B.A. (Hons) Hospitality Business Management

Our dedicated hospitality team create an inspiring and sustainable learning environment, which helps to prepare you for the challenges of professional managerial life.

During your studies you will be offered the opportunity to undertake a range of additional qualifications to prepare you for the working environment and help build your CV. You will study core Business Management units and specialist units including Technology and Innovation.

You will also have the option of studying a foreign language, which will give you an advantage in this truly global industry. The course will offer you a range of UK and international educational visits and competitions.

BA (Hons) Hospitality Business Management covers a full range of managerial disciplines required by the modern day Hospitality Industry. In your first year you will study a range of management and hospitality industry units. The Hospitality Operations unit combines academic theory with your real life experiences in the workplace offered during the course.

Units you will study include:

• Business Management
• Hospitality Operations
• Technology and Innovation
• Contemporary Hospitality

You also have the option of studying a modern foreign language through the Uniwide Languages programme

In Year 2 many of the operational skills and knowledge introduced during year one will be further developed towards an understanding at supervisory/management level.

You also have the option of studying a modern foreign language through the Uniwide Languages programme

During year 3 of this degree you have the option of spending a year on placement within the hospitality industry gaining valuable experience to kick start your career.

The final year includes studies in Hotel Operations Tactics & Strategy (HOTS), a unique dynamic training and development experience for industry. HOTS is based around a realistic computer exercise that simulates the management of a service business.

You will also complete your 10,000 word dissertation project, which involves undertaking a substantial piece of independent research into a topic of your choice, working closely with your academic supervisor.

Units you will study:

• Dissertation
• Responsible Hospitality Management
• Hotel Operations Tactics & Strategy
• International Management and Leadership

You also have the option of studying an modern foreign language through the Uniwide Languages programme