Bachelor in Information Technologies, On campus or online

BA in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
On-campus or Online + In-company Internship

Apply now Download PDF

On-Campus version:
For the first time, Spain ranks as the world’s most tourism-friendly country in the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index. Spain receives approximately 85 million annual international tourists arrivals. Spain is rich in natural and cultural resources and entertainment. It scores high in infrastructure, travel, tourism policy and conditions, and business travel. During the last few years, The World’s 50 Best restaurants listings are led by the Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca and The World’s Best Pastry Chef Awards are also led by Spanish chefs.
All these facts position Spain as the best place in the world to do tourism studies at any level.

HTL International School Bachelor’s degree in Information Technologies in the Tourism Industry is a 3 years program.

The main purposes and objectives are:

• To provide a basic knowledge of the  tourism business and show the connections between hotel and travel management
• To Acquire  a general understanding of the specialization subjects, like e-commerce, e-marketing, events management technologies, and distribution channels
• To improve verbal and written communication skills
• To learn a second language and start to use it in a professional environment

The main teaching language is English. This program will provide you theoretical, linguistic and practical skills.

The study plan includes intensive foreign language study modules. Spanish is obligatory for non-Spanish speakers. If Spanish is your native language or you have a C1 level of it, you can choose to study French or Russian instead. After completion of the Language module, you have the possibility to take one of the official state exams of Spanish for Foreigners, DELE or SIELE, (or correspondent French or Russian state exams) of A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 levels. HTL International School is an accredited SIELE examination center of the Instituto Cervantes

The specialization modules, that go separately from the Language module, are focused on providing the special, based on real-life experience knowledge. That gives students the possibility to start working in the chosen sphere right after finishing the degree, without the necessity of getting special training additionally. The marks of the module will be given based on continuous evaluation and Final business project presentation.

After the theoretical modules are completed or simultaneously with it, all students have to complete an internship period in one of the companies in the sector in Spain or abroad.

Depending on the situation, and to provide each student a possibility to do the internship during the whole course, all classes might be done in a face to face manner or using the virtual classroom (streaming). This gives both to students and to teachers extra mobility, providing the opportunity to be in class no matter what happens in the world.

Students have the possibility to move between campuses or to change the modality of studies from on-campus to online after finishing one module and before starting the next one.

Online version
Program structure:

• You will have the Access to the specialized online platform with all necessary study materials for all compulsory modules according to the study plan
• All students have to do a foreign language preparation module: Spanish, French or Russian. It is also recommendable to take one of the official state exams of Spanish for Foreigners, DELE or SIELE Global, of the correspondent level A1, A2, B1, B2 or C1. HTL International School is an accredited SIELE examination centre of the Instituto Cervantes.
• You will have 3 months for each module to prepare all required for the graduation tests and projects. All the exams and presentations are done online with no necessity of being presential in one of the campuses.
• You will have the possibility to do an internship worldwide as an HTL student. The school will sign all necessary internship agreements. The internship can run simultaneously with your theoretical online studies. Once the internship is finished, it will be necessary to present the evaluation certificate to count it as a compulsory credit inside your transcript of studies.
• You can change the study modality between Online and On campus trimestrally.

Program Details

BACHELOR DEGREE STUDY PLAN

Year I:
60 ECTS credits
Module I: Professional English in the Tourism Industry
Module II: Spanish I/French/Russian
Module III: Introduction to the Business of Tourism
Module IV: Geography of Tourism
Module V: History of Tourism
Module VI: Final Project
Module VII: Internship (optional)

Year II:
60 ECTS credits
Module I: Hospitality and Tourism Industry
Module II: Management in the Hospitality Industry
Module III: Customer Service
Module IV: Communication Skills
Module V: Spanish II/French/Russian
Module VI: Professional Spanish in the Tourism field
Module VII: Final Project
Module VIII: Internship

Year III:
60 ECTS credits
Module I: Human Resources Management in Tourism
Module II: Public Relations and Marketing in Tourism
Module III: Accounting in Tourism
Module IV: Information Technologies in Tourism
Module V: Meeting and Events InformationTechnologies
Module VI: Spanish III/French/Russian
Module VII: Professional Spanish in the Tourism field
Module VIII: Final Tesis
Module IX: Internship

Exams:
Degree Project
Official Exam of Spanish Language for Foreigners DELE or SIELE
French/Russian language exam

---