Richards Bay Campus
We aim to produce generations of graduates who can think with dexterity and reshape the current social, economic and political spaces and systems for Africa and globally. Our programmes are geared towards scholarship that informs equity and inclusion, challenging historical systems of oppression and privilege on multiple levels. Our faculty is diverse in discipline and background. We come together through our commitment to thoughtful, critical and indigenous scholarship while exploring varied perspectives.
Tel: 035 902 6562 STD (Esikhawini College), Hotel Management Certificate (Damelin College), ABET (UNISA), PDRT, MRT (UNIZULU)
Miss P.S Mhlongo, BA Tourism studies (UNIZULU), BA Honours, UNIZULU), PGCE (UNISA). MA (UNIZULU)
To receive new academic qualifications for staff.
The purpose of the programme is to provide graduates with vocational knowledge and skills required in the tourism industry. Graduates of this programme will be equipped to enter both the public and private tourism sectors as entry level employees, and will be able to utilize and apply operational skills and problem-solving techniques within tourism businesses or public tourism institutions. The essence of this programme is to provide graduates with hands-on skills (different from Bachelor degree provision) that will enable them to be employed as quickly as possible after graduation. Students, in their third year, will take Tourism Employability Skills module, and will undergo a six-month Work Integrated Learning within the tourism industry to
prepare them for a career in the industry.
Faculty | ARTS | ||||||
Department | Recreation & Tourism | ||||||
Diploma (Designator) | Diploma in Tourism Management | ||||||
CESM Category | 04 |
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CESM 1st Qualifier | 040702 | Tourism & Travel Services Management | |||||
CESM 2nd Qualifier | 041604 | Tourism & Travel Services Marketing Operations | |||||
Major Field of Study | Tourism Management | Tourism Development | |||||
Abbreviation | Dip (Tourism Management) | ||||||
Qualification Code (SAQF) | 79266 | Qual ID |
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UNIZULU Code | 1DPTM1 | ||||||
NQF Exit Level | 6 | ||||||
Admission Requirements | NSC with Diploma endorsement; Level 4 or “D” symbol (HG) for English, at least level 4 in any four recognised NSC subjects. 24 NSC Points (excluding Life Orientation). Alternatively, a Higher Certificate or Advanced Certificate in a cognate field. | ||||||
Minimum Points for Admission | 24 | ||||||
Minimum duration of studies | 3 YEARS | ||||||
Presentation mode of subjects: | Full time | ||||||
Intake for the qualification: | JANUARY | ||||||
Registration Cycle for the subjects: | JANUARY | ||||||
Total credits to Graduate: | 378 | ||||||
YEAR 1
SUBJECT NAME | SUBJECT CODE | SUBJECT CREDITS | NQF LEVEL | PRE-REQUISITE SUBJECT(S) |
SEMESTER 1 |
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Tourism Events Management A | 1TEM111 | 12 | 5 | None |
Travel Practice 1A | 1TPR111 | 12 | 5 | None |
Travel & Tourism Development 1A | 1TTD111 | 12 | 5 | None |
Travel & Tourism Management 1A | 1TTM111 | 12 | 5 | None |
Hospitality Information Systems 1 | 4HMI111 | 8 | 5 | None |
SEMESTER 2 |
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Tourism Events Management B | 1TEM112 | 12 | 5 | None |
Travel Practice 1B | 1TPR112 | 12 | 5 | None |
Travel & Tourism Development 1B | 1TTD112 | 12 | 5 | None |
Travel & Tourism Management 1B | 1TTM112 | 12 | 5 | None |
Hospitality Information Systems 2 | 4HMI112 | 8 | 5 | None |
TOTAL |
| 112 |
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YEAR 2
SUBJECT NAME | SUBJECT CODE | SUBJECT CREDITS | NQF LEVEL | PRE-REQUISITE SUBJECT(S) |
SEMESTER 1 |
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Communication Skills 1 | 1COM141 | 16 | 5 | None |
Travel & Tourism Marketing A | 1TEM211 | 12 | 5 | None |
Travel & Tourism Development 2A | 1TTD211 | 12 | 6 | 1TTD111, 1TTD112 |
Travel & Tourism Management 2A | 1TTM211 | 12 | 6 | 1TTM111,1TTM112 |
Travel Practice 2A | 4TPR211 | 12 | 6 | 1TPR111, 1TPR112 |
SEMESTER 2 |
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Communication Skills 2 | 1COM182 | 16 | 5 | None |
Travel & Tourism Marketing B | 1TEM212 | 12 | 5 | None |
Travel & Tourism Development 2B | 1TTD212 | 12 | 6 | 1TTD111, 1TTD112 |
Travel & Tourism Management 2B | 1TTM212 | 12 | 6 | 1TTM111,1TTM112 |
Travel Practice 2B | 1TPR212 | 12 | 6 | 1TPR111, 1TPR112 |
TOTAL |
| 128 |
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YEAR 3
SUBJECT NAME | SUBJECT CODE | SUBJECT CREDITS | NQF LEVEL | PRE-REQUISITE SUBJECT(S) |
SEMESTER 1 |
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Tourism Employability Skills | 1TES311 | 30 | 6 | None |
Travel & Tourism Information System | 1TIF311 | 12 | 6 | None |
Travel & Tourism Development 3 | 1TTD311 | 12 | 5 | 1TTD211, 1TTD212 |
Travel & Tourism Management 3 | 1TTM311 | 12 | 5 | 1TTM211,1TTM212 |
Travel Practice 3 | 1TPR311 | 12 | 6 | 1TPR211, 1TPR212 |
SEMESTER 2 |
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Tourism Work Integrated Learning | 1TWL312 | 60 | 6 | Level 1 and 2 second semester modules |
TOTAL |
| 138 |
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DIPLOMA IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT
MODULE DESCRIPTIONS
FIRST YEAR | ||
Semester 1 | ||
MODULE CODE | MODULE NAME | MODULE DESCRIPTION |
1TEM111
| Tourism Events Management A
| On successful completion of this module, students are expected to demonstrate their understanding of events management concepts. Students will be able to identify different types of events and discuss stakeholders involved as well as understanding the different staging elements. |
1TPR111 | Travel Practice 1A . | This module is destination specific, and on successful completion of this module, students should possess the knowledge and understanding of the application of Tourism Geography from the supply and demand perspectives. They should have knowledge of tourist destinations in Africa and Asia. |
1TTD111 | Travel & Tourism Development 1A
| On successful completion of the module, students understand the tourism industry as an interrelated system, in relation to key sectors and role players in tourism. |
1TTM111
| Travel & Tourism Management 1A | The purpose of this module is to introduce tourism students to the main principles of business management in a tourism context. They will understand the concepts of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling a tourism enterprise, within a local and global environment. |
Elective | ||
4HMI111
| Hospitality Information Systems 1
| This module seeks to equip students with skills in computer literacy which include Windows operating system, browser and Word processor applications. This module will also enable the student to apply their knowledge and experience when they get employed in the hospitality industry. |
Semester 2 | ||
1TEM112 | Tourism Events Management B
| On successful completion of this module, students should understand and demonstrate skills in important tourism events’ management planning and management functions, such as bidding process, events’ marketing, securing sponsorship, risk management, communication, and catering management. |
1TPR112 | Travel Practice 1B
| This module is destination specific, and on successful completion of this module, students should possess the knowledge and understanding of the application of Tourism Geography from the supply and demand perspectives. They should have knowledge of tourist destinations in Europe, Americas (North, Central and South) and Oceania. |
1TTD112 | Travel & Tourism Development 1B
| The purpose of this module is to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of the tourism industry and the different types of tourism impacts. Students will be able to identify the social, economic and environmental impacts of the development of different types of tourism attractions. |
1TTM112 | Travel & Tourism Management 1B
| The purpose of the module is to introduce tourism students to the field of General Management, and develop students who can demonstrate a focused knowledge on the issues of the manager and the development of management theory as well as the functional areas of a business, namely operations management, human resource management, marketing management, financial management, and purchasing and supply management. |
Elective | ||
4HMI112 | Hospitality Information Systems 2 | The aim of the module is to equip students with basic computer literacy skills in presentation and spreadsheet applications. |
SECOND YEAR | ||
Semester 1 | ||
1TEM211 | Travel & Tourism Marketing A
| The objective of this module is to introduce tourism students to the basic principles of marketing, mainly in a consumer product context. On a practical level, the student will have attained the necessary experience to identify environmental trends, understand basic consumer behaviour and market segmentation. |
1TPR211
| Travel Practice 2A
| The module’s purpose is to offer students with the knowledge of the composition and the function of the travel industry, including themes such as world tourism geography, surface, water and air transport, accommodation, travel document requirements for international travel, travel insurance, foreign exchange and compiling travel itineraries for international travels. |
1TTD211
| Travel & Tourism Development 2A
. | On successful completion of this module, students will have acquired the necessary knowledge about the effective use of various levels and models of tourism planning in South Africa based on the tourism policies, principles of sustainability and ethical use of community tourism resources. |
1TTM211 | Travel & Tourism Management 2A
| On successful completion of this module students will be capable of applying financial analysis tools necessary to monitor the general financial position of a tourism business and to limit the risk of financial failure of the business as far as possible. Students will be able to apply basic accounting principles for effective financial decision-making in the tourism business. Students will receive guidance on how to manage the tourism business in a sustainable financial way by the integration of foundational, practical and reflective competence. |
Elective | ||
1COM141 | Communication Skills 1
| The purpose of this module is to guide the student or learner towards becoming an effective communicator where communication refers to all of the four communication skills: speaking, writing, listening and reading. |
Semester 2 | ||
1TEM212 | Travel & Tourism Marketing B | The objective of this module is to introduce tourism students to tourism offerings, mainly in a consumer product context. On a practical level, the student will be familiar with the product, pricing, distribution and promotion elements of the marketing mix |
1TPR212 | Travel Practice 2B
| Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to calculate appropriate international fares with 100% accuracy, based upon principles found in the IATA Passenger Tariff Conferences’ Multilateral Interline System. This is achieved by making use of the Passenger Air Tariff publication. The module is based on the standards set by IATA airlines and approved by their respective governments, reducing errors in interpreting conditions that apply to international fare calculation. |
1TTD212 | Travel & Tourism Development 2B
| The purpose of this module is to equip students studying Tourism Management for their responsibility with respect to aspects of tourism destination evolutionary models and tourism development in context. Sustainable and responsible tourism and the ongoing debates should form the core of this module. |
1TTM212 | Travel & Tourism Management 2B
| The objective of this module is to introduce the students to the distinctive process of entrepreneurship. The module presents both theory and practice, which will clarify underpinning theoretical concepts with practical application. |
Elective | ||
1COM182 | Communication Skills 2
| The purpose of this module is to provide the learner with knowledge of effective communication skills in both written and the oral mediums, within a number of different contexts, in and out of the organisation. |
THIRD YEAR | ||
Semester 1 | ||
1TES311 | Tourism Employability Skills
| The purpose of this module is make students aware of the employability skills and encourage them to integrate these skills in their personal and professional development, and kick-start their career in tourism. |
1TIF311 | Travel & Tourism Information Systems
| The purpose of this module is to provide students with the skills of using information technology in tourism distribution channels. Students will be equipped with basic understanding of essential reservation software used in different tourism organisations. |
1TPR311 | Travel Practice 3 | The purpose of this module is to provide students with the skills of running a travel agency and a tour operation. |
1TTD311 | Travel & Tourism Development 3
| The purpose of this module is to give the students a comprehensive understanding of the economics of tourism. The module must help student understand the supply and demand determinants of tourism, the measurement of the tourism industry, the role of the government in growing the tourism economy, the micro and macro evolution of tourism investment decisions, the international economic dimensions of tourism and the environmental economics of tourism development. |
1TTM311 | Travel & Tourism Management 3
| The purpose of this module is to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of destination competitiveness. The module will link destination competition with sustainability, exploring ways how destination policy, planning and development can bring about a sustainable and competitive destination. |
Semester 2 | ||
1TWL312 | Tourism Work Integrated Learning
| The purpose of this module is to expose students to industry / practical experience that allows them to apply theories learnt in class to practice in the tourism industry. Students will have a particular challenge of facing some industry practices that are different from classroom knowledge. Students have to find a suitable tourism organization where they will spend not less than six months in, to gain practical experience. Students are expected to be evaluated by the site mentor, submit an abstract and give a presentation on their work integrated learning experiences to the University. |
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FACULTY | Arts | ||
DEPARTMENT | Communication Science | ||
Qualifier | Diploma in Public Relations Management | ||
CESM Category | 05 | Communication, Journalism and Related Studies | |
CESM 1ST Qualifier | 0504 | Public Relations, Advertising and Applied Communication | |
CESM 2ND Qualifier | 050499 | Communication, Journalism and Related Studies, Other | |
MAJORS | Communication Studies 1,2,3 | Public Relations 1B, 2B, 3A | |
SAQA ID | 101140 | ||
UNIZULU Code | 1CPDP1/ACPDP1 | ||
NQF EXIT Level | 6 | ||
Entry Requirements | NSC Dip with an achievement rating of 3 (40-49%) or better in 4 recognised NSC 20-credit subjects and an achievement rating of 4 (50-59%) in English as (FAL), or 4 (50-59%) in English as Home Language. | ||
Minimum Duration of Studies | 3 years | ||
Presentation mode of subjects: | Full-time | ||
Intake for the qualification: | January | ||
Registration cycle for the subjects: | January | ||
Total credits to graduate: | 360 | ||
FIRST YEAR
SUBJECT NAME | OLD SUBJECT CODE | NEW SUBJECT CODE | SUBJECT CREDITS | NQF LEVEL | PRE-REQUISITE SUBJECT(S) |
SEMESTER 1 |
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Communication Studies 1 | ACCS111 | 1CCS111 | 15 | 7 | Equivalent to ACOM111/ 1COM111 |
Corporate Communication | ACCC111 | 1CCC111 | 15 | 6 | Equivalent to ACOM122/ 1COM122 |
Digital Communication 1 | ACOM151 | 1COM151 | 15 | 5 | None |
Communication Skills 1 | ACOM141 | 1COM141 | 15 | 5 | None |
UNIZULU101 | AZUL100 | UZUL100 | 16 | 5 | None |
SEMESTER 2 |
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Communication Skills 2 | ACOM182 | 1COM182 | 15 | 5 | None |
Public Relations 1B | ACOM132 | 1COM132 | 15 | 7 | None |
Journalism Skills 1 | ACJS112 | 1CJS112 | 15 | 6 | None |
Marketing & Advertising 1C | ACOM172 | 1COM172 | 15 | 5 | Equivalent to ACOM121 |
UNIZULU 101 | UZUL100 | UZUL100 | 16 | 5 | None |
TOTAL | 126 |
SECOND YEAR
SUBJECT NAME | OLD SUBJECT CODE | NEW SUBJECT CODE | SUBJECT CREDITS | NQF LEVEL | PRE-REQUISITE SUBJECT(S) |
SEMESTER 1 |
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Journalism Skills 2 | ACJS211 | 1CJS211 | 15 | 6 | ACJS112 /1CJS112 |
Communication Research | ACOM291 | 1COM291 | 15 | 6 | None |
Marketing & Advertising 2A | ACOM241 | 1COM241 | 15 | 6 | ACOM172/ 1COM172 |
Communication Studies 2 | ACCS211 | 1CCS211 | 15 | 7 | ACCS111, Equivalent to ACOM211 |
SEMESTER 2 |
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Communication Research Methods A | ACOM262 | 1COM262 | 15 | 6 | None |
Public Relations Ethics | APHS112 | 1PHS112 | 15 | 6 | Equivalent to APHI132 |
Public Relations 2B | ACOM222 | 1COM222 | 15 | 7 | ACOM132/ 1COM132 |
Law For Public Relations | ACOM142 | 1COM142 | 15 | 6 | Equivalent to ACOM251 |
TOTAL |
| 120 |
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THIRD YEAR
SUBJECT NAME | OLD SUBJECT CODE | NEW SUBJECT CODE | SUBJECT CREDITS | NQF LEVEL | PRE-REQUISITE SUBJECT(S) |
SEMESTER 1 |
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Media Studies 1B | ACOM221 | 1COM221 | 15 | 6 | None |
Communication Studies 3 | ACCS311 | 1CCS311 | 15 | 7 | 1CCS211/ACCS211, Equivalent to 1COM311/ACOM311 |
HIV & Aids Literacy | AHIV111 | 1HIV111 | 15 | 5 | None |
Public Relations 3A | ACOM331 | 1COM331 | 15 | 7 | 1COM222/ACOM222 |
Semester 2 |
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Experiential Learning 1A | ACOM332 | 1COM332 | 60 | 6 | 1COM182, 1CJS112, 1COM132, 1COM172, 1PHS112, ACOM222, ACOM262, 1COM142 |
TOTAL |
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