Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Hospitality Management

• Ranked 86th for the Impact Rankings in 2023*
• The University of Greenwich has been ranked Top 6.4 Globally by ‘Centre for World University Rankings'**

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*Source: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-greenwich

**Source: https://cwur.org/2023.php

Students will explore the diverse hospitality industry through international case studies, practical group work, business challenges and interactive workshops. Graduates from this degree will have developed skills and knowledge that will make them employable in hospitality areas such as sales and marketing, human resources, events management, tourism operations, and finance. Their specialist knowledge and industry experience will make them employable in international hotels and resorts and in a range of tourism and hospitality businesses.  

Knowledge and understanding of: 

• Critical issues in the study of hospitality
• The analysis of the global marketplace for hospitality
• The application of principles of sustainability to hospitality businesses

By the end of the programme, graduates will be able to demonstrate hospitality management related knowledge, which will be further developed and integrated into broader business knowledge, skills and professional values and ethics.

The various components of knowledge and understanding are (based on the relevant QAA 2016 benchmark) include:

• The nature of hospitality as an area of academic and applied study
• The management of technical operations, such as food and beverage, and accommodation
• The management disciplines within the context of hospitality
• The hospitality industry and its global environment, including issues of sustainability and the use of technology
• The hospitality consumer and the service encounter
• Career development and learning opportunities in the hospitality sector.

Intellectual skills:

• Be independent learners with the skills and experience to become lifelong learners
• Be able to produce high quality written, oral and digital work that is appropriate for academic and industry audiences
• Have an entrepreneurial orientation to hospitality management
• Be able to analyse the global marketplace for hospitality

Subject practical skills:

• Be able to creatively solve management problems in the hospitality industry
• Be confident in applying core business techniques
• Be able to manage across and within diverse cultures
• Be able to apply principles of sustainability to the hospitality industry

Transferable/key skills:

In addition to the transferable intellectual and practical skills mentioned already, students should be able to achieve and demonstrate:

• Be able to manage their time effectively
• Be able to identify and evaluate relevant research and information
• Be able to present effectively in a range of media
• Be effective communicators
• Be able to use industry standard computer software

Graduate Attributes:

Scholarship and Autonomy

• Have a critical understanding of the study of finance
• Be independent learners with the skills and experience to become lifelong learners
• Be able to produce high quality written, oral and digital work that is appropriate for academic and industry audiences

Creativity and Enterprise

• Have an entrepreneurial orientation to finance
• Be confident in applying core business techniques
• Be able to use financial skills to solve business problems

Cross-cultural and International Awareness

• Be able to analyse the global marketplace for accounting and finance
• Be able to manage across and within diverse cultures
• Be able to apply principles of sustainable development to the finance industry

• 3,000 words, Essay – 50%
• Take Home Exam – 50%

• 3,000 words, Essay – 100%

• 3,000 words, Simulation Exercise Report – 100%

• 2,000 words, Report – 30%
• 3,000 words, Business Plan – 70%

• 10,000 words, Dissertation - 100%

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Minimum entry requirement for Academic level:
Students who have successfully completed either of the following

• LSBF Advanced Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management
• LSBF Higher Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Polytechnic or other PEIs Diploma in a relevant field
• Students, who have obtained other equivalent qualifications in relevant fields, will be assessed case-by-case and subjected to university approval

Minimum English Language Entry Requirement:
Applicants who have not studied prior qualifications in English requires IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.

Minimum Age:
18 years or above