made
in cooperation with travel
industry.

The Best Memories of
the Studies?

The first year´s
camp for
tutors. I have never seen people
become so close friends as fast as
during
those two days. Of course my time as exchange
student in
Thailand is a nice memory as
well.

Your Plans for the
Future?

I want to become as
good as I can
in this job I do at the moment.
Maybe someday it would be interesting to study
something diff erent, for example cultural
studies.

The degree programme in Tourism provides the
students with extensive knowledge from the field.
The students gain the practical skills as well as
the theoretical knowledge needed.

Careers

The students are provided with skills to work
in managing, developing, and expert positions or
as entrepreneurs in the field. Students
specialized in restaurant services are employed
e.g. in hotels and restaurants as well as in food
supplying industries. Students specialised in
tourism are employed in national and international
tourism organisations, travel agencies, tourism
companies, and in expert organisations within the
tourism industry.

Study Methods

Close cooperation with companies within the
hospitality industry is emphasized because an
essential part of studies in the degree programme
are projects and final theses made in cooperation
with the industry. The international aspect of the
degree programme is supported by good
opportunities to participate in student exchanges
or practical training abroad.

Basic Studies and Professional Basic Studies
110 cr

Basic Studies

Introductory Studies, Society and
Entrepreneurship, Languages and Communication,
Data Processing,Mathematics and Natural
Sciences.

Professional Basic Studies

Restaurant Service, Food Production, Tourism,
Hotel, Marketing of Services, Business and
Economic Administration.

Specialised professional studies 45 cr

- Main focus in Tourism Management is on
development of tourism product, experimental
tourism industry, entrepreneurship in tourism
industry, sociology and trends of tourism
industry.

- Main focus in Restaurant Management is
on food as a restaurant product, banquet
management, food cultures and eating trends and
combination of food and beverages.

Free-Choice Studies 10 cr

Practical Training 30 cr

Thesis 15 cr

Curricula of the dg -programme is be
found at the following link: OPS

Sivun ylläpitäjä: Sari
Mäkisalo
Viimeksi
päivitetty: 15.10.2007, Sari
Mäkisalo

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