Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management

Course details

This programme prepares students with a comprehensive set of operational and management skills required to be successful in the hospitality industry. It stresses on specialized hospitality management subject matters supported by experiential training.

The learning outcomes required for a student to be successful in the hospitality industry, or progress to a top-up degree programme, can only be achieved by completing all the modules prescribed for this course.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

The 39 modules, including a compulsory internship*, are conducted over 24 months.Each term consists of 10 study weeks, 2 exam weeks and 1 break week; and followed by a 6-month compulsory internship*.

All students in the programme are required to be in full uniform.

MODE OF DELIVERY

The programme is conducted on a face-to-face basis. Students will attend lectures, tutorial and practical classes. Classes are conducted on a full-day basis, Monday to Friday. Class size is kept to not more than 15 students for practical classes and a maximum of 80 students for lecture classes. Please refer to our website for details on assessments, grading scheme and faculty members conducting the programme.

AWARD OF QULIFICATION

Upon passing all the modules in the course and finishing the compulsory 6-month Internship, students will be awarded the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management.

MODULES

• Food and Beverage Operations I
• Food and Beverage Skills I
• Theory of Food
• Basic Cookery I
• Basic Cooking Techniques I
• Computer Applications
• English for Hospitality I
• Food and Beverage Operations II
• Food and Beverage Skills II
• Kitchen Management
• Basic Cookery II
• Basic Cooking Techniques II
• Introduction to Hospitality Industry
• Food and Beverage Management
• Practical Restaurant Services I
• Commercial Cooking I
• Fundamentals of Marketing
• Food and Beverage Control
• Practical Restaurant Services II
• Commercial Cooking II
• English for Hospitality II
• Introduction to Tourism
• Front Office Management I
• Front Office Operations and Services I
• Research Methods
• Fundamentals of Financial and Management Accounting
• Principles of Management
• Hotel Law
• Front Office Management II
• Front Office Operations and Services II
• Human Resources Management
• Hospitality Economics
• Hotel Operations Management
• Hospitality Accounting
• Business Communications
• Housekeeping Management
• Event Management
• Marketing in the Hospitality Industry
• Internship

ASSESSMENT

Students are assessed with a mixture of continuous assessments throughout each term in the form of case studies, discussions, presentations, group and inpidual assessments, practical and theory tests. Final examinations are conducted at the end of each term.

In the event a student fails a module, the student will be given a chance to take a supplementary paper. Failing a supplementary paper will result in the student having to retake the module again.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIRMENTS

Entry Level

• Direct to Diploma/ Advanced Diploma
• Preparatory English Language Level 2
• Preparatory English Language Level 1