BA (Hons) Airline and Airport Management (University of West London)
Course Information
Description
Course Overview
The BA (Hons) Airline and Airport Management degree is an ideal course to equip supervisory or junior management staff operating in the Airline and Airport industry with the opportunity of learning formally about the contribution of this essential function in a variety of business and industry sectors.
Course content includes modules specific to commercial aviation as well as contextualised business management units. In addition, the course encourages the development of intellectual and management skills in the areas of business and personal development.
It provides the successful candidate with a formal higher education management qualification from which they can progress.
Course Objectives
The BA (Hons) Airline and Airport Management course aims to take a vocational perspective setting the study of commercial aviation alongside that of business management.
The course seeks to prepare students from a variety of educational backgrounds to enter a range of different managerial positions in the commercial aviation industry. These are identified both in the public and the private sectors.
All the courses aim to do the following as appropriate to the level of study:
1. Widen perspectives through breadth, depth, and relevance of subject coverage.
2. Develop intellectual skills of analysis, evaluation, and interpretation, problem-solving and critical thinking.
3. Develop subject practical skills and evolve skilled, reflective practitioners with employment capability.
4. Develop transferable skills including effective communication, teamwork, independent learning, and management of learning.
5. Encourage the integration of academic study with employment skills.
6. Meet the future challenges of working within the aviation industry.
7. Provide an encouraging and inclusive environment that aids independent learning and encourages social responsibility and positive attitudes to life-long learning and continuing professional development.
* Modern universities are defined as higher education institutions that were granted university status in, and subsequent to, 1992. UWL received the rankings listed above when compared to all other modern universities ranked in the guides/surveys cited.
** These are the latest figures according to Employment Performance Indicators (EPI) released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency HESA in 2018.
Entry Requirements
Minimum Age- 18
Language Requirement- Attainment of IELTS 6.0, or other equivalent English qualification
Academic Requirement
- Cambridge GCE A level (From a minimum 112 UCAS tariff points depending on course), or
- SDH Diploma in Aviation and Travel Operations, or
- Other CPE registered PEIs’ Diploma of related field, or
- Polytechnic Certificate with grade C or higher, or
- Other equivalent qualification deemed acceptable by University
Career Opportunities
Information not available.
Modules
Year 1 (Level 4)
- Academic Development and Employability
- Principles of Management and Leadership
- Introduction to Accounting and Finance
- Introduction to Airline and Airport Management
- Aviation Travel Geography
- The Aviation Experience
Year 2 (Level 5)
- Managing Human Resources
- Sales and Marketing
- Air Cargo Operations
- Human Factors in Aviation
- Airline and Airport Operations Management
- Research Methods for Managers
Year 3 (Level 6)
- Air Route Planning
- Strategic Airport Planning and Development
- Aviation Policy and Strategy
- Contemporary Issues and Management of Change
- Service Industries Dissertation