Professional Short Courses, Certificates and Diploma Programs
COURSES IN THE DEPARTMENT Duration
- Diploma in Tourism Management 2 Years
- Certificate in Tour Guiding and Driving 2 Years
SHORT COURSES (SC)
Course Duration
- Tour Guiding & Driving 3 Months
- Interpretation for Tourism 3 Months
- Event Management 3 Months
- Birding 4 Months
- Site Guide 2 Months
- Travel Management 4 Months
COURSE STRUCTURE
DIPLOMA IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT (DTM)
Duration : 2 Years (4 Semesters)
The course has both Professional and Essential/Crosscutting Course Units.
The Professional / Core Course Units
- Business of Tourism (Principles of Tourism)
- Touristic History and Cultures of Uganda.
- Touristic Geography & Map Interpretation
- Hotel Operations I
- Tourism Planning and Conservation.
- Tour Guiding Techniques
- Tour and Travel Management
- Eco and Community Based Tourism
- Hotel Operations II
- Park and Wildlife Management
- Tourism Product Development
- Sustainable Tourism management
- Tourist Driving I
- Economics of Tourism
- Museum and Monuments
- Tourist Driving II
Essentials / Cross – Cutting Course Units (Management)
- Sales and Marketing
- Principles of Management
- Entrepreneurship Development
- Customer Care and Visitor Management
- Business Communication Skills
- Principles of Accounting
- Research Methods
- Safety and Security
LANGUAGES
Swahili is compulsory for all and a student chooses one other for one year only.
- German
- French
- Swahili
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CERTIFICATE COURSE: TOUR GUIDING AND DRIVING
Duration: 2 Year divided into 4 Semesters of 17 weeks each.
The course has Professional and Essential Course Units.
The Professional Course Units
- Introduction to Tourism (Tourism Theory)
- Introduction to hospitality
- Tour guiding I
- Touristic History and Cultures of Uganda
- Nature Interpretation I
- Touristic Geography and Map Interpretation.
- Tour Guiding Techniques II
- Tourist Driving
- Travel operations
- Birding
- Nature interpretation II
- Protected areas of Uganda.
- Travel behaviors and management
- Community based Tourism
- Product development
- Internship
Essentials / Cross – Cutting Course Units (Management)
- Computer Applications.
- Entrepreneurship Skills Development.
- Business Communication Skills.
- Principles of accounting
- Safety, Security and First Aid.
Languages
These are compulsory for all and a student chooses one for one year only:
- German
- French
- Swahili