Presentation of the training
The BTS Tourism is a training delivering a Bac+2 State diploma.
At Lycée Renan, students are located in the city center and have access to all the basic services inside the buildings: a self-catering area, computer stations, a CDI and paper resources, an infirmary, school life, as well as a connection to the Toutatice network.
For more information about the school, visitlycee-renan.fr
The teachings of the BTS
The BTS Tourism includes both general and professional subjects, for a total of 31 hours per week.
7h per week
Development of Tourism Services (EPT)
The EPT teaches various themes applied to the tourism sector such as marketing, law or business management.
5 hours per weekin 1st year and6amin second year
Tourism Customer Relationship Management (GRCT)
The GRCT teaches students how to conduct building a relationship with customers, preparing sales pitches and booking flights and train tickets on professional coding software.
5 hours per weekin 1st year and4hin second year
Tourism and Territories (TT)
Combining history and tourist geography, the TT teaches the development of territories in tourism in order to better know the world and its heritage.
Tourist Information Management (GIT)
This course teaches students to use digital tools to design a website, a video montage, an audio guide or a brochure.
3 hours per weekof LV1 English and3 hours per weekby LV2
Living Languages (LV1, LV2)
The LV1 English and LV2 Spanish or German allows students to progress in foreign languages for their course after the BTS.
2 hours per week
General Culture and Expression (CGE)
This course teaches students to write personal expressions and summaries of documents, and to express themselves well in writing.
Professional workshops
3 hours per week, the students apply themselves to their search for an internship, to the design of projects or meet tourism professionals to carry out professional actions.
Internships and exams
In order to validate their years, BTS Tourism students must go through several stages:
Internships
Over the course of the two years, 14 weeks of internship in a professional environment are required.
These courses allow an immersion in the professional world of tourism and lead to the validation of skills in Tourist Customer Relations Management (GRCT) and Tourist Information Management (GIT).
Controls during training (CCF)
Each year, in addition to the usual assessments, students are checked during their training in order to validate their achievements in certain courses, by their teachers.
Events
The written and oral tests are prepared by mock exam sessions taking up the courses taken since the beginning of the training.
Mock and real exams take place in the first and second year.
The training lessons are compulsory but others, optional, can be passed in order to earn additional points.
Pix and Voltaire certificates
During the training, certifications in IT (Pix) and spelling (Voltaire) are put in place.
Their preparation gives rise to hours of training.
The assessments last 2 hours and are recognized in CVs as validation of professional experience.
To integrate the training, certain qualities are appreciated:
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Have computer skills
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Know how to communicate
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Have a good level in general culture
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Be independent
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To have team spirit
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Master foreign languages
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Be curious, motivated and hardworking
The section
An entire area of building A of the school is reserved for the tourism section. Students have 3 main rooms and a corridor shared with the staff room.
The hallway
This is where the student lockers are located. There is the common printer, armchairs, a kettle, brochures and tourist magazines as well as the dashboard with exam dates.
Computer rooms
A001 and A002
These are the two main rooms.
They are arranged for working on a computer or in a group and include a video projector and a whiteboard.
Classroom A003
This is the room used for lessons without the need for access to computer stations.
However, it has a few computers in the back, a video projector and a whiteboard.
Les professeurs
de la section tourisme
La section est animée par 4 professeurs enseignant les matières professionnelles et par 3 professeurs enseignants les matières générales.
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And after BTS?
A Tourism BTS allows a wide choice of outlets.
Students can, after obtaining their diploma, carry out further studies as well as integration into the professional world.
Travel agency
Customer relationship, sense of sale and argumentation are ideal for selling destinations
guidance
Cultural or natural heritage and even tourist park, a good guide welcomes, supervises and captivates his group
VISITOR CENTER
Propose activities and know a territory well to better inform tourists and communicate
International
At the airport, train station or abroad, the skills acquired will be very useful
Hotel
In hotel or camping, the hospitality sector is vast and brings many opportunities
Continuing Studies
Doing a license or another course in France or abroad can only be beneficial to deepen your knowledge of tourism.
