Hospitality & Tourism
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To meet the demands of the growing Tourism and Hospitality industry, UNB Saint John offers a four-year Bachelor of Applied Management in Hospitality and Tourism (BAMHT). Our BAMHT degree is unique because students graduate with two key industry credentials: a Certificate and a Degree (if entering from high school); a Diploma and a Degree (if entering from College).
This degree is also unique because of Saint John’s distinctive historic and geographic significance. As the oldest incorporated city in Canada, Saint John boasts the largest collection of Victorian architecture outside of the UK, making it an ideal location for heritage tourism. Its location on the Bay of Fundy also makes it an attractive port-of-call for the growing cruise ship industry, and the perfect place for eco-tourism operations, such as whale watching, caving and sea kayaking. Saint John is the place to study the real thing!
In addition to working on class projects and case studies based on local businesses and their strategies, you can also gain experience either on your own time, or through our accredited Co-op program.
Bachelor of Applied Management
The UNB Saint John Bachelor of Applied Management (BAM) degree programs offer college graduates the opportunity to continue their education at the university-level from a variety of college partners, and earn an undergraduate degree with only two more years (or four semesters) of study.
With your degree you are quipped to enter the tourism industry in areas as varied as hotel management, tourism research, park management, travel writing, or continue with hospitality tourism studies at the Masters level.
Program requirements
Hospitality and tourism does not offer its own degrees but rather provides the opportunity for students to pursue individualized and innovative interdisciplinary programs.
College students intending to pursue a degree at the University of New Brunswick Saint John must also successfully complete the equivalent of UNB Saint John courses in microeconomics or macroeconomics either while they complete their college diplomas or they may complete the course at UNB Saint John.
Program-specific courses
At UNB Saint John, courses specific to the BAMHT program include
- Introduction to Tourism (3+1 students only)
- Management Accounting for the Hospitality Industries
- Marketing of Services
- International Tourism
- Business Decision Analysis I and II
- Managerial Finance
- Management Information Systems
- Tourism Research Methods
- Competitive Strategy
- Planning and Development of Sustainable Tourism
How does the program work?
The BAMHT offers two programs of study:
The "3+1" route - (option a) - entry from high school
- Year 1: At UNB Saint John
- Year 2: At an approved partner college - optional summer Co-op term
- Year 3: At UNB Saint John - optional summer Co-op term
- Year 4: At UNB Saint John
The "2+2" route - (option b) - entry from college:
- Year 1: At an approved partner college
- Work term/ practicum
- Year 2: Continue at an approved partner college
- Work term/ practicum
- Year 3: At UNB Saint John - optional summer Co-op term
- Year 4: At UNB Saint John
If you are coming to us with a diploma, you will add to your existing experience and applied skills, furthering your knowledge and expertise about planning and management of tourism enterprises and programs while studying different forms of tourism including sustainable, international, natural area, cruise, resort, sacred site and heritage tourism.
