Course Code: GA370
NQAI level: 7, Places: 50
Course Duration: Three years
Bachelor of Business in
Hotel and Catering Management
Why study Hotel and Catering Management? Follow-on Studies
This course provides graduates with the skills and competencies to manage/run It is possible to pursue studies at BA (honours) level in institutions at home or
medium-sized enterprises within the hotel and catering industry. abroad. Students who are successful in their final examinations will be
admitted directly to the final year of the BA (honours) in Hotel and Catering
Course Subjects/Modules
Management at this Institute.
Note: There is a greater emphasis on the practical elements of the
syllabus in this course than in the BA Honours Degree.
Food Studies (Food Production in the School’s Kitchens, Food Service, Food
Theory, Beverages); Catering Studies (Food and Beverage Systems, Food
Science, Work Study); Rooms Division Studies (Front Office and Housekeeping);
Management Studies (Management, Marketing), Business Policy Project;
Communications and Information Technology; Business Studies; Accountancy;
Finance and Control; Services Management; Legal Studies; Business
Administration or one language from French, German or Spanish.
Career Opportunities
Course Duration: One year or part-time (two years)
Graduates often begin their careers at supervisory level in hotel and catering
establishments and progress to general management or ownership. The initial
focus of the course is on small to medium-sized enterprises.
Bachelor of Arts
Other Essential Information
Work Placements
Hotel and Catering
◆ After year one, a 12 week compulsory placement is arranged by the School
of Hotel and Catering Studies, in a hotel or catering establishment in Ireland.
◆ Year two – Semester 4: Students undertake a 30 week industrial placement,
Management
organised by the School of Hotel and Catering Studies, in one of the
following countries: Ireland, Great Britain, USA, Germany, Switzerland,
France, Belgium and Spain. An industrial project must be completed in
Main areas of study
respect of this placement. This project is based on one of the Departments in Strategic Management; Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations;
which the student spends his/her placement. Dissertation: Finance; Language;
European Links
Other essential information
The Department has built up an extensive network of hotels and catering
Graduates are recognised by the Department of Education and Science as
operations in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Great Britain and a
being able to teach business and accountancy subjects in secondary schools,
smaller number in other countries where students are placed for valuable work
subject to gaining appropriate teaching qualifications.
experience, agreed between the Department’s placement officer and the hotel.
Students must successfully complete their placement periods to ensure
Post-graduate studies
progression.
GMIT honours (level 8) qualifications are recognised worldwide
for post-graduate entry.
Recognition by Professional Bodies
Graduates are admitted as full members of the Irish Hospitality Institute and
receive exemption from part of the examination requirements of the Hotel,
Catering and Institutional Management Association (UK).
Contact: Teresa Morgan Tel: 091-742271 E-mail: teresa.morgan@gmit.ie
Cáit Noone Tel: 091-742229 E-mail: cait.noone@gmit.ie
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