Bachelor of Science in
Tourism Management
The Bachelor of Tourism Management program is a 4-year professional degree program designed to prepare, develop, and empower students to become leaders in the dynamic and competitive industry of tourism, travel, leisure, and hospitality. Acknowledging the full potential of globalization and various tourism phenomena and opportunities, this program aims to prepare and expose students to local, national, and international contexts to become competent, confident, and conscientious leaders in the field of tourism working for a wide spectrum of culturally diverse environments. As an interdisciplinary, the program focuses on the interrelated areas of tourism and business management and leadership. Specifically, the program integrates the management, and leadership of recreation and leisure attractions, hospitality services and facilities, and events management, provides expertise on travel and tour needs and wants of various clientele, and cultivates an understanding of how tourism as a system promotes sustainability. The program integrates theory and practice through various learning experiences and opportunities for a holistic of formation to become leaders in the field.
Why take up Tourism Management at MC?
In addition to its strong curriculum and expert faculty members, the program offers several key advantages:
- Exposes students to different and diverse cultures locally and globally, developing an understanding of different backgrounds and cultures
- Develops students’ skills in travel and reservations services, using platforms directly installed in the department’s bureau and laboratory
- Teaches students how to customize travel services according to needs of client
- Ensures that programs are periodically reviewed and consistently aligned with the needs of the time
- Complements in-class learnings with local and global opportunities and exposures
- The service learnings are venues to deliver services fit to the needs of the community
- Actual application of learnings through the Travel Bureau and Residence Hall, incubation centers that provide services to the MC community
What Will I Study?
Tourism Management will prepare you for various set of skills such as decision-making strategies particularly in managing client’s concerns, attending to details, safety and security in travel and tours, communicating effectively with tourism stakeholders and demonstrate customized service. Aligned with the ASEAN Competency Standards for Tourism Professionals, we will provide you competencies that will demonstrating your personal pride in recognizing, preserving and promoting sustainable tourism, cultural heritage and ecotourism concerns that are timely in providing memorable experiences to the clients. In addition, you will be exposed in the various incubation laboratories, namely: The Travel Bureau, Maker’s Café and MC Residence Hall that will make your learning experiential as we prepare you to become tourism professionals.
Total Program Units: 177 units
General Courses: 72
Major Courses: 105
Standard Completion Time: 4 years
Career Paths
- As a tourism professional, you can be career leaders in the field of aviation, travel and tour agencies, tour guides, travel consultants and the like
- As a hospitality professional, you can be hotel manager, events manager, food and beverage manager, entertainment manager
- You can also be considered as a tourism entrepreneurs specifically in the tourism retail, tourism product development, arts and culture, and tourism
What are Graduates doing now?
Most of our graduates are into accommodation, transportation (airline industry), travel services, food and beverage, tourism services segments of the leisure and tourism industry. Some are pursuing graduate programs and additional language learnings at Miriam College and other prestigious schools. Others are into management of their own family businesses. Organizations where our students are directly involved are:
- Qatar Airways
- Etihad Airways
- Philippine Airlines
- PAL Express
- Air Asia
- Cebu Pacific
- International Hotel Group
- Novotel Hotel
- Shang-ri La Hotel
- Marco Polo
- Jollibee Foods, Inc.
- Blue Horizons Travel Agency
- Department of Tourism
- NAIA Terminals – Grounds
Activities
Meet the Faculty
Ma. Jasmin Leonida Abueva
Lecturer
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, University of the Philippines
Maria Cristina Asuncion
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration, Miriam College
Industry tools (GDS), Transportation Management and Airline Management
Maria Cristina Bayhon-Garcia
Sr. Lecturer
Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines
Business Law
Joanne Beato
Sr. Lecturer
Master in Business Administration, Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology
Administration, F&B Management
Jack Jude Garcia
Lecturer
Master of Science in Tourism and Hospitality Management, De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde
Tourism
Reynaldo Jorda
Sr. Lecturer
PhD in Educational Management, Philippine Normal University
DOT Licensed Tour Guide, DOT Master Trainer
Marysol Napire
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration, Miriam College
Hotel PM/ Entrepreneurship
