Overview

As well as preparing for and attending lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops, you will spend time reading and completing coursework, including written assignments, presentations and posters.

You will have the opportunity to develop your employability profile through a work placement or participation in a graduate enterprise project. In addition, you will undertake live client projects with organisations or work on agreed projects with real outcomes and impact.

Throughout the Business and Management with Leisure and Tourism (Hons) program of Edge Hill University, there is a combination of different forms of assessment to test intellectual development, vocational capability and critical thinking. Coursework involves individual and group-based activities, case studies and problem-solving exercises. Examinations take a variety of forms, using both seen and unseen questions.

Career:

As a BSc (Hons) Business and Management with Leisure and Tourism graduate, you will be qualified to work in areas such as leisure and tourism, accountancy, administration, banking, education, finance, human resource management, marketing, public sector management, retailing, small and medium sized enterprise management, general management, and specialist functions. Alternatively, you may wish to undertake further study and progress to a Masters degree.

You will gain affiliate membership of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), a globally recognised professional body, for the duration of your degree and associate membership (known as ACMI) for one additional year after graduation. You will then have the option to renew your associate membership on an annual basis, however this would be at your own expense. The CMI is dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence. Membership entitles you to full access to ManagementDirect, an extensive online portal that provides invaluable careers information, course-based resources and advice on best practice.

On completion of your degree, you will also be awarded a CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership.