Eirini Vlassi
Lecturer, Management and Marketing of Tourism Businesses and Destinations
Coordinator of the MBA in Tourism
The MBA in Tourism is accredited by the The Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA)
The distance program MBA in Tourism of Neapolis University Pafos provides students with a comprehensive and integrated approach to the discipline of tourism and the critical sector of tourism in general. The MBA in Tourism follows a modern approach to providing the necessary knowledge for the understanding of tourism as a social and economic phenomenon. It places particular emphasis on the tourism and hospitality business administration and the management of tourism destinations. Building upon the benefits of innovation in the globalised world, the curriculum is structured around the following pillars: environmental sustainability and sustainable management of tourism organisations. Therefore, students shall be equipped with the right skills to meet the challenges faced by modern tourism businesses, in a constantly changing international environment dominated by rapid technological developments, resulting in new models of corporate governance.
The Programme is specially designed for:
This is a distance learning Programme. During the academic year, educational meetings are held for each of the courses (compulsory and optional), as follows: six (6) telemeetings of a duration of two hours with the adviser for each course, who is responsible for informing, guiding, advising and evaluating the students. These meetings are primarily aimed at the general support of students as well as in the elaboration, deepening and development of all the courses that the students are studying. The interactivity and formative assessment form part of the learning and teaching methodology. The assignments completed during the semester correspond to 30% of the final grade while the final exam corresponds to 70%. In order for the student to succeed in a course he / she must achieve, in the written assignment as well as the final examination, a grade of at least 50/100.
In the third semester students complete their MBA dissertation which corresponds to 30 ECTS.
Code | Course title | Course type | ECTS |
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DMBA550 | Financial and Managerial Accounting | Compulsory | 7.5 |
DMBA560 | Marketing Manaement & Business Communication | Compulsory | 7.5 |
DMBA580 | Leadership and Organizational Behaviour | Compulsory | 7.5 |
DMBA620 | Quantitative Business Analysis | Compulsory | 7.5 |
Code | Course title | Course type | ECTS |
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DTOUR520 | Tour Operating Management | Compulsory | 7.5 |
DTOUR550 | Economics of Tourism and Hospitality | Compulsory | 7.5 |
DTOUR570 | Strategic Destination Management | Compulsory | 7.5 |
DTOUR530 | Hospitality Operations Management | Elective | 7.5 |
Code | Course title | Course type | ECTS |
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DTOUR500 | Dissertation | Compulsory | 30 |
The academic background of each candidate based on his/her previous studies, as well as his/her foreseen ability to conclude successfully the Program are taken into account. The necessary supporting documents to be submitted with the application include:
The University reserves its right to define the electives offered on an academic year basis.
The programme structure may change without prior notice, as a result of quality assurance procedures or/and programme recertification.
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