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International Tourism Management + Postgraduate Degree Diploma in Adventure Leadership (straight program)

This program is designed to prepare its graduates to become career specialists and decision
makers in the leisure and tourism industries globally. It aims to provide a viable and continuous pool of competent and talented manpower trained and knowledgeable in all aspects of the leisure and tourism industries, ready to take on management and leadership tasks anytime and anywhere in the world. Specifically, the program integrates the management, operation and leadership of recreation and leisure attractions, facilities, and services, provide expertise on travel needs and wants of various clienteles and cultivates understanding on how tourism as system promotes sustainability. Students of this program will graduate with a Bachelor of Science and Postgraduate Degree Diploma.
Program Outcomes

By the end of the program, graduates will be able to:
For International Tourism Management:
- Demonstrate Miriam College’s core values to seamlessly blend Filipino cultural principles with a global perspective, enabling adept leadership, authentic engagement, and selfless service to diverse communities;
- Work effectively and independently in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team’s
tourism service-oriented business organization; - Apply management and business concepts and skills that underline each of the functional areas of business (marketing, finance, human resources, operations management, information technology, and strategic management) and employ these concepts in various business situations;
- Manage and market a tourism service-oriented business organization;
- Plan, develop, implement, utilize various communication channels proficiently in dealing with guests and colleagues and evaluate tourism sites and attractions;
- Utilize various communication channels proficiently in dealing with guests and
colleagues; - Perform and provide a full cycle of guests’ services in tourism service-oriented business organization; and
- Demonstrate corporate citizenship and social responsibility, administrative, and
managerial skills in service-oriented business organization.
For Adventure Leadership:
- Integrate business and leadership concepts, theories, and principles in a range of management environments and roles;
- Use analytical and critical thinking skills to make decisions in an organization;
- Develop, implement and evaluate an organization’s human resource management principles and strategies;
- Advise and guide the development and implementation of Human Resources
legislation, practices, standards and policies; - Operationalize policies, procedures and initiatives that support the development of human resources;
- Provide leadership in the accomplishment of organizational goals and the development, implementation and evaluation of strategy;
- Apply concepts and principles of effective interpersonal competency to interactions with diverse individuals, groups, organizations and communities; and
- Conduct oneself with integrity by demonstrating ethical and professional behaviors as a human resources leader.
Key Competencies Developed:
By the end of the program, graduates will be able to develop the following key competencies:
- Discipline-based competencies in tourism, business, and hospitality;
- Critical and analytical thinking;
- Teamwork and diversity and cultural competence;
- Interpersonal and communication skills;
- Professional ethics and social accountability;
- Research-based decision making;
- Digital fluency, information systems; and
- Lifelong learning mindset.
These competencies can be assessed through a variety of methods, including:
- First-Year Students: Reflection paper, Simulation, Oral Presentations, Written Examinations;
- Second-Year Students: Pitch-Deck Presentations, Case Studies, Business Concept Mapping;
- Third-Year Students: Business Plan Development, Research Reports, Performance-based Assessments, Capstone Projects, Industry Internship;
- Fourth-Year Students: Strategic and Consultancy Reports, Reflective Portfolios; and
- Fifth-Year Students: OJT Performance Evaluations, Capstone Projects.
Potential Careers
Upon completion of the program students may work in a variety of sectors such as education, counseling, destination marketing, tourism operations, business, or recreation in leadership or program design roles.
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
| MIRIAM COLLEGE | CAMOSUN COLLEGE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| General Education | 19 units | Adventure Leadership | 30 credits |
| Business Core Courses | 9 units | Electives Courses | 24 credits |
| Tourism Core and Professional Courses | 72 units | Â | Â |
| Total MC | 100 units | Total CC | 54 units |
| Total Number of Units/Credits: 154 | |||
| Courses | Units |
|---|---|
| General Education Courses | 19 |
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| Business Core Courses | 9 |
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| Core Courses | 24 |
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| Professional Courses | 42 |
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| Practicum | 6 |
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| Total Number of Units | 100 |
Activities - Financial and Investments Management
Activities - Human Resource Management
Activities - Marketing Management
Meet the Faculty

Ma. Gracia Kathrina Antonio
Sr. Lecturer
Master in Business Administration, University of the Philippines
Marketing

Fely Elvie Marie Arzaga
Lecturer
Master in Business Administration, Ateneo Graduate School of Business
Accounting

Maria Cristina Asuncion
Sr. Lecturer
Master of Business Administration, Miriam College
Industry tools (GDS), Transportation Management and Airline Management

Apple Azurin
Lecturer
Juris Doctor, University of the Philippines
Business Law and Taxation
Wilfredo Baltazar
Lecturer
Master in Business Administration, University of the East
Auditing, Financial Reporting, Quality Assurance Review

Maria Cristina Bayhon-Garcia
Sr. Lecturer
Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines
Business Law
Ma. Liza Lorena Catamora
Sr. Lecturer
Master of Business Administration, De La Salle University
Supply Chain Management
Leonardo Dilangalen
Sr. Lecturer
Master in Business Administration, Ateneo de Manila University
Microeconomics
Minerva Flores
Lecturer
Master in Strategic Human Resource Management, Miriam College
Treasury Operations

Ma. Rica Emilia Hermoso
Sr. Lecturer
Master in Business Administration, Asian Institute of Management
Banking and Financial Institutions, Investments, Capital Markets

Maria Cristina L. Ibañez, MA
Sr. Lecturer
Master in Strategic Human Resource Management, Miriam College
Entreprenuership, Human Resource, Innovation
Elmer Joaquin
Sr. Lecturer
Master of Science in Data Science, Asian Institute of Management
Business Analytics
Ma. Liza Macalincag
Sr. Lecturer
Master in Labor and Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines
Human Resource Management practice

Aila Mendoza
Lecturer
Msc Management and Marketing, Nottingham Trent University
Digital Marketing

Phares Parayno
Professor
Ph D. in Energy Management and Environment Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Business Analytics
Leonardo Quinitio
Sr. Lecturer
Master in Business Administration, Lyceum of the Philippines
Capital Markets, Technical Analysis, Fundamental Analysis, Portfolio Management, Mergers & Acquisitions
Ma. Corazon Rodriguez
Prof. Lecturer
Doctor in Public Administration, University of the Philippines
Research, Tourism

Marcos Aurelio Salvador
Sr. Lecturer
Master of Arts in Economics, Ateneo De Manila University
Economics

Oscar Torres
Sr. Lecturer
Master in Business Administration, St. Dominic Savio College
Marketing Management
