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Unit description

Engages students in an advanced professional learning experience that offers practical work in the tourism and hospitality industry. Students focus on advancing their careers within a 600 hour internship over a 6-month period by integrating academic learning into an advanced professional and practical learning experience.

Unit content

  1. Cross cultural communication
  2. Hospitality Operations
  3. Teamwork
  4. Leadership
  5. Career development

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1demonstrate knowledge of operational supervision in the hospitality industry
2identify and analyse the larger social, industrial and economic forces that shape supervisory practices in the hospitality industry
3demonstrate the capability to apply a suite of theories studied at The Hotel School in supervisory practices in the hospitality industry
4demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of supervising staff in the hospitality industry.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate knowledge of operational supervision in the hospitality industry
  2. identify and analyse the larger social, industrial and economic forces that shape supervisory practices in the hospitality industry
  3. demonstrate the capability to apply a suite of theories studied at The Hotel School in supervisory practices in the hospitality industry
  4. demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of supervising staff in the hospitality industry.

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

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