BA (Hons) Finance & Hospitality and Tourism Management at University of Strathclyde

BA (Hons) Finance & Hospitality and Tourism Management is a Joint Honours degree at Strathclyde Business School combining Finance with Hospitality and Tourism Management. Finance covers the principles of investment and value, business finance and decision-making, and the analysis of securities such as bonds and shares. Students take a broad business Year 1 and then choose two subjects to continue in Years 2 and 3.

Faculty: Strathclyde Business School  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Finance: Year 1 covers the principles of investment and value, valuation of bonds and shares and accounting methods; Year 2 covers financial decision-making, risk and return and share pricing with statistical and spreadsheet methods; Year 3 covers advanced empirical analysis with historic and live data; Year 4 offers Finance as Single Honours with a research dissertation or Joint Honours. Hospitality & Tourism Management: Year 1 introduces hospitality, tourism, cultural heritage, festivals and events; Year 2 includes Service Encounter Management and Destination Positioning & Management; Year 3 involves planning and executing an event; Year 4 includes Tourism Analysis & Case Studies and a dissertation.

Career pathways

Finance graduates become financial analysts or investment managers with merchant banks, pension funds, insurance companies and stockbrokers, and many also pursue careers with accountancy firms and further study for professional accounting qualifications. Hospitality and tourism management graduates find roles in the hotel industry and the service sector, such as graduate trainee, manager, restaurant supervisor and trainee accountant.

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