MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
International Hotel & Tourism Management

This intensive 3 semester program, offered at the Leysin campus in Switzerland and the London-Waterloo campus in the United Kingdom, integrates Business Administration and Hotel Management to enable students to acquire the skills that qualify them for immediate employment in the hospitality field.

Students start the first semester of studies in Switzerland. The first semester of studies, which lasts 4 months, combines classroom study of advanced business and management issues and topics.

Students are then allowed to transfer the credits earned to continue their studies in the United Kingdom for the second and third semesters of study.

The following courses are usually offered:

Semester 1 (4 months academic study)

Fall Term : BA 512 Managerial Accounting (3), BA 522 International Marketing (3), BA 531 Management in International Business (3), BA 570 Management Communication for International Business (3), BA 540 Business, Government and International Economy (3), BA 589 Methods of Research (3). Additional courses include Restaurant Operations, and French as preparation for the internship.

Spring Term : BA 515 Managerial Finance (3), BA 523 Marketing Management (3), BA 536 Trade Strategies (3), BA 537 Production and Operations Management (3), BA 538 Problems of Multinational Enterprise (3), BA 592 Selected Topics. Additional courses include Restaurant Operations, and French as preparation for the internship.


Programme outline at the London campus: 27 credits

The following courses are usually offered:

Semester 3 (4 months academic study)

HM 510 Food and Beverage Control (3) HM 531 international Travel and Tourism (3), either HM 541 Tourism Planning and Marketing (3), or HM 581 Selected Topics in Tourism Management (3), HM 544 Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry (3), HM 572 Hotel and Restaurant Accounting Information Systems (3), HM 582 Case Studies in Hotel and Tourism Management (3).

Semester 4 (2 months academic study)

BA 501 Organisational Behaviour (3), BA 560 International Business Law (3), MBA elective (3).

Admission Requirements

Completion of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business administration, hospitality, or hotel and restaurant management, provided that the following courses have been completed: economics, statistics, business law, marketing, management and accounting. Submission of score on Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). Students are required to take the GMAT before or during their SIU studies, but must have taken it during the final term of studies at the latest - the official score must be received directly from ETS.

Graduation Requirements

In addition to the graduation requirements for all graduate student candidates for the Master of Business Administration in International Hotel and Tourism Management degree must have completed a minimum of 45 semester credits at the graduate level, and passed the final oral comprehensive examination.