Programme overview

The study programme in a nutshell

Tourism, Culture and Society is one of the three specialisations within the master Arts and Culture Studies. This specialisation centres around the sociology of cultural tourism, cultural heritage studies and heritage management. With a combination of seminars, workshops, and fieldtrips, you will gain knowledge on different aspects of tourism, both in theory and in practice. Throughout the whole year, you will be guided and supported by our lecturers who are renowned scholars on top of new developments and cutting-edge studies in the field.

What will you learn

You will learn about the latest developments in the tourism sector and its interplay with culture and society. You will do so by learning different research methods, and by applying your theoretical knowledge to actual cases in our classes and seminars. After completion of the required courses, you are free to choose electives that enable you to delve deeper into the subjects that you are most interested in.

You will complete the master specialisation with a thesis, where you are challenged to combine and apply the theoretical knowledge that you acquired with a topic of your own choice. There is also the possibility to write your thesis within an institution. This way, you will leave university with some valuable experience in the labour market already!

Students before you wrote their thesis on subjects such as indigenous tourism, dark tourism, media tourism, place-branding and destination-image, eco-tourism, food heritage, cultural festivals and -performances, and theme parks.