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Degree in Tourism (3 yrs)

Becoming a thriving sector in today’s world, Tourism is regarded, undoubtedly, as one of the degrees offering more job opportunities in our country. Nowadays, the tourism industry is well deep into a changing process, encouraged, among other factors, by the tourists’ demands, the emergence of new destinations, the technological development and the changes taking place in social structures. Thus, training professionals in this field who are able to adapt to the characteristics of the new tourism market is of paramount importance.

The UAX university boasts the human and technical means, as well as the experience needed to make it possible for students to successfully carry out their tourism profession.


Summary
First Cycle
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Optional subjects
Electives
Versión española


First Year Summary
First semester Definition ECTS Hs per week
Introduction to EconomyCore5,004
German I (A)Core4,003
Market Structure (A)Core4,003
English I (A)Core4,003
Business Management and Administration (A)Core4,003
Sociology of TurismCompulsory4,003
ElectiveElective5,00--
Subtotal: 30,00 19
Second semester Definition ECTS Hs per week
Cultural HeritageCore5,004
Turism PolicyCompulsory4,004
German I (A)Core4,003
Market Structure (A)Core4,003
English I (A)Core4,003
Business Management and Administration (A)Core4,003
ElectiveElective5,00--
Subtotal: 30,00 20

Second Year Summary
First semester Definition ECTS Hs per week
Business LawCore5,004
Production Processes and TransactionsCore5,004
German II (A)Core4,003
Accounting (A)Core4,003
English II (A)Core4,003
Territorial Tourism Resources (A)Core4,003
ElectiveElective4,00--
Subtotal: 30,00 20
Second semester Definition ECTS Hs per week
Leisure ManagementCompulsory5,004
Tourism InfrastructureCompulsory5,004
German II (A)Core4,003
Accounting (A)Core4,003
English II (A)Core4,003
Territorial Tourism Resources (A)Core4,003
ElectiveElective4,00--
Subtotal: 30,00 20

Third Year Summary
First semester Definition ECTS Hs per week
Travel Agency ManagementCompulsory5,004
Resort ManagementCompulsory6,004
Catering ManagementCompulsory6,004
Marketing for TourismCore5,004
Financial ManagementCompulsory4,003
Tourism LegislationCore4,003
Subtotal: 30,00 22
Second semester Definition ECTS Hs per week
PracticumCore10,0040
English IIICore4,003
OptionalOptional16,00--
Subtotal: 30,00 43


Optional subjects



Degree in Tourism (3 yrs)

Programa de Asignaturas



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Annual subject (A)
1230 - German I (A) back

Core; 4,00 ECTS/semester; 3 Hs per week

Description:
The current cultural space DACH. Basic Vocabulary. Spelling. Greeting and saying goodbye. Personal Pronouns. Articles. The alphabet. Professions. Numbers up to 100. Telephone numbers. Timetables. Prices. How to fend for yourself in specific situations (cafés, restaurants, supermarkets, furniture shops, shopping, etc.). Interrogative and negative sentences. Nominative, accusative and imperative. Plurals.

Co-ordinator: María de Mar Alejandra Renedo Criado

1231 - Market Structure (A) back

Core; 4,00 ECTS/semester; 3 Hs per week

Description:
PART I: The Tourism Market. UNIT 1. Introduction to Tourism. UNIT 2. Origins and Historical Evolution of Tourism. UNIT 3. Analysis of the Tourim Phenomenon. UNIT 4. Tourism as a Interdisciplinary Phenomenon. PART II: The Tourism Industry. UNIT 5. The Tourism Product. UNIT 6. Resorts. UNIT 7. Travel Agencies. UNIT 8. Other Tourism Companies. PART III: Introduction to Tourism Company Management. UNIT 9. Basics of Tourism Company Management. UNIT 10. Practical Training on Viability of Tourism Companies. PART IV. Tourism Policy. UNIT 11. State Intervention on Tourism. UNIT 12. Tourism Strategic Plans.

Co-ordinator: Maria Luisa Fanjul Fernández

1232 - English I (A) back

Core; 4,00 ECTS/semester; 3 Hs per week

Description:
1: INTRODUCTION TO THE TOURISM SECTOR. 2: INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT. 3: FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE. 4: URBAN TRANSPORT. 5: COMPLAINTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Co-ordinator: Pablo Segador Mascaraque

1233 - Business Management and Administration (A) back

Core; 4,00 ECTS/semester; 3 Hs per week

Description:
PART I: BASICS. UNIT 1: The Company. UNIT 2: The Businessman. UNIT 3: The Company as a System. UNIT 4: The Environment in a Tourism Company. PART II: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. UNIT 5: Planning and Control. UNIT 6: Organization. UNIT 7: Management. UNIT 8: Business Culture. PART III: MANAGEMENT. UNIT 9: Human Resources Management. UNIT 10: Quality Management. UNIT 11: Ethics, Responsibility and Reputation of a Company. UNIT 12: Concentration and Internationalization of a Company. UNIT 13: Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), and the Family Entreprise.

Co-ordinator: --

2230 - German II (A) back

Core; 4,00 ECTS/semester; 3 Hs per week

Description:
With this subject, students will be able to effectively communicate in a new language in professional contexts related to tourism, by learning the necessary functional, grammatical, lexical, phonetic and cultural contents. In this regard, they will be doing simulations, analysis of specific cases, projects, etc.

Co-ordinator: María de Mar Alejandra Renedo Criado

2231 - Accounting (A) back

Core; 4,00 ECTS/semester; 3 Hs per week

Description:
UNIT I: ENTERPRISES. UNIT 2: HERITAGE. UNIT 3: ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES. UNIT 4: ACCOUNTING STANDARDIZATION. UNIT 5: BUYING AND SELLING WITH CLIENTS AND SUPPLIERS. UNIT 6: BUYING AND SELLING OF IMMONVABLE ASSESTS. UNIT 7: STOCK VALUATION. AMORTIZATION. UNIT 8: REGULARIZATION PROCESS. YEAR-END CLOSING. UNIT 9: DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERAL ACCOUNTING CASE. UNIT 10: COST ANALYSIS, CLASSIFICATION. UNIT 11: COST METHODS. UNIT 12: ANALYTICAL ACCOUNTING. ACCOUNTING CYCLE. UNIT 13: ECONOMICAL TECHNIQUES ARISING FROM MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING.

Co-ordinator: Juan Antonio Bandó Ovejero

2232 - English II (A) back

Core; 4,00 ECTS/semester; 3 Hs per week

Description:
1: Travel Agencies. 2: Tour Operators. 3: Marketing and Tourism Promotion.

Co-ordinator: Olga Luna Estévez

2233 - Territorial Tourism Resources (A) back

Core; 4,00 ECTS/semester; 3 Hs per week

Description:
1.- GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM. 2.- CONCEPT OF RESOURCE AND ITS APPLICATION TO TOURISM. CURRENT TRENDS. 3.- TOURISM TYPOLOGIES FROM TERRITORIAL RESOURCES. 3.- TERRITORIAL RESOURCES OF THE SPANISH STATE BY AUTONOMOUS REGIONS. PHYSICAL MAP OF SPAIN.

Co-ordinator: Maria Luisa Fanjul Fernández

First semester
1234 - Introduction to Economy back

Core; 5,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
Unit 1: The Enterprise: a Complex and Changing Reality. Unit 2: The Enterprise as an Organization. Unit 3: The Enterprise in an Economic Context, Both at a Macro- and Micro-Economic Level. Unit 4: Function of Markets. Unit 5: Macromagnitudes and Indicators. Unit 6: Aggregate Demand. Unit 7: Public Sector and Tax Policy. Unit 8: Foreign Sector. Unit 9: The Money Sector. Unit 10: Aggregate Demand and Supply. PUBLIC REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. Unit 11: Budget. Unit 12: Public Spending. Unit 13: Public Revenue. Unit 14: Levels of the Treasury.

Co-ordinator: Francisco Javier del Río Sánchez

1235 - Sociology of Turism back

Compulsory; 4,00 ECTS; 3 Hs per week

Description:
1.- TOURISM AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON. 2.- SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN TOURISM. 3.- SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN TOURISM. 4.- GROUP DYNAMICS IN TOURISM SOCIOLOGY. 5.- LEISURE SOCIOLOGY. 6.- SOCIO-CULTURAL EFFECTS OF THE TOURISM PHENOMENON. 7.- THE TOURISM MARKET AS A SOCIAL CONVERGENCE. 8.- THE TOURISM COMPANY. 9.- SOCIOLOGY OF THE TOURISM CONSUMPTION.

Co-ordinator: José Alfonso Valero García

2234 - Business Law back

Core; 5,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
Unit 1. Law and Business. Unit 2. The Individual Businessman. Unit 3. Social Businessman I. Unit 4. Social Businessman II. Unit 5. Social Businessman III. Unit 6. Work Relationship. Unit 7. Social Security System. Unit 8. Rights on Things. Unit 9. Rights on Immovables. Unit 10. Right of Credit. Unit 11. Securities. Unit 12. Business Hiring I. Unit 13. Business Hiring II. Unit 14. Bank Contracts. Unit 15. Bankruptcy Law.

Co-ordinator: María Luisa García Torres

2235 - Production Processes and Transactions back

Core; 5,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
UNIT 1. THE TOURISM COMPANY AS A PRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. UNIT 2. PRODUCTION AND HUMAN RESOURCES. UNIT 3. QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS OF TOURISM. UNIT 4. CREATION AND DESING OF TOURISM PRODUCTS. UNIT 5. TOURISM PRODUCTS MARKETING. UNIT 6. TOURISM PRODUCT MANUFACTURING. UNIT 7. PROVISION/PERCEPTION OF TOURISM PRODUCTS. UNIT 8. LOYALTY AND MONITORING OF TOURISM PRODUCTS. UNIT 9. OPERATIONS OF PRODUCTIVE PROCESSES IN TOURISM COMPANIES.

Co-ordinator: Rafael Jaén Pozo

3230 - Travel Agency Management back

Compulsory; 5,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
Unit 1. Basics of Travel Agencies. Unit 2. Demand Management in Travel Agencies. Unit 3. Supply Management in Travel Agencies. Unit 4. Operations and Processes of Service Provision. Unit 5: Internal Organization of Travel Agencies. Unit 6: The Lodging and Catering Supply. Unit 7: Supply of Air Transport in Travel Agencies. Unit 8: Railway Supply in Travel Agencies. Unit 9: Road Service Supply in Travel Agencies. Unit 10: Water Facilities Supply in Travel Agencies.

Co-ordinator: Rafael Jaén Pozo

3231 - Resort Management back

Compulsory; 6,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
UNIT 1. TYPOLOGY OF ACCOMMODATION COMPANIES. UNIT 2. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE SPANISH HOTEL AND CATERING TRADE. UNIT 3. HOTEL MANAGEMENT. UNIT 4. DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION. UNIT 5. THE RECEPTION DEPARTMENT. UNIT 6. THE FLOOR DEPARTMENT. UNIT 7. CATERING. UNIT 8. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. UNIT 9. ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT IN HOTEL AND CATERING TRADE.

Co-ordinator: Rafael Jaén Pozo

3232 - Catering Management back

Compulsory; 6,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
1.- ANALYSIS OF THE HOTEL AND CATERING TRADE. 2.- CATERING AND HOTEL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT. 3.- KITCHEN DEPARTMENT. 4.- THE DINING ROOM DEPARTMENT. 5.- BUYING IN HOTEL AND CATERING TRADE. 6.- STOCK MANAGEMENT.

Co-ordinator: Maria Luisa Fanjul Fernández

3233 - Financial Management back

Compulsory; 4,00 ECTS; 3 Hs per week

Description:
UNIT 1. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. UNIT 2. STATES. UNIT 3.- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. UNIT 4. INVESTMENT AND FUNDING DECISIONS.

Co-ordinator: Juan Antonio Bandó Ovejero

3234 - Tourism Legislation back

Core; 4,00 ECTS; 3 Hs per week

Description:
UNIT 1. Basics. UNIT 2. Sources of the Tourism Law: WTO. UNIT 3. Tourism Hiring. UNIT 4. Resort Organization. UNIT 5. Accommodation Contracts in Resorts. UNIT 6. Mediation. UNIT 7. Combined Tours. UNIT 7. Transport. UNIT 8. Catering. UNIT 9. Complementary Tourism Offer. UNIT 10. Autonomous Regulation of Tourism.

Co-ordinator: Olga Sánchez Vivanco

3235 - Marketing for Tourism back

Core; 5,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM MARKETING. UNIT 2: ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENT. UNIT 3: CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR. UNIT 4: MARKET RESEARCH. UNIT 5: MARKET SEGMENTATION. UNIT 6: MARKETING PLANNING. UNIT 7: PRODUCT. UNIT 8: PRICE. UNIT 9: PLACEMENT. UNIT 10: PROMOTION.

Co-ordinator: Fernando Martínez López

Second semester
1236 - Cultural Heritage back

Core; 5,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
Unit 1. Cultural Heritage. Unit 2. Regulations on Heritage. Unit 3. Tourism and Heritage. Unit 4. Cultural Tourism in Today’s Spain. Unit 5. The Great Spanish Routes and its Importance as a Tourism Product. Unit 6. Spanish Cities: World Heritage.

Co-ordinator: María Herranz Agulleiro

1237 - Turism Policy back

Compulsory; 4,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
PART I: CONCEPTS AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK. BASICS. INTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURE OF TOURISM. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SPANISH STATE. DETERMINING FACTORS OF A TOURISM POLICY. PART II: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF TOURISM POLICIES IN SPAIN. ORIGINS OF TOURISM. PRECONSTITUTIONAL PHASE OF THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT. THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN A CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK. THE FUTURE TOURISM POLICY. PART III: CURRENT FRAMEWORK OF THE TOURISM POLICY IN SPAIN. THE STATE. AUTONOMOUS REGIONS. SOME INTERNATIONAL POLICIES SUBJECT TO COMPARISON. PART IV: APPLIED STUDIES OF THE TOURISM POLICY. COMPARED STUDY OF THE TOURISM POLICIES OF THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION WITH THOSE OF SOME BELONGING TO AUTONOMOUS REGIONS.

Co-ordinator: Maria Luisa Fanjul Fernández

2236 - Leisure Management back

Compulsory; 5,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
1. INTRODUCTION TO LEISURE. 2. LEISURE VS WORK. 3. LEISURE INCENTIVES. 4. NEW BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR TOURISM AND LEISURE. 5. THE TOURISM PRODUCT IN LEISURE.

Co-ordinator: Rafael Jaén Pozo

2237 - Tourism Infrastructure back

Compulsory; 5,00 ECTS; 4 Hs per week

Description:
UNIT I: Space Design for Leisure. UNIT II: Leisure Centres and Other Uses. UNIT III: Leisure Centres and Transport. UNIT IV: Theme Parks and International Exhibition. UNIT V: Temporary Accommodation. UNIT VI: Facilities. Fire Protection Services. UNIT VII: Accesibility and Architectural Barrier Elimination.

Co-ordinator: Vicente Esteban Medina Gómez

3236 - English III back

Core; 4,00 ECTS; 3 Hs per week

Description:
TOURISM AND TRAVEL SECTOR. WORLD DESTINATIONS. WORK PROCEDURES. TOURISM PRODUCTS. PROMOTION AND MARKETING. TRAVEL ORGANIZATION. CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Co-ordinator: Pablo Segador Mascaraque

3237 - Practicum back

Core; 10,00 ECTS; 40 Hs per week

Description:
Practical training in organizations and institutions related to Tourism. This training will be carried out during the months of May and June.

Co-ordinator: Maria Luisa Fanjul Fernández