Seneca College – School of Tourism – Markham, Ontario Canada
www.senecac.on.ca/tourism
Seneca College is Canada’s largest community college with over 17,000 full-time students enrolled in over 200 different programs of study. Studies in Tourism and Travel are offered at the Markham Campus, on the border with Toronto.

The Tourism and Travel program provides a broad introduction to the industry. The curriculum is designed to encourage students to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to work in any segment of the tourism industry. After first semester, students choose to specialize in either retail travel, tour operations or hospitality. The program offers students a large degree of flexibility in selecting courses from a range of specialist electives. As such, students can create their own cluster of related skills. Thus, the program prepares students for employment in a variety of sectors and for many positions, such as special event coordinator, travel counsellor, tour operator reservations agent, hotel and resort front desk clerk, and restaurant service. Flight Services graduates are often employed by airlines as flight attendants, passenger agent and reservations agent. Travel/study opportunities are offered as part of the program. These range from local day trips to extended international travel.

All students work in an industry placement during their fourth semester. Students usually work two days per week in industry during the semester.

Graduates of our programs have a number of further training opportunities. Transfer agreements have been made with several university programs in Canada and internationally.

Since 1999, the Flight Services program has maintained an important international relationship with Hainan Airlines of China. Each year, about a dozen graduates of the Flight Services program are selected to work with the airline on a one-year contract.

Another international development is the joint Flight Services program offered in cooperation with Guanzhou Civil Aviation College (GCAC). Students study for two years in Guanzhou, China and then complete a third year at Seneca to earn a diploma from each institution. This program has been extended to include a tourism and hospitality option. All three years of the program aree also taught in China, with the third year being led by English-speaking faculty from Seneca College. Again, graduates will earn a diploma from GCAC and from Seneca College. Students in Canada will also have the option of taking some courses in China. This model has been so successful that it has been adopted by Nanchang University, China and HOPE Academy, Mumbai, India.

For more information:
David Wright, Professor
Seneca College, Centre for Tourism & Leisure Studies
10 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON Canada L3R 5Y1
Tel: (416) 491-5050

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