BA/BA (Hons) Hospitality Management

You’ll study the principles of hospitality management and apply these to practical situations in hotels and restaurants, preparing you for a career in the hospitality and tourism industries. You’ll specialise in hospitality business with the opportunity to study modules in tourism, leisure, marketing and languages. You’ll learn practical skills in hotels and restaurants, as well as developing transferable skills in research, academic writing, communication and interpersonal relations, presentation and time management. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn from within the industry via a work placement or live project. Alternatively you can choose to study abroad through our international exchange links in Europe and the USA. This course is studied full-time over four years. You’ll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, tutorials and independent study. There is a work placement option in Year 3. It’s also available as a Joint Honours degree with Marketing, Tourism, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship or a Language. We offer tuition that is supported by highly experienced teaching staff and strong industry links. What you study Below is an indication of the modules you’ll most likely study. These will be supplemented with choices from a course-specific option pool. Year 1 Introduction to Hospitality, Tourism and Events Intercultural and Organisational Management Hospitality Operations Accounting for Business Two options Year 2 Business and Management Challenges Hospitality Systems Facilities Planning for Hospitality,Tourism and Events The Study of Food and Wine Two options Year 3 Hospitality Business Development Service Management One option Live Project and one option, or -week supervised work experience Year 4 Leadership and Innovation for Tourism, Hospitality and Events International Hospitality Dissertation Two options Work placement An optional -week supervised work experience period is available in trimester two of your third year. Study modules mentioned above are indicative only. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study. You can view a list of all current modules in our module catalogue.