The Graduate programme is compiled of equal parts linguistic/cultural subjects and sociological/economic subjects.
The following areas are represented in the education:
The Social Science part:
- Project Management
- Leisure and tourism economy
- Innovation management and strategy
- Extensive quantitative market analysis methods
The Humanities part:
- Sustainable tourism development
- Strategic communication
- Tourism branding
- Topical problems within tourism and leisure management
The linguistic/cultural (humanistic) part of and the sociological/economic part run parallel. There is an interaction between separate subjects and joint projects where the interplay between economy, language and culture renders a versatile overview of the topics. Below, you can learn about structure of the individual lectures.
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Firs sem. first quarter |
First sem. second quarter |
Second sem. third quarter |
Second sem. fourth quarter |
Third sem. |
Fourth sem. |
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Sustainable tourism development |
4 hours |
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Tourism- and leisure economy |
4 hours |
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Strategic communication in organizations |
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4 hours |
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Project management |
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4 hours |
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Tourism branding |
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4 hours |
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Extensive quantitative analysis methods |
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4 hours |
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Topical problems within the tourism- and leisure businesses |
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4 hours |
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Innovation management |
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4 hours |
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International tourism courses |
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Thesis |
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The ninth semester may be spent abroad doing either an internship or taking courses at a university. The education is completed by signing a contract with a supervisor and writing a thesis of 60-100 pages. The thesis may be theoretical or written in collaboration with a business or company.