BSc (Hons) in Hospitality and Tourism

In Year 1, Students will learn fundamental skills required by every hospitality and tourism management professional, and the basic understanding of the theories and contexts within which business operate – Introduction to Global Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Computer Applications, Business and Communications Skills, Digital Thinking and Innovation, Basic Statistics, Fundamental of Entrepreneurship, Fundamentals of Accounting, Business Events Management for Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Cultural Heritage Management, and Human Resource Management for Hospitality and Tourism Industry.

A broader range of skills will be learnt, in which students will gain better understanding in supervising business and handling management operations, such as International Cuisine, Food and Beverage Service, Front Office Operations, Housekeeping Operations, Business Research Methods, Customer Service Management for Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Legal Aspects in Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Ticketing and Computer Reservation System and Tourism Economics. In addition, they will explore topics and techniques in various sectoral applications within global hospitality and tourism management. We will further nurture their independent learning to prepare them for the workplace and for further project oriented and research activities.

Students will also use their co-curricular activities (social, sport, cultural, etc.) as evidence of the development of their personal skills, which are highly regarded by employers. They will collect this information in a portfolio and submit together with an essay showing how these experiences have helped to develop their employability skills such as social, interpersonal, planning, communications and many others.

In the final year, students will make use of their previous studies to extend their familiarity in, studying Managing Travel and Tour Services, Services Management for Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Project in Global Hospitality and Tourism Management, and Current Issues in Tourism Industry.

​It further provides option for students to select a Specialism in Hospitality Innovation by studying Hospitality Leadership and Hotel Innovation Management, alternately, students can choose to select Specialism in Food Science and Technology by studying Food Science and Nutrition and Food Processing and Technology, alternately, students can choose to select Specialism in Events Management and Technology by studying Festival and Hallmark Events and Emerging Technologies for Event Management, alternately, students can choose to select Specialism in Tourism Logistics by studying Tourism Logistics and Transportation and Supply Chain Management for Hospitality and Tourism Business, alternately, students can choose to select Specialism in Halal Tourism by studying Islamic Tourism Industry and Halal Practices and Quality Standards for Foodservice Organizations, with analyzing sustainable developments, related policies, discovering new opportunities, exploring competitive advantage and decision-making processes, with aims to groom them as global hospitality and tourism industry leaders.

The final year project in Project in Global Hospitality and Tourism Management requires them to explore a topic individually – they will demonstrate their academic and practical ability in the chosen area of study. The successful completion of the final year project is a testament of the student’s ability to face global hospitality and tourism industry in different applied situations/scenarios with confidence and dexterity.

Students will undertake an industrial training for a period of 24 weeks to prepare them for a smooth transition from the classroom to the global working environment.