The options include new areas such as Development Studies, Women's Studies and International Relations and some science topics, including Biology, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. There is great flexibility in first year, allowing students to sample a number of subjects before selecting their majors. Some subjects, including Psychology, can be studied in first year but not as majors. As well as teaching specific skills, the SAU produces flexible, literate and well-informed graduates who are ready to join the workforce as managers and leaders. It prepares them for a broad range of careers by enabling them to develop such valuable skills as the capacity to analyse a wide range of information and detail, to write effectively and with clarity, to pursue research and to develop good presentation skills.
Tourism enjoys a big share of the world services sector.
SAU offers both diploma and degree programs in Tourism and Hotel Management.