Would you like a career in the exciting hospitality industry? Are you looking to secure a management position in this sector? This course offers a vocational pathway in higher education, allowing you to gain both an academic degree and the knowledge and skills to work in hospitality. If you have already completed a Foundation Degree in Hospitality Management (or equivalent), this course allows you to progress onto Level 6 and gain a full honours degree.
The BA (Hons) Hospitality Management is designed to equip you for immediate employment and prepare you for a progressive career in hospitality management. It provides you with a balanced academic and vocational education.
The broad scope of the course lets you understand all the key elements of the hospitality sector and of management practice. You will learn about hospitality as a phenomenon, looking at how the sector emerged and developed. You will also look more specifically at the customer-centred nature of hospitality. You will learn how to understand customer behaviour and how to evaluate customer service.
The course prepares you for managerial roles by introducing you to theories and concepts from various areas of management, including operations management, finance, human resources and strategic management. You will also explore the environment in which businesses work, and you will understand how all these ideas apply directly to the hospitality sector.
You will be able to develop your knowledge and skills in a range of areas and improve your capacity for critical analysis, decision-making and problem-solving. Combined with your insight into the workings of the hospitality industry, this will help to prepare you for an exciting management career.
Course Details - Modules
Dissertation (40 credits, compulsory)
In the dissertation module, students will research a topic that interests them. After proposing a title and conducting a literature review for the research proposal, students will put together a dissertation/research project. (Research Proposal 10%, Dissertation 90%)
Strategic Management (20 credits, compulsory)
This module aims to develop an appreciation of the 21st century internal and external environmental issues that affect strategic decision making within organisations. It will explore and develop evaluative skills in the use of frameworks as a tool for strategic decision making within business environments. (Exam 50%, Essay 50%)
Ethics in Events, Hospitality and Tourism Industry (20 credits, compulsory)
The ethics module aims to investigate and evaluate the principles and theories of ethics within events, tourism and hospitality contexts. Theories will be discussed and appraised in order to establish the value of their existence in today’s events, tourism and hospitality climates while both global and local influences will also be discussed in order to recognise the involvement of the various stakeholders within these contexts. (Essay 50%, Seminar/Research paper 30%, Presentation 20%)
Contemporary Issues in Hospitality and Tourism (20 credits, compulsory)
This module critically examines internal and external challenges facing hospitality and tourism organisations in contemporary contexts. The significance and potential impact of contemporary trends and issues in the sector will be critically analysed and evaluated and solutions that aim to effectively manage potential impacts will be discussed alongside the justification for these solutions within an organisational context. (Essay 40%, Case Study 60%)
Creating Food and Drink experiences (20 credits, compulsory)
The module aims to define the food and drink experience economy and critically analyse how and why the food and drink experience economy has been created. Traditional consumer behaviour models and their contemporary equivalents will be analysed. International food and drink trends, social media, marketing, and socio-demographic factors will be appraised. Information will be synthesised to compose and present a creative and innovative food and drink experience concept. (Essay 50%, Business plan 50%)
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
NN3J
Institution code:
L53
Campus Name:
Coleg Llandrillo - Rhos on Sea
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Entry onto level 6 will be direct for those progressing students from the GLlM Hospitality Management Foundation Degree to the GLlM Hospitality Management Bachelor Degree (Hons) after successful completion of the foundation degree.
Entry onto level 6 from alternate institutions and programmes will be considered on an individual basis in line with GLlM credit transfer policy, based on previous successful study of 240 credits, 120 credits per level 4 and 5 in a compatible qualification (within the time frame outlined in the policy). Or by supporting their application with the submission of a portfolio for accreditation of prior learning (APL/APEL/RPEL), in accordance with GLlM regulations and policy.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
https://www.gllm.ac.uk/courses/2147485490/
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
GCSE in Welsh or English as first language, grade C or above.
Any degrees, diplomas or certificates eligible should have been taught and assessed in Welsh or English, or
For overseas applicants, for entry onto Level 6 or above, English fluency to IELTS 6.0 or higher (with no element less than 5.5).
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
87%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
60%
Go onto work and study:
75%
Fees and funding
EU
8300.0
Year 1
International
8300.0
Year 1
England
8300.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
8300.0
Year 1
Scotland
8300.0
Year 1
Wales
8300.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
8300.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
*FEE FOR STUDENTS NEW TO GRWP LLANDRILLO MENAI. Students who are progressing from a Foundation Degree to a BA / BSc / BEng (Hons) Top up degree within Grwp Llandrillo Menai should contact their College for fee information
Provider information
Llandudno Road
Rhos-on-Sea
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Colwyn Bay
LL28 4HZ
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