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  Foundation Year  
 
After the successful completion of the Foundation Year you can register to continue as full-time student in the Hospitality Management (Hons) Bachelor programme of the University of Portsmouth
 
 
  Hospitality Management
     
 

Course features

  • Provides balance between technical and business subjects
  • Excellent technical facilities
  • Opportunity to specialise in tourism
  • Excellent employment prospects
     
 

Course profile

This course provides a thorough understanding of the hotel and catering environment including the technical aspects of accommodation provision, production and service of food and drink.

A variety of units is offered for students wishing to focus on technical operations. Attention is also drawn to the external influences shaping the management of hotel and catering business. Individual social and economic factors are explored in a range of units from Hotel and catering Law to Social and Organisational Behaviour.

A new route through the degree enables students to specialise in the operation, management and marketing of tourism.

     
  Assessment  
 

A wide variety of assessment methods are used, including examination papers, group work presentations, case studies, and coursework.

Assessment generally takes place at the end of each semester.

   
  Career prospects  
 

This course offers an education suited to a career in the management of hotel and catering operations in any relevant organization, whether under private or public ownership.

     
  Mode: Full Time Duration: FY + 3 years
 
 
Course Structure:
 

Year 2: Cert HE

  
 
Semester 1
Introduction to Hospitality Operations
Information Technology for Business 1
Professional Development for Hospitality Managers
Hospitality Business Environment
Internet for Business

Semester 2
 Hospitality Operations Level 1
Hospitality Law 1
Financial Accounting
Statistics for Business
Introduction to BIS

 
       
       
 

Year 3: Dip HE

  
 
Semester 1
Financial Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
Organisational Behaviour for the Hospitality Industry
Principles of the Hospitality Operations Management
Alcoholic Beverages (Wines)
Semester 2
Marketing for the Hospitality Industry
Hospitality Law 2
Practice of Hospitality Operations Management
Operational Management within Travel and Tourism Industry 		 
   
       
 

Year 4: BA (Hons) Hospitality Management

 
 
Semester 1
Managerial Economics
International Marketing Analysis
Strategic Management
Personnel Management for the Hospitality Industry
Semester 2
Managing People in the Hospitality Industry
Strategic Management
Management  and  Information Systems
Management  Workshop
International Marketing Strategy
Dissertation