Bachelor’s Programme Economy, Health and Sports Tourism
You want to study business with a focus on tourism?
This programme offers a sound theoretical education in economics combined with a focus on tourism. The theoretical topics come alive, thus making them more relevant in real life, by concentrating on sports and health.
Graduates qualify to enrol in any Master’s degree programme in economics.
Study Code
UC 033 555
Application
The first admission takes place at the UMIT TIROL and the second admission takes place at the LFUI. Tuition fees are to be paid at the UMIT TIROL.
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Students are able to understand business and economic contexts, to assess them and use their knowledge for finding solutions to tourism-related economic problems. Graduates are able to find innovative solutions for complex problems of business management and regional development. They are also able to take on responsibility for business and regional-political measures. Special focus is on the development of innovative and sustainable approaches for the alpine health and sports tourism sector.
Graduates understand management concepts, can apply them and critically reflect on the field of conflict of economy, ecology and ethics.
The joint Bachelor’s Programme Economy, Health and Sports Tourism of the Leopold-Franzens-University (LFUI) and UMIT TIROL is an economic university education with a focus on alpine health and sports tourism.
The joint Bachelor’s programme aims at supplying the students with theoretical, methodological and practical tools for making a contribution to the further development and the implementation of trends in tourism in the Alpine area. Focus lies on sustainable health and sports tourism. It is the aim to facilitate an intensive transfer to businesses and organisations, especially in the area of innovative health and sports tourism by using practical expereince, project studies and applied science.
Successful graduates of the Bachelor’s programme of Economy, Health and Sports Tourism know the basic theories, models and instruments of business management and economy. They are able to challenge them and to put them in a wider social and economic context. They know about the specific character of regional tourist services with focus on health and sports tourism. They are able to embed entrepreneurial action in a regional context and to participate in the setting up of co-operations in product development and marketing.
The study programme is held in Landeck. The study programme is a full-time study programme with modular structure.
Having completed this study programme, a wide range of professions and careers in economy are open to the graduates – especially in the area of tourist industry and sports management, management of health-related services, public administration, associations, chambers, lobbies and the media.
The study programme has a special focus on the middle management level of accommodation businesses, tourist-related businesses like lift operators, facilities of leisure industry and event agencies, as well as industry-wide organisations of tourism and regional development, e.g. tourist boards.
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Curriculum
The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Bachelor’s Programme Economy, Health and Sports Tourism gives you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Bachelor's degree.
The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria must be fulfilled for enrolment in the Bachelor’s Programme Economy, Health and Sports Tourism, how long the programme lasts, which modules must be completed and much more.
The 2014w curriculum currently applies to the Bachelor’s Programme Economy, Health and Sports Tourism.
Information on the Curriculum (2014W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.
- English version of the Curriculum(from October 1st, 2023)
University of Innsbruck Bulletin, November 02nd, 2023, Issue 6, No. 90 (Equivalence list)
University of Innsbruck Bulletin, June 28th, 2023, Issue 53, No. 622 - PDF (modification of the curriculum)
- English version of the curriculum
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin Deccember 21st 2022, Issue 13, No. 163 - PDF (amendment of the curriculum)
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st 2017)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin September 18th 2017, Issue 58, No. 770 (Equivalence list)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 23rd 2016, Issue 45, No. 652(modification of the curriculum)
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st 2016)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin May 2nd 2016, Issue 24, No. 363 (modification of the curriculum)
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st 2014)
- Curriculum/Consolidated version (from October 1st 2014)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin August 6th 2014, Issue 43, No. 592 (amendment of the curriculum)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 27th 2014, Issue 35, No. 539
Introduction and Orientation Phase for Students (STEOP)
(1) Within the scope of the Studies and Orientation Stage, which takes place in the first semester, the following course examinations must be passed:
- SL Introduction to Management (4 ECTS-Credits)
- SL Introduction to Economics (4 ECTS-Credits)
- SL Fundamentals of Tourism (4 ECTS-Credits).
(2) Successful passing of all exams of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage entitles to passing all further courses and examinations as well as to writing the Bachelor’s Thesis.
(3) Before successful completion of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage courses amounting to 18 ECTS-Credits may be passed. The requirements specified in the curriculum must be met.
(1) The Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (STEOP), with a duration of one semester (30 ECTS-Credits), provides an overview of the study programme and its structure in order to give students an objective basis to assess their decision to pursue their chosen subjects.
(2) During the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage, the following course examinations, which may be repeated twice, must be completed satisfactorily:
1. SL Introduction to Management (4 ECTS-Credits)
2. SL Introduction to Economics (4 ECTS-Credits)
3. SL Fundamentals of Tourism (4 ECTS-Credits)
4. SL Sport and Health Tourism (4 ECTS-Credits)
(3) A positive result (passing grade) on the examinations specified in Paragraph 2 permits students to attend all courses and take all examinations following the Introduction and Orientation Phase for Students (STEOP) and to write a bachelor's thesis as described in the curriculum. The registration requirements specified by the curriculum must be met.
Recommended Course Sequence
The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.
The standard duration of the study programme is 6 semesters or 180 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Introduction to Management
6.0 ECTS-Credits: Bookkeeping and Financial Accounting
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Introduction to Economics
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Fundamentals of Tourism
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Economic Policy
6.0 ECTS-Credits: Statistics
2.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Modules § 9 Para 2
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Strategic Management
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Financial Management
8.0 ECTS-Credits: Fundamentals of Marketing and Services Marketing
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Macroeconomics
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Sport and Health Tourism
6.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Modules § 9 Para 2
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Foundation of an Enterprise and Enterpreneurship
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Management Accounting and Control
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Organizational Behavior
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Fundamentals of Sports & Health Psychology & Sociology
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Introduction to the Fundamentals of Law
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Modules § 9 Para 2
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Concepts and Instruments of Personnel Management
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Fundamentals of Enterprise Law
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Methods of Empirical Econimic Research
18.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Modules § 9 Para 2
6.0 ECTS-Credits: Foundation of an Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Developments in Personnel Management
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Seminar for Writing the Bachelor's Thesis Synopsis
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Destination Management and Marketing
4.0 ECTS-Credits: Online Communication and Marketing
8.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Modules § 9 Para 2
6.0 ECTS-Credits: Prevention , Nutrition and Movement
6.0 ECTS-Credits: Managerial Economics
12.0 ECTS-Credits: Seminar with Bachelor's Thesis
6.0 ECTS-Credits:Elective Modules § 9 Para 2
| Semester | ECTS-AP | Titel |
|---|---|---|
Extension Programme
Within the scope of the Study Programme, a Extension Programme corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits may be passed. Admission to the Extension Programme requires the admission to or the having passed of one of the selected Study Programmes. Detailed information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-informatik/
Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading
The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian grading scheme | Definition | %-age | ||
| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance | 25.8 | = 100% | |
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors | 29.3 | ||
| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors | 25.8 | ||
| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria | 19.1 | ||
| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
December 2021
Overall classification of the qualification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Forms (in German only)
- Fresher's Information
- Partical Agreement
- Evidence of the Bachelor's Thesis according to the curriculum
- Cover Sheet of the Bachelor's Thesis
- Recognition of examsANDSupplementary Sheet
- Recognition of (Prior) formal learning outcomes (RPL-Project)
- Examination Records
- Check list - Submission of the final Thesis
- Application for Bachelor’s graduation ceremony
- Application for Admission to the third and fourth repetition of a course examination
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Location Landeck
Associate Dean of Studies
assoz. Prof. Dr. Robert Steiger
Dean of Studies
assoz.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Umlauf
Contact at UMIT Tirol
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Peter Heimerl
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