Course details

This full-time, two year programme is a professional training programme for hotel administrators.  It prepares participants for particular professional careers in hotel reception and front office, reservations and revenue management, conference and banqueting and sales and marketing.

Minimum Academic Entry Requirements

Entry requirements are Leaving Certificate, 5OD3 including English/Irish, or FETAC Level 5 in any discipline

I am a mature person, can I apply?

Applicants who will be 23 years of age or older by the 1st January in the year of entry and who have appropriate work experience in the hospitality or related industry, may be exempted from the academic requirements outlined above and admitted to the programme following an interview, provided they have applied, via the CAO, before February 1st.

How long will I have to study?

This is a two year full time semesterised programme. There are 4 semesters in total. Semesters 1 and 2 consists of 4 mandatory modules, semester 3 and 4 consists of 3 mandatory modules and 1 elective module.

Proposed Modules

  • Front Office Operations
  •  Accommodation and Facilities
  •  Learning to Learn
  •  Desktop Publishing and Business Maths
  • Destination Studies
  •  Travel Trade Operations
  •  Communications
  •  Information Technology and Descriptive Statistics
  •  Conference and Banqueting Operations
  •  Principles of Marketing
  •  Tourism Management Accounting
  •  French Language and Culture 1
  •  Spanish Language and Culture 1
  • Events Planning & Promotion
  •  Tourism Resort Concepts
  •  Management and Organisational Behaviour
  •  Business Law and Ethics
  •  French Language and Culture 2
  •  Spanish Language and Culture 2

Learning Outcomes

This programme provides the basis for a progressive career both for learners seeking entry into the Irish and International hospitality industry with a specialisation in Front Office Management.

Are there follow-up programmes available?

This programme provides learners with the relevant knowledge, skills and competencies necessary for effective and professional front office management. It also provides graduates with the opportunity to progress to a Bachelor of Arts in Hotel, Restaurant and Resort Management OR a Bachelor of Arts in Destination Tourism with Marketing at LYIT or other related degree programmes.

What career opportunities will this course provide?

The programme prepares you for a progressive career as a multi-skilled professional in the dynamic hotel sector. The structure of the programme reflects the modern, focussed nature and operating environment of the hotel sector and the role of the front office manager in meeting the needs of a perse client group within this context. On completion of the two year programme learners can expect to work in a position of responsibility (shift leader/supervisor) in larger hotels.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Letterkenny Institute of Technology

LYIT is a lively and inspirational place that attracts a creative mix of 3,000 students both from the local area and from 31 different countries.  This gives us a vibrant array of cultures and activities on campus and a friendly, supportive and relaxed atmosphere where students and staff work closely together.

their modern integrated campuses in Letterkenny and Killybegs enctheirage strong academic learning and career-focused practical experience.  they have excellent facilities in all departments, such as a suite of graphic design studios, state-of-the-art nursing restheirces, special purpose laboratories, training kitchens and restaurant, and an on-campus business development centre, CoLab, to support spin-off enterprises.  their multi-purpose centre, An Dánlann, houses their excellent sport and recreational facilities in addition to their medical centre, counselling service, careers office and chaplaincies.

they are deeply committed to the people in their region.  Part of their mission is to help raise the economic prospects of the young people who study with us and by doing so, the prosperity of the wider communities into which they will graduate.  That’s why every ctheirse they offer teaches the latest knowledge and skills that employers demand.  As part of this, they are involved in many cross-border programmes and are currently fostering a strategic alliance with the University of Ulster.

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