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Unit description
Students will be undertaking four units of study. The module introduces the global environment within which the travel and tourism industry operates and provides a contemporary and modern perspective on the hospitality industry. Students will be given an overview of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in the hospitality industry, and an introduction to industry practice.
Unit content
1: Tourism Studies
2: Contemporary Issues in Hotel Studies
3: Beverage and Wine Studies
4: Introduction to Industry Practice
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | understand the global environment within which the travel and tourism industry operates. |
| 2 | actively research contemporary issues and trends within hotels and the tourism industry with the aim of writing media articles. |
| 3 | understand the different types of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, associated storage, production and support equipment, and appropriate service of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages. |
| 4 | understand industry practices in order to commence an internship. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- understand the global environment within which the travel and tourism industry operates.
- actively research contemporary issues and trends within hotels and the tourism industry with the aim of writing media articles.
- understand the different types of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, associated storage, production and support equipment, and appropriate service of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages.
- understand industry practices in order to commence an internship.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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