BA (Hons) Hospitality Management

Working in the hospitality industry is all about giving people a truly memorable experience. Running a great restaurant, maintaining a beautiful hotel, or putting on the best club nights makes for a rewarding and challenging career. Our BA Hospitality Management degree will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to thrive in a growth industry that employs approximately 1.9 million people in the UK alone. The course is designed to give you a great head-start in your career; it is accredited by the Institute of Hospitality and you’ll enjoy placements and guest lectures held with industry leaders across the capital.

Year 1

• Personal Skills for Hospitality, Events, and Tourism (Mental Wealth)
• The Business Environment for Hospitality, Events, and Tourism
• Introduction to People Organisations and Management
• Understanding Hospitality, Event and Tourism Experiences
• Service and Experience Marketing
• Tourism and Hospitality: Concepts and Approaches

Year 2

• Food and Beverage Management
• Finance for Hospitality, Events, and Tourism
• Leadership in Hospitality, Events, and Tourism
• Professional Practice in Hospitality, Events, and Tourism (Mental Wealth)
• Hospitality Management and Service Delivery
• Professional Development in Practice – Internship
• Principles of Event Theming and Design
• Celebration, Ritual, and Culture in the Events Industry
• Destination Marketing

Optional Placement year

This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organisation, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

• Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events (MICE)
• Food, Society, and Culture
• Financial and Revenue Management
• Research Project
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Experience Economy (Tourism, Hospitality & Events Industries)
• Exploring Professional Practice in Hospitality, Events, and Tourism (Mental Wealth)

Employability

The hospitality industry is global, enormous, and growing. A huge variety of different organizations require hospitality management, from small bars and restaurants to global hotel chains and airlines. That’s what makes working in the industry so special; you’ll have the opportunity to work across multiple sectors and give life-changing experiences to thousands of people. The service sector is the largest sector in the world’s economy and short of good quality managers – exactly the skills gap that this course is designed to fill. The course will give you the skills and experience you need to work in a wide range of exciting businesses while giving you the industry contacts and guidance that will help you make the first step into a rewarding career. Whichever path you take, this accredited course will thoroughly prepare you for a challenging role in a competitive industry. We place emphasis on a vocational approach to teaching, allowing you to develop a wide range of employability skills through experience and training.