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BACHELOR OF HOTEL AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT COURSE STRUCTURE

Year 1

Semester I

Tourism System

Course Code Course Title Units
IRD 100 Communication Skills I 3
IRD 103 Development Concepts and Applications 3
BTM 101 Introduction to Tourism 6
BTM 102 Introduction to Tourism Operations 6
BTM 103 The Business of Tourism 6
BTM 104 Foreign Language 3

Semester II

Service Management

Course Code Course Title Units
IRD 102 Communication Skills II 3
IRD 104 Quantitative Skills II 3
BTM 105 Introduction to Service Management 6
BTM 106 Tourism Services Marketing I 6
BTM 107 Human Resource Management I 6
BTM 108 Foreign Language 3

Year 2

Semester I

Tourism Planning and Development

Course Code Course Title Units
IRD 200 State, Society and Development 3
BTM 201 External Environment 6
BTM 202 Tourism Policy and Planning 6
BTM 203 Tourism Product Development 6
BTM 204 Foreign Language 3

Semester II

Hospitality Services

Course Code Course Title Units
BTM 205 Introduction to Hospitality Operations 6
BTM 206 Introduction to Hospitality Management 6
BTM 207 Introduction to Hospitality Service Management 6
BTM 208 Industrial Placement I (Outside the Semester) 6

Year 3

Semester I

Food and Beverage Production Management

Course Code Course Title Units
BHM 301 Food and Beverage Management 6
BHM 302 Food and Beverage Production 6
BHM 303 Food and Beverage Service 6
BTM 304 Foreign Language 3

Semester II

Accomodation Management

Course Code Course Title Units
BHM 305 Front Office Operations 6
BHM 306 Facility and Property Management 6
BHM 307 House Keeping Operations 6
BTM 308 Foreign Language 3
BHM 309 Industrial Attachment II 6

Year 4

Semester I

Hospitality Management and Information Systems Management

Course Code Course Title Units
BHM 401 Management Information System in Hospitality 6
BHM 402 Hospitality Accounting 6
BHM 403 Hospitality Law and Contemporary Issues 6
BTM 410 Foreign Language 3

Semester II

Elective Semester Series

Students are required to specialise in one of the following areas:

  1. Hospitality Marketing and Sales
  2. Hospitality Services Management
  3. Human Resources and Service Management

a) Hospitality Marketing and Sales

Course Code Course Title Units
BHM 404 Hospitality Marketing and Sales 6
BHM 405 Strategic Planning and Management in Hospitality 6
BHM 406 Financial Services Management 6

b) Hospitality Service Management

Course Code Course Title Units
BHM 407 Services Operations Management 6
BHM 408 Consumer Behavior and Public Relations 6
BHM 409 Total Quality Management 6

b) Human Resource and Service Management

Course Code Course Title Units
BHM 405 Strategic Planning and Management in Hospitality Industry 6
BHM 410 Advance Human Resource Management 6
BHM 407 Service Operations Management 6

 

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