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Employment Prospects

Upon completion of this program, you will be able to make the most of your skills and: exercise different tasks such as being able to: 

• Create tour packages
• Organize group and individual tours
• Represent a tour operator at a destination
• Promote tourism products and services
• Guide and animate groups
• Coordinate events
  
  

Course list

Specialized training:

• Tourism and Careers
• Tourism Marketing
• Welcoming Tourists
• Geography in Tourism
• Computing Tools
• Marketing Research in Tourism
• Cultural Fabric of Canada and Quebec
• Tourism Products
• Accounting
• Tourism Promotion
• Tourist Attractions of Canada and Quebec
• International Tourism I
• Human Resource Management
• Strategic Marketing
• Introduction to Spanish
• International Tourism II
• International Tourism III
• Financial Operations in Tourism
• Electronic Communications in a Second Language
• Supply and Demand in Tourism
• Tourist Product Sales
• Speech Communication Skills
• Practical Spanish
• Analysis of Foreign Tourist Destinations
• Modification of Tour Packages
• Evaluation of Foreign Tourist Destinations
• Introduction to Reservation Systems
• Information Management in Reservation Systems
• Creation of Tour Packages
• Final Project I in Development and Promotion of Travel Products
• Internship in Development and Promotion of Travel Products
• Final Project II in Development and Promotion of Travel

General training:

• 3 physical education courses
• 3 humanities courses
• 4 language and literature courses
• 2 second language courses
• 2 complementary courses

* The College reserves the right to substitute certain courses.

Admission criteria

Have obtained a Secondary School Diploma (DES) and completed the following courses :

• Language of Instruction from Secondary V
• Second Language from Secondary V
• Mathematics CST 4e (or Math 426 or 514)
• Physical Sciences from Secondary IV
• History from Secondary IV

or

Have obtained a Professional Studies Diploma (DEP) and completed the following courses:

• Language of Instruction from Secondary V
• Second Language from Secondary V
• Mathematics CST 4e (or Math 426 or 514)

or

Have obtained an equivalent education or an instruction deemed sufficient. Every case will be analysed by the college.

Level

• This program leads to a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) .
• Holders of a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) in Tourism Techniques are qualified to pursue university studies.
• This program can also lead to an Attestation of Collegial Studies (AEC).

LaSalle College has reached special agreements with numerous universities, allowing its graduates to obtain equivalence credits for courses successfully completed.

Similar programs

• Tourism Techniques AEC 
• Travel Agent AEC 

Where are our graduates?

Amr Younes, Director of Call Centre and Operations, Thomas Cook Canada

“My training at LaSalle College, especially in Tourism Marketing helped me to stand out from the crowd, and I was able to advance my career rather quickly. As a manager, when I hire new employees for the call centre, I see a great difference in the quality of students that graduated from LaSalle College as compared to other training centers.

Karine Zakher, Corporate Travel Consultant, Voyages American Express

“I graduated from LaSalle College in the Tourism Techniques Program. LaSalle provided me with the tools I needed. From fare calculations to marketing and knowledge of destinations, what I learned has helped me develop a career in the tourism Industry. I am now completing a certificate in management at the university level.”